Mato Homola clinched his first victory in TCR Internationa Series!

Press release no. 11, 19. June 20:30, Oschersleben

He did it! Mato Homola clinched his career first victory in TCR International Series, after being the fastest in the race 1! In the race 2, he managed to finish the race on 5th. In the overall classification, he is now on the 3rd place, with just 4 points behind the leader.

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Mato was ready to start the race from the second position. There was a rain just before the start and the track was mildly wet, with some dry spots. This made the pre-start procedure sort of a lottery, as nobody knew, what tires to put on the cars. Mato’s team decided to go for the slicks, what appeared to be a good decision.

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Mato started from the second position in the first row, and kept this place also after the turn 1, just behind his teammate Borkovic. Borkovic made a huge mistake under the yellow flags and went out of the track, thanks to what Mato made it to first. There were loads of contacts during the race and many of the good drivers didn’t even finish the race. Mato was comfortable in the lead, and he was even able to set the race fastest time. And it was him ho saw the chequered flag first! „This is simply amazing. This is the reason, why I race. It was pretty tough to keep the first position, as some parts of the track were wet, some were a little dryer and it was even raining on some others. At the end, I was successful! I would like to thank my family, partners and of course, the team. It’a wonderful feeling.“, said Mato after the race.

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But there was no time for the rest, as the race 2 was on plan just after the first one. Mato had the 8th position on start. „There was a lot of pushing and hitting in the first corner, even I got some and maybe gave some, but luckily, I was able to continue in the race.“

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Mato fought his way through and was able to jump on 5th and later on even on 3rd place in the lap 1. In the first corner of the second lap, he made a mistake and went off track in the chicane. Thanks to his acrobatic maneuver on 2 wheels he got back on track, but already on P6. Later on, Kajaia struggled with some technical issue and Mato moved to 5th and ended the race in the same position. „This weekend is simply stunning for me. 1st and 5th place mean a lot of points and I jumped to the 3rd place in the overall classification, with just 4 points to the leader. I’m honestly looking forward to the next race in Sochi!“, he said.

You can watch the race on YouTube channel TCR TV or on www.tcr-series.tv.

Results: http://tcr-series.com/index.php/events/item/motorsport-arena-oschersleben

Photos: http://bit.ly/Homola_Oschersleben-race
Photo Credits: B3 racing

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