Frenchman Yann Ehrlacher has achieved victory in the inverted grid race of the WTCR at the Estoril circuit. The Lynk & Co driver overtook Gabriele Tarquini at the begin, a maneuver that allowed him to guide the race from the first nook to the checkered flag. For its half, Yvan Muller completed second after benefiting from Tarquini’s personal puncture, whereas Santiago Urrutia was in cost of closing the podium and the triplet of Lynk & Co. For his half, Spanish Mikel Azcona has signed a fantastic comeback to attain a useful sixth place.
Yann Ehrlacher signed a greater begin than Gabriele Tarquini to depart the Italian behind and take the lead of the group. Yvan Muller was third forward of Santiago Urrutia, whereas fifth place was for the Portuguese Tiago Monteiro. Behind, Mikel Azcona signed a superb begin to climb to ninth place on the first lap, a begin that was settled with a contact for the chief Jean-Karl Vernay That saved him out of the race. The affect of Nestor Girolami towards the Frenchman’s Hyundai it left them each out of the recreation. A mishap in which Attila Tassi was additionally concerned, though the Hungarian managed to proceed.
Yvan Muller took benefit of Gabriele Tarquini’s puncture to complete in second place.
The Security Automotive made an look to permit the stewards to take away Nestor Girolami’s Honda, though he shortly left the observe to permit competitors once more. There was thus a spotlight in which Yann Ehrlacher managed to retain the first place forward of Tarquini, Muller and Urrutia, the latter extra involved with defending himself towards Tiago Monteiro than attacking Yvan Muller. Behind, Mikel Azcona continued together with his development and gained one other two positions after beating Thed Björk and Attila Tassi. Tassi himself surpassed Björk at the midway level of the race.
Gabriele Tarquini’s puncture drew a brand new profession situation with a Lynk & Co treble in the lead. Yann Ehrlacher was thus forward of Yvan Muller and Santiago Urrutia. The Uruguayan managed to completely management Tiago Monteiro and Esteban Guerrieri when defending this triplet, since a ‘civil’ conflict was being drawn inside Honda by staff orders. Esteban Guerrieri requested the staff by radio to surpass Monteiro to attempt to assault the Lynk & Co, one thing that the Portuguese didn’t conform to. At residence and as digital chief of the WTCR, Tiago Monteiro resoundingly refused.
The radio message crossing was resolved nearly three laps later. Tiago Monteiro lastly let Esteban Guerrieri move, in a wierd maneuver that appeared to reach very late, since Santiago Urrutia acquired a sure benefit over the Honda riders. In reality, Guerrieri couldn’t scale back his drawback over the final member of the Lynk & Co trio, so all the pieces returned to regular meters earlier than the end line. With none opposition and oblivious to the variables inside Honda, champion Yann Ehrlacher managed to attain the victory forward of his uncle Yvan Muller.
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Santiago Urrutia closed the podium, whereas Tiago Monteiro was lastly fourth, since he was successful on the identical end line when Esteban Guerrieri complied with the staff orders and let the Portuguese move. Witness to this maneuver, Mikel Azcona noticed the checkered flag in sixth place after an impressive race in which he resisted the closing assaults of Attila Tassi. Thed Björk and Gilles Magnus had been, for his or her half, eighth and ninth, whereas Rob Huff completed tenth after an ‘outdated fox’ maneuver in which he beat Nathanaël Berthon and Luca Engstler in the identical curve.
Outcomes Race 1 of the WTCR 2021 in Estoril
P.
DriverVehicleTeamTime1st Yann Ehrlacher
Lynk & Co 03 TCR
Cyan Racing Lynk & Co
15 Laps
2nd Yvan Muller
Lynk & Co 03 TCR
Cyan Racing Lynk & Co
+1,746
third Santiago Urrutia
Lynk & Co 03 TCR
Cyan Efficiency Lynk & Co
+ 3.4114ºTiago Monteiro
Honda civic kind r
Munich Motorsport
+ 4.9605º Esteban Guerrieri
Honda Civic Kind RMünnich Motorsport + 5.369
sixth Mikel Azcona
CUPRA Leon Competitors
Zengö Motorsport
+ 8.2207ºAttila Tassi
Honda civic kind r
Munich Motorsport
+ 8.6508ºThed Björk
Lynk & Co 03 TCR
Cyan Efficiency Lynk & Co
+ 10.8489ºGilles Magnus
Audi RS Three LMS TCR
Comtoyou Audi Sport
+14.08810ºRob Huff
CUPRA Leon Competitors
Zengö Motorsport
+ 16.65111ºNathanaël Berthon
Audi RS Three LMS TCR
Comtoyou DHL Audi Sport
+ 19.21412º
Luca engstler
Hyundai elantra n tcr
Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly
+ 19.36013ºFrédéric Vervisch
Audi RS Three LMS TCR
Comtoyou Audi Sport
+ 21.11814º Jordi Gené
CUPRA Léon Competitors
Zengö Motorsport Drivers Academy
+ 22.50015ºAndreas Bäckman
Hyundai elantra n tcr
Goal Competitors
+25,079
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