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[WTCC] Two Britons Challenging For World Championship Lead |
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Sunday, 04 June 2006 |
TWO BRITONS CHALLENGING FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
Britain’s world champion racing driver, Andy Priaulx, reclaimed the lead of the FIA World Touring Car Championship today by winning the seventh round of the series at Oschersleben, Germany - and the other Briton challenging for the WTCC crown, SEAT’s James Thompson, closed his deficit on the series lead from seven points to just one point.
Both Britons face tough competition, however: with 12 rounds still to go after today’s seventh and eighth races, just two points separate the championship’s top six drivers, and Priaulx (BMW 320si) shares his tenuous lead with former British Touring Car Champion Yvan Muller (SEAT Leon).
Priaulx had lost the series’ lead in front of his home crowd at Brands Hatch two weeks ago, skating off the track in torrential rain, but at Oschersleben he bounced back in style by setting fastest qualifying time for pole position, then winning the first race of the day by half-a-second.
Guernsey’s Priaulx was unable to score any points in the day’s second race, but Yvan Muller scored only one point all weekend, by taking eighth place in race two. Priaulx said:
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