Leopard Racing Has Great TCR International Weekend Racing Golf GTI TCR

Leopard Racing and their Golfs GTI TCR had a great weekend at Estoril in Portugal. Stefano Comini made it onto the podium in the series’ two races this weekend, while Jean-Karl Vernay earned second in the first race.

Comini was fast all weekend, but especially in Free Practice 1, where he topped timing board for sectors, laps, and strings of laps.

In the weekend’s first race he managed to get up on the podium’s first step, finishing third. It was the second race, though, when he came alive.

“My start was not very good and I missed the first braking point,” said Comini after the second race. “After that I was behind my teammate and could pass him when he did a little mistake in turn 4.”

Vernay’s weekend didn’t end so well, as he finished race 2 in fifth, but in race 1 he was the team leader, finishing in second place.

“It’s a good result, the best possible in this race, and it’s good to score my first points,” said Vernay after the first race. “I had a good start like [race winner Gianni Morbidelli], tried not to stress the tires.”

Despite his strong performance, there was still drama. “Unfortunately, at some point, [the race leaders] had a contact and debris broke my windscreen, so I had to close my helmet visor to continue.”

Following the two races this weekend, and the drivers’ strong finishes, Team Leopard Racing now sits in third place in the series. Comini and Vernay meanwhile are in fifth and sixth, respectively.

The performance does show that Leopard Racing is figuring out the car. Race one, in Bahrain did not go well for the team, and they ended the weekend with only six points. Now they’ve leaped forward, and the Golf GTI TCR shows real pace.

They’ll need that pace in two weeks when they’re back at it at the historic Spa-Francorchamp racetrack in Belgium.

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