Zengő Motorsport

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2009 SEAT León Eurocup (Michelisz
)
2015 Ind. WTCC (Michelisz
)

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.

World Touring Car Championship

SEAT León TDI (2010)

The team ran a

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)

BMW 320 TC of Zengő

For the

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

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)

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

Zengő Motosport entered the

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 -)

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

World Touring Car Championship

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

World Touring Car Cup

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

References

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  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). "Michelisz excluded from qualifying, sent to the back". 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). "Norbert Michelisz storms to Slovakia pole". 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. Zengo Motorsport
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  19. ^ Hudson, Neil (11 March 2013). "Zengő Junior Team to compete in the ETCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 11 March 2013.

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