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Nathanaël Berthon enjoyed the ultimate homecoming with his first win of the 2022 WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup season as Circuit l’Anneau du Rhin hosted a memorable first international-level event with two action-packed races.
This is what Nathanaël Berthon and Rob Huff had to say after they shared the two race wins at WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst earlier today. RACE 1: Nathanaël Berthon (FRA), Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport, Audi RS 3 LMS“Bebu [Néstor Girolami] did an incredible job so it was not easy to keep him behind, but it’s so good to win here in France. It’s been a long time so it’s good.
Rob Huff resisted 18 laps of pressure to brilliantly claim his second win of the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup season in Race 2 at WTCR Race Alsace GrandEst on this afternoon. The Briton’s fifth WTCR career victory came after he passed polesitter Mehdi Bennani at the start and built just enough of a cushion to fend off an attack by the Comtoyou Team Audi Sport driver. Ad/> Huff’s success at Circuit l’Anneau du Rhin aboard his Zengő Motorsport CUPRA Leon Competición not only cemented his third place in the Goodyear #FollowTheLeader contest, but also increased his lead at the head of the WTCR Trophy standings for independent racers.
Gilles Magnus has lost his third-place finish in Race 1 at WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst after he was handed a five-second time penalty for an on-track clash with Esteban Guerrieri. Guerrieri was running in fourth place in his ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR when contact at Turn 1 with the Comtoyou Team Audi Sport Audi RS 3 LMS of Belgian driver Magnus sent the Argentinian into a lurid slide across the grass and gravel on lap five.
Nathanaël Berthon claimed his first WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup victory of the year with a commanding performance in Race 1 of the WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst. The Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport driver used the superior straightline speed of his Audi RS 3 LMS to out-drag the pole-sitting ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda of Nestor Girolami at the start and was never headed afterwards. Ad/> The only French driver competing on home soil at Anneau du Rhin, Berthon maintained a 0.5s lead for most of the race to secure his second career victory – and his first since the WTCR Race of Slovakia in October 2020.
Nathanaël Berthon admitted he ‘gave everything’ in his pursuit of a home pole position in the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup. The flying Frenchman missed out on pole for Race 1 at WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst to Néstor Girolami by 0.026s in a thrilling end to Saturday Qualifying at Circuit l’Anneau du Rhin. Ad/> “It was close,” said the Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport driver.
It’s raceday in the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup as Circuit l’Anneau du Rhin revs up to host the inaugural WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst. Two races are in store today and this is when they’ll take place: Ad/> 11h15: Race 1 (30 minutes+1 lap) (Live on Eurosport Player and other broadcasters around the world) WTCRBennani on Anneau du Rhin Race 2 WTCR pole15 HOURS AGO 16h15: Race 2 (25 minutes+1 lap) (Live on Eurosport Player and other broadcasters around the world) The post The day ahead at WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst appeared first on FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup.
Comtoyou Team Audi Sport driver Mehdi Bennani is set to start Race 2 at WTCR Race Alsace GrandEst from pole position on the partially-reversed grid following the conclusion of Qualifying at Anneau du Rhin this afternoon. The Moroccan qualified 10th for the opening race in his Goodyear-equipped Audi RS 3 LMS, defeating LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler’s Attila Tassi to the position by just 0.034s and converting that into Race 2 pole under the series’ regulations.