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INTERNATIONAL SERIES
The undoubted star of the weekend
was Tassi. After his roller-coaster
weekend in Austria, the teenager was
on home soil in Hungary. He’d
celebrated his 18th birthday on the
Wednesday between the races and
arrived at the Hungaroring determined
to record his first race victory in the
International Series. Thanks to
another stunning start and help from
his team boss Norbert Michelisz,
making a one-off drive on his home
event, Tassi led the field going into
Turn 1 and then never looked back,
recording his first win and a 1-2 for
M1RA Racing thanks to Michelisz
finishing second, keeping Vernay at
bay for third.
Race 2 was a similar story. Tassi made
another superb start from eighth on
the grid and when he passed pole-
sitter Jens Reno Møller to take the
lead on lap 11, his second victory was
inevitable. To the delight of the large
crowd, Tassi took maximum points
from both races and so became the
new leader of the series after 12 of the
20 races. After a string of
disappointing results, a relieved Pepe
Oriola finished second while a
delighted Møller was third.
The Drivers’ standings look very
different after the two race weekends.
Tassi holds a 6-point advantage over
his teammate Colciago, with Vernay in
third and Comini fourth, 13 and 25
points behind Tassi respectively. Oriola
moves up to fifth in the table and is
now 42 points off the lead.
The European leg of the TCR
International Series is rounded off by
the two races at Oschersleben in
Germany on July 9th.