Master opportunist wins for a third time

Monday 21st June 2010, 2:29PM BST.

Andy Priaulx on the podium at Zolder in Belgium yesterday. (Picture by FIA WTCC, 0987398)

IT IS uncanny the number of times Andy Priaulx finishes eighth in race one at a World Touring Car Championship meeting and makes the most of starting on pole when the grid is reversed.

The three-times world champion is a master of creating and making the most of opportunities after a relatively disappointing qualifying.

We saw it again at Zolder in Belgium yesterday when the Guernseyman ensured he finished eight in the opening race and duly led from start to finish in the second.

With a third win in eight starts this season he has swept into second place in the world touring cars drivers championship, having started the day in fourth.