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WORLD AND LIFE
TCR 2018
WTCR
different winner in the season with a
lights-to-flag victory in Race 3. It was
not an easy win, as he survived the
rutheless attacks from Dupont and
then defended from a determined
Vervisch.
There was plenty of drama at the
start: Dupont tried to dive inside of
Shedden who was leading and hit him,
the Scot was able to stay at the front,
while Guerrieri cut the chicane moving
up to second ahead of Dupont and
Vervisch.
Behind them, a pile up eliminated
Vernay, Comte, Huff and Mat’o
Homola.
During the safety car period, following
an order from Race Control, Guerrieri
dropped to fourth behind Dupont and
Vervisch, while Vernay lost his sixth
place following a drive-through for
causing the first lap incident.
On lap 10 Dupont hit a stack of tyres
and pushed it into the side of
Shedden’s car; Vervisch moved up to
second, while the safety car was
deployed again to put the tyres back
in place.
Positions did not change in the final
five laps, but there were a couple of
thrilling battles: one for the leadership
between Shedden and Vervisch and
one for fourth with Guerrieri closing
all the gaps to keep Berthon at bay.
Eventually nothing changed and
Shedden won from Vervisch, Dupont,
Guerrieri and Berthon.
The WTCR will now move to Suzuka,
Japan, for the penultimate event of
the season on October 27/28.