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WORLD AND LIFE
TCR 2017
HUNGARORING – RACE 1, SUNDAY 18 JUNE 2017
DRIVER CAR TEAM
DRIVER CAR TEAM
HUNGARORING – RACE 2, SUNDAY 18 JUNE 2017
1 AttilaTassi Honda CivicType-RTCR M1RA 14 laps in 29:20.272
2 Pepe Oriola SEATLeónTCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo 1.861
3 Jens RenoMøller Honda CivicType-RTCR Reno Racing 3.283
4 GiacomoAltoè VolkswagenGolf GTITCR WestCoast Racing 3.765
5 Roberto Colciago Honda CivicType-RTCR M1RA 4.397
6 Norbert Michelisz Honda CivicType-RTCR M1RA 4.980
7 Jean-KarlVernay VolkswagenGolf GTITCR Leopard RacingWRT 5.372
8 Stian Paulsen SEATLeónTCR Stian Paulsen Racing 6.254
9 James Nash SEATLeónTCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo 12.055
10 Stefano Comini Audi RS3 LMSTCR Comtoyou Racing 17.135
Fastest lap: Pepe Oriola,1:54.330,average 137.95 kph,lap 3
1 AttilaTassi Honda CivicType-RTCR M1RA 14 laps in 26:56.484
2 Norbert Michelisz Honda CivicType-RTCR M1RA 0.865
3 Jean-KarlVernay VolkswagenGolf GTITCR Leopard RacingWRT 1.744
4 Roberto Colciago Honda CivicType-RTCR M1RA 12.769
5 Pepe Oriola SEATLeónTCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo 14.029
6 Daniel Lloyd SEATLeónTCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo 14.959
7 James Nash SEATLeónTCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo 22.569
8 GiacomoAltoè VolkswagenGolf GTITCR WestCoast Racing 25.074
9 Gianni Morbidelli VolkswagenGolf GTITCR WestCoast Racing 27.448
10 Mat’oHomola OpelAstraTCR DG Sport Compétition 27.869
The KIA cee’d’s debut
in the International Series
Ferenc Ficza was finally able to drive the Zeng
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Motorsport KIA cee’d on his debut in the
TCR International Series at the Hungaroring. A second KIA took also part in the event,
driven by István Bernula and run by the Botka Rallye Team.
Despite only taking delivery of the car early on Saturday, Ficza demonstrated its future
potential by finishing 15th and 14th after twice starting from the back of the grid. The
Korean car had stopped during its very first lap in Free Practice due to a broken throttle
cable and Ficza was finally only able to drive it for the first time during Qualifying and
treated the session as a shake down. In both races, the young Hungarian was able to
recover and in the second race he climbed up to 14th, which would have earned one
point for KIA in the Model of the Year Trophy should the car not have been racing under
a temporary homologation form.
“I was able to complete both races, which was an achievement in itself considering that
we missed both free practice sessions and the car only turned a wheel for the first time
during Qualifying. There is still a lot of work to do; the set-up has to be done from
scratch, and I hope that we will have the budget to do some testing, but the car has
great potential. It feels completely different from anything I have driven so far, but I am
really impressed,” Ficza said.