WTCR Aragon: Magnus holds off Huff for Audi’s first win of 2022

Magnus, 22, clung on to his lead after starting race one from pole position as Huff made a great getaway from fourth on the grid in his Zengo Motorsport Cupra Leon.

Reigning double champion Yann Ehrlacher demoted front-row starter Nathanael Berthon into Turn 1, but Huff had passed them both by Turn 3 and then chased Magnus hard all the way for his second consecutive runner-up finish.

“This guy did not make it easy,” said Magnus of Huff. “He was really quick, I was not allowed to make any mistakes and then in the end on the last lap I had a fuel cut. I said on the radio I was going crazy, my heart rate went up. But in the end we managed to bring it home.”

“What a mega race,” said Huff, who also finished second in race two at the Hungaroring. “I’ve been really concentrating on starts and I think we’ve finally found something that works really well. I kept my foot in and got up to second, then chased junior all the way.

“We had a bit more pace than Gilles, but when you are following it is so hard when you’ve got these [track limits] tyre stacks. We are using every last centimetre up to the tyre stacks.

“He made a couple of very small mistakes that allowed me a couple of times to almost get alongside. I had a good run out of the chicane on to the back straight on one lap, but he was just a little bit quicker when you get halfway down the straight. But two second places now – that first win can’t be too far away.”

Rob Huff, Zengo Motorsport, CUPRA Leon Competición

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Berthon finished third, but only after a controversial move on Ehrlacher on the second lap. The pair made contact under braking, which resulted in the Lynk & Co losing three places.

“I passed him, he passed me back, as usual I would say because I