Pepe Oriola becomes youngest WTCC winner

Pepe Oriola who will turn 19 in three months became the youngest ever winner of a WTCC race putting in a masterpiece performance and inflicting the first defeat to the Chevrolet cars since Suzuka last year.The young Spaniard took the maximum out of his front row position on the reverse grid and led the race for the whole distance resisting a huge pressure from the RML duo of Yvan Muller and

Tom Chilton. Oriola did not crack under pressure even when the race resumed after a safety car period for a last frantic lap, and did not offer Muller the lesser opportunity to try an overtaking manouevre.James Nash finished fourth and winner of the Yokohama Trophy, while Gabriele Tarquini and Rob Huff threw away possible good results in two different incidents. Key momentsStartMonje takes the lead, but Oriola overtakes him at the first brakingLap 1Huff dives inside Monje at Turn 4, they make contact and Huff retiresLap 2Basseng overtakes Nash for fourthLap 2Monje crashes into the back of Thompsons LADA at Turn 10; they both retireLap 3Muller and Chilton fight for secondLap 4Oriola is closely chased by Muller and ChiltonLap 5Nykjr overtakes OYoung for ninthLap 6Chilton and Muller are side-to-side at Turn 9Lap 7Nash overtakes Basseng for fourthLap 8Tarquini crashes at Turn 10 and collects MacDowall; they both retireLap 9the safety car is deployedLap 12the race resumesLap 13Oriola manages to keep the lead and wins from Muller and ChiltonLap 13Engstler overtakes OYoung for eighth; Ng overtakes Bennani for tenth


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