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october 16, 2019 - Hyundai
Final race victory ends title winning TCR Europe season on perfect note
Victory in the final race of the season at Autodromo Nazionale Monza clinched the #tcr Europe title for Target Competition Hyundai i30 N #tcr driver #joshfiles
His success added to the excellent season for Hyundai teams in the series, with Target already having clinched the teams’ championship at the penultimate round
i30 N #tcr filled five of the top-ten places in the final standings, with drivers representing three different customer teams amongst the places.
Victory in the final race of the #tcr Europe season gave #joshfiles the drivers’ title to add the teams’ honour already secured by his Target Competition squad to complete an i30 N #tcr sweep of championships in the incredibly competitive series.
In line with much of the season the final weekend at Monza welcomed a grid of over 30 cars. Holding a 48 point advantage before the weekend, Files was only ninth fastest in qualifying at the straight-line speed critical Italian circuit, allowing his nearest rival to edge closer. However, a stellar drive in Race 1, climbing up the order to take a podium spot in third, limited the impact upon the points’ standings.
Starting from the front row for Race 2 Files quickly made his way to the front to lead the opening lap. From there he was able to control his pace, relying on the i30 N #tcr to keep him ahead while his title rival made his way through the pack behind. Their battle rose to a climax in the final laps with first and second in the championship also first and second on track. However, Files was able to maintain his advantage to score his third win of the season.
The weekend completed a very strong season for Hyundai customers in the championship. Ten i30 N #tcr were amongst the field for most of the year – peaking at 11 with the one-off visit of Lewis Kent to the series at Spa-Francorchamps. From the start – when Hyundai teams locked out the podium in the first race of the campaign – the i30 N #tcr has been at the front of the field. As well as Files’ three victories on his way to the title, Maťo Homola and Hyundai Motorsport Customer #racing Junior Drivers Luca Engstler and Andreas Bäckman took a win apiece from the 14-race season. Hyundai customers also topped qualifying on five out of the seven weekends and stood on the podium a total of 17 times – eight of which went to Files, including a streak of four consecutive rostrum visits spanning the two contests at Red Bull Ring and Oschersleben.
With Files confirmed at the top of the standings i30 N #tcr customers filled five of the top-ten places in the final points. Andreas Bäckman completed his maiden #tcr Europe season in fourth ahead of M #racing driver Nelson Panciatici in fifth. Homola and Engstler finished eighth and ninth respectively.
In the teams’ contest Target Competition – whose five-strong driver line-up included not only Files but also race winners Homola and Bäckman – eased to the teams’ title when the latter took his first #tcr Europe career victory in the penultimate round in Barcelona. The M1RA team that ran Engstler for the season finished fourth in the championship. M #racing ended their first season of #tcr Europe #racing in fifth.
Hyundai Motorsport Customer #racing Senior Sales Associate Andrew Johns said: “TCR Europe has
been perhaps the hardest fought of any #tcr series this season, with a large grid and some very close battles in the races. To have Hyundai i30 N #tcr winning nearly half the races, and to end the year with customers taking both the drivers’ and teams’ championship is a huge success to be able to add to the growing list of honours for Hyundai Motorsport-built #tcr cars. However, the performance of all the Hyundai teams in the series also shows the value of the support service the Customer #racing department has been able to offer our customers at the track at events, making sure that the cars always race in the best possible condition, and are always capable to scoring pole positions, wins and podiums.”
2019 #tcr Europe Series Drivers’ Standings
After round 14
1 J. Files 352
2 J. Briche 314
3 S. Urrutia 234
4 A. Bäckman 218
5 N. Panciatici 205
6 G. Magnus 202
7 A. Comte 197
8 M. Homola 194
9 L. Engstler 192
10 D. Lloyd 183
2019 #tcr Europe Series Teams’ Standings
After round 14
1 Target Competition 792
2 Team WRT 431
3 JSB Competition 324
4 M1RA 293
5 M #racing 247
6 Comtoyou #racing 220
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