Norbert Michelisz grabbed encourage the profit within the WTCR – FIA World Touring Automobile Cup presented by OSCARO title dawdle with victory in a frantic reverse-grid Urge 2 at WTCR JVCKENWOOD Urge of Japan.
The BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse driver began from the DHL Pole Location and robustly defended his lead from fellow front-row starter Snatch Huff off the line, then led the SLR VW Motorsport driver for the remainder of the 24 laps across the two.243-kilometre Suzuka Circuit East Course circuit. Huff changed into continuously within vary of making a trail, nonetheless Michelisz never gave the Briton an different to trail.
“Fabulous,” stated the Hungarian, who now leads Urge 1 winner Esteban Guerrieri by six factors within the #RoadToMalaysia, destination of the season-deciding righteous-finale in December. “The flee changed into very complex. I attempted to receive a gap at the birth and saw Snatch falling encourage. However he has a immense potential, saved his tyres and came encourage at me. That changed into 24 qualifying laps for me, I changed into on the limit.
“The handiest potential is to trail flat out and I’m very overjoyed with my efficiency. Parts are most main when I will decide them. My potential for Urge 3 would per chance be the identical. Starting P10, I need to trail for factors.”
The handiest shadow on Michelisz’s flee changed into being shown the unlit and white flag for using standards after though-provoking some distance to the factual off the line and into the pitlane exit to defend his lead from Huff.
In the encourage of the leading pair, Kevin Ceccon chased Gabriele Tarquini arduous for the last podium attach aside. The Crew Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR drew alongside the BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai i30 N TCR quite lots of times into Turn 1 and on one occasion Tarquini nudged Ceccon huge, nonetheless the youthful Italian wasn’t reasonably able to invent a trail stick.
“It changed into reasonably hot with Kevin,” admitted Tarquini. “He changed into the fastest driver within the flee.”
Thed Björk held of Tiago Monteiro, Johan Kristoffersson and Mikel Azcona for fourth, while Jean-Karl Vernay rose from P13 on the grid to carry out ninth. Guerrieri, who began the flee sixth, slipped encourage to P10, banking get hold of things for the title and warding off the possibility of an incident.
SLR Volkswagen’s Benjamin Leuchter changed into P11, earlier than Néstor Girolami, Frédéric Vervisch and Yvan Muller. Yann Ehrlacher changed into the last factors finisher in P15. Niels Langeveld retired following a clash with Augusto Farfus. Attila Tassi placed 24 after working off tune.
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