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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
11.30 – 12.00 (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)
14.05 – 14.15 (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)