Maťo Homola won against Gianni Morbidelli!

Press release no. 5, 2. May 11:00, Bratislava

After racing weekend in Estoril, Portugal, where experienced Gianni Morbidelli won with young Slovak gun Mato Homola in very tight competition in race 1, the game has changed.

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Just after the racing weekend TCR International Series website has launch Fan Award voting competition, where visitors had a chance to vote either for Gianni Morbidelli, or Mato Homola.​

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They could give their vote to Morbidelli – for getting his championship fight back on track with two great races, or Homola for an excellent pole position and a superb fight with Morbidelli in Race 1. ​

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Mato’s brilliant performance and fair defence granted him the nomination for the Fan Award, and eventually received 86.4% of the vote cast, a landslide that was some compensation for losing a possible victory.
“I found it really nice, that I have received this award. This means that the people liked my performance during the weekend. I was very happy with the pole position, however, a not ideal tyre management and defensive driving cost me the podium. I fought as hard as I could, as I really tried to keep at least the third place.But I’m not disappointed, though. The season has just started and there are 18 races still to go! I thank everyone for voting, I really appreciated it!” Homola commented.

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Mato will be fighting this weekend in two races in SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS; “I really like Spa and I have great memories here. I’m looking forward and thank you for support!”

You can follow the race live on http://www.tcr-series.tv/, or on YouTube channel TCR TV – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoSlmLSprEnTz7HjmMb7HBw

Spa schedule:

Thursday, 5.5.
11.3012.00 (30’) TCR International Series Free practice 1
15.45
16.15 (30’) TCR International Series Free practice 2

Friday, 6.5.
13.40 – 14.00 (20’) TCR International Series Qualifying (Q1)
14.0514.15 (10’) TCR International Series Qualifying (Q2)
17.30 – 18.00 (30’) TCR International Series Race 1 start (9 laps)

Saturday, 7.5.
12.35 – 13.00 (30’) TCR International Series Race 2 start (9 laps)

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