Dramatic race until the end – Malchárek defended second victory against Knoll

By Sunday April 23rd, 2017Races

Hungaroring saw a great duel of two special BMWs M6 GT3. The second sprint of above 2000 ccm cars brought second victory to Slovak racer Jirko Malchárek.

The first dramatic moment happened just at the first curve where Petr Kačírek with BMW Z4 GT3 (Šenkýř Motorsport) and polish racer Jedlinski with Porsche 991 GT3R (Olimp Racing) collided. Kačírek was forced to leave the race while Jedlinski managed to get with his GT3 special to the finish line and ended up 11th.

However, the second sprint of above 2000 ccm cars was virtually two-man race. Jirko Malchárek had and an exciting duel with Jakub Knoll. Although the latter one who represents Šenkýř Motorsport team could take over Malchárek quickly after the start, Malchárek grabbed the lead soon after the second curve.

After that, Slovak racer stayed on the first position until the end of the race but Knoll was tirelessly chasing him.

After these two racers with the newest BMWs M6 GT3, it was Václav Janík who arrived to the finish line. Surprisingly, even though he started from the last position, he still won in D5 category.

The line up behind them included Richard Chlad jun. and three other racers of D4-GTC category. In detail, they were: Josef Záruba, Márk Lekeny and Bódis Kálmán.

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