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How Vervisch made it 15 WTCR winners with Macau rookie triumph

Frédéric Vervisch became winner number 15 in the inaugural WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup presented by OSCARO season with a breakthrough Macau victory last weekend.

The Circuito da Guia rookie, driving an Audi Sport Team Comtoyou-entered RS 3 LMS, beat Timo Scheider and Yvan Muller top top spot in Race 2 from third on the grid.

“We had a strong car on the straight,” the Belgian ace said afterwards. “Our start was quite OK, I managed to overtake [Kevin] Ceccon and then I was behind Timo, but on the first lap he was pulling away so I thought it would be difficult. But on the second lap his pace dropped a bit and I thought it was a possibility to overtake.

“It was not easy, but I could just overtake before Mandarin. I said it was ‘now or never’, thanks to my great car, and then I think it was just about controlling the race and not making any mistakes. I am very happy and it’s great to be in front of these two legends [Scheider and Muller]. I am very happy for the team as well, for our first victory.”

The WTCR OSCARO race winners of 2018:
5: Gabriele Tarquini
4: Thed Björk
4: Jean-Karl Vernay
3: Yvan Muller
2: Yann Ehrlacher
2: Esteban Guerrieri
2: Rob Huff
1: Mehdi Bennani
1: Kevin Ceccon
1: Aurélien Comte
1: Mato Homola
1: Norbert Michelisz
1: Pepe Oriola
1: Gordon Shedden
1: Frédéric Vervisch

Zdroj: fiawtcr.com