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It’s the summer break for the TCR
International Series: the rounds in
Germany, at Oschersleben, and in Russia, at
Sochi, concluded the European tour. There
couldn’t be a better place than Sochi to
mark the start of the summer, as gorgeous
warm weather welcomed the TCR
community to the renowned resort on the
Black Sea, full of holidaymakers … and
invaded by locusts!
Still, the teams and drivers were absolutely
not in vacation mode and the two races at
the Sochi Autodrom turned around the
situation in the overall standings once
again. Two weeks before, at Oschersleben,
with completely different weather
conditions, the SEAT León cars had retaken
the advantage, sweeping the two podiums.
Mat’o Homola took an emotional maiden
win for him and B3 Racing Team Hungary
that placed the Slovak among the title
contenders. For the Hungarian squad, it was
actually a 1-2 as Dušan Borkovi
ć
, who had
set the pole position, was this time spared
by bad luck and came in second.
Race 2 in Germany saw Pepe Oriola
celebrating again with victory, after his
double success in the season opener at
Bahrain, and retaking the lead in the
standings, albeit on equal points with his
Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil teammate James
Nash, the Brit having taken two third-place
finishes in another consistent weekend.
In Russia, the screenplay changed again:
this time, the stars were the Volkswagen
Golf cars of Leopard Racing, very
competitive since the start of the weekend.