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Da Racing's Dubourg wins second Andros trophy title

FIA World Rallycross Championship podium finisher Jean-Baptiste Dubourg secured his second consecutive Andros Trophy title at the championship's final round in Super Besse on Saturday, for the DA Racing team.

France's Dubourg finished on the podium at his home round of World RX in 2015, and is set to race in World RX as a permanent entry this year in one of two ex-Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 Supercars in the DA Racing squad. He won the Andros Trophy title for the first time last winter, racing a Renault Clio 3 and has retained his crown thanks to 10 podium finishes through the winter season this year.

"This is a great accolade for DA Racing. This second title on ice is the reward of many months of hard work and intense competition," said Dubourg. "It is also the result of the collaboration of many partners who believed in this challenge. Like last year, it was necessary to fight until the very end, where everything played out at the last race. I'm very proud to beat Jean-Philippe Dayraut to the title, who has undoubtedly been the reference in Andros Trophy in recent years. This second title is a very good motivation, winning such a trophy galvanizes the whole team before preparing for our next challenge. Now we have to focus on the upcoming programme for DA Racing - participation in the FIA ​​World Rallycross Championship with two PEUGEOT 208 WRX Supercars. We must now put all of the framework together to be as ready as possible."

Another French rallycross Supercar driver, Christophe Jouet, raced for DA Racing at the final Andros Trophy event of the winter and finished seventh on his debut in the Elite Pro category.

Zdroj: fiaworldrallycross.com