Muller: “I don’t feel like I won this off the track”

Yvan Muller became the first driver to secure the FIA World Touring Car Championship title for two different manufacturers. 2008 for SEAT and 2010 for Chevrolet.
“It feels good! I did my job properly and I’m pleased for the team,” said Muller.

But the title did not come without controversy this year with the exclusion of BMW in Japan. Muller though says the court verdict did not affect the outcome of the title race.

“Before the verdict I had done twenty races to win this title, so I don’t feel like I won this off the track. After Japan I felt it was already done, as I had a 37-point lead so there was only a small chance of losing it. I had being winning this title since the first race in Curitiba and kept hold to have the biggest advantage by Japan,” said Muller.

Consistency has been one of the main keys for Muller, the driver who has scored most points overall in the WTCC during the four years he has been in the championship.

“There are many keys to a championship. Consistency is important but you also need a good car, good engineers, good mechanics and a bit of luck! It is nice to have been fighting for the title in the last five years. I think if you do a world championship classification over the whole of the last five years, I would also win that!” said Muller.