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WORLD AND LIFE
TCR 2017 NEWS HOME DRIVERS TEAM
TCR cars were the dominant force in the
24H Touring Car Series’s first two rounds
at Silverstone and Magny-Cours.
Thirteen TCR cars took the start out of
a 30-car field at Silverstone and
eventually filled the top six positions in
the overall classification. Victory went
to the Team Bleekemolen SEAT León
shared by Sebastiaan Bleekemolen,
Melvin de Groot, Rob Smith and Rene
Steenmetz that completed 549 laps for
a distance of 3239 kilometres. The Pit
Lane Competizioni Audi RS3 LMS DSG
(Alberto Vescovi, Roberto Ferri, Zach
Arnold, Enrico Bettera, John Filippi)
claimed second place, five laps behind.
Ten further laps down, third position
went to the Modena Motorsports SEAT
León DSG (Marcel Tjia, Christian Chia,
Michael Soeryadjaya, Benny Simonsen,
Philippe Descombes).
The Monlau Competición SEAT León
driven by José Manuel Pérez Aicart,
Alba Cano Ramírez and Álvaro Bajo won
the second round: the 12H Magny-
Cours.
After setting pole position, the Spanish
team led the whole race and Pérez
Aicart took the chequered flag after
having completed 358 laps on the
French circuit, equalling a total distance
of 1579 kilometres. Three laps behind
the winners, the Red
SEAT León TCR DSG (Ivo Breukers,
Robert Nearn, Anthony Morris) finished
in second place. The Bas Koeten Racing
SEAT León TCR DSG (Kristian Jepsen,
Jan Sorensen, Morten Jepsen) finished
fourth overall and completed the
podium of the TCR class.
The third round of the 24H TC Series
will be the 24H Misano on 7 to 9 July.