Ruben Volt claimed his second win of the season in an action-packed Race 1 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The race featured a red flag and concluded behind the safety car, marked by further struggles for the championship's former leaders. As a result, Jenson Brickley now heads into the final race with the lead of the standings, with five contenders in close contention for the title.

Volt got a good start from pole position, while the rival Honda of Felipe Fernández alongside him was immediately passed by the fast-starting Eric Gené into Turn 1.

The race was quickly interrupted when Jacopo Cimenes stalled his MM Motorsport Honda in third place. The luckless Italian suffered his second massive rear-end shunt in as many races when he was collected, unsighted, by Victor Fernández's Honda. Sam Laidlaw's CUPRA clipped his teammate and father, Steve, while taking evasive action, putting both cars out with damage. The race was initially placed behind the safety car before being red-flagged for car recovery.

At the restart, Volt controlled the pace, but Gené was struggling for speed behind and found himself under pressure from Felipe Fernández.

The action intensified on lap six when Fernández clipped Gené into a slide at Turn 12. This incident allowed Brickley, as well as both of the Clairet brothers' Audis, to sweep past. Gené fell outside the top ten and into a scrap with title rival Marco Butti, who was trying to recover ground after a difficult qualifying session.

The safety car was called out once more with two laps remaining when Filippo Barberi's Audi stopped in the gravel trap. Volt crossed the line victorious. Brickley's second-place finish elevated him into the championship lead, a five-point advantage over Teddy Clairet, who finished fourth behind his brother Jimmy (third).

A raft of post-race penalties further scrambled the results. Felipe Fernández received a ten-second penalty for his incident with Gené, dropping him out of the points. Butti was one of five drivers to pick up a five-second penalty for track limits violations, with Butti's penalty also depriving him of a points finish.

Gené eventually recovered to be classified in tenth. As a result, five drivers enter tomorrow's title decider separated by just 18 points: Brickley leads Teddy Clairet (+5), Gené (+8), Jimmy Clairet (+15), and Butti (+18) in the battle for the 2025 TCR Europe series drivers’ title.