Aurum 1006km race final: winner announced in the first hour, record TCR performance



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Trio of winners: 1. Circle K Milesplus RT (Porsche GT3 Cup Gen2). 2. Porsche Club by LG Oled (Porsche 911). 3. Noker Racing Team (Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR).

Emotions of the crews when they reach the finish line:

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And this is what the award ceremony looked like:

This is how Jonas Gelžinis commented on Circle K’s winning strategy before:

VIDEO: Aurum 1006 km race: after a crazy day – final and prizes

Porsche v Lamborghini

To date, Porsche models have won 13 of the 20 races. “Good Gifts RD Signs” entered the top three in Saturday’s race only at the beginning Lamborghini. But not by much.

Vytautas Gaza soon regained third place Porsche with R.Čapkauskas and A.Strumskis at the wheel, and the affairs of the fast LG Oled Porsche the crew was injured in the crash. On Klaipeda’s longest turn, this team’s pilot Mantas Janavičius attempted to double Egidijus Gutaravičius on a narrow trajectory. Lambo and this duel is over Porsche stroke from the front right corner to Lamborghini side.

Lamborghini He kept driving, but the LG Oled team’s Porsche club was standing in the pits, trying to change the wheel at record speed.

Noker TCR Team Surprise

Noker’s TCR took advantage of this turmoil to jump to third place! Unfortunately, DHL’s yellow TCR, which was driving very fast at the time, was absent at the time. However, while driving Titus Čapkauskas, the engine piston came out. Repair the engine quickly, without possibility. Paradoxically, TCR and Porsche are considered among the most reliable. However, this rule did not apply to the Dynami: t team car that broke down the day before.

The situation in the top three was significantly changed by the unexpected accident by R.Čapkauskas after changing the brake pads 118 laps. In the first extinction zone, Ramūnas unexpectedly locked the rear wheels, hitting the partitions and breaking the radiator. It seems that after changing the pads they failed to test the brakes, they locked in a straight line.

Significant loss of time before the cooling system in the wells was changed. Noker TCR and LG Oled Porsche immediately attacked second and third place.

But there are no races without drama and loss. During training, the BMW of the Lithuanian rally champion Giedrius Notkus and his team “Technical Project-Viada” caught fire and he did not even drive. They had problems with the gas tank and during the race, but they caught their opponents in the lapels.

DHL Cupra TCR, BMW – Winart 6, GSR Motorsport BMW, RD Signs BMW Z4 did not pass during the race.



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