Jaap van Lagen stays on at Lada Sport for Moscow
Jaap van Lagen stays on at Lada Sport for Moscow
Dutch driver Jaap van Lagen will be back behind the wheel of the Lada Vesta WTCC for the next round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, which takes place at the Russian manufacturer’s home race at the Moscow Raceway in two weeks.
As team principal Viktor Shapovalov had already previously indicated to TouringCarTimes, 38-year-old van Lagen will return for the team’s home event after a successful return to the WTCC, driving the car which was driven during the first two events of the season by James Thompson.
Van Lagen scored points on his WTCC return after a six-year absence at the Nürburgring, first battling “Queen of the Ring” Sabine Schmitz for the final points position in the first race but losing out and crossing the line 11th, but then grabbed tenth and a solitary point in the second race, his first points since Oschersleben in 2009.
The team have not yet confirmed their full line-up for their home event, with the team rushing to repair their third car. Rob Huff will be behind the wheel of the #12 car, but Mikhail Kozlovskiy was stood down as Huff took over the young Russian’s race car after Huff’s own car was heavily damaged in testing after Hungary.
