WTCR: Thed Bjork e Yvan Muller vencem em Ningbo

O sueco Thed Bjork e o francês Yvan Muller, parceiros na M-Racing  YMR, foram os vencedores da sétima etapa da temporada, disputada no Circuito internacional de Ningbo, na China.

Bjork venceu a primeira e a terceira prova, com o parceiro Muller vencendo a segunda prova.

LÁ­der do campeonato o italiano Gabriele Tarquini (Hyundai/BRC) teve como melhor resultado na etapa o segundo lugar na terceira prova. Ele soma 241 pontos, oito a mais do que Bjork, e nove do que Muller.

A categoria continua na China, onde acontece a oitava etapa, no Circuito de rua de Wuhan, nos dias 07 e 08 de outubro.

Final, prova 1:

1 – Thed Bjork (Hyundai) – YMR – 13 voltas em 24’27″793
2 – Esteban Guerrieri (Honda) – Munnich – 4”098
3 – Frederic Vervisch (Audi) – Comtoyou – 6”509
4 – Gabriele Tarquini (Hyundai) – BRC – 7”459
5 – Mehdi Bennani (VW Golf) – Loeb – 12”512
6 – Rob Huff (VW Golf) – Loeb – 12”920
7 – Yvan Muller (Hyundai) – YMR – 15”681
8 – Yann Ehrlacher (Honda Civic) – Munnich – 18”262
9 – Denis Dupont (Audi) – Comtoyou – 21”330
10 – Aurelien Panis (Audi) – Comtoyou – 22”571
11 – Timo Scheider (Honda Civic) – Munnich – 22”991
12 – Kevin Ceccon (Alfa Romeo) – Mulsanne – 24”891
13 – Pepe Oriola (Seat Cupra) – Campos – 34”043
14 – Gordon Shedden (Audi) – WRT – 36”378
15 – Tom Coronel (Honda) – Boutsen Ginion – 36”450
16 – Aurelien Comte (Peugeot) – DG Sport – 36”721
17 – Mato Homola (Peugeot) – DG Sport – 37”224
18 – Fabrizio Giovanardi (Alfa Romeo) – Mulsanne – 37”540
19 – Ma Qinghua (Honda) – Boutsen Ginion – 37”583

Volta mais rápida: Bjork 1’52”317

Abandonos:

John Filippi (Seat Cupra) – Campos – 4 voltas
Norbert Nagy (Seat Cupra) – Zengo – 4
David Szabo (Seat Cupra) – Zengo – 3
Norbert Michelisz (Hyundai) – BRC – 1
Nathanael Berthon (Audi RS3) – Comtoyou – 1
Jean-Karl Vernay (Audi) – WRT – 1

Final, prova 2:

1 – Yvan Muller (Hyundai) – YMR – 13 voltas em 24’32”355
2 – Mehdi Bennani (VW Golf) – Loeb – 2”620
3 – Esteban Guerrieri (Honda) – Munnich – 8”569
4 – Denis Dupont (Audi) – Comtoyou – 9”965
5 – Rob Huff (VW Golf) – Loeb – 12”526
6 – Frederic Vervisch (Audi) – Comtoyou – 12”629
7 – Thed Bjork (Hyundai) – YMR – 12”796
8 – Nathanael Berthon (Audi RS3) – Comtoyou – 12”961
9 – Norbert Michelisz (Hyundai) – BRC – 13”257
10 – Pepe Oriola (Seat Cupra) – Campos – 15”337
11 – Aurelien Panis (Audi) – Comtoyou – 18”019
12 – Kevin Ceccon (Alfa Romeo) – Mulsanne – 22”473
13 – Fabrizio Giovanardi (Alfa Romeo) – Mulsanne – 27”413
14 – Ma Qinghua (Honda) – Boutsen Ginion – 31”012
15 – Gordon Shedden (Audi) – WRT – 31”601
16 – Tom Coronel (Honda) – Boutsen Ginion – 32”475
17 – Mato Homola (Peugeot) – DG Sport – 33”618
18 – Yann Ehrlacher (Honda Civic) – Munnich – 1 volta
19 – Timo Scheider (Honda Civic) – Munnich – 1
20 – Norbert Nagy (Seat Cupra) – Zengo – 3

Volta mais rápida: Yvan Muller 1’52”356

Final, prova 3:

1 – Thed Bjork (Hyundai) – YMR – 17 voltas em 54’20″993
2 – Gabriele Tarquini (Hyundai) – BRC – 1”928
3 – Denis Dupont (Audi) – Comtoyou – 4”020
4 – Frederic Vervisch (Audi) – Comtoyou – 7”235
5 – Norbert Michelisz (Hyundai) – BRC – 8“855
6 – Rob Huff (VW Golf) – Loeb – 10”572
7 – Pepe Oriola (Seat Cupra) – Campos – 11”061
8 – Nathanael Berthon (Audi RS3) – Comtoyou – 12”118
9 – Aurelien Panis (Audi) – Comtoyou – 12”871
10 – Mehdi Bennani (VW Golf) – Loeb – 13”737
11 – Timo Scheider (Honda Civic) – Munnich – 14”229
12 – Jean-Karl Vernay (Audi) – WRT – 14”668
13 – Gordon Shedden (Audi) – WRT – 15”602
14 – Kevin Ceccon (Alfa Romeo) – Mulsanne – 19”862
15 – Norbert Nagy (Seat Cupra) – Zengo – 20”316
16 – Aurelien Comte (Peugeot) – DG Sport – 21”229
17 – Tom Coronel (Honda) – Boutsen Ginion – 21”229
18 – Mato Homola (Peugeot) – DG Sport – 25”605
19 – Yann Ehrlacher (Honda Civic) – Munnich – 26”370
20 – John Filippi (Seat Cupra) – Campos – 1 volta
21 – David Szabo (Seat Cupra) – Zengo – 1

Volta mais rápida: Thed Bjork 1’51”640

Abandonos:

Yvan Muller (Hyundai) – YMR – 8 voltas
Fabrizio Giovanardi (Alfa Romeo) – Mulsanne – 2
Esteban Guerrieri (Honda) – Munnich – 1
Ma Qinghua (Honda) – Boutsen Ginion – NL