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STANDINGS
REGIONAL & NATIONAL
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The fourth race meeting of TCR
Portugal took place in Spain, at Jerez
de la Frontera; the event also counted
as sixth round of the TCR Trophy
Europe.
Both races were won by international
guest drivers: Pierre-Yves Corthals from
TCR Benelux was victorious in Race 1 at
the wheel of a DG Sport Compétition
Opel Astra, while TCR Germany
competitor Antti Buri and his LMS
Racing SEAT León dominated the
second race.
As far as the TCR Portugal standings are
concerned, the fight for the title is
wide open. Despite being forced to
retire by a technical issue in the second
race at Jerez, Francisco Mora (Veloso
Motorsport) took the lead of the
classification, two points ahead of
Francisco Carvalho-Nuno Batista (Veloso
Motorsport). The pairing of César
Machado-Rafael Lobato is in third
position, with a gap of 23 points, while
Francisco Abreu-Manuel Gião and José
Rodrigues are four and nine points
further adrift respectively.
The final event will take place at Estoril
on November 26/27, featuring four
sprint races.
International guest drivers take all at Jerez
Results
Jerez de la Frontera, Round 11, Saturday
10 September
1. Pierre-Yves Corthals (Opel Astra); 2.
Francisco Mora (SEAT León); 3. Rafael
Lobato (SEAT León)
Jerez de la Frontera, Round 12, Sunday 11
September
1. Antti Buri (SEAT León); 2. Frédéric
Caprasse (Opel Astra); 3. Francisco Abreu
(Volkswagen Golf)