WTCC – Michelisz win in Hungary

Privateer Norbert Michelisz (Hungary) claimed the first Honda World Touring Car Championship race victory of 2015 with a lights-to-flag victory in front of his home crowd at the Hungaroring, autosport.com reports.

Autosport.com said, Norbert Michelisz parlayed his reverse-grid pole position into a seemingly effortless lead at the race start as his rivals squabbled behind. Independent entries completed the podium as ROAL Chevrolet team-mates Tom Coronel and Tom Chilton finished second and third.

According the autosport.com, in spite of not having the latest aero and engine package, Coronel passed Chilton cleanly at Turn 1 and held on tenaciously for the duration.

RESULTS

Pos Driver Team Car Laps Time Gap
1 Norbert Michelisz Zengo Motorsport Honda 14 26m00.367s –
2 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet 14 26m07.470s 7.103s
3 Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet 14 26m09.682s 9.315s
4 Tiago Monteiro Honda Racing Team JAS Honda 14 26m10.543s 10.176s
5 Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 14 26m11.602s 11.235s
6 Jose Maria Lopez Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 14 26m12.407s 12.040s
7 Yvan Muller Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 14 26m13.432s 13.065s
8 Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet 14 26m19.006s 18.639s
9 Ma Qing Hua Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 14 26m20.193s 19.826s
10 Gregoire Demoustier Craft-Bamboo Racing Chevrolet 14 26m30.388s 30.021s
11 John Filippi Campos Racing Chevrolet 14 26m39.027s 38.660s
12 Stefano D’Aste All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport Chevrolet 14 26m42.397s 42.030s
13 Gabriele Tarquini Honda Racing Team JAS Honda 14 27m11.651s 1m11.284s
– Mikhail Kozlovskiy LADA Sport Rosneft Lada 6 11m39.632s Retirement
– Mehdi Bennani Sebastien Loeb Racing Citroen 1 2m08.355s Retirement
– Rob Huff LADA Sport Rosneft Lada 1 2m49.950s Retirement

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Photo: MTI

Source: http://www.autosport.com/

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