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.公仔箱論壇; F0 {5 h6 ?8 f/ R( h
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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./ C) z# O' s' I8 x3 q- E; U/ G
$ [8 X# q1 `) F( A* ^% NThe 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.
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% t0 s" w6 o* p3 ~$ \公仔箱論壇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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0 C" d$ e5 z% R; r# T% | y5 {5 W qThis is also the Dutchman’s fourth WTCC career victory.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。: Y" D8 w, N. M( J
- E' w8 J* X; k$ v+ u公仔箱論壇The 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.
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, H& ?9 ^, x& m& c* TJames Thompson, who was looking set to once again score for Lada, was forced out of ninth by Marc Basseng, and eventually finished 13th.6 g* M% N( \7 ?# ?9 E
$ W; \! C* X' b0 v- p8 x3 ?www1.tvboxnow.comMasaki Kano, who was drafted in to replace the unwell Franz Engstler, finished 16th as the best of the local Japanese drivers. |