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STANDINGS
ASIA & KOREA
Yeongam, Round 7, Sunday 26 August
1. Kantadhee Kusiri (Cupra); 2. Luca
Engstler (Volkswagen Golf GTI); 3. Alex
Hui (Volkswagen Golf GTI)
Yeongam, Round 8, Sunday 26 August
1. Luca Engstler (Volkswagen Golf GTI);
2. Kantadhee Kusiri (Cupra); 3. Mitchell
Cheah (Volkswagen Golf GTI))
Yeongam, Round 1, Sunday 26 August
1. Andrew Kim (Volkswagen Golf GTI);
2. Kim Byoung Hyun (Honda Civic FK7);
3. Cho Hoon Hyun (Hyundai i30 N)
Yeongam, Round 2, Sunday 26 August
1. Kang Byung Hui (Hyundai i30 N); 2.
Kang Dong Woo (Hyundai i30 N); 3. Kim
Byoung Hyun (Honda Civic FK7)
Liqui Moly Team Engstler colleague
Cheah. The young Malaysian finished
the race in third position overall,
behind Kusiri.
Alex Liu took the lead at the start, but
spun and dropped to third behind
Cheah and Chariya Nuya. Engstler
elbowed his way through from fifth
and, after a safety car period, stole the
lead from Cheah on lap 7. The leading
pair was joined by Kusiri and the three
of them delivered a close fight; Kusiri
moved up to second and closed the gap,
but despite his efforts couldn’t find a
way to pass Engstler and finished
second, three tenths behind.
Kang Byung Hui made up for a
disappointing Race 1 and gave Hyundai
its first victory in TCR Korea by
finishing fifth overall with a
comfortable margin ahead of Kang Dong
Woo and Kim Byoung Hyun; he also
walked out of Yeongam as the first
leader in the standings, with 42 points,
one more than Andrew Kim and eight
of ahead Kim Byoung Hyun.
TCR Korea’s second event will take place
on 29/30 September at the Inje
Speedium, while TCR Asia will come to a
conclusion with rounds 9 and 10 at the
Shanghai International Circuit on
October 6 and 7.