Aragon WTCR: Vervisch delivers first gain for fresh Audi

Vervisch led the complete diagram from pole put in speed two at Aragon to safe a vital victory for Audi’s original RS 3 LMS in the World Touring Automobile Cup.

The Belgian, who has returned to the WTCR this year after lacking the 2020 season, efficiently negotiated a safety car restart after Comtoyou teammate Tom Coronel used to be pressured to prevent heading in the true route.

Vervisch beat fellow entrance row starter Thed Bjork in his Cyan Efficiency Lynk & Co, the Swede working stressful to defend off Gilles Magnus, who delivered a Belgian and Audi 1-3 in temperatures that topped 31 levels.

WTCR capabilities chief Jean-Karl Vernay performed fourth from fifth on the grid despite reporting vibrations from his Hyundai Elantra N TCR.

Fellow Hyundai driver Norbert Michelisz had walk sooner than him from fourth on the grid, nevertheless began to accelerate abet after reporting a vibration from his true-entrance tyre, which in the slay deflated on the pause of the penultimate lap.

Nathanael Berthon’s Audi performed fifth sooner than Tarquini’s Hyundai and reigning champion Yann Ehrlacher, who’s now second in the standings, eight capabilities on the abet of Vernay.

On the abet of Luca Engstler in eighth, Britain’s Gain Huff beat outmoded rival Yvan Muller to ninth.

The Cupra driver had passed Muller’s Lynk & Co when the Frenchman ran wide at Turn 1, nevertheless on the final lap the four-time World Touring Automobile Champion tapped the Leon Competicion on the down-hill Turn 8. Huff held a half of-high-tail brilliantly to defend sooner than Muller.

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Gabriele Tarquini, BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR

Photo by: WTCR

Within the reversed-grid speed one, Tarquini scored his first WTCR gain for 2 years, leading the complete diagram from pole put in his Hyundai to beat Spaniard Mikel Azcona’s Cupra.

Azcona, who stalled on the initiate of the second speed from ninth on the grid, headed Coronel who secured a podium terminate with a convincing trip on Ehrlacher.

The Dutch ragged took the outdoors line into the hairpin on the pause of the long straight, which gave him the internal line for Turn 17.

The Munnich Motorsport Hondas, which had space the tempo on the previous spherical at Estoril, suffered a disastrous weekend as 70kg of compensation weight left the Civic Form Rs qualifying and working in the direction of the abet of the realm.

Esteban Guerrieri used to be the most piquant of the quartet, finishing 15th in speed one and 11th in speed two.

Personnel-mate Attila Tassi, who won speed two in Portugal, struggled after the connector to his gas pump broke on the initiate of qualifying on Saturday and left him starting from the abet for both races.