Mato Homola 5th in the TCR Qualifying in Thailand

Flash news no. 2, 27. August, 18:30, Buriram, Thailand

Mato Homola has shown his high speed and as in the Free practice session he kept the pace also in the Qualifying and stayed amongst the 5 fastest drivers of the TCR International Series and claimed 5th place on the grid.

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Mato has started the Saturday with a great result in the first Free Practice session, where he set the fastest time and there was no other driver, to keep the pace. The team has focused on the car setup in the second session, so there was no significant time, it was more about getting ready and checking of various settings. The biggest fight started with the Qualifying session.

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Mato set the 5th fastest time just at the beginning of the first, 20 minutes long part, what seemed to be enough to go through to the second part. Many drivers started to be faster, what pushed Mato to the 10thth, what secured safe position.

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The second part was a little delayed, what helped Mato’s team-mate Dusan Borkovic, as he had a half shaft failure and the team managed to replace it just on time to start to the Q2.

The first flying lap of Mato was forced to slow down due to his mistake and there was time left for one lap only. Mato managed to finish on the P5.

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“It is so close amongst the competition and the differences are really small. 11 drivers in the Q2 came within a second! I am happy with my result and I know, we have a good pace for the race – what is the main focus now. I was able to go maybe even faster, but I had no time left and it would be too risky, as I had several places, where I went sideways. I would like to thank all the partners, family and my girlfriend Linda for the support and of course to my mechanics, who are doing a great job this weekend. Keep your fingers crossed for tomorrow!”

You can watch the TCR International Series live at YouTube channel TCR TV, or at www.tcr-series.tv.

Sunday:
12:35* – 13:05* Race 1 (14 Laps)
14:05* – 14:35* Race 2 (14 Laps)
14:45* Podium Ceremony

*Times are CEST+5

Results: http://tcr-series.com/index.php/events/item/buriram-international-circuit

Pictures for download: http://bit.ly/Homola_Thailand-Race
Photo Credits: B3 Racing

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