Coronel savours “classic touring car racing” at WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst

Tom Coronel was able to savour some “classic touring car racing” during the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup’s visit to the Alsace GrandEst region of France last weekend. Driving a Goodyear-equipped Audi RS 3 LMS for Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport, the Dutchman scored a weekend-best sixth in Race 1 at Circuit l’Anneau du Rhin.

Ad Speaking afterwards, Coronel said: “I briefly was fifth, was in the grass for a while, but I was also kind to my team-mate [Gilles] Magnus as he is in a good position in the [standings], so I had to leave him room to survive. I was able to hold on to my position in a nice way, but then [Norbert] Michelisz came up and he put his car alongside in a quite aggressive way so that I lost momentum and Rob Huff overtook me.

That is how I ended up sixth in the first race. WTCRBest WTCR points finish of 2022 makes for a happy MonteiroYESTERDAY AT 04:09 “I simply had a nice race, even though we would have had the speed to end a little bit further up, [but there was] some really pleasant racing, nice classic touring car racing with some toing and froing.

I am sure it was nice to watch for the spectators, too.” Coronel had to settle for P11 in Race 2 after a power issue leaving the grid and a misunderstanding with Esteban Guerrieri dropped him down the order. “Once again, I had a really good start, but suddenly, the engine didn’t deliver the full power while I shifted from first into second [and] I lost all the speed on the straight because of it,” Coronel explained.