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Julien Briché takes lights-to-flag win, Peugeot 308 1-2 at Hockenheim

JSB Compétition’s Julien Briché took a controlled lights-to-flag victory in the final TCR Europe race of the weekend at Hockenheim, and with DG Sport’s Aurélien Comte behind it made for a 1-2 finish for the Peugeot 308 TCR.

The two Frenchmen were imperious at the front, with Comte’s move on the second lap at the Turn 6 hairpin to claim the runner-up spot from Jessica Backman’s Hyundai the only real point of note in the top six.

Comte was ultimately unable to close on Briché thereafter, who took the chequered flag 1.302 seconds clear to move into second overall in the standings behind race one winner Josh Files.

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Backman completed the podium – her first silverware in TCR Europe – with sibling Andreas in fourth in another of the Target Competition-run Hyundai i30 N TCRs.

Santiago Urrutia dropped back at the start but fought back through the order to fifth, sending a brave lunge to the inside of Josh Files and Luca Engstler for sixth at Turn 2 before passing Maxime Potty’s Volkswagen Golf at the hairpin for fifth.

Potty duly took sixth ahead of a thrilling scrap between Engstler, Files and the Audi RS 3 LMS of Gilles Magnus.

A safety car for Stian Paulsen’s stranded Cupra in the gravel at Sachs Kurve bunched the pack up, with Files initially passing Engstler heading through the sharp right-hander at Turn 1, but ran slightly wide and gave the Hyundai junior an opportunity to fight back.

Both weren’t expecting the aforementioned lunge from Urrutia, though, and the delay brought Magnus’ Audi back into the mix.

Files’ next attempt at passing Engstler – to the inside of Turn 6 and down towards the Mercedes Grandstand – was once again met with frustration, and being left on the outside gave Magnus a chance to nip past.

A bold lunge to the inside of Turn 12 gave the Brit his eighth place back, but ultimately Englster held on to keep seventh spot.

Tom Coronel’s Boutsen Ginion Racing Honda Civic Type R completed the top ten after another bold drive through the field, with Gianni Morbidelli and Luca Filippi in close company.

Dan Lloyd’s first weekend in TCR Europe ended in a frustrating 13th for the reigning TCR UK champion, with the Brit hoping pre-race to move up through the pack.

Teddy Clairet and Daniel Nagy round out the points finishers, the latter taking his first point of a tough weekend in the M1RA-run Hyundai.

Four others joined Paulsen on the sidelines; Target Hyundai duo Mat’o Homola and Dusan Borkovic both parked up, the latter after a penalty for the contact with Paulsen.

Martin Ryba was forced to slow to a crawl and park up on the exit of Turn 11 with just under five minutes remaining, raising fears of a late safety car, though these proved ultimately unfounded, and Nelson Panciatici, concluding a nightmare weekend for the M Racing driver, who entered the weekend as joint championship leader.

The championship heads next to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, in Belgium, over the weekend of 8th-9th June.

Race result

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME BEST GD
1 24 Julien BRICHÉ JSB Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR 13 25:16.667 1:48.448 1
2 7 Aurélien COMTE DG Sport Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR 13 1.302 1:48.594 4
3 26 Jessica BÄCKMAN Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR 13 2.235 1:48.430 2
4 19 Andreas BÄCKMAN Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR 13 2.666 1:48.298 5
5 55 Santiago URRUTIA Team WRT Audi RS3 LMS TCR 13 3.951 1:48.439 3
6 88 Maxime POTTY Team WRT Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR 13 5.360 1:48.592 6
7 8 Luca ENGSTLER M1RA Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 13 10.998 1:49.495 7
8 9 Josh FILES Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR 13 11.503 1:49.129 10
9 16 Gilles MAGNUS Comtoyou Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 13 13.932 1:49.296 9
10 50 Tom CORONEL Boutsen Ginion Racing Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR 13 15.770 1:49.215 21
11 45 Gianni MORBIDELLI WestCoast Racing Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR 13 16.010 1:49.468 15
12 30 Luca FILIPPI BRC Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR 13 16.718 1:49.388 12
13 123 Daniel LLOYD Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR 13 17.662 1:49.926 8
14 111 Teddy CLAIRET Team Clairet Sport Peugeot 308 TCR 13 18.769 1:49.797 17
15 99 Dániel NAGY M1RA Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 13 20.830 1:49.681 18
16 112 Jimmy CLAIRET Team Clairet Sport Peugeot 308 TCR 13 21.522 1:50.031 16
17 46 Olli KANGAS WestCoast Racing Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR 13 23.533 1:49.826 25
18 27 John FILIPPI Vuković Motorsport Renault Mégane RS TCR 13 29.948 1:50.279 20
19 3 Davit KAJAIA PCR Sport with Georgia CUPRA TCR 13 30.414 1:49.834 31
20 96 Abdulla Ali AL-KHELAIFI QMMF Racing by PCR Sport CUPRA TCR 13 30.720 1:50.051 22
21 81 Stéphane VENTAJA Team Clairet Sport Peugeot 308 TCR 13 31.086 1:50.426 27
22 44 Lilou WADOUX JSB Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR 13 33.371 1:50.601 19
23 10 Viktor DAVIDOVSKY PSS Racing Team Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR 13 35.230 1:50.686 26
24 21 Marie BAUS-COPPENS JSB Compétition CUPRA TCR 13 36.799 1:50.672 30
R 23 Tamás TENKE Zengő Motorsport CUPRA TCR 10 DNF 1:50.097 24
R 25 Natan BIHEL M Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 10 DNF 1:50.575 28
R 12 Nelson PANCIATICI M Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 9 DNF 1:49.799 23
R 17 Martin RYBA Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR 8 DNF 1:51.412 29
R 62 Dušan BORKOVIĆ Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR 7 DNF 1:49.864 14
R 70 Mat’o HOMOLA Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR 1 DNF 2:41.132 11
R 34 Stian PAULSEN Stian Paulsen Racing CUPRA TCR 0 DNF N/A 13
NS 5 Alex MORGAN Wolf-Power Racing Renault Mégane RS TCR DNS N/A
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