M1RA Racing’s Francisco Mora took victory in the second race of TCR Europe at the Hungaroring after recovering to repass Francisco Abreu’s Peugeot.
Mora had pole position for the reverse-grid race, but lost out to Abreu on the opening lap, before getting back past his fellow countryman to take the win convincingly from local racer Dániel Nagy.
Josh Files got a great start to progress from eighth to fifth on the first lap, and would eventually make up further positions to finish third, completing the podium behind the two Hyundais.
In fourth position was Hell Energy Racing Team with KCMG stable-mate Attila Tassi, with the Honda duo scoring solid points for the team after a double DNF in yesterday’s race.
Next was Abreu, who took the lead on the opening lap at turn two whilst battling with race winner Mora and fellow Peugeot runner Julien Briché.
Behind Abreu was Target Competition teammates Reece Barr and Kris Richard, finishing ahead of Stefano Comini, who recovered from 22nd to finish an impressive eighth.
Home racer Ferenc Ficza placed ninth ahead of race one podium finisher Stian Paulsen, who completed the top ten.
Notably, the two main championship protagonists, Mikel Azcona and Dušan Borković both failed to score points, meaning Nagy closes the gap after a double podium this weekend.
Borković’s race ended prematurely after he locked up and hit the Honda of Josh Files early in the race, while repeated track limit infringements caused a drive-through for Azcona, who dropped out of the top ten.
Championship leader Azcona was not the only driver to receive a drive through for exceeding track limits repeatedly, others included Briché, Jean-Karl Vernay, Jens Reno Møller, Viktor Davidovsky and Danny Kroes.
Briché had been running strongly at the start of the race, challenging for the lead before dropping back to seventh at the time he served his drive-through.
Meanwhile, Vernay had progressed from 21st on the grid to 15th, but dropped positions before his drive-through after contact with Danny Kroes at the penultimate corner.
Race result
| POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | BEST | GD |
| 1 | 26 | Francisco MORA |  |
M1RA | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 13 | 25:02.577 | 1:54.572 | 1 |
| 2 | 999 | Dániel NAGY |  |
M1RA | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 13 | 1.421 | 1:54.726 | 4 |
| 3 | 99 | Josh FILES |  |
Hell Energy Racing with KCMG | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 13 | 6.819 | 1:54.782 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | Attila TASSI | |
Hell Energy Racing with KCMG | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 13 | 8.683 | 1:54.618 | 9 |
| 5 | 23 | Francisco ABREU | |
Sports & You | Peugeot 308 TCR | 13 | 13.618 | 1:54.474 | 3 |
| 6 | 8 | Reece BARR |  |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 13 | 14.132 | 1:54.939 | 6 |
| 7 | 94 | Kris RICHARD |  |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 13 | 14.711 | 1:54.723 | 13 |
| 8 | 42 | Stefano COMINI | |
Autodis Racing by THX | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 13 | 15.852 | 1:55.313 | 22 |
| 9 | 55 | Ferenc FICZA | |
Zengő Motorsport | CUPRA TCR DSG | 13 | 16.805 | 1:55.518 | 5 |
| 10 | 34 | Stian PAULSEN |  |
Stian Paulsen Racing | CUPRA TCR | 13 | 20.369 | 1:55.280 | 12 |
| 11 | 14 | Loris CENCETTI |  |
Autodis Racing by THX | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 13 | 22.557 | 1:55.745 | 11 |
| 12 | 88 | Maxime POTTY |  |
Comtoyou Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 13 | 23.175 | 1:55.618 | 19 |
| 13 | 17 | Martin RYBA |  |
Brutal Fish Racing Team | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 13 | 37.913 | 1:56.611 | 18 |
| 14 | 25 | Mikel AZCONA |  |
PCR Sport | CUPRA TCR | 13 | 38.244 | 1:55.043 | 10 |
| 15 | 4 | Julien BRICHÉ |  |
JSB Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 13 | 38.515 | 1:54.739 | 2 |
| 16 | 11 | Jens Reno MØLLER |  |
Reno Racing | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 13 | 49.347 | 1:55.843 | 16 |
| 17 | 21 | Marie BAUS-COPPENS | |
JSB Compétition | CUPRA TCR DSG | 13 | 56.682 | 1:57.444 | 24 |
| 18 | 10 | Viktor DAVIDOVSKY |  |
PSS Racing Team | Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR | 13 | 1:06.158 | 1:56.310 | 23 |
| 19 | 38 | Danny KROES |  |
PCR Sport | CUPRA TCR | 12 | + 1 LAP | 1:55.757 | 14 |
| 20 | 69 | Jean-Karl VERNAY | |
Leopard Lukoil Team | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 11 | + 2 LAPS | 1:55.374 | 21 |
| 21 | 20 | Márk JEDLÓCZKY | |
JLG Sport | CUPRA TCR | 11 | + 2 LAPS | 1:55.740 | 15 |
| R | 13 | Cedric PIRO |  |
Autodis Racing by Piro Sports | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 6 | DNF | 1:56.897 | 20 |
| R | 7 | Igor STEFANOVSKI | |
Stefanovski Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 5 | DNF | 1:56.210 | 17 |
| R | 62 | Dušan BORKOVIĆ |  |
Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 4 | DNF | 1:55.264 | 7 |