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Zengő Motorsport

Zengő Motorsport is a Hungarian motor racing team founded by Zoltán Zengő. They currently compete in the World Touring Car Cup and others TCR championships. The team also used to compete in the SEAT León Eurocup, where they won driver's titles in both 2009 and 2010, respectively.

Zengő Motorsport
Team principal(s)Zoltán Zengő
Current seriesWTCR
ESET V4 Cup
Former seriesSEAT León Eurocup
WTCC
ETCC
Current driversWTCR
79. Robert Huff
99. Dániel Nagy
Drivers'
Championships
2009 SEAT León Eurocup (Michelisz)
2010 SEAT León Eurocup (Wéber)
2012 Ind. WTCC (Michelisz)
2015 Ind. WTCC (Michelisz)

World Touring Car Championship edit

SEAT León TDI (2010) edit

The team ran a SEAT León 2.0 TDI in their first WTCC season in 2010 for Norbert Michelisz under the Zengő–Dension Team banner.[1] The team was not eligible for the Yokohama Independent's Trophy because of a protest from other teams just before the season opener, claiming that the team has substantial factory support from SEAT Sport. They scored a point in their first ever WTCC race when Michelisz finished race one of the Race of Brazil in tenth place. Michelisz started second behind Andy Priaulx on the race two reversed grid at the Race of Morocco but stalled his car at the start of the race and went on to finish tenth. He started second behind Priaulx again in race two of the Race of Belgium but a slow start meant he dropped to eighth on the opening lap, he recovered to sixth by the end of the race.[2] Michelisz started on the front row of race two once again at the Race of Portugal and passed pole sitter Fredy Barth at the start. He remained in the lead until lap four when he was passed by Chevrolet RML driver Alain Menu. Michelisz eventually dropped out of the race with water pressure issues.[3] Michelisz retired from race one of the Race of the Czech Republic after clashing with Colin Turkington after the early safety car, also taking out championship leader Yvan Muller.[4] Michelisz finished eighth in the race one of the Race of Germany and therefore started on pole position for race two. He was soon passed at the start by Priaulx and then bumped by Monteiro and dropped further down the order. He had been running eighth when he was tapped by Robert Huff and dropped out of the points to eleventh where he finished the race.[5] After the BMW Team RBM drivers were disqualified from the results of the Race of Japan, Michelisz was promoted to third place in race one to take the first podium result for Zengő Motorsport in the WTCC.[6] Michelisz won the final race of the season at the Race of Macau. He finished the season 9th in the drivers' standings.

BMW 320 TC (2011–2012) edit

 
BMW 320 TC of Zengő

For the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season, the team switched cars to the BMW 320 TC and were eligible for the Yokohama Independent's Trophy. The team had to miss the season opening Race of Brazil as the team chose to test the new car before racing it.[7] Michelisz lined up fourth at the Race of Italy as the fastest independent driver. He finished the first race of the weekend fourth having run third until the final lap when he demoted to fourth by Tiago Monteiro at the final corner.[8] The team's best result came in the Race of Hungary, where Michelisz finished race one in second place. They could not repeat this in race two when Michelisz outbraked himself at the start trying to pass Kristian Poulsen, he finished fifteenth as the last classified runner. Having initially qualified fifth for the Race of the Czech Republic, Michelisz was excluded from the results after the team ran the car underweight during qualifying.[9] After several near misses (Race of Germany, Race of Spain), Michelisz finished the season 9th in the overall points standings and 4th in the Yokohama Driver's Trophy. The team ended the season fourth in the Yokohama Teams' Trophy.

The team entered two BMW 320 TCs at the start of the 2012 season with Gábor Wéber joining Michelisz in the team. Previous title sponsor Dension pulled out of the WTCC, so the team changed their name back to Zengő Motorsport.[10] Michelisz started on pole position for the second race at the Race of Italy and led until lap seven when he struck a pigeon on the track. After this, he started to drop down the order and finished eighth.[11] Financial concerns meaning Wéber missed the Race of Morocco, reducing the team to running a single car for the event.[12] Wéber returned at the Race of Slovakia, where Michelisz took both his and the team's first pole position in the WTCC, starting on the front row for race one alongside Aleksei Dudukalo.[13] He finished sixth after making contact with Dudukalo's teammate Gabriele Tarquini at the start of the race. Zengő Motorsport and Michelisz took the race two victory at the Race of Hungary in front of their home crowd.[14] The team was again reduced to a single car for the Race of Brazil as Wéber dropped out due to lack of a sponsorship.[15] The Race of Brazil saw Michelisz move into the lead of the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy ahead of Pepe Oriola. A pair of podium finishes at the Race of the United States were to be the last overall championship points of the season for the team. Michelisz failed to score in the opening race of the Race of Japan and then spun out of the second race.[16] Michelisz was given a drive through penalty for causing a second corner collision at the Race of China and finished fifteenth.[17] Despite not finishing either race at the Race of Macau, Michelisz won the WTCC Yokohama Independent Drivers' Trophy. Zengő Motorsport finished fifth in the Yokohama Teams' Trophy, one place down on the previous season.

