Second race of Argentina won by Loeb.
The second race was won by Argentina Loeb. The French rider did a clean race and managed to keep Lopez behind. The third place was the Portuguese driver Tiago Monteiro, that could once again be the best non Citroen, after the first race have made 4th place, behind the three official Citroen.
Photo withdrawal:autodromotermas.com
We turn now to the analysis of this second race in the race in Argentina.
In this second race Lada began with more "delay" in relation to competitors: Rob Huff put down the pit lane, since the mechanics could not fit LADA ready before the start.
Good starter Tom Coronel and Tiago Monteiro, that jumped to 4th place after the 2nd curve, but lost the position to Ma Qing Hua and Sebastien Loeb. It was very difficult to defend the position for Monteiro who have no car to Citroën. The two pilots of the French brand, jumped to the front positions, with Loeb 1st and 2nd in Hua.
Rob Huff gave up at the end of the first round, as Thompson.
At the end of the second round, o top 5 was this: Reads, Hua, Tarquini, Lopez e Bennani. Tiago Monteiro was 6, with an error during this round. On lap, entered the Safety Car, due to oil on the curve 2 and debris that jumped out of the car Tom Coronel, that the output of the curves of the Argentine circuit, was the grass. The Dutch had warned that radically tuned the Cruze and this led him to spend some time in the curves.
During the safety car period, Ma Qing Hua was the pits to take the front lawn of the C-Elyseé. Tom Coronel, with car trouble, also went to the pits, but to give up.
The safety car left the track on lap 6. "Pechito" Lopez (who finished 3rd after Hua to pit) Tarquini passed through the two Citroen forward race, with Monteiro holding very well Muller. Borkovic in fight with Rydell, was the grass, disposing the front Honda. Other Honda, Monteiro, was exceeded by Muller.
A good fight to keep up, was Tarquini and Bennani, they wanted the two to stay in 3rd place, with the experience of Italian to be decisive for this fight and Bennani was pressed by another experienced pilot, Yvan Muller. This pressure caused Bennani caught late in the last corner and Muller hit strong on the left of the Moroccan car.
Who were seized Monteiro and Michelisz, who have Bennani. Monteiro still managed to pass Muller, pilot who had car trouble after touch with the Moroccan. This Incident, that came under race direction of research. Yvan Muller had to enter the pits to clean the radiator, losing many positions.
Nce 13, Tiago Monteiro overtook Gabriele Tarquini and moved up to 3rd place in the race.
No final, Loeb on 1, Lopez 2º, Tiago Monteiro 3.
Race classification 2:
See also blog Quibble.
