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Yvan Muller and James Nash shared the honours at Porto's Boavista circuit this week end, and gave two more victories to the Chevrolet brand in the WTCC.
This was Muller's fifth win of the season and Nash's second. Both race winners were able to avoid making even the slightest mistakes in a pair of tough races, on a difficult circuit and inside overheated cockpits. The streets of Boavista are merciless and upset a number of drivers over the weekend.
Michel Nykjær collected two third places that enabled him to move up further in the Drivers' Championship, 122 points behind Muller, and to maintain the lead in the Yokohama Trophy. Tom Chilton and Rob Huff finished brilliant runners up in Race 1 and Race 2 respectively, with the latter heroically fighting against major brake problems for much of the race.
The Castrol Honda team left Porto licking its wounds after turbocharger failures on both its cars. Tiago Monteiro, the local hero, saw the second Free Practice session end in a cloud of white smoke; low turbo pressure then meant he could only manage to qualify in 17th place. Race day then saw an identical problem afflicting his team-mate Gabriele Tarquini's Civic car in Race 1, while he was fighting for a possible podium place. A rapid turbo change between races was in vain and last place in Race 2 was scant reward for the Italian.
The championship will resume at Termas de Río Hondo on August 3rd and 4th for rounds 15 and 16 that will mark the first WTCC visit to Argentina.
Yvan Muller and James Nash shared the honours at Porto's Boavista circuit this week end, and gave two more victories to the Chevrolet brand in the WTCC.
This was Muller's fifth win of the season and Nash's second. Both race winners were able to avoid making even the slightest mistakes in a pair of tough races, on a difficult circuit and inside overheated cockpits. The streets of Boavista are merciless and upset a number of drivers over the weekend.
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| Yvan Muller, Chevrolet Cruze. (Photo: FIA WTCC) |
Michel Nykjær collected two third places that enabled him to move up further in the Drivers' Championship, 122 points behind Muller, and to maintain the lead in the Yokohama Trophy. Tom Chilton and Rob Huff finished brilliant runners up in Race 1 and Race 2 respectively, with the latter heroically fighting against major brake problems for much of the race.
The Castrol Honda team left Porto licking its wounds after turbocharger failures on both its cars. Tiago Monteiro, the local hero, saw the second Free Practice session end in a cloud of white smoke; low turbo pressure then meant he could only manage to qualify in 17th place. Race day then saw an identical problem afflicting his team-mate Gabriele Tarquini's Civic car in Race 1, while he was fighting for a possible podium place. A rapid turbo change between races was in vain and last place in Race 2 was scant reward for the Italian.
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| James Nash, Chevrolet Cruze. (Photo: FIA WTCC) |
The championship will resume at Termas de Río Hondo on August 3rd and 4th for rounds 15 and 16 that will mark the first WTCC visit to Argentina.