POULSEN AND TEAM ENGSTLER WON TROPHIES
The fight for the Yokohama
Drivers’ Trophy culminated in a duel between two Danish drivers on the streets
of Macau. And although Michel Nykjær drove his SUNRED León to clinch two great
victories, it was his fellow countryman Kristian Poulsen who was sacred champion
by two points.
“I won four out of the last six
races and looking back at whole season, I can only be satisfied. We had some
problems at the start of the year, which meant that we had to catch up. We
managed to close the gap, but even though we lacked a few points at the end.
Congratulations to Kristian for the title,” Nykjær said.
Poulsen who had finished runner up to Sergio
Hernández in 2010, won six races at the wheel of his BMW 320 TC and emerged as
the best of the Yokohama Trophy competitors in the Drivers’ Championship ranking
seventh.
“The team did a great job for the whole
season. I never had technical problems in the twenty-four races. I had to fight
with some very good drivers and it was funny that in the end it was a Danish
affair, between me and Michel. My last race was also the slowest of my career.
The guys on the radio were telling me that I just needed to finish to become
champion. I had to fight against my own instinct, but all I wanted was the
title!” Poulsen
commented.
With Poulsen’s
team-mate Franz Engstler finishing in third position, Liqui Moly Team Engstler
won the Team’s Trophy.
“We are very proud. It’s a
great honour for us! Since we joined the championship we tried to improve and
this title is the result of the hard work we have done! We need to thank Liqui
Moly as they made all this possible,” team manager Kurt Treml commented.
The Jay-Ten Trophy, reserved for driver at the wheel of 2010 cars was
won by Fabio Fabiani in BMW 320si cars run by Proteam Racing and Liqui Moly Team Engstler.
