Worldwide: Maiden victory in FIA WEC and title in FIA WTCR

Worldwide: Maiden victory in FIA WEC and title in FIA WTCR

13. December 2018 -

A new winner: for PAGID Racing, the maiden victory of the new Aston Martin Vantage GTE at Shanghai was the FIA WEC season highlight. In the FIA World Touring Car Cup, TMD Performance GmbH’s motorsport brand also scored great achievements with 1-2s in the drivers’ and teams’ standings.

In the FIA WEC, the new Aston Martin Vantage GTE scored its first victory. With the #95 Aston Martin Vantage GTE run by Aston Martin Racing, Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen secured first place in the GTE PRO class in the 6 Hours of Shanghai.

In the FIA World Touring Car Cup, Gabriele Tarquini (BRC Racing Team) secured the title. In a thrilling season finale at Macau, the stalwart, who raced the #30 Hyundai i30N TCR, came out on top ahead of his fellow Hyundai driver Yvan Muller (Yvan Muller Racing), the two drivers separated by only three points. In the teams’ standings, PAGID Racing also had double reason for joy: here, Yvan Muller Racing managed to win the title with BRC Racing Team in second place.

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