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Quinta, 16 Agosto 2018 12:50 | Actualizado em Quarta, 24 Abril 2024 11:01

The TCR Europe Series resumes at Assen

The TCR Europe Series resumes after a six-week break for rounds 9 and 10 at Assen's TT Circuit as part of the Gamma Racing Day, a popular race meeting that also includes the FIM Sidecar World Championship, the CIK-FIA European Superkart Championship and the Dutch Supercar Challenge.
Mikel Azcona and Dušan Borković arrive in the Netherlands as first and second in the standings, split by just one point. The young Spaniard and his PCR Sport Cupra top the table with 112 points, while the Serbian driver has scored 111 at the wheel of the Target Competition Hyundai i30 N. Dániel Nagy lies in third position with a gap of 25 points, with the aim of claming his first win in the M1RA Hyundai.
Some other drivers have the opportunity to relaunch their chances in the title fight, such as Leopard Lukoil Team's Jean-Karl Vernay and the Hell Energy Racing duo of Josh Files and Attila Tassi. The latter is also looking for a maiden race win just like Stefano Comini, Stian Paulsen, Kris Richard and home boy Danny Kroes who teams up with Azcona at PCR Sport.
Because of the combination between Balance of Performance and Compensation Weight, the Hyundai and Cupra will be the heaviest cars in Assen, running at 1305 kg. The Audi RS3 LMS and Honda Civic Type R will be ten kilos lighter (1295 kg), while the Peugeot 308 and Volkswagen Golf GTI will run at 1285 and 1275 kg respectively.
The Assen races will also award points for the TCR Benelux and TCR Swiss trophies.

Track time at Assen

Friday, 17 August - 12:10, Free Practice 1 (30 min.)
Friday, 17 August - 14:40, Free Practice 2 (30 min.)
Saturday, 18 August - 08:55, Qualifying (Q1 20 min. + Q2 10 min.)
Saturday, 18 August - 14:50, Race 1 (23 min. + 1 lap)
Sunday, 19 August - 11:00, Race 2 (23 min. + 1 lap)

All time local - GMT +2

Photos: TCR-Photo 4

TCR Europe
Terting joins Autodis Racing by Piro Sports

Peter Terting has joined Autodis Racing by Piro Sports for the remaining events of the 2018 TCR Europe Series. The German driver will replace Cedric Piro at the wheel of the team’s Hyundai i30 N TCR previously driven by Cedric Piro.
Terting won the 2002 Volkswagen Lupo Cup that granted him the opportunity to compete in DTM the following year. In 2004 he was vice-champion of the German SEAT León Cup, which earned him a place in the SEAT WTCC factory team; Terting scored one victory at Puebla in 2005 and finished three times on the podium in 2006. In recent years he has been successful in the Nürburgring 24 Hours, claiming class wins and podium finishes.
He had his first experiences with TCR cars this year, first at the wheel of a Hyundai in the 24H Nürburgring where he finished second in the class and then driving an Audi RS3 LMS for Prosport Performance in the latest event of the ADAC TCR Germany at the Nürburgring.
“I’m very happy to return to international Touring Car competition after long time. After my participation with the Hyundai team in the 24H Nürburgring I have worked a lot to join TCR Europe with Piro Sports. It is always difficult to start in the middle of the season and we have completed only one test day so far. Let’s see what we can do!” Terting said.
“We needed a driver experienced in front-wheel drive and TCR racing to grow up as a team. Cedric was totally new to this kind of competition and would have taken a lot of time, coaching and funding to test between the races. At our first test with Peter, we got the feedback that only comes from an experienced driver. We are looking forward to Assen now!” said Team Manager Alex Graas.

TCR Russia @ Moscow Raceway
Bragin moves closer to the title

Just as in 2017, the TCR Russia event at Moscow Raceway was a happy hunting ground for Dmitri Bragin who has extended his lead in the standings. The TAIF Motorsport driver claimed two third places, while LADA Sport Rosneft’s Kirill Ladygin, his closest rival in the title fight, didn't score.
Race victories went to Klim Gavrilov in the Carville Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI and Aleksey Dudukalo in the Lukoil Racing Audi RS3 LMS.
In Race 1, Gavrilov started from pole position and led the field into Turn 1, followed by Andrej Maslennikov, Bragin and Vitaliy Dudin. Gavrilov was then in control, with Maslennikov comfortably in second position. The fight for third place was decided at the end of lap 9, when Dudin tried to overtake Bragin, but outbraked himself and went off into the gravel.
Dudukalo claimed a lights-to-flag victory in the second race; it was a 1-2 finish for Lukoil Racing with Ivan Lukashevich in second place, while Bragin completed an all-Audi podium.
At the start, Dudukalo and Lukashevich made good use of their front row positions to take command; they were followed by Roman Golikov’s Volkswagen, Bragin and Maslennikov’s SEAT León DSG. Bragin overtook Golikov for third at the end of lap 1 and joined the leading duo, but Dudukalo was able to create a small gap, while Lukashevich defended his second position from Bragin until the end.
Bragin has strengthened his leadership in the standings. Having scored 159 points, he now leads from Lukashevich by 36; Dudukalo climbed to third a further three points adrift, one ahead of Ladygin and two over Gavrilov.
TCR Russia will resume on the first weekend of September at Sochi.

