Newly crowned WTCC champion, Yvan Muller, said his title win is his “a good payback” to the RML team after a difficult 2013 pre-season.; s' N& {1 S; x) u S% N5 J$ ]
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Muller, who clinched his fourth WTCC championship at Suzuka, told Eurosport that the lack of pre-season due to Chevrolet’s withdrawal from the series made his title win even sweeter.公仔箱論壇' X$ Q# o2 {3 E, p& ~ Y) F
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“I’m proud to have done it [won the title],” Muller said after the race. “One month before the race [at Monza] we were not sure if we would be on the grid and we had to think a different way.
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“All the sacrifices done by the RML team and myself, [I think] we have a good payback.”
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5 L' A$ H' g9 s5.39.217.76The Frenchman added he is pleased to have clinched the title with two races remaining of the 2013 WTCC calendar.5.39.217.768 b G3 O6 U1 o
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He is certain to now help team-mate, Tom Chilton, clinch second in the drivers’ standings, after the Briton moved up to third in the rankings following a strong Suzuka weekend.
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+ u" l! ^; s7 X. [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“I had a great fight during the race, but without any risks,” Muller continued. “I didn’t want to take any risks.
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7 A$ {; O3 y( B( @公仔箱論壇“I wanted this title finished [as] like this we can do something else.
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“Now I can be focussed on maybe helping Tom a little bit.” |