Honda Civic (2013–2017) edit

Zengő Motorsport stayed in the World Touring Car Championship in 2013, now running a Honda Civic 1.6T built by the works JAS Motorsport team. Norbert Michelisz stayed on as the team's sole driver.[18]

In 2016 they added a 2nd car, and swapped out Michelisz for Ferenc Ficza and Dániel Nagy.

And in 2017 Ficza was dropped as a driver, Aurélien Panis drove rounds 1–5 with Zsolt Szabó replacing him for rounds 6–10.

European Touring Car Cup edit

Zengő Motosport entered the European Touring Car Cup in 2013 with a pair of SEAT León Supercopas in the single–makes trophy for Ferenc Ficza and Norbert Nagy. The new Zengő Junior Team will be run jointly with MNASZ Track Racing.[19]

World Touring Car Cup (2018 -) edit

 
SEAT León TCR of Zengő

Zengő Motosport entered the inaugural season of the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) in 2018 with a pair of CUPRA León TCR's.

In 2019 they were only a Wild Card entry and as such ineligible to score points.

In 2020 they were back as a full team now with 3 drivers and an upgraded car in the CUPRA León Competición TCR

In 2021 they created a 2nd junior team Zengő Motorsport Drivers’ Academy alongside the main team Zengő Motorsport Services KFT, each team had 2 drivers/cars.

In 2022 they were back to just 1 main 2 driver team.

Results edit

World Touring Car Championship edit

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. Y.T.
2010 SEAT León 2.0 TDI   Norbert Michelisz 22 1 0 0 104 9th
2011 BMW 320 TC   Norbert Michelisz 22 0 0 2 88 9th 4th
2012 BMW 320 TC   Norbert Michelisz 24 1 1 2 155 6th 5th
  Gábor Wéber 12 0 0 0 3 23rd
2013 Honda Civic WTCC   Norbert Michelisz 24 1 2 2 185 6th 4th
2014 Honda Civic WTCC   Norbert Michelisz 24 0 0 0 201 4th 2nd
2015 Honda Civic WTCC   Norbert Michelisz 24 1 1 0 193 6th 3rd
2016 Honda Civic WTCC   Ferenc Ficza 17 0 0 1 2 20th 5th
  Dániel Nagy 10 0 0 0 0 NC
2017 Honda Civic WTCC   Aurélien Panis 10 0 0 0 2 18th 6th
  Zsolt Szabó 10 0 0 0 1 20th
  Dániel Nagy 20 0 0 1 1 19th

World Touring Car Cup edit

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2018 CUPRA León TCR   Norbert Nagy 30 0 0 0 18 25th 12th
  Zsolt Szabó 26 0 0 0 4 31st
2019 CUPRA León TCR   Tamás Tenke 3 0 0 0 0 NC NC
2020 CUPRA León Competición TCR   Bence Boldizs 15 0 0 1 35 18th 5th
  Mikel Azcona 16 1 0 1 168 7th
  Gábor Kismarty-Lechner 16 0 0 0 17 20th
2021 CUPRA León Competición TCR   Robert Huff 16 1 1 2 73 18th 7th
  Mikel Azcona 16 1 1 2 158 7th
  Jordi Gené 14 0 0 0 10 19th 10th
  Bence Boldizs 16 0 0 0 9 20th
2022 CUPRA León Competición TCR   Robert Huff 14 2 0 4 210 6th 5th
  Dániel Nagy 14 0 0 0 62 16th
  Bence Boldizs 2 0 0 0 12 19th

