TCR World and life

34 SPRINT RACES CarloTamburini’swinning debut inthe Coppa Italia Latvian driver Valters Zviedris secured the TCR class title in the 2021 Baltic Touring Car Championship after the last race of the season at Riga Bikernieki. Just as in the three previous events, Zviedris and his Estonian rival Mikk Maaten shared race victories. Maaten won the first race in his Krauman Mo- tors Volkswagen Golf GTI ahead of Kęstutis Stasionis’ Golf run by the Noker Racing Team, while Zviedris com- pleted the podium at the wheel of the LV Racing Audi RS 3 LMS. The Latvian got his revenge in Race 2, but Maaten’s second place would give the latter the title. However, after the race Maaten was excluded for a techni- cal infringement, and so Zviedris inheri- ted the crown. Sixteen-year-old Carlo Tamburini completed an amazing Touring Car debut by winning both the Coppa Italia Turismo races in the season finale at Monza. After qualifying on pole, Tamburini was first to take the chequered flag in the first race. He was then demoted to second behind a car of the BMW M2 Cup by a five-second penalty for having caused an incident with the CUPRA Leon Competición of Giacomo Ghermandi. Despite the penalty, Tamburini won the TCR class ahead of Adriano Visdomini and Steven Giacon. Tamburini then started Race 2 from P7 on the top-eight reversed grid but quickly found his way into the lead, winning by eight seconds over Marco Butti, with Giacon in third position once again. Carlotta Fedeli drove her RC Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS to finish second in the DSG class behind Giacon in both races, and so wrapped the class title.