Attila Tassi weathered treacherous conditions at the Nürburgring Nordschleife to land his second WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup podium in as many race weekends.

The ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport driver started the race in third, and drove a strong opening lap to maintain that position – putting up a stout and defence of the place even against the superior straightline speed of a rival on the long Döttinger Höhe straight towards the end of the lap.

Attila ceded the position on lap two, but kept up his pace for the remainder of the race and was elevated to third when a penalty was applied to ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport’s Nestor Girolami.

For Attila, third place matched his best result in the WTCR to date – achieved two weeks ago at the Zolder season opener – and was just reward for a strong performance all weekend, despite his Honda Civic Type R TCR being taken out of sixth place on the final lap of Friday’s race one.

Just as Attila had done, Nestor drove an exemplary first lap, converting his pole position into a lead at the first corner and heading the field for the majority of the first tour before being overtaken on the Döttinger Höhe.

The Argentinian was overtaken by another car before the finish, but held Attila off on the final lap before his 30-second penalty, for a breach of the start procedure, dropped him to 11th in the race order.

‘Bebu’ nevertheless remains second in the standings.

Race-one winner Esteban Guerrieri made a strong getaway from seventh, making up one position on the Grand Prix loop and another when a car ahead of him went off to hold an early fifth.

Despite a small off of his own later on during the first lap, Esteban was on course to hold position until the end of the race, but was overtaken on the Döttinger Höhe in sight of the finish.

Tiago Monteiro backed up his first points of the season in Friday’s opening race with a ninth-place finish in race two.

Arguably the stronger of his two drives, Tiago made a phenomenal start by driving around the outside of one car exiting the first corner, and on lap two made a similarly impressive move on the Nordschleife to move into the top 10.

Though he ran out of time to make another overtake, the Portuguese still ended up with a second top-10 finish of the weekend – and pleased with the performance of his ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport Civic Type R TCR.

Both Münnich Motorsport teams now have a two-week break before the third round of the WTCR season at the Slovakiaring, which will mark the halfway point of this year’s six-round campaign.

Attila Tassi

Attila Tassi 9

"After a disappointing end to yesterday’s race, it’s fantastic to have bounced back with a podium today. All in all I was very happy with my performance; I made a bit of a mistake at the start of lap two and that allowed one of the Lynk & Cos to undercut me, but I was happy that I could still put pressure on after that. On the last lap when I was following Nestor I just tried to be cautious and went for the optimum result for the ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport guys - they did an awesome job to repair the car overnight, so I’m glad for them that I could repay their work with this result.”

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Tiago Monteiro

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"Everything was better today - the performances, the lap times, my feeling in the car. It felt really good, especially compared to those around me. I was fighting and fighting during the three laps, especially with the Audis, but each time I got by I was able to pull away. It obviously hasn't been the beginning of the season that I wanted, but overall I think it's great for the team. We had a win and a podium this weekend, so things are going in the right direction. We can see the difference in top speed that we are still missing to the Lynk & Cos and the Audis, but we'll keep on fighting."

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Nestor Girolami

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"In terms of my race performance I am happy. I did a very good start to hold the lead and made a bit of a gap back to the Lynk & Co, but in the final sector it was really fast on the straight and I was overtaken easily. There’s something for us to work on as straightline speed is not our best, and we need to have a look into the data and see how we can improve our speed. The penalty is a bit of a shame and we still aren’t sure exactly what happened, but we will discuss it and try to learn from it. At the end of the day we are a team and we win and lose together and will come back stronger."

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Esteban Guerrieri

Esteban Guerrieri 86

"It’s nice to back yesterday’s victory up with some solid points. My start was fine, but straight away from the first lap to the grid I didn’t have the same feeling in the car as yesterday. We did a couple of tweaks on the grid but it wasn't enough, so it wasn’t as comfortable as yesterday during the race - there was a bit of oversteer. I then had a bit of an off without losing a position, which felt like it compromised the power pick-up a bit, but it was manageable. Although it was a shame I couldn’t quite hold off the car on the long straight on the final lap, that aside the race was OK and it was good to get another decent result."

ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
Dominik Greiner

Dominik Greiner

Team Manager

"A bit of mixed feelings today. It was a really good result for Attila, he showed great pace, and Esteban scored valuable points, which is very good for the Teams' Championship. Tiago also did a good performance to make up some positions, coming out on top in a couple of battles. We are disappointed about what happened with Nestor; this thing shouldn't happen, but it has and now we need to investigate what went wrong and make sure it doesn't happen again. I'm very sorry for him, now we need to look into the details."

Münnich Motorsport
Mads Fischer

Mads Fischer

TCR Project Leader, JAS Motorsport

"While we were hoping for a repeat of yesterday’s fantastic win, it was still a great performance from Attila to score his second WTCR podium today - showing not only his improvement from last year to this but also underlining the potential of the Honda Civic Type R TCR and highlighting the great work of the Münnich Motorsport guys to get the car repaired after the incident yesterday. Some vital points scored for Esteban, Tiago and Nestor - despite his unfortunate penalty - as well, so we can leave pleased with this weekend’s work.”

