Luca Engstler took his maiden victory in TCR Europe at the end of the Red Bull Ring’s Race 2 that turned into chaos when the rain made life hard to the drivers who were all on slick tyres.
A long series of skids, mistakes, collisions and overtaking manoeuvres reshuffled the ranking all the time. Tom Coronel led for most of the race, but he had to serve a drive-through because his crew was working on the car after the 5-minute board. He didn’t and crossed the finish line in third position, but was dropped to 18^th by a 30-second penalty.
Luca Filippi and Engstler then had a serious battle for the lead in the final two laps that ended with the Italian spinning and crashing into the barriers. And incident that was added to the list of those the Stewards are currently investigating.
Josh Files and Alex Morgan joined Engstler on the podium, which was a great result for them both. Files reinforced his leadership in the standings and Morgan climbed on the podium for the first time on his comeback to the series.
Another driver who deserves to be mentioned is Nelson Panciatici who recovered to fourth after he stalled the engine at the start and queued at the back of the field.
The TCR Europe series will return into action at Oschersleben on 2/4 August.

Key facts
Grid – Briché lines up in the last spot because he changed the engine after Race 1
Start – Coronel sprints from the pole ahead of Morbidelli and Engstler; Panciatici stalls on the grid and starts last
Lap 1 – J. Filippi is punted into a spin and t-bones Nagy’s car at T1, the safety car is deployed
Lap 4 – racing resumes as the rain begins to fall; Coronel leads, Morbidelli, Engstler and Morgan fight for second; Lloyd goes wide at T3 and drops from fifth to tenth
Lap 5 – Morbidelli goes wide at T1 and drops behind Engstler, Morgan and L. Filippi
Lap 6 – Paulsen overtakes Morbidelli for fifth after a contact; Lloyd, Homola, Magnus and Borković fight for the eighth position, there are contacts, and Magnus retires into the pits
Lap 7 – Tenke crashes at T1 and the safety car is deployed again; Coronel is given a drive-through for a grid infringement; Lloyd serves a drive-through for overtaking during the safety car period
Lap 10 – at the restart, Engstler is chasing Coronel; L. Filippi and Paulsen overtake Morgan for third and fourth
Lap 11 – Files overtakes Morgan for sixth; L. Filippi overtakes Engstler for second
Lap 12 – J. Bäckman crashes; Paulsen slows; L. Filippi takes the lead from Coronel
Lap 13 – Engstler overtakes Coronel for second; Morgan and Coronel fight and Files passes them both moving up into third; Borković spins off after making contact with Potty; Engstler overtakes L. Filippi who spins and crashes; Engstler wins from Files, Coronel, Morgan, Panciatici and Morbidelli; however Coronel who has not served the drive-through is dropped to 18^th by a 30-second penalty

Race 2
1. Luca Engstler (M1RA Motorsport, Hyundai i30 N), 13 laps
2. Josh Files  (Target Competition, Hyundai i30 N), 1.205
3. Alex Morgan (Wolf-Power Racing, CUPRA), 2.933
4. Nelson Panciatici (M Racing, Hyundai i30 N), 3.151
5. Gianni Morbidelli (WestCoast Racing, Volkswagen Golf GTI), 4.449

Championship points
1. Files 194; 2. Engstler 158; 3. Briché 154