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WORLD AND LIFE
TCR 2016 NEWS HOME DRIVERS TEAM
The first season of the ADAC TCR Germany is already
making an impact on the country’s motorsport world. It
took only two race meetings to the brand new
championship to attract huge interest from media and
fans, reviving a long-standing tradition for production
touring car racing and offering a field of nearly twenty
cars.
The four races that took place at Oschersleben and
Sachsenring provided plenty of emotions, with overtaking
manoeuvres, swapping of positions, close battles and
contacts between the SEAT, Volkswagen and Honda cars.
Ten or so drivers have proved that they can win races or
fight for podium results.
The level of the competition is quite high, with Josh Files
of Target Competition claiming a double victory at
Oschersleben, while Harald Proczyk (HP Racing) and Antti
Buri (LMS Racing) scored one win apiece at the
Sachsenring.
Oddly enough, none of the German drivers has been able
to win so far, as victories went to a Briton an Austrian and
a Finn. They are all at the wheel of SEAT cars (though
Files will soon switch to an Opel Astra), but Volkswagen
drivers Tim Zimmermann and Benjamin Leuchter, or
Honda’s Steve Kirsch have proved to have the pace for
fighting on equal footing.
After four rounds, Proczyk is leading the championship
with 70 points, followed by Files (63) and Leuchter (58).
The championship will resume on 18 and 19 June at
Oschersleben for rounds 5 and 6 that will be in the frame
of the TCR International Series event.
Germany: foreign
drivers set the pace
The SEAT of Josh Files
claimed a double victory
at Oschersleben
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