Mehdi Bennani fends off stern Azcona challenge for maiden TCR Europe win at Slovakiaring
1 week ago
Reigning TCR Europe series champion Mehdi Bennani staved off a fierce challenge from Mikel Azcona to claim his, and the Hyundai Elantra’s first series race win in a thrilling second encounter at the Slovakiaring.
Bennani started from pole position for the reversed grid race two and led all the way, despite a superb charge from race one winner and 2018 champion Azcona in his Volcano Motorsport Cupra León Competición.
PSS Racing’s Franco Girolami completed the podium in third, just under three seconds adrift of Bennani, after fending off an equally entertaining battle with VRC-Team’s Klim Gavrilov.
Tom Coronel backed up his Friday practice pace to claim the first pole position of the TCR Europe series season following a closely fought qualifying session at the Slovakiaring. The Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS driver set a time of 2:10.344 to end up just over a tenth of a second quicker than the … More »
Tom Coronel tops wet second practice in Slovakia
3 weeks ago
Comtoyou Racing’s Tom Coronel posted the fastest time in a rain-affected second TCR Europe series practice session at the Slovakia Ring.
Coronel, who is a three-time race winner at the Slovakia Ring, headed fellow Dutchman Niels Langeveld by just over four-tenths of a second, with the Brutal Fish Racing Honda Civic Type-R TCR of Jack Jack Young third fastest.
As forecast, rain hit the circuit before the start of the second half an hour session, with a number of drivers – including the Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS of Nicolas Baert – who was fourth fastest – and Jack Young’s Brutal Fish Racing Honda Civic Type-R – struggling for grip and taking to the gravel.