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Mora clinches his second title in Braga
Braga’s Vasco Sameiro circuit hosted
the fourth event of TCR Portugal that
was run over four sprint races. Veloso
Motorsport’s Francisco Mora
dominated, claiming three undisputed
victories. This also meant that he
stretched his leading margin to 72
points ahead of Francisco Abreu
(Novadriver) and so clinched his
second consecutive TCR Portugal title.
Edgar Florindo provided the icing on
the cake for Veloso Motorsport by
winning the fourth race.
In the first race, Mora and César
Machado (Speedy Motorsport) made a
better start than pole sitter Rafael
Lobato and took the lead and second
place respectively. While Mora was
able to pull away, Lobato was
threatening Machado’s second place,
but on lap 6 he retired due to a
puncture. Machado finished second,
with Florindo third.
In Race 2 Mora started from pole and
Results
Braga, Round 7, Saturday 2 September
1. Francisco Mora (SEAT León); 2. César
Machado (SEAT León); 3. Edgar
Florindo (SEAT León)
Braga, Round 8, Saturday 2 September
1. Francisco Mora (SEAT León); 2. Edgar
Florindo (SEAT León); 3. César Machado
(SEAT León)
Braga, Round 9, Sunday 3 September
1. Francisco Mora (SEAT León); 2. Edgar
Florindo (SEAT León); 3. Patrick Cunha
(Audi RS3 LMS)
Braga, Round 10, Saturday 3 September
1. Edgar Florindo (SEAT León); 2.
Francisco Mora (SEAT León); 3. Rafael
Lobato (Audi RS3 LMS)
took another lights-to-flag win.
Florindo overtook Abreu for second;
eventually Abreu dropped to fifth
behind Machado and Lobato’s codriver
Patrick Cunha.
In the third race, Mora benefited from
Abreu’s bad start and took the lead on
his way to another victory. Behind
him, Florindo, Cunha and Abreu
finished in that order after a close
fight.
Florindo and Machado led the fourth
race at the start, with Mora third. On
lap 2, Mora overtook Machado and
settled into second position that was
enough to secure the title. Lobato and
Abreu overtook Machado moving up to
third and fourth.
The TCR Portugal series will come to
an end in the TCR Ibérico event at
Barcelona, Spain, on September 16th
and 17th.