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12 MOTORSPORT GAMES RACE 1 – GAVRILOV LEADS FROM THE LIGHTS TO THE FLAG Gavrilov took the lead at the start and then never looked back. He resisted the pressure from Homola in the first part of the race, but after the safety car intervention he was able to create a gap that was not to be overcome. As Homola cruised to second position, there was a tough battle for P3 that involved John Filippi, Tom Coronel and Magnus. Positions were swapped several times until Magnus and Coronel came together at the Roma bend during lap 6; Coronel got the worst of it and, his car unbalanced, dropped to P7, while Magnus continued his charge and overtook Filippi for P3 on lap 12. With the Frenchman holding onto fourth place, Czech youngster Dušan Kou ř il was classified a brilliant fifth ahead of New Zealand rookie Faine Kahia who was able to keep Jessica Bäckman at bay after she had passed Coronel for P7. Enrico Bettera and Jim Ka To rounded off the top ten. Rory Butcher’s MG, third on the grid, stalled at the start due to a clutch problem and eventually finished 16th slowed down by a turbocharger issue, while Luca Engstler joined the race only during Lap 10 as the team didn’t have enough time to replace the engine that blew in the morning’s Qualifying. Gonzalo De Andrés did not start as the transmission of his Peugeot 308 failed just before going to the grid. Walters Zvierdris was running as high as sixth during the first laps in his Audi DSG, but then dropped back and was also given a 5-second penalty for jumping the start to end up classified 15th. The race was disrupted once by the red flag between laps 3 and 6, to recover Kristian Sætheren’s Alfa Romeo, stuck along the track after a collision with Salem Alnusif’s Audi.