References edit

  1. ^ Hodges, Peter (16 February 2010). . TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. ^ English, Steven (20 June 2010). "Priaulx takes third win of 2010". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. ^ English, Steven (4 July 2010). "Tarquini wins Portimao thriller". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  4. ^ English, Steven (1 August 2010). "Huff turns pole into victory at Brno". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  5. ^ Allen, Peter (6 September 2010). "Priaulx Wins Again In BMW 1-2 In Germany". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  6. ^ Noble, Jonathan (17 November 2010). "BMW ruling makes Muller champion". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  7. ^ Allen, Peter (23 March 2011). "Michelisz An Interested Spectator Ahead Of BMW Debut". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  8. ^ Glendenning, Mark (15 May 2011). "Huff wins thrilling first Monza race". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  9. ^ Hudson, Neil (19 June 2011). . TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  10. ^ Hudson, Neil (2 March 2012). "Zengõ to enter two cars for Michelisz and Wéber". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  11. ^ Abbott, Andrew (11 March 2012). "Muller secures eventful Monza win". TouringCars.net. Andrew Abbott. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  12. ^ Hudson, Neil (13 April 2012). "Gábor Wéber will also miss Marrakech". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  13. ^ Hudson, Neil (28 April 2012). . TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  14. ^ Mills, Peter (6 May 2012). "Ecstatic Norbert Michelisz takes home World Touring Car victory in Hungary". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  15. ^ Ravaioli, Fabio (14 July 2012). "Gabor Weber to skip Brazilian event". automobilsport.com. automobilsport.com. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  16. ^ "D'Aste wins race two at Suzuka". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  17. ^ "RACE 1 – MENU-HUFF 1 AND 2, MULLER IS OFF". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  18. ^ György, Juni (10 January 2013). "Bréking: Hondával folytatjuk! – Videóval!". Zengo Motorsport. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  19. ^ Hudson, Neil (11 March 2013). "Zengő Junior Team to compete in the ETCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 11 March 2013.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Team profile at michelisz.net

