Macau Grand Prix: Yvan Muller, Andy Priaulx and Raffaelle Marciello top podiums at Guia circuit
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It was Yvan Muller who started off the final day of the Macau Grand Prix with another win – and another 25 points in his attempt to take over the WTRC lead.
The 50-year-old Frenchman made it two wins from two over eight laps this weekend with the major difference between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning was that he did not start on pole for his second win.
Instead, from fifth on the grid he got off to a great start, moving past title rival Esteban Guerrieri, safe in the knowledge that his Lynk & Co Cyan Racing teammates – his nephew Yann Erhlacherhis in pole and Thed Bjork behind him were at the front of the grid – would let him pass.
“I had a fantastic start, which is crucial here,” Muller said. “I knew if I wanted to win I had to pass Guerrieri and Ceccon. And then Yann and Thed helped me big time.
“We knew of course straight away, because they were starting one and two with Thed, that if that was the case at the first corner Yann would let Thed past and if I was joining them, I would pass both of them.