Wins for Homola and Kiss

10.05.14
Round 3 at Slovakia Ring

Mat’o Homola took his first win at home, on an almost dry track, but the Slovak, who started from the pole, needed some luck to achieve victory in front of his fans. Starting from the pole, he was passed by Karamyshev and later by Skuz but the two collided at the end of the straight in lap 5, clearing the way for the BMW of the local hero.

He preceded Kiss, Fulín and Matějovský, who trusted the podium in TC2, with the Hungarian of Unicorse signing a brilliant show on the Alfa 156.

In SMT, Andreas Pfister was an undisturbed leader for the entire race, while battle was fierce behind him, with Bragin and Ryabov taking podium honours.

In S1600, the duel between the two Fiestas of Ulrike Krafft and Gilles Bruckner lasted until the very last meters, with the German managing to keep the Luxembourg driver at bay by a very narrow margin.

 

Key moments

Grid – Grachev starts from the last spot after missing qualifying due to technical problems

Start – Karamyshev takes the lead from Homola, Kiss and Skuz

Lap 1 – Önder and Nagy have a close fight for eighth

Lap 2 – Skuz moves up to second overtaking Kiss and Homola

Lap 2 – Niks crashes into the tyre-wall at T2; the safety car is deployed

Lap 5 – the race resumes; Önder runs wide at T2

Lap 5 – Skuz and Karamyshev make contact and go out together at T3; Homola leads from Kiss

Lap 6 – Fulín overtakes Matějovský for third; Grachev overtakes Fischer for ninth

Lap 7 – Maleev hits Gugger and sends her into a spin

Lap 9 – Sládecka runs wide in an attempt of overtaking Fischer

Lap 10 – Pellinen onto the gravel at T13

Lap 11 – contact between Karamyshev and Nikolaev who goes onto the gravel

Lap 11 – Kraft resists Bruckner’s pressure and wins S1600 by inches