•Hyundai-powered Norbert Michelisz wins the Kumho FIA TCR World Tour for Drivers’ title during Macau’s action-packed season finale, following on from his TCR World Tour success in 2023
•Mikel Azcona completes the Race 1 podium behind Michelisz before going on to secure third in the final standings in the rain-affected Race 2
•Néstor Girolami finishes sixth in the end-of-season ranking after he takes his Hyundai ELANTRA N TCR to points finishes in both races
Competing for BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse, the Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing driver started the season decider on the hugely challenging Circuito da Guia street track leading by 10 points.
After finishing second in Race 1 on Saturday, Michelisz lined up for Race 2 with a five-point advantage. When racing eventually got under way
on a damp but drying track following a lengthy delay due to heavy rain, the Hungarian drove with utmost caution to lead home a
Hyundai ELANTRA N TCR formation finish in fifth place ahead of team-mates Mikel Azcona and Néstor Girolami.
It was Michelisz’s second FIA world title after he won the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup in 2019, one year after Gabriele Tarquini, now BRC
Hyundai N Squadra Corse’s Team Manager, achieved the same feat. As a result, the Italian BRC Racing Team has now celebrated winning five drivers’
championships in seven years, including three in a row with Michelisz’s back-to-back crowns coming after Azcona took the final WTCR titles.
