Most successful Chevrolet WTCC weekend ever

Chevrolet recorded their best ever WTCC weekend at Marrakech this weekend with two 1-2-3 victories. Alain Menu claimed the honors in the first race after starting from pole position.
“It was fantastic winning Race 1 and adding Marrakech to my collection of wins on street circuits. Clearly, when you start from the pole on a circuit like this, things are much easier, but still, it was essential to make no mistakes and be cautious over the kerbs, which can be quite disruptive here,” said Menu.

The order from the first race, with Menu-Huff-Muller, was reversed in the second race with Yvan Muller fighting his way from seventh on the grid to victory.
“Race 2 was incredible, and it is, of course, a great satisfaction to win a race from P7 on the grid on an urban track. But, today, the Cruze was perfect and unbeatable. This said, it was not easy, because I didn’t have a great start. After that I focused on passing the cars ahead of me one by one and in not doing stupid things, and it worked out well,” said Muller.

Huff scored two second positions and keeps in touch with his team mates in the championship, currently third, 33 points behind Muller and 8 points behind Menu.
“Another fantastic weekend for the team, and which proves how well we can work together as a team. It’s a real pleasure. Race 1 was quite good, everything went well at the start, so we were 1-2-3 from the beginning and then it was a sensible, nice and neat race from the three of us, with no dramas whatsoever. Race 2 was fantastic again, and although I was second again, I must say this has been a very successful weekend. Yvan did a great job in opening gaps for me and I did everything I could to keep them open for Alain, and that was it,” said Huff.

Thanks to the success on the streets of Marrakech, a type of circuit Chevrolet historically always has been successful on in the WTCC, the American manufacturer pulls away in the manufacturers championship with 268 points ahead of BMW on 161 and SEAT on 144.
“A phenomenal weekend for Chevrolet and for the RML team. Today, the Cruzes were really fast and given the very low tire consumption on this track, our drivers could really push and go for it. We are also quite happy there is almost no contact damage in the three cars, as the Cruzes will be partially re-prepared here and will go straight to Bratislava from here. The trucks are leaving at four o’clock Monday morning, so the day isn’t finished for us, but we still can drink a well-deserved glass of champagne!” said RML’s WTCC Project Manager Ron Hartvelt.

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