Booom! Victory in Marrakech for Tom Coronel FIA WTCC 2016 Morocco
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Booom! Victory in Marrakech for Tom Coronel FIA WTCC 2016 Morocco
Marrakech, May 8, 2016 - The new, semi-permanent and three kilometres long Circuit Internationale Automobile Moulay El Hassan, located in the Marrakech hotel district, proved to be a good venue for Tom Coronel. The Dutchman started from fourth place on the grid for the Opening Race during the fourth round of the 2016 FIA World Touring Car Championship and went on to score the fifth overall WTCC race win of his career. For the 44-year-old ROIAL Motorsport driver, his last win to date was already three years ago (Japan 2013). With his Chevrolet Cruze, Coronel already posted the fastest lap time in the second free practice session. In the subsequent qualifying, he was unable to repeat this achievement. Initially, he was fifth, but brake problems in the closing stages made him drop to seventh. That meant fourth place on the (reversed) grid in the Opening Race of the weekend that turned out to be such a successful one. Coronel started from the fourth row on the grid for the Main Race that took place on a rain-soaked track. The position he had gained at the start was lost one lap later when the Chevrolet ran wide in a corner. Due to his dry weather set-up, Coronel dropped back to ninth and then to twelfth place, which was all he could do in this race. In the 2016 FIA WTCC drivers’ standings, Coronel is now in ninth place with 41 points while he is third in the WTCC Trophy for privateers.
“Free practice went well. Just like other street circuits, this is a track that suits me. I was always somewhere between fourth and eighth place and that was more or less our goal. It was quite strange that I ended up fastest in second free practice while using my qualifying tyres from Hungary,” Tom Coronel said.
“None of us had expected this and it gave us a moral boost for the remaining sessions. The car handled well, provided plenty of grip and expectations were accordingly high. Still, I didn’t quite manage to put such a nice time on the stopwatch again. I had to deal with some more oversteer and the brakes didn’t always give me a perfect feeling, so I was slightly more cautious, because you just can’t make any mistakes with all the walls along the track. For me, the start of the first race went well and I moved up two places right away. Then, I saw what was happening in front of me and I knew that Valente was doing something that would incur him a penalty. Thus, he disappeared into the pits and I found myself in the lead. I was slightly worried about the tyres, although I didn’t have anyone in front of me, so they could cool down really well. I had López behind me who made a few attempts. Braking later, tapping on the rear of my car again and again, but never over the top, because he didn’t want to risk a penalty. As a result, I was able to stay in the lead and I won the race. A fantastic result and great for the entire team. A little bit like Leicester City winning the Premier League. A great success for our small team in the big field with the factory teams. It also really was a nice race, thrilling and with a fantastic result. And talking of results, things have been going pretty well all season so far. The second race, however, was a drama. We had the car set up for dry conditions and that doesn’t work at all when the track is so wet. The rear was faster than the front and it was one slide after another with the rain tyres. I did what I could to fight for positions, but I had to back off several times. I didn’t want to crash the car, because the next race is at Nürburgring in three weeks and I want to race there, too, so I kept the damage limited, I scored my points and I am now looking forward to the next races. Bring it on, I am ready,” Tom Coronel says.
In the 2016 WTCC, Tom Coronel is supported by: DHL, Eurol Lubricants, Tricorp Worwear,Farmlight Lampoil, TW Steel -big in oversized watches-, ERU Prestige, Equinix, Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma, 4.Brands, Lesonal, Allsecur, ASC Group, Playseat, Intrax, Super-B, RSII Advan Racing and CM #TomCoronel
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Congratulation!! Great race and intense battle with Lopez. Even the german commentators on Eurosport were keeping their fingers crossed for you!
Klasse Tom! De woorden van Lopez zeggen genoeg. Veel respect van de collega's.
Congratulations man, you really deserve it. :)
I feel full of your happiness!!! and it makes me happy, too! Congratulations, Tom🙌❗
Congratulations from Macau! Good job Tom!
Congratulations, Tommy Boy! :) You really deserved this victory! I'm so proud of you, because you could intercept Pechito's Citroen! :)
Very happy for you Tom!! Congrats!
Congratulations Tom!! Finally things went your way. And to think I almost missed that TV broadcast!
congrats tom,you deserve it ,nice race!! congrats from argentina
OWJA!!! ,helemaal LEKKER!!!Plekkie nr 1 ....>TOP MAN Gefliciteerd!>
Congratulations you crazy Dutch Man. enjoy
NIce job!!! I love it in the press conference when you see Ivan "stewing"... nyuk! nyuk! nyuk!
10 extra points for the podium jump!, Wow, never saw someone getting so much air on there ;) Flying Dutchmen, that's what you are :)
Excellent pace. It was good and clean .🚘🔥🔥🔥🏆
BOOM!!! en das nummertje 5 !! gefeliciteerd !!
Yeah, way to go Tom! You were looking strong in Hungary before the rain came and took your grip level away, now you got chance to shine!
my god what a race! so happy you won. sometimes to best laps come when you are relaxed and not pushing things too far. good win! pete
Splendid driving! Tooo-mmy! Tooo-mmy! Tooo-mmy!
Congratulations Tom!!
Great victory Tom. Congratulations!!!!
Congratulations! Next race again;)
Yeaaaaaah. Good job Tommie !!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations!!!
Go Tom!!
Congrats from Hungary! Did a great job, and you really deserved that :) Cheers, wish more nice weekend like this was. You reach a big thumbs up for that!!! :)
Intense at the end haha. I enjoyed the race and the video ;) Cograts Tom and Team
Congratulations Tom, you really deserved it!
Congrants Tom a Very good Race
Great!!!! Go for more Tom!
Was echt een super race man!!! congrats!!!
yeah, tom, way to go ! kleine kale kabouter !
great driving tom
Cheering in America! Yeah Tom!!
Congrats.......good work
Congrats mate!
Gefeliciteerd! Gave video!
Great job!!!
bravo!
Congratulations Tom. :), thumb up.
Cool ! en juiste quote van Pechito
Great guy, Great win!
Congrats Tom!
I know this is late, but congrats!
Bnani morocco number 1
(Rock flair) WOOOOOOOOOO
told you 1st in the comments yesterday
finally
whats coronel story with BOOOM ? :D
damn, he is so aware of the camera and microphone in the car... his talking sound so so fake
TENIAS A LOPEZ DETRAS TE GANA PERO NO TE SACA AFUERA