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The fight for the first-ever TCR Benelux

title went right down to the wire in the

final couple of sprint races. In the last

two race meetings at Assen and Mettet,

the Honda Civic cars run by the Boutsen

Ginion Racing team dominated the field,

winning seven of the eight sprint races.

Four of those victories were claimed by

guest star Norbert Michelisz who gave

decisive help to his co-driver Stéphane

Lémeret in order to claim the title.

The DG Sport Compétition pairing of

Pierre-Yves Corthals and Frédéric

Caprasse tried to spoil Lémeret’s party

until the very end, and eventually

presented Opel Motorsport with second

place in the championship that would

have been quite unexpected at the

beginning of the season.

Results

Assen, Round 17, Sunday 23 October

1. Renaud Kuppens (Honda Civic); 2.

Sam Dejonghe (SEAT León); 3. Maxime

Potty (Volkswagen Golf GTI)

Assen, Round 18, Sunday 23 October

1. Renaud Kuppens (Honda Civic); 2.

Maxime Potty (Volkswagen Golf GTI); 3.

Guillaume Mondron (SEAT León)

Assen, Round 19, Sunday 23 October

1. Norbert Michelisz (Honda Civic); 2.

Tom Coronel (Honda Civic); 3. Amaury

Richard (Volkswagen Golf GTI)

Assen, Round 20, Sunday 23 October

1. Norbert Michelisz (Honda Civic); 2.

Tom Coronel (Honda Civic); 3. Amaury

Richard (Volkswagen Golf GTI)

Mettet, Round 21, Sunday 30 October

1. Benjiamin Lessenes (Honda Civic); 2.

Frédéric Caprasse (Opel Astra); 3.

Stéphane Lémeret (Honda Civic)

Mettet, Round 22, Sunday 30 October

1. Frédéric Caprasse (Opel Astra); 2.

Stéphane Lémeret (Honda Civic); 3.

Benjiamin Lessenes (Honda Civic)

Mettet, Round 23, Sunday 30 October

1. Norbert Michelisz (Honda Civic); 2.

Aurélien Comte (Peugeot 308); 3.

Pierre-Yves Corthals (Opel Astra)

Mettet, Round 24, Sunday 30 October

1. Norbert Michelisz (Honda Civic); 2.

Aurélien Comte (Peugeot 308); 3.

Alexis van de Poele (Volkswagen Golf

GTI)

Michelisz helps Lémeret to grab title

A brilliant victory in Assen’s Qualifying

Race at the wheel of their SEAT León

launched Sam Dejonghe and Denis

Dupont towards a brilliant third place

in the championship, a perfect pay-off

for the RACB National Team’s effort in

promoting the young talents.

At Mettet, the series welcomed the

first appearance of a Peugeot 308.

Although the French car is not yet in

a proper TCR configuration, it showed

significant progress compared to its

maiden TCR races in the International

Series at Spa. The twisty layout of the

Circuit Jules Tacheny suited the 308

and, with Aurélien Comte on great

form, grabbed a couple of outstanding

second places behind the uncatchable

Michelisz.