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The battle will go on until the last
minute. The only thing for sure, as
the TCR International Series
contenders head eastwards for the
Asian tour that will conclude the
season, is that nothing is decided
and the three rounds in Buriram,
Zhejiang and Abu Dhabi will see a
superb battle for the title.
The European part of the season is
now over and yielded a situation
where five drivers, representing four
different teams and car brands and
separated by only 43 points, are in a
position to bid for the crown.
By taking a superb double win at
home at the Hungaroring, in the
penultimate event, Attila Tassi, the
young gun at the wheel of the M1RA
Honda Civic, had joined the “Club of
the 4” which included his team mate
Roberto Colciago, reigning double
champion Stefano Comini (Comtoyou
Racing Audi), Pepe Oriola (Lukoil
Craft-Bamboo SEAT) and Jean-Karl
Vernay (Leopard Racing Volkswagen
Golf). The weekend at Oschersleben,
though, has added further suspense,
as three of the title contenders
(Tassi, Colciago and Oriola) took no
points in the races, thus freezing
their positions.
The only drivers scoring a handful of
points in a German round
characterized by many incidents and
a pile-up at the start of Race 2
(which left a number of cars
damaged right ahead of the long
boat journey to Thailand) were
Comini and Vernay.