Mikel Azcona is within touching distance of the WTCR title thanks to his fourth win of the season in the opening race in Bahrain 🏆 Full race report and results ⬇️
beat him to the podium in his Comtoyou Audi, despite making a disastrous start from the front row.
“It was easy enough,” admitted Azcona. “I made a very good start, that was the key of the race. I was a bit afraid of Berthon because we had seen in the previous races the Audis are quick and strong, fast in the straight. But very quickly I saw he was in some kind of problem so there was free space for me, so from this point it was just to see what the conditions were like in the night.”
“I was very happy with my car,” said Michelisz. “In qualifying it was flawless which is one of the very rare occasions. As a driver you feel 100% in control and I’m very happy because it was steady progress. But more importantly I am very happy for the team and for Mikel. He deserved the race win.” Berthon recovered quickly from his poor start and was back up to fourth by the end of lap one. He closed in on Girolami, who was struggling for pace in a Honda carrying 40kg of compensation weight.
“Big mistake, it was my worst start of the year,” said Berthon. “I had a vibration which was appalling so I had to manage that. A lot of points lost. I would have loved to fight with Mikel. Congrats to him, no mistakes at all. We have to fight and come back stronger. We need to find some performance to come back at him.”
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