TCR World Tour: Guerrieri strikes twice in Mexico to take points lead

TCR World Tour: Guerrieri strikes twice in Mexico to take points lead

  • F1
  • May 12, 2025

Esteban Guerrieri has been installed in the LED classification in the classification of points after the first round of 2025 Kumho Fia TcR World Tour in Mexico City, after having won two or three races in the hero in Autodrome Hermanos Rodríguez

Björk inherits the victory of race 1 after ehrlacher penalized
In the opening race of the season, Yann Ehrlacher crossed the line first after an extensive battle with his teammate Santiago Urrutia, but a penalty of ten seconds for overcoming it to the third

Both the Penitter Guerrieri and Björk lost ground at the beginning. Urrutia rose from fifth place in leadership, while local drivers Julio Rejón and Michel Jourdain also won positions. Rejón hero briefly second before running, allowing Ehrlacher to move up.

An accident for Ignacio Montenegro triggered an early security car. Ehrlacher and Urrutia exchanged leadership under the team’s orders before resuming their fight. Ehrlachar went to Urrutia in Tour 13, but that movement was later judged illegal.

Björk went to Urrutia per second before the order was established. Guerrieri recovered to the room, with Aurélien comte defending Ma Qing Hua for the fifth. Rejón was the best best located in the seventh. Mikel Azcona ended the tenth, winning post for the inverted grid of Race 2.

Guerrieri wins by the closest margins
Guerrieri recovered to win race 2 for only 0.131 seconds on Ehrlachar. Azcona started from Pole, but it was quickly passed through Rodrigo Rejón, Jourdain and Comte. Guerrieri, from the seventh place, had a strong beginning and moved towards the head through the third round.

The contact between MA and Rejón interrupted the early order. Guerrieri passed to Jourdain and Comte, while Ehrlacher, following the team’s instructions, beat his teammates and hunted the leaders. The past spent late and closed quickly to Guerrieri, who was driving a vibration, but could not find a way.

Comte took third, his first TCR World Tour podium. Ma received a penalty of five seconds for his incident with Rejón, dropping the sixth behind Björk and Urrutia. Jourdain finished eighth, while BRC Hyundai’s fights continued, with Girolami 11.

Guerrieri’s victory led him to the advantage of the points with 65, ensuring the pole for the final race.

Guerrieri extends the points advantage
Guerrieri added his second victory of the weekend in race 3 after an impulse under Pole. Björk finished second, followed by Urrutia, while Ehrlachar fell from the content due to technical problems.

Ehrlacher made a bad start from the third and fell to dozens. Björk placed himself second behind Guerrieri, with Comte again making a quick getaway to take third place. Urrutia went to Comte in the second round, and Montenegro went up the average network to overcome Michel Jourdain and Ma for fifth.

Ehrlachar Letly recovered Sevth before losing his pace after a career security car falls in the accident of Humberto Zesati. Hey, possible fell to 16. Montenegro passed Comte for fourth place in the final turns.

Guerrieri crossed the two seconds of Björk, with Urrutia third. The result cools the 95 Argentine points, 12 ahead of Björk, with Urrutia in third place in 69.

The next round of the Kumho Fia TCR World Tour will take place in Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia from June 13 to 15.