Racing One’s Niels Langeveld scored his first win of the season in the ADAC TCR Germany series at the Red Bull Ring, holding off LMS Racing’s Antti Buri and Max Kruse Racing’s Benjamin Leuchter for the victory.
Langeveld was in control of the race throughout, mastering both the standing start and the rolling restart which was required after a two-lap safety car intervention.
Buri never had much of a challenge to the leading Dutchman, having to settle for second to make it an Audi 1-2 at the head of the field.
Leuchter took third after getting past Harald Proczyk for the final podium position on lap eight when the HP Racing driver went too deep into the Turn 2 hairpin, opening the door for Leuchter and also Team Honda ADAC Sachsen’s Mike Halder.
That mistake gave Halder fourth and a position he would hold on to for the rest of the race, leaving the Opel of Proczyk to take the chequered flag in fifth.
Proczyks’ team-mate Luke Wankmüller was sixth, ahead of Liqui Moly Team Engstler’s Luca Engstler in seventh.
Prosport Performance’s Max Hesse, who had started from third on the grid, finished in eighth after a poor start dropped him down the order on the opening lap.
Team Engstler’s Florian Thoma and YACO Racing’s Simon Reicher completed the top ten.
The two-lap safety car intervention was needed when the Peugeot of Lukas Niedertscheider and the opel of newcomer David Davidovac came together on lap two, with Niedertscheider initially diving up the inside at Turn 8 before Davidovac then lost control of his car approaching Turn 9, collecting Niedertscheider’s car in the process.
Engstler Motorsport’s Justin Häußermann also retired from the race early on after stopping on lap two.
Victory for Langeveld draws him level with Proczyk at the head of the championship standings, with both drivers on 145 points ahead of third-placed Engstler on 130.
The second TCR Germany race at the Red Bull Ring takes place at 14:45 CEST (13:45 BST) on Sunday.
Race result
| POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | BEST | GD |
| 1 | 14 | Niels LANGEVELD |  |
Racing One | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 19 | 19 LAPS | 1:37.792 | 1 |
| 2 | 30 | Antti BURI |  |
LMS Racing | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 19 | 2.862 | 1:37.980 | 2 |
| 3 | 10 | Benjamin LEUCHTER |  |
Max Kruse Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 19 | 3.958 | 1:37.952 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | Mike HALDER | |
Team Honda ADAC Sachsen | Honda Civic TCR 2018 | 19 | 6.748 | 1:38.072 | 4 |
| 5 | 22 | Harald PROCZYK |  |
HP Racing International | Opel Astra TCR | 19 | 7.663 | 1:38.251 | 5 |
| 6 | 11 | Luke WANKMÜLLER | |
HP Racing International | Opel Astra TCR | 19 | 10.376 | 1:38.379 | 7 |
| 7 | 8 | Luca ENGSTLER | |
Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 19 | 12.117 | 1:38.392 | 9 |
| 8 | 19 | Max HESSE | |
Prosport Performance | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 19 | 12.688 | 1:38.273 | 3 |
| 9 | 39 | Florian THOMA |  |
Team Engstler Europe | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 19 | 16.893 | 1:38.515 | 13 |
| 10 | 54 | Simon REICHER | |
YACO Racing | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 19 | 17.307 | 1:38.575 | 11 |
| 11 | 3 | Kai JORDAN | |
Team Engstler Germany | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 19 | 19.009 | 1:38.660 | 14 |
| 12 | 36 | Dino CALCUM | |
BC Motorsport | Opel Astra TCR | 19 | 20.606 | 1:38.734 | 27 |
| 13 | 44 | Sandro KAIBACH | |
Prosport Performance | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 19 | 22.08 | 1:38.860 | 10 |
| 14 | 6 | Oliver HOLDENER | |
Wolf-Power Racing | CUPRA TCR | 19 | 22.252 | 1:38.671 | 18 |
| 15 | 53 | Michelle HALDER | |
Profi-Car Team Halder | CUPRA TCR | 19 | 24.594 | 1:38.840 | 12 |
| 16 | 47 | Niko KANKKUNEN | |
Team Engstler Europe | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 19 | 25.513 | 1:38.929 | 20 |
| 17 | 88 | Dominik FUGEL | |
Team Honda ADAC Sachsen | Honda Civic TCR 2018 | 19 | 26.083 | 1:38.872 | 17 |
| 18 | 27 | Theo COICAUD |  |
Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 19 | 35.472 | 1:39.246 | 19 |
| 19 | 55 | Marcel FUGEL | |
Profi-Car Team Halder | Honda Civic TCR 2018 | 19 | 41.155 | 1:39.555 | 25 |
| 20 | 17 | Jasmin PREISIG | |
Steibel Motorsport | Opel Astra TCR | 19 | 41.785 | 1:39.699 | 22 |
| 21 | 4 | Jan SEYFFERT | |
Lubner Motorsport | Opel Astra TCR | 19 | 51.874 | 1:40.062 | 26 |
| 22 | 13 | Tessitore | |
Tessitore Racing | Opel Astra TCR | 19 | 53.53 | 1:39.952 | 29 |
| 23 | 33 | JC REYNOLDS |  |
TOPCAR Sport | CUPRA TCR | 19 | 54.366 | 1:39.847 | 28 |
| R | 23 | Sebastian STEIBEL | |
Steibel Motorsport | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 8 | DNF | 1:41.118 | 23 |
| R | 29 | Jussi KUUSINIEMI | |
Positione Motorsport | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 5 | DNF | 1:40.293 | 21 |
| R | 9 | Daniel DAVIDOVAC | |
HP Racing International 2 | Opel Astra TCR | 3 | DNF | 2:10.945 | 24 |
| R | 42 | Lukas NIEDERTSCHEIDER | |
Niedertscheider Motorsport | Peugeot 308 TCR | 2 | DNF | N/A | 8 |
| R | 60 | Loris PRATTES | |
TOPCAR Sport | CUPRA TCR | 1 | DNF | N/A | 16 |
| R | 77 | Justin HÄUßERMANN | |
Team Engstler Germany | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 1 | DNF | N/A | 15 |
| NS | 50 | Milenko VUKOVIC | |
Wolf-Power Racing 2 | Renault Mégane TCR | – | DNS | N/A | 30 |