28 / 40
28
BALTIC
This was a weekend to remember for
Džiugas Tovilavi
č
ius at Riga
Bikernieki. After winning the TCR
class in the NEZ6H series on Saturday,
on Sunday the Lithuanian driver
scored a double victory in the TCR
races of the Baltic Touring Car
Championship at the wheel of the
same Volkswagen Golf GTI car run by
the Skuba Racing Team.
Tovilavi
č
ius dominated the first race,
taking the lead from pole position and
building a small advantage, while
Ram
ū
nas
Č
apkauskas and Julius
Adomavi
č
ius were fighting for second
place.
Č
apkauskas had pipped
Adomavi
č
ius at the start and seemed
able to defend the position. However,
during the penultimate lap he ran out
of fuel and pulled into the pits, so
Adomavi
č
ius finished second and
Latvian driver Andrey Yushin inherited
third.
The second race was livelier as
Tovilavi
č
ius was closely followed by
Adomavi
č
ius and
Č
apkauskas during
the first three laps. Then, as his
pursuers began to fight for second
place, the leader was once again able
to build a small margin. A couple of
Adoublewinfor
TovilavičiusatBikernieki
Round 7 – Sunday 18 August,
Riga Bikernieki
1. D. Tovilavi
č
ius (Skuba Racing Team,
Volkswagen Golf GTI); 2. J.
Adomavi
č
ius (Dream 2 Drive PRO,
CUPRA DSG); 3. A. Yushin (CUPRA DSG)
Round 8 – Sunday 18 August,
Riga Bikernieki
1. D. Tovilavi
č
ius (Skuba Racing Team,
Volkswagen Golf GTI); 2. R.
Č
apkauskas
(DHL Racing, CUPRA DSG); 3. J.
Adomavi
č
ius (Dream 2 Drive PRO,
CUPRA DSG)
mistakes from Adomavi
č
ius gave
Č
apkauskas the opportunity to find a
gap and move ahead on lap 6. In the
final part of the race
Č
apkauskas
increased his pace and closed to
within two seconds of Tovilavi
č
ius,
while Adomavi
č
ius successfully
defended third position from Yushin.
That double victory meant that
Tovilavi
č
ius took the lead in the
standings by 29 points over
Č
apkauskas, while Adomavi
č
ius lies
in third position, a further three
points adrift.
The Baltic Touring Car Championship
will come to an end at Pärnu, in
Estonia, on 21st/22nd September.