Yann Ehrlacher extended his points lead of the Pre-season Esports WTCR Championship with a podium finish in the penultimate round at the virtual version of the fearsome Macau street circuit.
Thed Björk meanwhile opened his virtual podium account with his best finish of the Esports season, finishing second in the second race.
Ehrlacher had qualified second for the first race and kept that position throughout the race despite hard pressure from behind by Honda driver Néstor Girolami.
The second race had Björk starting from the reversed grid pole position and was involved in a tough fight for the lead with Hyundai rival Norbert Michelisz.
Björk was close to the Hungarian driver throughout the race, but had to settle for second place.
Ehrlacher meanwhile fought his way up to fifth position until he hit the stranded Cupra of Mikel Azcona, dropping him to finish seventh.
The results was enough for Ehrlacher to extend his championship lead to nine points over Michelisz ahead of the season finale at the virtual version of Sepang on July 19th.
Race 1 (12 minutes, 6 laps):
1 Mikel Azcona (ESP), CUPRA Racing, CUPRA Leon Competición, 12m37.254s
2 Yann Ehrlacher (FRA), Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR +2.504s
3 Néstor Girolami (ARG), ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R TCR +4.902s
4 Mato Homola (SVK), BRC Racing Team, Hyundai i30 N TCR +6.591s
5 Attila Tassi (HUN), ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R TCR +6.961s
6 Niels Langeveld (NLD), Comtoyou Team Audi Sport, Audi RS 3 LMS +8.007s
7 Esteban Guerrieri (ARG), ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R TCR +8.108s
8 Bence Boldizs (HUN), Zengő Motorsport, CUPRA Leon Competición +13.375s
9 Kevin Ceccon (ITA), Team Mulsanne, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR +17.222s
10 Thed Björk (SWE), Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR +18.461s
Race 2 (12 minutes, 6 laps):
1 Norbert Michelisz (HUN), BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Squadra Corse, Hyundai i30 N TCR, 12m36.261s
2 Thed Björk (SWE), Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR +2.869s
3 Tiago Monteiro (PRT), ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR +11.753s
4 Aurélien Comte (FRA), DG Sport Compétition Peugeot 308TCR +11.931s
5 Bence Boldizs (HUN), Zengő Motorsport, CUPRA Leon Competición +13.187s
6 Kevin Ceccon (ITA), Team Mulsanne, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR +16.195s
7 Yann Ehrlacher (FRA), Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR +16.312s
8 Andy Priaulx (GBR), Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR +23.205s
9 Mikel Azcona (ESP), CUPRA Racing, CUPRA Leon Competición +24.638s
10 Tom Coronel (NLD), Comtoyou Team Audi Sport, Audi RS 3 LMS +36.994s
Championship standings
1 Yann Ehrlacher (France), Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, 157 points
2 Norbert Michelisz (Hungary), BRC N Hyundai N LUKOIL Squadra Corse, 148
3 Mikel Azcona (Spain), CUPRA Racing, 140
4 Mato Homola (Slovakia), BRC Racing Team, 131
5 Esteban Guerrieri (Argentina), ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, 130
6 Attila Tassi (Hungary), ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport, 121
7 Néstor Girolami (Argentina), ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, 111
8 Niels Langeveld (Netherlands), Comtoyou Team Audi Sport, 97
9 Bence Boldizs (Hungary), Zengő Motorsport, 88
10 Aurélien Comte (France), DG Sport Compétition, 62