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.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. @, t# D3 T' {
6 J. q, n5 |% n# R3 STiago 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.
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, W; i% @- w6 r+ }7 ~" e; ?公仔箱論壇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( c0 y- g1 d5 X) p% {( `2 Y
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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.公仔箱論壇. O5 Q: H3 J6 I4 z
# |3 m9 d/ z; t5.39.217.76This is also the Dutchman’s fourth WTCC career victory.
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, @/ m; @: |' A4 R0 w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.5.39.217.76, |$ m: M+ f2 U S9 G3 X- X
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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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" ]: l- U; ?; k! D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.公仔箱論壇/ M$ r! \; D- R& T
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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. |