Poulsen and Villa win Yokohama Trophy

Competitors of the Yokohama Trophy offered exciting battles at Curitiba, with Kristian Poulsen and Javier Villa claiming one victory apiece.

The Dane finished the first race in a brilliant fifth position, losing fourth to Tom Coronel only by inches.

“We had a great fight and lot of fun. It was a shame that in the end I was overdriving and gave him the opportunity to pass me. BMW has developed a very good car and I’m sure this will help me to be competive over the whole season,” Poulsen commented.

In the second race Poulsen dropped down in a collision with fellow contryman Michel Nykjær and this handed victory to young Spaniard Javier Villa.

“It was a very good result, considering that we did not have the possibility to test before and that on Friday the team was too busy to finish my, which forced me to miss the testing. Despite all this we improved very quickly and winning the second race was a great reward to our efforts. I think we can have a very good season,” said Villa.

Poulsen leads the Trophy’s classification from his team-mate Franz Engstler by one point; Villa is third, one further point adrift.