Home hero Michelisz gets fairytale pole position
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Norbert Michelisz took pole position for the feature race at Hungary, while Jean-Karl Vernay secured the premier position for the start of the reversed-grid second race.
Nestor Girolami took his first world touring car victory since the Chinese round of the 2017 championship season.
Fans will arrive in their thousands to watch home heroes, Norbert Michelisz and Attila Tassi – but will the home advantage be enough to come out on top?
The WTCR round of Hungary will mark Lynk & Co’s first steps into European motor racing.
With the fan’s cheering his name in the grandstands, Hungary’s Norbert Michelisz will be eager to put on a good show this weekend.
Tamas Tenke will make his WTCR debut as a wildcard this weekend, under the experienced guidance of Zoltan Zengo’s racing team.
Yvan Muller dropped out of the lead with a steering fault, but Lynk & Co still took victory as Thed Bjork picked up the pieces.
Nicky Catsburg’s brakes failed, leaving the race leader with nowhere to go but the barriers.
Frederic Vervisch endured a miserable day on Saturday, but his fortunes have well and truly changed with Belgian going fastest of all in qualifying for Sunday’s set of races.
Thed Bjork finished in 2nd place, sandwiched in-between the Argentine Munnich Motorsport team-mates, Esteban Guerrieri and Nestor Girolami.
Esteban Guerrieri took pole position for the first race of the 2019 WTCR season, with the top 20 cars being separated by less than a second.
The 2019 World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) season is set to be even bigger and even better than last year’s inaugural campaign.
BRC Racing are back with a refreshed line-up for 2019 but will the Hyundai i30 N TCR still be the car to beat?
With a totally refreshed driver and team line-up compared to last year, it’s all change for Cupra in this year’s World Touring Car Cup.
Team WRT’s Gordon Shedden ended the pre-season test at Barcelona as the fastest driver of all, less than a tenth of a second quicker than Nestor Girolami.
WSC, the TCR governing body, have published the latest BoP figures ahead of the start of the new racing season.
The Volkswagen-equipped team is back for a four-car assault on the WTCR championship this year.
