Target Competition’s Kris Richard held on from late pressure from Julien Briché to take victory in the reverse-grid TCR Europe race at Spa.
The pair made contact – which remains under investigation – at the end of the Kemmel Straight on the penultimate lap, as Briché almost got past before he took to the run-off at Les Combes.
Briché held on to second position from Belgian Maxime Potty, who scored his second podium of the weekend.
Race one winner Jean-Karl Vernay had progressed six positions up to fourth but his efforts ended up abruptly after contact with Briché at the Bus Stop chicane.
In fourth position was championship leader Mikel Azcona, who extended his advantage in the standings as nearest rival Dušan Borković finished seventh, and Jean-Karl Vernay failed to score.
Stian Paulsen completed the top five, ahead of Dániel Nagy in the best of the Hyundais, with his stable-mate Borković directly behind.
Next was race two polesitter Reece Barr, who dropped eight positions on the opening lap and could not recover.
Danny Kroes crossed the line ninth in his CUPRA, with Francisco Mora rounding out the top ten.
Two-time TCR International Series champion Stefano Comini was started third, but pulled off immediately with an electronic bug which forced him to retire.
With just over 12 minutes remaining the safety car was brought out to recover the stranded Honda of Attila Tassi at Les Combes, who seemingly suffered a front-left puncture.
After the restart, second-place man Josh Files slowed with a suspected ECU issue, and was forced to retire for the second time this weekend.
The next round of TCR Europe is at the Hungaroring in four weeks’ time [07/08 July].
Race result
| POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | BEST | GD |
| 1 | 94 | Kris RICHARD |  |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 9 | 27:53.943 | 2:32.922 | 2 |
| 2 | 4 | Julien BRICHÉ |  |
JSB Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 9 | 0.717 | 2:31.876 | 8 |
| 3 | 88 | Maxime POTTY |  |
Comtoyou Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 9 | 1.847 | 2:32.415 | 9 |
| 4 | 25 | Mikel AZCONA |  |
PCR Sport | CUPRA TCR | 9 | 2.617 | 2:33.122 | 7 |
| 5 | 34 | Stian PAULSEN |  |
Stian Paulsen Racing | CUPRA TCR | 9 | 3.438 | 2:33.445 | 6 |
| 6 | 999 | Dániel NAGY |  |
M1RA | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 9 | 3.954 | 2:33.111 | 11 |
| 7 | 62 | Dušan BORKOVIĆ |  |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 9 | 4.928 | 2:33.117 | 5 |
| 8 | 8 | Reece BARR |  |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 9 | 5.639 | 2:33.289 | 1 |
| 9 | 38 | Danny KROES |  |
PCR Sport | CUPRA TCR | 9 | 9.646 | 2:33.859 | 12 |
| 10 | 26 | Francisco MORA |  |
M1RA | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 9 | 10.186 | 2:33.528 | 14 |
| 11 | 23 | Francisco ABREU | |
Sports & You | Peugeot 308 TCR | 9 | 10.928 | 2:34.035 | 16 |
| 12 | 13 | Cedric PIRO |  |
Autodis Racing by Piro Sports | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 9 | 12.638 | 2:33.797 | 17 |
| 13 | 11 | Jens Reno MØLLER |  |
Reno Racing | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 9 | 14.267 | 2:34.103 | 13 |
| 14 | 63 | Giovanni ALTOÈ |  |
Pit Lane Competizioni | Audi RS3 LMS TCR DSG | 9 | 16.755 | 2:34.423 | 19 |
| 15 | 35 | Munkong SATHIENTHIRAKUL |  |
Monlau Competición | CUPRA TCR | 9 | 17.211 | 2:34.548 | 21 |
| 16 | 21 | Marie BAUS-COPPENS | |
JSB Compétition | CUPRA TCR DSG | 9 | 17.885 | 2:35.093 | 20 |
| 17 | 17 | Martin RYBA |  |
Brutal Fish Racing Team | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 9 | 24.744 | 2:35.607 | 22 |
| 18 | 14 | Loris CENCETTI |  |
Autodis Racing by Piro Sports | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 8 | + 1 LAP | 2:33.814 | 18 |
| 19 | 99 | Josh FILES |  |
Hell Energy Racing with KCMG | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 7 | + 2 LAPS | 2:32.936 | 4 |
| R | 69 | Jean-Karl VERNAY | |
Leopard Lukoil Team | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 6 | DNF | 2:32.066 | 10 |
| R | 9 | Attila TASSI | |
Hell Energy Racing with KCMG | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 3 | DNF | 2:33.794 | 15 |
| R | 42 | Stefano COMINI | |
Autodis Racing by THX | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 3 | DNF | 3:16.532 | 3 |
| NS | 10 | Viktor DAVIDOVSKY |  |
PSS Racing Team | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | – | DNS | N/A | 23 |