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Jáchym Galáš enjoyed a successful Round 2 of the eSports WTCR series at Slovakia Ring as he finished on the podium twice. He was racing in Split 2 where he crossed the line in 3^rd place in both races.

Monday saw Round 2 of the eSports WTCR championship, which is a build-up ahead of the upcoming WTCR series season. Two weeks after the opening round at Hungaroring, drivers raced at Slovakia Ring and once again, there were also our representatives – Jáchym Galáš (Audi RS3 LMS, last year’s 2^nd best driver, and Michal Makeš, who is preparing for his debut season with Mičánek Motorsport powered by Buggyra. While Makeš qualified to Split 3, Galáš made it to Split 2.

But even against the faster competition, the GT2 Motorsport driver was not behind. After taking 3^rd place in the first race at Hungaroring, he managed to take another podium and then again in Race 2. In both cases, he started from 8^th position on the grid. First, after qualifying in 8^th, and then following his podium finish and a reverse grid rule for TOP 10, he had to start in the 8^th place again.

Michal Makeš also put together an impressive performance. While he qualified in only 12^th place, he managed to make up 5 positions during the race to finish 7^th in the end. That put Makeš on 4^th place on the grid for Race 2. He utilised that position with a good start and even briefly touched 2^nd place, but then in Lap 5, he began to drop off, before making a mistake and retiring from the race.

Michal Makeš started well in the second race.

Round 3 of the eSports WTCR season is planned for May 4 at Ning-po in China. A qualifying round takes place from April 14 to 28.

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