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.2 g2 m0 C$ A) K7 Y# `4 \4 K
% h* ~" z- Z: LMuller, 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8 [8 w; c' r1 \9 R7 W' g. k
, t1 M' I' i. {& i“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.公仔箱論壇 S" K' p5 }+ b2 [$ T( K
' d5 ?3 o4 b* w! Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“All the sacrifices done by the RML team and myself, [I think] we have a good payback.”1 X1 }8 L" i# j9 j. A' w; W
8 W7 c! f; g% z公仔箱論壇The Frenchman added he is pleased to have clinched the title with two races remaining of the 2013 WTCC calendar.
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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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; y, Q8 t( F8 U* {8 ]3 ]) }0 C5.39.217.77:8898“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% _5 r$ _* A' j. c! U" d& w, k# C) Y
% a% \7 [& H0 i7 n x& g! W. P$ K* q0 c- G5.39.217.77:8898“I wanted this title finished [as] like this we can do something else.: @2 g# _, }6 O3 q
& i; l8 S# L. C5 u0 V6 M“Now I can be focussed on maybe helping Tom a little bit.” |