"Aiming for Overall Victory in Both Driver and Team Categories"
Hyundai Motor Company announced on June 16 that it had won the second round of the prestigious touring car competition, the '2025 TCR World Tour,' held in Spain.
Hyundai's 'The New Elantra N TCR (domestic name: The New Avante N TCR)' claimed victory at the second round of the '2025 TCR World Tour,' which took place from the 13th to the 15th (local time) at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, Spain.
Hyundai's 'The New Elantra N TCR (domestic name: The New Avante N TCR)' won first place at the 2nd round of the '2025 TCR World Tour' held from the 13th to the 15th (local time) at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, Spain. Nestor Girolami is taking a commemorative photo. Hyundai Photo by Hyundai
The TCR World Tour is a 'customer racing' competition, where manufacturers are prohibited from participating directly, and only professional racing teams that have purchased race cars from manufacturers are eligible to compete. As the top global competition utilizing TCR race cars, it operates by determining rankings based on the results of races held at regional TCR events around the world.
Up to 650 drivers are currently participating in as many as 40 TCR series. The TCR World Tour, the highest-level global competition, will feature a total of eight rounds this year, with races scheduled to take place in Italy, Portugal, Australia, Korea, China, and Macau.
Hyundai plans to pursue a season victory with Norbert Michelisz, who achieved overall victory in the TCR World Tour drivers' category for two consecutive years in 2023 and 2024, 2022 champion Mikel Azcona, and Nestor Girolami, who joined the team last year.
Nestor Girolami, racing in The New Elantra N TCR, won the second final race held on the 15th by crossing the finish line first. During this event, he earned a total of 68 points, placing him 6th in the 2025 season drivers' standings.
Hyundai's 'The New Elantra N TCR (domestic name: The New Avante N TCR)' won first place at the 2nd round of the '2025 TCR World Tour' held from the 13th to the 15th (local time) at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, Spain. Nestor Girolami is taking a commemorative photo. Hyundai Photo by Hyundai
Norbert Michelisz finished 4th, the best result in the first race, and accumulated a total of 48 points during this event, moving up to 9th place in the 2025 season drivers' standings. Mikel Azcona earned a total of 24 points at this event, ranking 13th in the 2025 season drivers' standings.
The 'BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse' team, to which all three drivers belong, earned a total of 124 points in this round, rising to 3rd place in the team overall standings.
A Hyundai representative stated, "We are pleased to have met the expectations of our fans by winning the TCR World Tour Spain round," and added, "We will continue to work closely with the BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse team to aim for overall victory not only in the drivers' category but also in the team category."
Meanwhile, the third round of the TCR World Tour is scheduled to take place in Italy from the 20th to the 22nd.
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