The last round of the Hungarian National Championship was at a new place on a new carpet, unknown conditions for the drivers. The Overall National Championship winners were presented after the race, which I was looking forward based on the points table.
Unfortunately my teammate and greatest rival couldn't participate the race so my lead in the championship standing was already secured. The grip was quite low during the qualifying runs and the shared layout with the off-road cars just made it worse. Despite the tricky conditions I could setup the car properly and I could secure the TQ with precise and fast lap times.
I was a bit nervous after the qualifying because my rental motor was well noticeably slower than other cars. Unfortunately this concerns got me bad luck as I made a mistake in the first final at one braking point in the 3rd lap and I fell back to 5th place. My situation seemed to be hopeless, despite that I was attacking the first car on the last lap, but I could overtake him.
In the second final I had a confident 2 second lead and I won that final so I was looking forward to the last, deciding final. The last final brought a dramatic fight as my motor was living its last breaths, which the opponents tried to benefit. In the leading 2 positions we had many collusions, so the others could close up on us and we fall back in the field. Eventually the tie-breaker decided which meant I had the faster finishing time so I won the race.
This was a great last result in the National Championship for me, because I already had a big lead in the point standing table so I became the Hungarian National Champion in stock for the second time, again with XRAY car.