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The 2025 TCR Eastern Europe season kicked off with two races at Austria’s Red Bull Ring. With victories by Czech Adam Kout and Italian Giacomo Ghermandi, the weekend was a display of consistent pace and evolving lap times. Here’s what the stats reveal.
One race each: Ghermandi and Kout split the wins
Race 1 Winner: Adam Kout (Hyundai Elantra N TCR)
- Led all 14 laps
- Kout´s fastest lap: 1:37.369 (Lap 3)
- Average speed of the FL: 158.73 km/h
- Total time of the race: 22:53.528
Race 2 Winner: Giacomo Ghermandi (Honda Civic FL5 TCR)
- Led all 16 laps
- Ghermandi´s fastest lap: 1:37.532 (Lap 4)
- Average speed: 156.80 km/h
- Total time: 26:15.825
Both drivers led from lights to flag in their respective races.
Fastest laps across the weekend
Here’s how lap times evolved and who topped the timing sheets:
Race 1:
- 1:37.532 – Adam Kout (Lap 2)
- 1:37.369 – Adam Kout (Lap 3) – fastest lap of Race 1
Race 2:
- 1:38.371 – Kadlečík (Lap 2)
- 1:37.742 – Kadlečík (Lap 3)
- 1:37.351 – Kout (Lap 6) – fastest lap of the weekend
Kout set the fastest lap in both races, underlining his outright speed even when not leading in Race 2.
Lead consistency
- Adam Kout: Led 14/14 laps in Race 1
- Giacomo Ghermandi: Led 16/16 laps in Race 2
Neither race saw a change in the race leader – reflecting a strong performance from front row to the checkered flag in both cases.
