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.
Volcano Motorsport’s Mikel Azcona began the 2021 TCR Europe season in the best possible fashion with a routine victory in Race 1 at the Slovakiring. The Cupra León Competición driver started second on the grid but catapulted off the line to lead every lap of the ten-lap encounter. Comtoyou Racing’s Nicolas Baert finished second, just … More »
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Tom Coronel topped the second TCR Europe practice session in Slovakia, with a lap time of 2:23.063 – nearly half a second quicker than his nearest competitor.
The drivers were dealt a much wetter set of conditions in the second free practice session of the day, giving them their first taste of the new Hankook wet weather tyre. However, with much sunnier weather forecast for the rest of the weekend, the data gathered in this session is unlikely to be applicable to qualifying.
Niels Langeveld had been quickest for most of the afternoon, but was usurped by Coronel with just over five minutes to go. Nevertheless, Langeveld’s initial benchmark lap time remained good enough to ensure it was a 1-2 for the pair of Dutch drivers on this occasion.
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.
Salvatore Tavano completes a double in incident packed second Monza race
1 day ago
Scuderia del Girasole driver Salvatore Tavano made the most of a race with three safety car interventions to claim his second victory of the season opener at Monza at the wheel of his Cupra Leon Competición.
Sunny skies and a dry track welcomed the TCR Italy field for Sunday’s Race 2, with ALM Motorsport’s Mattias Vahtel, at the wheel of a Honda Civic Type-R TCR, on the reversed grid pole position.
At the start Vathel kept the lead, with Jonathan Giacon, driving a Honda Civic Type-R TCR from Tecnodom Sport, and Antti Buri, with a Hyundai i30 N TCR from Target Competition, coming side-by-side at Turn 1, with the Finn going straight but not giving up attacking the leader at La Roggia.