Xavier Coupal wins Round 4 of the Micra Cup at Mont-Tremblant
Xavier Coupal scored a convincing victory on Sunday in Round 4 of the Canadian Nissan Micra Cup held at the Mont-Tremblant circuit in Québec.
Xavier Coupal
René Fagnan
Reigning Micra Cup champion, Xavier Coupal (Micra No. 1), captured pole position with a time of 2:02.499. His teammate Olivier Bédard, the inaugural Cup champion (Micra No. 99), qualified second, almost half a second slower than Coupal.
Stefan Gauthier (Micra No. 96) set the third fastest time ahead the Metod Topolnik (Micra No. 78) - always quick at Mont-Tremblant - Kevin King (Micra No. 40) and Jean Michel Isabelle (Micra No. 86) who received a three-spot penalty on the grid after having been found guilty of a avoidable accident with Coupal during yesterday’s race.
It was hot and sunny when the 21 Micras completed their formation lap around the Mont-Tremblant rollercoaster. At the green, Coupal and Bédard immediately engaged in an intense battle for the lead. The Total/Albi duo began to pull away from the rest of the field.
A five-car train
On lap six, the fight began for third place involving Gauthier, Topolnik, King, Valérie Limoges and Australian Keishi Ayukai. The five cars ran as a tight pack, and sometimes door-handle to door-handle.
Limoges, who had claimed third place in yesterday’s race, was again running a strong race. By Lap 9, she took third from Kevin King.
Out in front, Coupal was first, less than a second in front of Bédard while Limoges was about 10 seconds down.
Coupal eventually crossed the line in first place ahead of Bédard et Limoges.
Kevin King was fourth while Gauthier, Jean-Michel Isabelle, Topolnik, Normand Boyer (first in the Senior class), Jake Exton and Frédéric Bernier completed the top-10 finishers.
After the race, the following penalties were applied:
Car No. 28 (Frédéric Bernier) - 1 event probation for aggressive driving style.
Car No. 59 (Keishi Ayukai) - 3 place penalty +plus 1 event probation for avoidable contact.
Kevin leads the drivers’ point standings with 132. He’s followed by Bédard (118), Coupal (113) and Isabelle (106).
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