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Mehdi Bennani manages brake issues to claim fourth career victory

Mehdi Bennani was able to manage reported brake issues and claim a fourth World Touring Car Championship career victory at the Hungaroring ahead of Volvo’s Nicky Catsburg.

The duo jumped pole-sitter Rob Huff’s Citroen C-Elysee off the start along with the sister Volvo S60 of Nestor Girolami.

The two team-mates spread out in an attempt to box Huff in behind heading into the right-hander at turn 2, but contact to the rear of Catsburg sent him across into Girolami, forcing the latter to retire and bring out the safety car.

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Huff’s challenge for honours was then curtailed after officials handed him a drive-through penalty for his role in the incident.

He made a sweeping move to claim the lead from Bennani through the fast sequence of corners in the middle of the lap, before immediately heading for the pit lane to serve his penalty.

That left Bennani and Catsburg to dice for the victory, with the Moroccan citing brake issues over the radio as circuit and ambient temperatures continued to rise.

Though Catsburg came close, he was ultimately unable to prevent Bennani taking a slender win by 0.654 seconds.

Tom Chilton backed up a strong weekend with another visit to the podium in third, having escaped the clutches of recovering home hero Norbert Michelisz’s Honda Civic WTCC at half-distance.

Michelisz’s team-mate, Opening Race winner Tiago Monteiro, completed the top five, with championship rival Thed Bjork seventh behind Esteban Guerreri.

Yann Ehrlacher, Tom Coronel and the recovering Huff completed the top ten.

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Race result

POS NO CL DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME BEST GD
1 25 T Mehdi BENNANI Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 17 33:21.822 1:51.047 2
2 63 Nicky CATSBURG Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar 17 0.654 1:51.065 4
3 3 T Tom CHILTON Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 17 3.553 1:51.384 7
4 5 Norbert MICHELISZ Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC 17 7.309 1:51.337 6
5 18 Tiago MONTEIRO Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC 17 9.532 1:51.614 9
6 86 T Esteban GUERRIERI Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 17 10.875 1:51.566 3
7 62 Thed BJÖRK Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar 17 11.865 1:51.475 8
8 68 T Yann EHRLACHER RC Motorsport LADA Vesta WTCC 17 14.547 1:51.903 11
9 9 T Tom CORONEL ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 17 20.783 1:51.851 13
10 12 T Rob HUFF ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 17 21.212 1:50.478 1
11 27 T John FILIPPI Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 17 28.110 1:52.167 10
12 24 T Kevin GLEASON RC Motorsport LADA Vesta WTCC 17 31.760 1:52.550 15
13 34 Ryo MICHIGAMI Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC 17 36.852 1:52.327 12
14 8 T Aurélien PANIS Zengő Motorsport Kft Honda Civic WTCC 17 51.021 1:52.940 14
15 99 T Dániel NAGY Zengő Motorsport Kft Honda Civic WTCC 11 6 Laps 1:53.511 16
R 61 Néstor GIROLAMI Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar 0 DNF N/A 5
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