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Craft-Bamboo Racing to work with SEAT on reliability issues

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Craft-Bamboo Racing had a mixed weekend at the Salzburgring, with Pepe Oriola falling to second in the championship behind the Leopard Volkswagen of Stefano Comini, losing out on victory and an extended championship lead due a wastegate issue in Race 1.

The team still scored a pair of podiums, with James Nash finishing in second position in Race 1 and with Sergey Afanasyev also taking second in Race 2, but Nash’s results were in spite of a technical issue experienced himself in qualifying, when a broken drive flange on his SEAT León TCR saw him qualify down in 15th for both races.

“We are pleased to get some results here in difficult conditions, but we are concerned with some reliability issues with the car and we will be supporting SEAT in making the required improvements,” said Craft-Bamboo Racing team principal Richard Coleman.

“The next round in Oschersleben will suit the Golf and the Honda, so the focus will be on minimising the damage there before heading to a happy circuit for us in Sochi.”