TCR World and life

24 TROPHIES The TCR Europe event at Barcelona was also valid for the TCR Benelux and TCR Ibérico trophies. TCR BENELUX – JULIEN BRICHÉ RETAKES THE LEAD In TCR Benelux, that is reserved for drivers and teams holding a racing licence from any of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, the race victories went to Julien Briché in Race 1 and Gilles Magnus in Race 2. They both were classified second overall in the TCR Europe races and are currently first and second in the TCR Benelux standings. Briché scored 79 points during the Spanish weekend and retook the leadership, demoting Magnus to second. The Belgian youngster has dropped 23 points behind the experienced Frenchman and is now chased by Josh BrichéandMorascore solidpoints inBarcelona Files who is just two further points adrift. The TCR Benelux Trophy will come to an end in the TCR Europe event at Monza, on October 11th/13th; with 85 points on offer, mathematically there are four other drivers still in contention: Santiago Urrutia, Maxime Potty, Auréliem Comte and Mat’o Homola. TCR IBÉRICO – FRANCISCO MORA REINFORCES HIS LEAD According to the regulations of the TCR Ibérico Trophy, all drivers taking part in the event can score points. Therefore, at Barcelona, the first ten drivers classified in TCR Europe also scored for TCR Ibérico and so Andreas Bäckman in Race 1 and Daniel Lloyd in Race 2 were also presented with the winner’s trophy for the Iberian series. However, as TCR Ibérico is run on four events, the first positions in the standings are still filled by the trophy’s regular competitors. Francisco Mora was able to make the top-ten in TCR Europe’s first race at the wheel of his Veloso Motorsport CUPRA, and so he reinforced his leading margin over his closest pursuers, the Estonian pair of Robin Vaks and Mattias Vahtel in the ALM Racing Honda Civic cars. Vaks and Vahtel must recover 11 and 23 points respectively, when 50 will be at stake in the final event at Portimão, on 26th/27th October.