Bennani targets more home victories

Morocco’s motorsport hero Mehdi Bennani, looks forward to his home event, next week at Marrakech, in which he hopes to repeat the Yokohama Trophy victory he scored back in 2009 on his maiden WTCC appearance.

“I am delighted that WTCC returns to Marrakech. It is a great event, very well organized. For us is like having a Formula One Grand Prix!” said Bennani, who added: “The track looks easy because of its layout, but it’s not! There are a lot of chicanes and they are fast. If you do not handle them well, then you lose a lot of places on the following straight. With twenty drivers covered by only one second, the races will be close and tough.”

After scoring his first point of the season last week at Valencia in his Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC, Bennani is confident for the races in Marrakech. “I won the Yokohama Trophy here in 2009, on my first WTCC race, and then I managed to win again in 2010. I hope I can fight again for victory this year. I wish to offer my fans the view of our national flag waving on the podium.”