Junui Park charged through from seventh on the grid to win the second TCR Europe Cup race of the weekend from Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for Solite Indigo Racing, finishing ahead of the two Hondas of Leonel Pernía and Sergio López.
 

The circuit was damp after overnight rain, leading to two safety car laps at the start before the cars set off in two-by-two formation as the safety car came into the pit lane.

Gabriele Covini led the way into La Source, while contact between Victor Fernández and Sandro Pelatti at the rear of the field propelled Pelatti’s CUPRA into the barriers at La Source, and he’d later drag the car up to Les Combes before retiring.

Viktor Andersson quickly made his way up to fourth behind the leading trio of Covini, Pernia, and Giacomo Prandelli, but Andersson soon lost positions as he was passed by both Junui Park’s Hyundai and the Honda of Sergio López.

Park was now in the ascendency, passing Prandelli’s Audi at Les Combes on the following lap, while Covini pulled into the pit lane from the lead at the end of lap two with a technical issue, with Pernía assuming the lead ahead of Park and Prandelli.

Park was on the attack, and made his move around the outside of Les Combes on lap four, after first trying to dive down the inside of Pernía’s Squadra Martino Honda.

López was next to pass Prandelli, moving up into the final podium position, while Prandelli now under pressure from Andersson’s CUPRA.

Up front, Park controlled the race to win by 2.8 seconds over Pernía, with López completing the podium in his first TCR race in three years.

Andersson tried to pass Prandelli for fourth at the final opportunity at the last corner, but later received a five-second penalty for the contact which demoted him to sixth, with Prandelli eventually classified in fourth ahead of his team-mate Rubén Fernández.

With Park’s win, the South Korean jointly leads the TCR Europe Cup standings alongside yesterday’s race winner Santiago Concepción, going to the second and final event of the year in five months’ time at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Race 2 result

1 – Junui Park – Solite Indigo Racing – Hyundai Elantra N TCR – 10 laps

2 – Leonel Pernía – Squadra Martino – Honda Civic Type R FL5 TCR - +2.763

3 – Sergio López – RC2 Racing Team – Honda Civic Type R FL5 TCR - +8.271

4 – Giacomo Prandelli – AIKOA Racing – Audi RS 3 LMS - +10.080

5 – Rubén Fernández – AIKOA Racing – Audi RS 3 LMS - +11.575
6 – Viktor Andersson – Monlau Motorsport – CUPRA Leon VZ TCR - +14.285

7 – Victor Fernández – RC2 Racing Team – Honda Civic Type R FL5 TCR - +38.242

8 – Nicola Baldan – PMA Motorsport – Audi RS 3 LMS - +1 lap

9 – Gabriele Covini – BRC Racing Team – Hyundai Elantra N TCR – DNF

10 – Sandro Pelatti – PMA Motorsport – CUPRA Leon VZ TCR - DNF