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Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Mehdi Bennani says that he was driving to his limit to fend off Mikel Azcona to claim his maiden TCR Europe Series victory in race two at the Slovakiaring.
The defending series champion, who secured the title last year without winning a race, started the reversed-grid second race of the weekend from pole position and withstood a ferocious attack from Volcano Motorsport Cupra driver Azcona in the latter stages.
The Moroccan narrowly held on to claim the win by just over half a second, giving the new-for-2021 Hyundai Elantra its first win after a low-key start to the meeting.
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 »