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WORLD AND LIFE
TCR 2018
GERMANY
Langeveld took an authoritative win in
front of his home crowd in Zandvoort’s
Race 1, which was pretty uneventful
The safety car was deployed after an
incident at the start between Michelle
Halder, Niedertscheider and Kai Jordan;
when the race restarted on lap 5,
Langeveld pulled clear ahead of Antti
Buri, Proczyk, Mike Halder and Engstler.
The Dutchman built a 3-second
advantage and the positions remained
frozen until the end.
In the second race, Engstler took his
and Hyundai’s maiden win in the series
and Coicaud provided the icing on the
cake as he finished second in the sister
car. At the start, Engstler kept the
advantage of pole on the reversed grid,
preceding Loris Prattes, Coicaud,
Wankmüller, Mike Halder and Proczyk,
but the safety car was deployed when
Hesse crashed into the barriers after
making contact with Langefeld. At the
restart, on lap 4, Engstler pulled away
and Coicaud passed Prattes for second.
Langeveld put in a great show, as he
took P8 from Buri and then climbed to
P7 passing Simon Reicher. The
Dutchman had Proczyk as the next
target, while Prattes served a drive-
through for a jump-start. On lap 7,
Langeveld passed Proczyk with a superb
overtaking manoeuvre. The Dutchman
seemed unstoppable and added Halder
and Wankmüller to the list, moving up
to third. By lap 13 Langeveld was on
the tail of Coicaud’s car, with both not
far from the leader Engstler. Still,
nothing would change over the final
laps, as a light drizzle started to fall,
making the track slippery.