DRIVER UPDATE : PCCA : Darryl O’Young

There is not much that can stop Darryl O’Young from scoring points at the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) at the moment. The SEAT Leon WTCC driver rebounded from the lowly overall P16 starting place in Slovakia and pocketed eight points with two top six finishes in the Yokohama Drivers’

Trophy.

“Finishing 7th and 9th overall after starting from P16 was really the maximum result possible,” said Darryl after achieving pleasing results on his Slovakia debut.

After a disappointing qualifying session earlier in the weekend, a transformed O’Young turned aggressive from the start. In each of the two races, the team STR driver started strongly to overtake several cars in the opening lap. And by staying incident-free in both races, the Hong Kong ace outpaced no less than seven opponents in each round.

The Canadian born O’Young has now bagged 22 independent points this season and is currently only three behind the fifth-placed Italian driver Alberto Cerqui. The results also see the 32-year-old moving up three positions into 13th overall in the world championship standings.

Round 9 & 10 of the 2012 season will be held later this week in Hungary where O’Young scored one of his independent podiums last season.

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