From fiawtcc.com
Yvan Muller has won his second world title, this time for Chevrolet, two years after the one he claimed for SEAT Sport.
"It feels good! I did my job properly and I’m pleased for the team," he commented.
The 2010 FIA WTCC Drivers’ Championship has ended the same way it ended in 2008, with Yvan Muller taking the title ahead of Gabriele Tarquini and Rob Huff finishing on equal points.
Muller claimed the title even before the final race in Macau, when the International Court of Appeal excluded Andy Priaulx from the Japanese meeting.
"Before the verdict I had done twenty races to win this title, so I don’t feel like I won this off the track. After Japan I felt it was already done, as I had a 37-point lead so there was only a small chance of losing it. I had being winning this title since the first race in Curitiba and kept hold to have the biggest advantage by Japan," the Chevrolet driver.
Yvan Muller showed an impressive consistency since he joined WTCC in 2006. In five seasons, he was classified twice first, twice second and once fourth, claiming 13 victories and scoring more points than any other driver with a total of 711. During the current season he collected three wins and 13 podiums in the 22 races.
"There are many keys to a championship. Consistency is important but you also need a good car, good engineers, good mechanics and a bit of luck! It is nice to have been fighting for the title in the last five years. I think if you do a world championship classification over the last five years, I would also win that!"
He was also the first driver to win the WTCC with different Manufacturers.
"To make comparison is unavoidable. When I won my first title with SEAT it was a very important year after I had lost the 2007 championship on the last lap. Winning this year with Chevrolet has also been special. It has been my first year with them, and giving them their first title added a special feeling."
Yvan Muller has won his second world title, this time for Chevrolet, two years after the one he claimed for SEAT Sport.
"It feels good! I did my job properly and I’m pleased for the team," he commented.
The 2010 FIA WTCC Drivers’ Championship has ended the same way it ended in 2008, with Yvan Muller taking the title ahead of Gabriele Tarquini and Rob Huff finishing on equal points.
Muller claimed the title even before the final race in Macau, when the International Court of Appeal excluded Andy Priaulx from the Japanese meeting.
"Before the verdict I had done twenty races to win this title, so I don’t feel like I won this off the track. After Japan I felt it was already done, as I had a 37-point lead so there was only a small chance of losing it. I had being winning this title since the first race in Curitiba and kept hold to have the biggest advantage by Japan," the Chevrolet driver.
Yvan Muller showed an impressive consistency since he joined WTCC in 2006. In five seasons, he was classified twice first, twice second and once fourth, claiming 13 victories and scoring more points than any other driver with a total of 711. During the current season he collected three wins and 13 podiums in the 22 races.
"There are many keys to a championship. Consistency is important but you also need a good car, good engineers, good mechanics and a bit of luck! It is nice to have been fighting for the title in the last five years. I think if you do a world championship classification over the last five years, I would also win that!"
He was also the first driver to win the WTCC with different Manufacturers.
"To make comparison is unavoidable. When I won my first title with SEAT it was a very important year after I had lost the 2007 championship on the last lap. Winning this year with Chevrolet has also been special. It has been my first year with them, and giving them their first title added a special feeling."