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First record of the FIA â??â??World Touring Car Championship 2013 in Monza and first points for the Spanish team Campos Racing, Fernando Monje (Seat Leon WTCC), which this year struggle for the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy, the world reserved for independent drivers.
A good timed trials allowed the current European Champion des out a fifth row of the grid in each of the two races held today, in which the weather has played a role. In the first kept the pace and crossed the finish line 12th, 5th as independent adding 4 points in the standings of Yokohoma. Onsite Monk Seat Leon was second in qualifying, the first officer was flown by Rob Huff, current World Touring Car Champion and a veteran in this field. And in the second had the race in 15th overall, 7th among independents, giving him an income of two points in the contest.
Fernando had been highlighted as rain decisive in its action. "Until last year I was a pilot and was accustomed to formulas rear drive, in 2012, all the races of Europe and all the world in which I participated were on dry pavement, and with a front-drive tourism, but no never having competed in rain. Today, in Monza track was almost flooded, there was nothing, being my first experience with very wet floor and behind the wheel of a powerful front-wheel drive. Having the handicap that I supposed novelty, I am more than happy with the result, since this year the goal is to score in each event, to qualify for the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy. "
The next round of the WTCC will be in Morocco, on 6 and 7 April. This is precisely one of the few circuits that Fernando does not know, a track quite different from all, primarily made up of two long straights.
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