Tom Coronel took victory in the WTCC’s 200th race, after beating fellow BMW man, Mehdi Bennani, to the chequered flag in race two at Suzuka.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) M: d7 Y5 \5 \1 N4 y" J* B8 w6 W( E
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Tiago Monteiro managed to cling on to third to complete the final step on the podium, despite his Honda Civic slowing dramatically as he crossed the line, almost allowing team-mate, Gabriele Tarquini through.公仔箱論壇3 F/ ?! o4 s$ A% Z. B! j9 M' n/ x
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The Coronel/Bennani battle was a race-long affair, as both drivers once again took advantage of the BMW’s strong start to lead from the front row.公仔箱論壇( W k; ~! A% |- J* T
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On lap 17, Coronel got the advantage after diving down the inside of the Moroccan driver going into the second right-hand corner, and allowed him to secure the victory at the end of the 26-laps.
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. {9 l( v7 E/ H0 e! r+ @' gThis is also the Dutchman’s fourth WTCC career victory.4 p; G8 O3 ^& `7 k$ Q7 u, I! Z
# r5 C: C8 O# f( g+ Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe newly crowned 2013 WTCC champion, Yvan Muller, was knocked off at the start after starting down in the midfield; his RML Chevrolet ending its weekend in the barriers.
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James Nash and Tom Chilton completed a 5-6 finish for Chevrolet, with Engstler’s Charles Ng beating Münnich Motorsport’s Rob Huff to seventh.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; t+ s- H; x) V; a+ A( L9 j, L8 P
& n3 L8 d% n9 stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbJames Thompson, who was looking set to once again score for Lada, was forced out of ninth by Marc Basseng, and eventually finished 13th.
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+ O* J( k5 I+ k' S- `! ^( g3 XMasaki Kano, who was drafted in to replace the unwell Franz Engstler, finished 16th as the best of the local Japanese drivers. |