A new era in touring car racing commences at the Autodromo do Algarve in Portugal this weekend, as the TCR World Tour gets underway by joining the field of the TCR Europe series.
Franco Girolami was delighted to take his third TCR Europe win of the season at Monza, moving the Argentine to just seven points from securing his maiden title in touring cars.
Confident Mikel Azcona holds healthy points margin leaving Slovakiaring
2 weeks ago
Volcano Motorsport’s Mikel Azcona leaves the opening round of the TCR Europe series season at the Slovakiaring with a healthy points advantage over last year’s champion Mehdi Bennani after a near-perfect weekend.
The Spaniard, driving the latest version of the Cupra León Competición, started the weekend on the right foot by topping the opening free practice session before effectively sitting the rain-affected second session.
Come qualifying, Azcona contented himself to the outside of the front-row as Tom Coronel claimed pole position but, ever the wily touring car driver, Azcona wasn’t concerned.
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 »