JAS Motorsport
WTCR Race of Germany

Nürburgring, Germany

WTCR 2020, Round 2

Saturday 26 Sep 2020, 09:45 Europe/London
# Driver Num Nationality Nat. Total Points Pts. Team Constructor Constr. Time/Gap
1 Yann Ehrlacher 68 FRA 25 0 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co
2 Thed Björk 11 SWE 20 0 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co +5.835
3 Attila Tassi 9 HUN 16 0 ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport Honda +11.971
4 Mikel Azcona 96 SPA 13 0 Zengo Motorsport Cupra +16.563
5 Esteban Guerrieri 86 ARG 11 0 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda +16.776
6 Jean-Karl Vernay 69 FRA 10 0 Mulsanne Srl Alfa Romeo +22.454
7 Yvan Muller 100 FRA 9 0 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co +23.106
8 Tom Coronel 31 NDL 8 0 Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport Audi +31.253
9 Tiago Monteiro 18 POR 7 0 ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport Honda +33.075
10 Santiago Urrutia 12 URU 6 0 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co +34.708
11 Nestor Girolami 29 ARG 5 0 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda +40.644
12 Nathanael Berthon 17 FRA 4 0 Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport Audi +45.914
13 Bence Boldizs 55 HUN 3 0 Zengo Motorsport Cupra +2:27.932
14 Gabor Kismarty-Lechner 99 HUN 2 0 Zengo Motorsport Cupra +4:14.557
NC Gilles Magnus 16 BEL 0 0 Comtoyou Racing Audi +-
Friday 25 Sep 2020, 16:28 Europe/London
# Driver Num Nationality Nat. Total Points Pts. Team Constructor Constr. Time/Gap
1 Esteban Guerrieri 86 ARG 25 0 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda
2 Yvan Muller 100 FRA 20 0 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co +3.385
3 Yann Ehrlacher 68 FRA 16 0 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co +3.999
4 Thed Björk 11 SWE 13 0 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co +4.903
5 Tom Coronel 31 NDL 11 0 Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport Audi +12.298
6 Nestor Girolami 29 ARG 10 0 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda +15.674
7 Gilles Magnus 16 BEL 9 0 Comtoyou Racing Audi +21.451
8 Tiago Monteiro 18 POR 8 0 ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport Honda +23.256
9 Jean-Karl Vernay 69 FRA 7 0 Mulsanne Srl Alfa Romeo +39.521
10 Bence Boldizs 55 HUN 6 0 Zengo Motorsport Cupra +1:54.117
11 Gabor Kismarty-Lechner 99 HUN 5 0 Zengo Motorsport Cupra +3:24.679
12 Nathanael Berthon 17 FRA 4 0 Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport Audi +6:51.360
NC Attila Tassi 9 HUN 0 0 ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport Honda +1 lap
NC Santiago Urrutia 12 URU 0 0 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co +1 lap
NC Jack Young 7 GBR 0 0 Vukovic Motorsport Renault +-
NC Mikel Azcona 96 SPA 0 0 Zengo Motorsport Cupra +-
Thursday 24 Sep 2020, 21:21 Europe/London
# Driver Num Nationality Nat. Total Team Constructor Constr. Time/Gap
1 Nestor Girolami 29 ARG 10 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda 8m51.802
2 Yann Ehrlacher 68 FRA 8 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co +1.163
3 Attila Tassi 9 HUN 6 ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport Honda +2.289
4 Thed Björk 11 SWE 4 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co +3.068
5 Tom Coronel 31 NDL 2 Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport Audi +3.285
6 Mikel Azcona 96 SPA - Zengo Motorsport Cupra +3.439
7 Esteban Guerrieri 86 ARG - ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda +3.788
8 Jean-Karl Vernay 69 FRA - Mulsanne Srl Alfa Romeo +4.462
9 Nathanael Berthon 17 FRA - Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport Audi +4.575
10 Yvan Muller 100 FRA - Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co +5.179
11 Gilles Magnus 16 BEL - Comtoyou Racing Audi +7.197
12 Tiago Monteiro 18 POR - ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport Honda +10.771
13 Jack Young 7 GBR - Vukovic Motorsport Renault +13.721
14 Gabor Kismarty-Lechner 99 HUN - Zengo Motorsport Cupra +1:48.654
15 Bence Boldizs 55 HUN - Zengo Motorsport Cupra +-
16 Santiago Urrutia 12 URU - Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co +-
Driver Standings
Saturday, 26 Sep 2020
# Driver Num Nationality Nat. Points Pts. Team Constructor Constr.
1 Yann EHRLACHER 68 FRA 92 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co
2 Nestor GIROLAMI 29 ARG 61 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda
3 Thed BJöRK 11 SWE 61 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co
4 Yvan MULLER 100 FRA 60 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co
5 Tom CORONEL 31 NDL 45 Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport Audi
6 Esteban GUERRIERI 86 ARG 40 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda
7 Attila TASSI 9 HUN 38 ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport Honda
8 Jean-Karl VERNAY 69 FRA 37 Mulsanne Srl Alfa Romeo
9 Santiago URRUTIA 12 URU 34 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co
10 Gilles MAGNUS 16 BEL 34 Comtoyou Racing Audi
11 Nathanael BERTHON 17 FRA 23 Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport Audi
12 Mikel AZCONA 96 SPA 19 Zengo Motorsport Cupra
13 Tiago MONTEIRO 18 POR 15 ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport Honda
14 Norbert MICHELISZ 1 HUN 13 BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Squadra Corse Hyundai
15 Nick CATSBURG 88 NDL 10 Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Hyundai
16 Luca ENGSTLER 8 GER 10 Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Hyundai
17 Bence BOLDIZS 55 HUN 10 Zengo Motorsport Cupra
18 Gabor KISMARTY-LECHNER 99 HUN 7 Zengo Motorsport Cupra
19 Gabriele TARQUINI 30 ITA 4 BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Squadra Corse Hyundai
20 Jack YOUNG 7 GBR 0 Vukovic Motorsport Renault