Maťo Homola (born 19 July 1994, in
Bratislava
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) is a
Slovak racing driver
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. He is currently driving in
TCR Europe
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in
Target Competition
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with Hyundai i30 N TCR. Maťo became also a brand new Hyundai N ambassador for Slovakia in 2019.
After having successfully finished on 5th position in 2016 in
TCR International Series
The TCR International Series was an international touring car championship. The championship was promoted by World Sporting Consulting (WSC), founded by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti. It was marketed as a cost-eff ...
with
B3 Racing Team Hungary, Mato Homola has switched to
DG Sport Competition and Opel Astra OPC TCR. Before TCR, Mato Homola had raced successive seasons in the
European Touring Car Cup
The FIA European Touring Car Cup was an annual touring car racing event, which had been held at various locations across Europe from 2005 to 2017. Unlike in previous years where it was a one-off event, in 2010 the series was a three round event.
...
for Homola Motorsport. He was the runner-up in the championship in both
2013
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and
2014
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in the
S2000 class. In
2015
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he made the switch to the Single-makes Trophy where every driver competes with a
SEAT León Cup Racer. In 2015 he also made a one-off appearance at the
Slovakian round in the
WTCC with
Campos Racing
Campos Racing is a Spanish motor racing team, founded by former Formula One driver Adrián Campos. The team has been successful in Formula Three and the GP2 Series.
History
After retiring from racing, Campos formed his own team at the end of 19 ...
.
FIA WTCR 2018
Before the end of 2017 season, TCR International Series and FIA WTCC agreed on a mutual collaboration that led to a brand new world championship - FIA WTCR.
Homola, as the only Slovak driver, got into the FIA WTCR starting grid, mainly thanks to the positive relationship with DG Sport Competition. Homola competed in FIA WTCR with brand new Peugeot 308 TCR in Belgian team DG Sport Competition.
Homola placed first on the Vila Real race track in Portugal. During the whole race, he was fighting with 3-time BTCC Champion, Gordon Shedden, and 4-time World Champion, Yvan Muller on Hyundai i30 N TCR. Both of them couldn't pass Homola and he finished in 1st place.
Homola finished the FIA WTCR season in 18th place.
Racing record
Career summary
* Season still in progress.
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete TCR International Series results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.
Complete World Touring Car Cup results
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
European Touring Car Cup drivers
Sportspeople from Bratislava
Slovak racing drivers
World Touring Car Championship drivers
World Touring Car Cup drivers
24H Series drivers
FIA Motorsport Games drivers
Campos Racing drivers
TCR Europe Touring Car Series drivers