Super Racing Festival - Urrutia wins second WTCR race, Michelisz fourth

This time, Urrutia (Lynk&Co) started from the pole position, followed by the British Rob Huff, world champion in 2012, driving the Zengő Motorsport Cupra, and the Argentinian Néstor Girolami (Honda) in second and third place, respectively, and this order did not change until the finish. . Just like the 2019 World Cup winner Michelisz (Hyundai), he kept his fourth position throughout.
Dániel Nagy (Cupra) started the race in 12th place, while Attila Tassi (Honda) in 14th place in the field of 17. However, for Nagy, the round ended quickly after a couple of them went head-to-head, he was the one at the end of the dominoes who pulled the shortest of them all: one of his wheels flew off. The Hungarian competitor still reached the pit, but was unable to get out.
In the middle of the race, the Moroccan Mehdi Bennani collided with the French Yvan Muller, and after one of the former's front wheels burst, he gave up the fight, and the safety car stopped the race for a short time because of the incident.
In the 14-lap race, Tassi finished in 14th place, earning points as in the first race.
The next competition will be in Spain on June 25-26.

Results, Touring Car World Cup:
Race 2:
1. Santiago Urrutia (Uruguay) 32:57 minutes
2. Rob Huff (UK, Cupra) 0.380 seconds down
3. Néstor Girolami (Argentine, Honda) 2.428 sec h.
4. Norbert Michelisz (Hyundai) 3.173 sec h.
...14. Attila Tassi (Honda) 18.550 sec h.

previously:
Race 1:
1. Mikel Azcona (Spain, Hyundai) 36:35 minutes
2. Yann Ehrlacher (France, Lynk&Co) 1.895 sec h
3. Nathanaël Berthon (France, Audi) 3.331 sec h.
...12. Michelisz 17.477 sec h.
...14. Tassi 30.283 sec h.
...17. Dániel Nagy (Cupra) 37.529 sec h.
The standings of the points competition: 1. Azcona 84 points, 2. Girolami 75, 3. Urrutia 69, ...9. Huff 44, ...11. Michelisz 24, 16. Nagy 8, 17. Tassi 7

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MTI, Sunday, June 12, 2022, 7:17 p.m

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Super Racing Festival - Urrutia wins second WTCR race, Michelisz fourth

Mogyoród, Sunday, June 12, 2022 (MTI) - Uruguayan Santiago Urrutia won, while Hungarian Norbert Michelisz finished in fourth place on Sunday in the second, reverse grid race in this year's third round of the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) held in Hungaroring.

This time, Urrutia (Lynk&Co) started from the pole position, followed by the British Rob Huff, world champion in 2012, driving the Zengő Motorsport Cupra, and the Argentinian Néstor Girolami (Honda) in second and third place, respectively, and this order did not change until the finish. . Just like the 2019 World Cup winner Michelisz (Hyundai), he kept his fourth position throughout.
Dániel Nagy (Cupra) started the race in 12th place, while Attila Tassi (Honda) in 14th place in the field of 17. However, for Nagy, the round ended quickly after a couple of them went head-to-head, he was the one at the end of the dominoes who pulled the shortest of them all: one of his wheels flew off. The Hungarian competitor still reached the pit, but was unable to get out.

In the middle of the race, the Moroccan Mehdi Bennani collided with the French Yvan Muller, and after one of the former's front wheels burst, he gave up the fight, and the safety car stopped the race for a short time because of the incident.

In the 14-lap race, Tassi finished in 14th place, earning points as in the first race.

The next competition will be in Spain on June 25-26.

Results, Touring Car World Cup:
Race 2:
1. Santiago Urrutia (Uruguay) 32:57 minutes
2. Rob Huff (UK, Cupra) 0.380 seconds back
3. Néstor Girolami (Argentine, Honda) 2.428 sec h.
4. Norbert Michelisz (Hyundai) 3.173 sec h.
...14. Attila Tassi (Honda) 18.550 sec h.

previously:
Race 1:
1. Mikel Azcona (Spain, Hyundai) 36:35 minutes
2. Yann Ehrlacher (France, Lynk&Co) 1.895 sec h
3. Nathanaël Berthon (France, Audi) 3.331 sec h.
...12. Michelisz 17.477 sec h.
...14. Tassi 30.283 sec h.
...17. Dániel Nagy (Cupra) 37.529 sec h.

(Source: autokalauz.co.hu; MTI | Image: pixabay.com)