VERNAY VICTORIOUS AS 110,000 FANS WATCH WTCR OSCARO ACTION AT JAM-PACKED ZANDVOORT

Jean-Karl Vernay completed a memorable weekend for the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup presented by OSCARO with victory in the third of three races at Zandvoort where 110,000 fans – and Dutch Formula One star Max Verstappen – were in attendance.

Vernay’s Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team was forced into an overnight engine change following the Frenchman’s fifth place finish in Race 1 on Sunday. But Vernay, who was penalised by starting Race 2 from the back of the grid, repaid his team’s hard work by claiming the DHL Pole Position for Race 3 on Monday morning and then converted his top start spot into a victory later in the day.

Jean-Karl Vernay, Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team: “It was a great day, I was really motivated after what happened yesterday. Changing engines is not always nice, we knew we would have one race down and I was the only driver until this morning to score points in every race. But I said to my crew ‘don’t worry, we’re going to make pole and we’re going to win’ and we made it and this is pretty cool. The team did a great effort all night to rebuild the car, to have a good car ready for qualifying. After that I just did my job, I was pretty confident, the balance of the car was good and I just tried to push and drive well.”

Source: https://www.fiawtcr.com/race-round-up-vernay-victorious-as-110000-fans-watch-wtcr-oscaro-action-at-jam-packed-zandvoort/