Maiden pole position for Carol Wittke in TCR Eastern Europe

Carol Wittke dominated the Qualifying for TCR Eastern Europe’s season finale in Brno. The Fullinrace Academy’s German driver started the session with amazing elan; after being the fastest in the morning’s Free Practice he was the first to hit the track, clocking a provisional fastest lap of 2:13.358. He was demoted by the top of the timesheet only for a short time when Polish driver Bartosz Groszek posted a 1:13.056 at the wheel of his Audi RS 3 LMS.
However, Wittke was able to answer, being the first to complete a lap in less than 2 minutes and 13 seconds; he set a 2:12.222 halfway through the session that none of his competitors could beat. Only Groszek and Petr Čížek were clocked in the 2:12s; Groszek’s 2:12.948 was worth the third position on the grid for tomorrow’s Race 1, while Čížek clocked a 2:12.884 just before the end of the session to complete a brilliant 1-2 for Fullinrace Academy on the team’s home ground.
As far as the title fight is concerned, the current leader Michal Makeš (2:13.384) qualified in P4 ahead of Giacomo Ghermandi (2:13.579), while his rival Tomáš Pekař will start Race 1 from the sixth place having posted a time of 2:13.612.
Hungary’s Gergő Báldi was the best of the newcomers, the former SIM racer qualified eighth in a M1RA Hyundai i30 N (1:13.992), while Czech Rally champion Petr Semerád will be 12^th on the grid ahead of Fraňo Dubreta from Montenegro.
The first race is scheduled to take place Saturday at 12:45 (CEST), with live streaming on www.tcr-series.tv. 

Brno - Qualifying
2:12.222 Carol Wittke (Fullinrace Academy, CUPRA Leon Competición)
2:12.884 Petr Čížek (Fullinrace Academy, CUPRA Leon Competición)
2:12.948 Bartosz Groszek (Horňák-Aditis, Audi RS 3 LMS)
2:13.384 Michal Makeš (Mičánek Motorsport, CUPRA)
2:13.579 Giacomo Ghermandi (LEMA Racing, CUPRA Leon Competición)

Championship points
1. M. Makeš 183 pts; 2. T. Pekař 158; 3. C. Wittke 106

Picture: TCR Eastern Europe/Petr Frýba