Coupal wins race 2 and clinches title of the Micra Cup
Xavier Coupal won the final race of the season and clinched the 2016 title of the Canadian Nissan Micra Cup.
Photo by: Olivier Delorme
Coupal won the second race of the weekend Sunday afternoon in front of his teammate, last year’s Micra Cup champion, Olivier Bédard.
Bédard clinched his second pole position of the meeting in the morning with a time of 2:02.733. Coupal qualified second ahead of Kevin King and Valérie Limoges.
Bédard led the early part of the race with Coupal, Limoges and Rzadzinski in close formation. Before the end of lap 2, Coupal found a way past Bédard to take the lead.
Race control was forced to display a full-course yellow after Marc-Antoine Demers left the track and caused heavy damages to his Micra.
The race restarted on lap 6 and Bédard powered into the lead. Coupal was running in second place in front of Limoges, Rzadzinski and King. On lap 9, Rzadzinski moved ahead of Limoges for third place.
On lap 10, Coupal regained the lead from Bédard. Action between these two drivers was really exciting. Rzadzinski was still running in third place ahead of King and Limoges. On the penultimate lap, King powered ahead of Rzadzinski to take third spot.
The chequered saluted Coupal’s victory, good enough to make him the 2016 champion of the Nissan Micra Cup. Bédard arrived in second place. King, Rzadzinski and Limoges completed the top 5.
“What a tough race that was!” Coupal exclaimed just after the race. “Today is my birthday, and to score two wins in two races is just fantastic. I can tell you that this kid [Bédard] is a really talented driver. We had a great battle together. I am extremely happy to have captured the title.”
Official results still pending
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