Mag-nificent! Magnus gains in Spain as Azcona advances with thrilling home WTCR victory

Gilles Magnus resisted intense pressure from Rob Huff and the intense MotorLand Aragón heat to score the first Audi-powered victory in this season’s WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup with top spot in Race 1. WTCR Race of Spain Race 1 classification (30 minutes + 1 lap)1 Gilles Magnus (BEL) Comtoyou Team Audi Sport, Audi RS 3 LMS, 34m09.551s (152.3kph) 2 Rob Huff (GBR) Zengő Motorsport, CUPRA Leon Competición, +0.393s 3 Mikel Azcona (ESP) BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse, +4.869s 4 Nathanaël Berthon (FRA) Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport, +9.351s 5 Yann Ehrlacher (FRA) Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, +9.655sFastest lap: Gilles Magnus (BEL) Comtoyou Team Audi Sport, Audi RS 3 LMS, 2m06.320s (152.3kph) Ad/> WTCR Race of Spain Race 2 classification (25 minutes + 1 lap)1 Mikel Azcona (ESP), BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse, 27m31.604s (149.9kph) 2 Rob Huff (GBR) Zengő Motorsport, CUPRA Leon Competición, +0.802s 3 Santiago Urrutia (URY) Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, +5.633s 4 Dániel Nagy (HUN) Zengő Motorsport, CUPRA Leon Competición, +7.868s 5 Yann Ehrlacher (FRA) Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, +8.755sFastest lap: Rob Huff (GBR) Zengő Motorsport, CUPRA Leon Competición, 2m07.880s (150.4kph) WTCRWTCR Race 2 flash: Azcona wins as Huff stars again10 HOURS AGO WTCR provisional standings after Round 8 of 20Goodyear #FollowTheLeader: Mikel Azcona, 129 points 2 Gilles Magnus, 99 points 3 Santiago Urrutia, 93 points 4 Rob Huff, 93 points 5 Yann Ehrlacher, 92 points It was the Comtoyou Team Audi Sport driver’s second WTCR career win following his breakthrough success in Hungary last year.

The result also enabled Magnus to cut Mikel Azcona’s title margin to eight points heading into Race 2. However, a third win of