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The infamous street circuit of Vila
Real hosted the third race meeting of
the TCR Ibérico series, in which
Francisco Mora (Veloso Motorsport
SEAT) and Francisco Abreu (Team
Novadriver Volkswagen) claimed one
win apiece.
Mora maintained the leadership in
the standings, with a margin of 19
points ahead of Abreu; the pairing of
Rafael Lobato and Patrick Cunha
(Veloso Motorsport Audi) slipped to
third place, six points behind Abreu.
The first race was disrupted by three
safety car interventions, one after a
collision between José Pedro Faria’s
KIA and Edgar Florindo’s SEAT, the
second when a TCR2 car stopped on
the track and then again when João
Carvalho’s SEAT crashed in the final
turn.
Despite this, pole sitter Francisco
Mora (SEAT) and Rafael Lobato (Audi)
had a close fight for victory;
eventually Mora won by a slim 2-
tenths margin, while Francisco Abreu
came a close third in his Volkswagen
Golf.
In the second race, Abreu started
from pole and took an authoritative
lights-to-flag victory, with a 15-
second margin ahead of Mora. Patrick
Cunha (Lobato’s co-driver) won the
battle for third, beating César
Machado, Carvalho and Gustavo
Moura.
The next and final event will be at
Barcelona, Spain, on September 16th
and 17th.
Mora and Abreu win in Vila Real
Results
Vila Real, Round 5, Sunday 9 July
1. Francisco Mora (SEAT León); 2.
Rafael Lobato (Audi RS3 LMS); 3.
Francisco Abreu (Volkswagen Golf)
Vila Real, Round 6, Sunday 9 July
1. Francisco Abreu (Volkswagen Golf);
2. Francisco Mora (SEAT León); 3.
Patrick Cunha (Audi RS3 LMS)