Marrakech (Morocco), April 7, 2013. - Fernando Monje (Seat Leon WTCC) was removed in the second race of the WTCC Marrakech after leading it for nearly a turn after having started from pole. A touch with another participant left him out of competition. The first race has finished 11th.

Qualifying yesterday, very moved both Fernando Monje to some of its rivals, brought not only a great performance overall pilot Chic & Basic, for the second consecutive disputing the Q2, but the vicissitudes of regulation allowed him to occupy a position , the 10th, that for purposes of the reverse grid would leave all the way from the pole in the second race.

In the warm-up today, Fernando has dedicated most of all to check the correct operation of your León WTCC after the precipitate change a buffer full dispute yesterday in Q2. However, the fifth row start was a good position for a rookie in this demanding street circuit Moulay El Hassan. After the start of the first race, Monk was advanced by Thompson and Colonel, so that evolved in the first turns in twelfth position, which was the eleventh when the race was about to reach his half, after the abandonment of Chilton and appearance of the safety car. Fernando drove really well throughout the development of the manga, always controlling James Thompson, traveling at just over half a second ahead, and mainly Darryl O'Young, who was a second behind the pilot over Barcelona . In the end, 11th place and 4th among independent drivers.

The second race has covered a historic atmosphere, since the pole of Fernando Monje was added the second place of Pepe Oriola, so that the first row of the grid the monopolized the only two Spanish riders participating. The output, really exciting because previous good start saw the pilot of Campos Racing, although Pepe Oriola ahead of him soon after and although Fernando managed to fly in the wake of his compatriot, Britain's Rob Huff, in a very risky maneuver, Seat was played with Monk, both vehicles being touched. The first lap did Fernando in 11th place with the car badly damaged, retiring soon after a touch with James Thompson. The race was won Pepe Oriola, so Spanish colonial loot obtained however formidable.

After this race in North Africa, the World Touring returns to Europe, the Slovak Republic on 27 and 28 April.