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The Boutsen Ginion Racing duo of
Tom Coronel and Benjamin Lessennes
took a clean sweep at the third race
meeting of TCR Benelux at Zolder.
At the wheel of their Honda Civic
car, the experienced Dutchman and
the Belgian teenager won Saturday’s
Qualifying race and all four Sprint
races on Sunday, scoring the
maximum of 125 points; a feat that
no one had been able to achieve
since the series was launched in
2016.
These results propelled Lessenes to
the top of the standings with a
margin of 21 points over the previous
leader Guillaume Mondron (Delahaye
Racing); Coronel climbed to third a
further 19 points adrift, while the
pairing of Aurélien Comte and Kevin
Abbring is surprisingly lying fourth
with their DG Sport Peugeot 308.
On Saturday, Lessennes and Coronel
took a comfortable victory in the
Qualifying Race, ahead of Potty-Detry
and Dejonghe-Dupont.
Coronel won the first two sprint races
on Sunday morning, resisting the
pressure from Maxime Potty who
finished twice second; Sam Dejonghe
and Abbring took one third place
apiece.
Lessenes then copied his more
experienced teammate and claimed
two victories himself in the third and
fourth races. Dénis Dupont and
Frédéric Vervisch finished on the
podium in Race 3, while Comte and
Edouard Mondron were the other
podium finishers in Race 4.
The next rounds of the TCR Benelux
Series will be on 15/16 July
at Zolder again.
A clean sweep for Coronel-Lessennes
Results
Zolder, Round 5, Sunday 4 June
1. Tom Coronel (Honda Civic); 2.
Maxime Potty (Volkswagen Golf); 3.
Sam Dejonghe (SEAT León)
Zolder, Round 6, Sunday 4 June
1. Tom Coronel (Honda Civic); 2.
Maxime Potty (Volkswagen Golf); 3.
Kevin Abbring (Peugeot 308)
Zolder, Round 7, Sunday 4 June
1. Benjamin Lessennes (Honda Civic);
2. Dénis Dupont (SEAT León); 3.
Frédéric Vervisch (Audi RS3 LMS)
Zolder, Round 8, Sunday 4 June
1. Benjamin Lessennes (Honda Civic);
2. Aurélien Comte (Peugeot 308); 3.
Edouard Mondron (SEAT León)