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Zengo Motorsport is a Hungarian motor racing team founded by Zoltan Zengo They currently compete in the World Touring Car Cup and others TCR championships The team also used to compete in the SEAT Leon Eurocup where they won driver s titles in both 2009 and 2010 respectively Zengo MotorsportTeam principal s Zoltan ZengoCurrent seriesWTCRESET V4 CupFormer seriesSEAT Leon EurocupWTCCETCCCurrent driversWTCR 79 Robert Huff99 Daniel NagyDrivers Championships2009 SEAT Leon Eurocup Michelisz 2010 SEAT Leon Eurocup Weber 2012 Ind WTCC Michelisz 2015 Ind WTCC Michelisz Contents 1 World Touring Car Championship 1 1 SEAT Leon TDI 2010 1 2 BMW 320 TC 2011 2012 1 3 Honda Civic 2013 2017 2 European Touring Car Cup 3 World Touring Car Cup 2018 4 Results 4 1 World Touring Car Championship 4 2 World Touring Car Cup 5 References 6 External linksWorld Touring Car Championship editSEAT Leon TDI 2010 edit The team ran a SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI in their first WTCC season in 2010 for Norbert Michelisz under the Zengo Dension Team banner 1 The team was not eligible for the Yokohama Independent s Trophy because of a protest from other teams just before the season opener claiming that the team has substantial factory support from SEAT Sport They scored a point in their first ever WTCC race when Michelisz finished race one of the Race of Brazil in tenth place Michelisz started second behind Andy Priaulx on the race two reversed grid at the Race of Morocco but stalled his car at the start of the race and went on to finish tenth He started second behind Priaulx again in race two of the Race of Belgium but a slow start meant he dropped to eighth on the opening lap he recovered to sixth by the end of the race 2 Michelisz started on the front row of race two once again at the Race of Portugal and passed pole sitter Fredy Barth at the start He remained in the lead until lap four when he was passed by Chevrolet RML driver Alain Menu Michelisz eventually dropped out of the race with water pressure issues 3 Michelisz retired from race one of the Race of the Czech Republic after clashing with Colin Turkington after the early safety car also taking out championship leader Yvan Muller 4 Michelisz finished eighth in the race one of the Race of Germany and therefore started on pole position for race two He was soon passed at the start by Priaulx and then bumped by Monteiro and dropped further down the order He had been running eighth when he was tapped by Robert Huff and dropped out of the points to eleventh where he finished the race 5 After the BMW Team RBM drivers were disqualified from the results of the Race of Japan Michelisz was promoted to third place in race one to take the first podium result for Zengo Motorsport in the WTCC 6 Michelisz won the final race of the season at the Race of Macau He finished the season 9th in the drivers standings BMW 320 TC 2011 2012 edit nbsp BMW 320 TC of Zengo For the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season the team switched cars to the BMW 320 TC and were eligible for the Yokohama Independent s Trophy The team had to miss the season opening Race of Brazil as the team chose to test the new car before racing it 7 Michelisz lined up fourth at the Race of Italy as the fastest independent driver He finished the first race of the weekend fourth having run third until the final lap when he demoted to fourth by Tiago Monteiro at the final corner 8 The team s best result came in the Race of Hungary where Michelisz finished race one in second place They could not repeat this in race two when Michelisz outbraked himself at the start trying to pass Kristian Poulsen he finished fifteenth as the last classified runner Having initially qualified fifth for the Race of the Czech Republic Michelisz was excluded from the results after the team ran the car underweight during qualifying 9 After several near misses Race of Germany Race of Spain Michelisz finished the season 9th in the overall points standings and 4th in the Yokohama Driver s Trophy The team ended the season fourth in the Yokohama Teams Trophy The team entered two BMW 320 TCs at the start of the 2012 season with Gabor Weber joining Michelisz in the team Previous title sponsor Dension pulled out of the WTCC so the team changed their name back to Zengo Motorsport 10 Michelisz started on pole position for the second race at the Race of Italy and led until lap seven when he struck a pigeon on the track After this he started to drop down the order and finished eighth 11 Financial concerns meaning Weber missed the Race of Morocco reducing the team to running a single car for the event 12 Weber returned at the Race of Slovakia where Michelisz took both his and the team s first pole position in the WTCC starting on the front row for race one alongside Aleksei Dudukalo 13 He finished sixth after making contact with Dudukalo s teammate Gabriele Tarquini at the start of the race Zengo Motorsport and Michelisz took the race two victory at the Race of Hungary in front of their home crowd 14 The team was again reduced to a single car for the Race of Brazil as Weber dropped out due to lack of a sponsorship 15 The Race of Brazil saw Michelisz move into the lead of the Yokohama Drivers Trophy ahead of Pepe Oriola A pair of podium finishes at the Race of the United States were to be the last overall championship points of the season for the team Michelisz failed to score in the opening race of the Race of Japan and then spun out of the second race 16 Michelisz was given a drive through penalty for causing a second corner collision at the Race of China and finished fifteenth 17 Despite not finishing either race at the Race of Macau Michelisz won the WTCC Yokohama Independent Drivers Trophy Zengo Motorsport finished fifth in the Yokohama Teams