ANDY PRIAULX’S 12th FIA World Touring Car Championship race victory on Sunday in Morocco was one of the most surprising – but he was not complaining.

It was a delighted Guernseyman who stood on the top step of the podium after the second race of the weekend in Marrakech, despite being at a disadvantage to other competitors in terms of top speed.

After two incident-packed races for the second FIA World Touring Car Championship meeting of the season, the triple world champion finished eighth in race one and then converted pole position in race two to a win for BMW Team RBM.

‘This victory comes rather unexpectedly,’ said Priaulx.

‘The whole team has worked tremendously hard since Curitiba, but we couldn’t make the improvements we had wished for. Therefore it’s amazing to stand on top after this somehow strange race. It’s a nice reward for everyone in the team.’

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