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RACE 2 – MAGNUS DOMINATES, BUT HAS TO SETTLE FOR SILVER At the start, Magnus made good use of the pole and led from Gavrilov, Homola, Kahia, Coronel and John Filippi. However, the safety car was deployed during the first lap as the cars of Bettera and Engstler were stuck on the pit straight after having crashed. The Italian had stalled on the grid with a broken driveshaft and Engstler couldn’t avoid hitting him. Soon after the race restarted, Kahia tried to pass Homola for P3, but drove onto the grass, lost control and went off at the Cimini 1 bend; Homola lost momentum and Coronel overtook him for P3. As a light rain began to fall, Rory Butcher, Jim Ka To, Norbert Kiss, Zhang Zhen Dong and Jessica Bäckman began recovering positions. Butcher with a new turbo fitted in his MG overtook J. Filippi for P6, while Bäckman advanced to P8 after passing Zhang and Kiss. On lap 3, Zhang went off and the safety car was deployed once again before clearing the track for one last lap. Magnus managed to retain the lead, while Gavrilov had to fight with Coronel to save the second place that was worth the Gold Medal. They clashed a couple of times, while Butcher passed Homola for P4 and joined the fight. They entered three abreast into the final turn and Gavrilov crossed the line in second place, with Coronel, Butcher, Homola and J. Filippi filling the positions between third and sixth, the five of them covered by only eight tenths. Jessica Bäckman was classified seventh after making contact with Ka To who went wide and dropped to ninth behind Julius Adomavi č ius, while Valters Zviedris in the only DSG car of the field passed Kiss for P10 during the last lap. Mason Filippi didn’t even take the start as he lost control while warming up the tyres and went off during the formation lap. 14 MOTORSPORT GAMES