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.9 G5 V# Q: H6 m
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* X1 Z' h1 y9 Z$ [
, `# u% Q- b, W# a; xThe 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.3 u; z0 @0 U& f' S! T3 A
6 e# ^& I+ u/ y5 d0 x( dOn 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.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。; ^% e3 Y M9 r, C. k
5 H9 f4 _0 I [6 m# fThis is also the Dutchman’s fourth WTCC career victory.
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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.9 c% T* G! l+ u. Q: l7 T* S
& r4 o2 I" D+ A8 P# H2 {公仔箱論壇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.5.39.217.76' S V. r- E# J
/ Y$ t) t0 }, a+ F: b" |1 j公仔箱論壇James 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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Masaki Kano, who was drafted in to replace the unwell Franz Engstler, finished 16th as the best of the local Japanese drivers. |