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.9 _! I( X+ C( Y5 o: W/ ?
' E C2 q0 B$ y6 U4 G) ]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.
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6 D y7 D3 k+ Y5.39.217.76“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.5.39.217.76% @" l; }# v3 w
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“All the sacrifices done by the RML team and myself, [I think] we have a good payback.”% Y8 |7 e/ y( [/ P1 I
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The Frenchman added he is pleased to have clinched the title with two races remaining of the 2013 WTCC calendar.$ X4 e" }9 }; e) |$ [
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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. L( V7 I4 u: _9 A- g
8 c- ]6 [1 b: h+ W: r6 p* p: f. ^公仔箱論壇“I had a great fight during the race, but without any risks,” Muller continued. “I didn’t want to take any risks.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- m. z; d- a: W4 T& T# V9 S
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“I wanted this title finished [as] like this we can do something else.
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/ [( X7 f! b3 h# @& R4 n0 J3 J2 d公仔箱論壇“Now I can be focussed on maybe helping Tom a little bit.” |