Photos: SMP-Grigoriy Golyshev

Pirelli World Challenge @ Grantsville
The Hyundai cars dominate in Utah

The Brian Herta Autosport pairing of Michael Lewis and Mark Wilkins dominated the Pirelli World Challenge’s fifth event at Grantsville’s Utah Motorsports Campus.
Lewis won both races in his Hyundai i30 N car, shadowed by his teammate Wilkins in second place, while the current championship leader Ryan Eversley and his RealTime Racing Honda Civic were classified third.
These results mean that the title fight will be going down to the wire. In fact, Eversley maintained the lead with 223 points, but Lewis has closed the gap to just seven points, while Wilkins is third, 25 points behind.
In Race 1, Lewis started from pole and led from lights to flag; Wilkins followed him closely for most of the race until he lost contact when they hit some backmarkers. Eversley lost second place to Wilkins soon after the start and wasn’t able to keep the pace set by the two Hyundai cars; he then settled for third, far behind the leaders.
Lewis and Wilkins encored in Race 2; they started well from the front row and pulled away. Eversley stalled from third on the grid and dropped to seventh. Over a handful of laps the Lewis-Wilkins duo built a comfortable margin; behind them Matt Fassnacht overtook Michael Hurczyn for third, while Eversley began to recover. On lap 9, Eversley passed Fassnacht for third, but again he wasn’t able to close the gap to the leading pair. However, on lap 17 the safety car was deployed and the field regrouped. When the race resumed for the two final laps, Lewis and Wilkins pulled away again, while Eversley and Fassnacht had a close fight for third position; eventually Fassnacht made a slight mistake and so settled for fourth ahead of Hurczyn.
The final event of the Pirelli World Challenge will take place at Watkins Glen on September 1 and 2.

Photos: Pirelli World Challenge / Brian Herta Autosport

Preview of the upcoming weekend

TCR Germany visits the Netherlands, as Zandvoort hosts the fifth event of the season.
The title fight is red hot, with HP Racing's Harald Proczyk still on top of the standings at 219 points and Racing One's Niels Langeveld second, just ten points behind.
Racing at Zandvoort gives local hero Langeveld a unique opportunity to overturn the situation. In fact the Dutch driver was the fastest man in the 2017 event and crossed the finishing line first in both races. However, just like 17 other drivers, he was penalised in Race 1 for changing the tyres on the grid and victory was inherited by Jason Wolfe. Langeveld took his revenge in Race 2 with an authoritative lights-to-flag win.
A few other drivers are eager to interfere with the Proczyk vs Langeveld fight, like Luca Engstler who has swapped his Volkswagen Golf GTI for a Hyundai i30 N in the previous event and lies third in the standings, 21 points behind the leader, or Mike Halder who won both races at the Nürburgring two weeks ago, moving up to fourth in the classification with a gap of 29.

TCR Scandinavia will race at Karlskoga for rounds 9 and 10.
PWR Racing's reigning champion Robert Dhalgren claimed his first victory of the season in the previous event at Falkenberg and maintained the leadership in the championship classification with 111 points.
Dahlgren is followed by Andreas Wernersson of Lestrup Racing Team (80 pts), Johan Kristoffersson of Kristoffersson Motorsport (78), his own teammate Daniel Haglöf (77) and Fredrik Ekblom of WestCoast Racing (73).
When the series visited Karlskoga last year, Dahlgren made a decisive step towards the title as he won two races out of three and finished third in Race 2 that was won by Ekblom.
Experienced Touring Car driver Tomas Engtsröm will make his first appearance in the series at the wheel of a Volkswagen Golf GTI run by the Micke Kågered Racing.

The Virginia International Raceway hosts the eighth round of the the IMSA Continental Challenge, the 2-hour Biscuitville Grand Prix.
The Compass Racing teams of Rodrigo Sales-Kuno Wittmer and Tom Long-Britt Casey jr. have won three races apiece so far in the TCR class and rank first and second in the standings split by just two points: 225 to 223. The only team capable of breaking their grasp was JDC-Miller Motorsport's of Michael Johnson-Stephen Simpson who won at Lime Rock Park.
The third Compass Racing car, of Pierre Kleinubing-Roy Block stands fourth, 38 points off the leaders and one behind the eEuroparts Racing pair of Lee Carpentier-Kieron O'Rourke.
In a field that is monopoly of the Audi RS3 LMS cars, Virginia-based Rumcastle LCC is the only team to run a Volkswagen Golf GTI for Luke and Tanner Rumburg; for their home race at VIR they have entered a second car for Rob Ferriol and DJ Fitzpatrick.

The TCR events of the week

17 / 18 August - IMSA Continental Challenge, Round 7 @ Virginia Int. Raceway, USA
17 / 19 August - TCR Europe and TCR Benelux, Rounds 9 & 10 @ Assen, Netherlands
17 / 19 August - TCR Germany, Rounds 9 & 10 @ Zandvoort, Netherlands
18 August - VLN, Round 5 @ Nürburgring, Germany
18 / 19 August - TCR Scandinavia, Rounds 7 & 8 @ Karlskoga, Sweden

Live streaming at www.tcr-series.com and www.tcr-series.tv.

Saturday: TCR Europe and TCR Benelux, Race 1 - 14:50 (CET)
Saturday: TCR Germany, Race 1 - 16:50 (CET)
Sunday: TCR Germany, Race 2 - 09:50 (CET)
Sunday: TCR Europe and TCR Benelux, Race 2 - 11:00 (CET)
Sunday: TCR Scandinavia, Race 1 - 12:50 (CET)
Sunday: TCR Scandinavia, Race 2 - 15:20 (CET)

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