Mato Homola after the Free Practice and the Qualifying in Sochi

Flash news no. 1, 2. July 17:40, Sochi, Russia
Racing weekend here in Sochi started as usually, with the Free Practice session. Really hot weather and a lot of humidity put a lot of pressure on all the people, but there is some uncertainty, how the weather will look like tomorrow for the race.

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„We are not really happy with the car and the times, we have achieved in the free practice session. The track is new to us and compared to the competition we have never been here. The track temperature is really high and this is a big difference compared to other races this year. We have decided to change many things on the car for the Qualifying session and we hope, it’ll work well.“, said Mato after the FP2.

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Mato entered the qualifying with many changes and hope for a good result. He set the 10th best time in the Q1, so he managed to go to the Q2, amongst the 12 fastest drivers from Q1. Q2 takes only 10 minutes and Mato managed to set the 7th fastest time in the half of the session, but he was moved to 9th later on. Thanks to this he will start to the Race 2 from the first row and 2nd place, what might help for the good result.

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„To be honest, I do not really like this track, many of 90 degrees right corners and a little boring. We need to work on the car setup, as I tried really hard and it didn’t work out. We will focus mainly on the Race 2, where I will start from the 2nd place.“ The weight of the cars plays a big role here, as the Volkswagens are 50 kg lighter than Mato’s car (thanks to 20 kg success ballast) and they have been even allowed to make the car 10 mm lower.

Don’t miss the race tomorrow, broadcasted live on TCR TV YouTube channel, or on www.tcr-series.tv.

Weekend schedule
Sunday:
09:10 – 09:20 Shakedown
12:35 Race 1
14:05 Race 2

all times: GMT +3

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

Pictures for download from the last race: http://bit.ly/Homola_Oschersleben-race
Photo Credits: B3 Racing

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