Trophy one place down on the previous season Honda Civic 2013 2017 edit Zengo Motorsport stayed in the World Touring Car Championship in 2013 now running a Honda Civic 1 6T built by the works JAS Motorsport team Norbert Michelisz stayed on as the team s sole driver 18 In 2016 they added a 2nd car and swapped out Michelisz for Ferenc Ficza and Daniel Nagy And in 2017 Ficza was dropped as a driver Aurelien Panis drove rounds 1 5 with Zsolt Szabo replacing him for rounds 6 10 European Touring Car Cup editZengo Motosport entered the European Touring Car Cup in 2013 with a pair of SEAT Leon Supercopas in the single makes trophy for Ferenc Ficza and Norbert Nagy The new Zengo Junior Team will be run jointly with MNASZ Track Racing 19 World Touring Car Cup 2018 edit nbsp SEAT Leon TCR of Zengo Zengo Motosport entered the inaugural season of the World Touring Car Cup WTCR in 2018 with a pair of CUPRA Leon TCR s In 2019 they were only a Wild Card entry and as such ineligible to score points In 2020 they were back as a full team now with 3 drivers and an upgraded car in the CUPRA Leon Competicion TCRIn 2021 they created a 2nd junior team Zengo Motorsport Drivers Academy alongside the main team Zengo Motorsport Services KFT each team had 2 drivers cars In 2022 they were back to just 1 main 2 driver team Results editWorld Touring Car Championship edit Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F L Points D C Y T 2010 SEAT Leon 2 0 TDI nbsp Norbert Michelisz 22 1 0 0 104 9th 2011 BMW 320 TC nbsp Norbert Michelisz 22 0 0 2 88 9th 4th 2012 BMW 320 TC nbsp Norbert Michelisz 24 1 1 2 155 6th 5th nbsp Gabor Weber 12 0 0 0 3 23rd 2013 Honda Civic WTCC nbsp Norbert Michelisz 24 1 2 2 185 6th 4th 2014 Honda Civic WTCC nbsp Norbert Michelisz 24 0 0 0 201 4th 2nd 2015 Honda Civic WTCC nbsp Norbert Michelisz 24 1 1 0 193 6th 3rd 2016 Honda Civic WTCC nbsp Ferenc Ficza 17 0 0 1 2 20th 5th nbsp Daniel Nagy 10 0 0 0 0 NC 2017 Honda Civic WTCC nbsp Aurelien Panis 10 0 0 0 2 18th 6th nbsp Zsolt Szabo 10 0 0 0 1 20th nbsp Daniel Nagy 20 0 0 1 1 19th World Touring Car Cup edit Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F L Points D C T C 2018 CUPRA Leon TCR nbsp Norbert Nagy 30 0 0 0 18 25th 12th nbsp Zsolt Szabo 26 0 0 0 4 31st 2019 CUPRA Leon TCR nbsp Tamas Tenke 3 0 0 0 0 NC NC 2020 CUPRA Leon Competicion TCR nbsp Bence Boldizs 15 0 0 1 35 18th 5th nbsp Mikel Azcona 16 1 0 1 168 7th nbsp Gabor Kismarty Lechner 16 0 0 0 17 20th 2021 CUPRA Leon Competicion TCR nbsp Robert Huff 16 1 1 2 73 18th 7th nbsp Mikel Azcona 16 1 1 2 158 7th nbsp Jordi Gene 14 0 0 0 10 19th 10th nbsp Bence Boldizs 16 0 0 0 9 20th 2022 CUPRA Leon Competicion TCR nbsp Robert Huff 14 2 0 4 210 6th 5th nbsp Daniel Nagy 14 0 0 0 62 16th nbsp Bence Boldizs 2 0 0 0 12 19thReferences edit Hodges Peter 16 February 2010 Historic moment for Zengo and Michelisz TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 23 March 2012 Retrieved 24 February 2013 English Steven 20 June 2010 Priaulx takes third win of 2010 Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 24 February 2013 English Steven 4 July 2010 Tarquini wins Portimao thriller Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 24 February 2013 English Steven 1 August 2010 Huff turns pole into victory at Brno Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 24 February 2013 Allen Peter 6 September 2010 Priaulx Wins Again In BMW 1 2 In Germany The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network Retrieved 24 February 2013 Noble Jonathan 17 November 2010 BMW ruling makes Muller champion Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 24 February 2013 Allen Peter 23 March 2011 Michelisz An Interested Spectator Ahead Of BMW Debut The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network Retrieved 24 February 2013 Glendenning Mark 15 May 2011 Huff wins thrilling first Monza race Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 24 February 2013 Hudson Neil 19 June 2011 Michelisz excluded from qualifying sent to the back TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 25 August 2011 Retrieved 24 February 2013 Hudson Neil 2 March 2012 Zengo to enter two cars for Michelisz and Weber TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Retrieved 24 February 2013 Abbott Andrew 11 March 2012 Muller secures eventful Monza win TouringCars net Andrew Abbott Archived from the original on 22 February 2013 Retrieved 24 February 2013 Hudson Neil 13 April 2012 Gabor Weber will also miss Marrakech TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 4 February 2013 Retrieved 24 February 2013 Hudson Neil 28 April 2012 Norbert Michelisz storms to Slovakia pole TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Archived from the original on 25 July 2012 Retrieved 24 February 2013 Mills Peter 6 May 2012 Ecstatic Norbert Michelisz takes home World Touring Car victory in Hungary Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 24 February 2013 Ravaioli Fabio 14 July 2012 Gabor Weber to skip Brazilian event automobilsport com automobilsport com Retrieved 24 February 2013 D Aste wins race two at Suzuka Yahoo Eurosport TF1 Group 21 October 2012 Retrieved 24 February 2013 RACE 1 MENU HUFF 1 AND 2 MULLER IS OFF World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 4 November 2012 Retrieved 24 February 2013 Gyorgy Juni 10 January 2013 Breking Hondaval folytatjuk Videoval Zengo Motorsport Retrieved 24 February 2013 Hudson Neil 11 March 2013 Zengo Junior Team to compete in the ETCC TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Retrieved 11 March 2013 External links editOfficial website Profile at fiawtcc com Team profile at michelisz net Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zengo Motorsport amp oldid 1194237457, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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