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The most memorable fact from the
TCR Benelux series’ fourth event at
Zolder was the double victory of DG
Sport Compétition’s Aurélien Comte
in the third and fourth sprint races,
which were also the first ever sprint
race victories in TCR for the Peugeot
308. Previously, Mathieu Detry had
won both Race 1 and Race 2 at the
wheel of the Team WRT Volkswagen
Golf he shares with Maxime Potty,
while on Saturday Sam Dejonghe and
Denis Dupont (Team WRT SEAT) won
a lively Qualifying race.
Benjamin Lessennes (Boutsen Ginion
Racing Honda Civic) maintained the
lead in the standings, although his
margin was reduced to only three
points ahead of Guillaume Mondron
(Delahaye Racing Volkswagen). Potty-
Detry now rank third with a gap of
36 points.
In Race 1, de Kimpe stalled from pole
and Detry took the lead from
Dupont. The latter retired after an
incident on lap 1, which promoted
Mondron and Lémeret to second and
third. Detry and Mondron had a close
fight for victory and finished in that
order, with Lémeret third and
Abbring fourth.
In Race 2, Detry encored with his
second lights-to-flag win of the day;
he was closely followed by Mondron
throughout the race, while Abbring
pipped Lémeret at the start and
finished third.
In Race 3, Comte sprinted ahead of
pole sitter Potty and led, Lessennes
moved up to third while Donniacuo
spun, prompting the Safety Car. At
the restart, Comte defended his lead
as he was chased by the trio of Potty,
Lessennes and Dejonghe. Positions
did not change and they finished in
that order.
In Race 4, once again Comte made
the best start and left Potty to
defend his second place from
Lessennes. The latter pitted after a
spin and rejoined at the back. Comte
duly took his second win ahead of
Potty, while Donniacuo completed a
great recovery by stealing third place
from Dejonghe.
Comte wins twice in a first for Peugeot
Results
Zolder, Round 13, Sunday 16 July
1. Mathieu Detry (Volkswagen Golf);
2. Guillaume Mondron (Volkswagen
Golf); 3. Stéphane Lémerete (Honda
Civic)
Zolder, Round 14, Sunday 16 July
1. Mathieu Detry (Volkswagen Golf);
2. Guillaume Mondron (Volkswagen
Golf); 3. Kevin Abbring (Peugeot 308)
Zolder, Round 15, Sunday 16 July
1. Aurélien Comte (Peugeot 308);
Maxime Potty (Volkswagen Golf); 3.
Benjamin Lessennes (Honda Civic)
Zolder, Round 16, Sunday 16 July
1. Aurélien Comte (Peugeot 308);
Maxime Potty (Volkswagen Golf); 3.
Lorenzo Donniacuo (Volkswagen Golf)