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Files took a brilliant start from
fourth on the grid and chased the
leading duo until he started to suffer
from a steering problem. From that
moment onwards, his pace faded and
he dropped back, eventually
finishing in tenth position at the
end, while Kris Richard took third.
Richard’s Target Competition
teammate Dušan Borkovi
ć
delivered a
thrilling performance, as he was able
to recover and finish sixth, a result
that helped him to retake the lead in
the standings with a margin of five
points over Mikel Azcona who was
joined by Nagy on equal points.
Race 2 was even livelier, but had a
similar script, with Tassi taking the
lead from Azcona after a few laps
and then delivering the victory in
the Honda Civic of the Hell Energy
Racing with KCMG squad.
Second was an unexpected and very
useful result for Azcona, who
maintained his second position in
the standings, only two points
behind Borkovi
ć
, who salvaged a
third place in what he defined “a
crazy race” and that saw him
swapping blows and paints with his
teammate Richard.
Azcona, whose PCR Sport CUPRA
wasn’t completely at ease on the Dutch
track, again proved his maturity: