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.) v# h6 d3 y/ @; y
9 t, \' I2 n1 }0 Z5 PTiago 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.) A* r' Q" ^5 E4 ]9 i
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* v1 l+ K) ~+ `/ ]- r/ g: N
' M& b* V; d8 ]- v d1 |' B" M公仔箱論壇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.
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4 F3 x: @" H! Z! T3 LThis is also the Dutchman’s fourth WTCC career victory.
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7 k, c: e" c+ ^- T( ]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.公仔箱論壇8 D+ \0 A# h6 b9 X0 V( _
7 b# J$ f" \( C" U0 i. O9 j. BJames Nash and Tom Chilton completed a 5-6 finish for Chevrolet, with Engstler’s Charles Ng beating Münnich Motorsport’s Rob Huff to seventh.5.39.217.77:8898+ X3 p0 k8 R1 m8 X# [7 Q. o% y
: `& |/ t. b. g- R- Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbJames Thompson, who was looking set to once again score for Lada, was forced out of ninth by Marc Basseng, and eventually finished 13th.# s/ [* E1 k8 `+ m7 p
' x4 E0 k2 D% ]+ ?( \+ |- p5 H% c5.39.217.77:8898Masaki Kano, who was drafted in to replace the unwell Franz Engstler, finished 16th as the best of the local Japanese drivers. |