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The fight for the first-ever TCR Benelux
title went right down to the wire in the
final couple of sprint races. In the last
two race meetings at Assen and Mettet,
the Honda Civic cars run by the Boutsen
Ginion Racing team dominated the field,
winning seven of the eight sprint races.
Four of those victories were claimed by
guest star Norbert Michelisz who gave
decisive help to his co-driver Stéphane
Lémeret in order to claim the title.
The DG Sport Compétition pairing of
Pierre-Yves Corthals and Frédéric
Caprasse tried to spoil Lémeret’s party
until the very end, and eventually
presented Opel Motorsport with second
place in the championship that would
have been quite unexpected at the
beginning of the season.
Results
Assen, Round 17, Sunday 23 October
1. Renaud Kuppens (Honda Civic); 2.
Sam Dejonghe (SEAT León); 3. Maxime
Potty (Volkswagen Golf GTI)
Assen, Round 18, Sunday 23 October
1. Renaud Kuppens (Honda Civic); 2.
Maxime Potty (Volkswagen Golf GTI); 3.
Guillaume Mondron (SEAT León)
Assen, Round 19, Sunday 23 October
1. Norbert Michelisz (Honda Civic); 2.
Tom Coronel (Honda Civic); 3. Amaury
Richard (Volkswagen Golf GTI)
Assen, Round 20, Sunday 23 October
1. Norbert Michelisz (Honda Civic); 2.
Tom Coronel (Honda Civic); 3. Amaury
Richard (Volkswagen Golf GTI)
Mettet, Round 21, Sunday 30 October
1. Benjiamin Lessenes (Honda Civic); 2.
Frédéric Caprasse (Opel Astra); 3.
Stéphane Lémeret (Honda Civic)
Mettet, Round 22, Sunday 30 October
1. Frédéric Caprasse (Opel Astra); 2.
Stéphane Lémeret (Honda Civic); 3.
Benjiamin Lessenes (Honda Civic)
Mettet, Round 23, Sunday 30 October
1. Norbert Michelisz (Honda Civic); 2.
Aurélien Comte (Peugeot 308); 3.
Pierre-Yves Corthals (Opel Astra)
Mettet, Round 24, Sunday 30 October
1. Norbert Michelisz (Honda Civic); 2.
Aurélien Comte (Peugeot 308); 3.
Alexis van de Poele (Volkswagen Golf
GTI)
Michelisz helps Lémeret to grab title
A brilliant victory in Assen’s Qualifying
Race at the wheel of their SEAT León
launched Sam Dejonghe and Denis
Dupont towards a brilliant third place
in the championship, a perfect pay-off
for the RACB National Team’s effort in
promoting the young talents.
At Mettet, the series welcomed the
first appearance of a Peugeot 308.
Although the French car is not yet in
a proper TCR configuration, it showed
significant progress compared to its
maiden TCR races in the International
Series at Spa. The twisty layout of the
Circuit Jules Tacheny suited the 308
and, with Aurélien Comte on great
form, grabbed a couple of outstanding
second places behind the uncatchable
Michelisz.