Race against time for Sébastien Loeb Racing ahead of Slovakia

Both Sébastien Loeb Racing cars of Rob Huff and Mehdi Bennani were destroyed in the massive multi-car crash in the previous round at Vila Real, a smash that has left the team in a race against time to get two brand new Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR race cars ready for the Slovakia races.

“We missed out on a weekend in which we should have scored a great result, but now the whole team is motivated to tackle the event in Slovakia. We’re going to be burning the midnight oil over the few days that separate us from the next event,” said SLR team principal Dominique Heintz.

Both drivers escaped unharmed from the spectacular crash while the cars have to be replaced and the team is working hard to have them ready ahead of the WTCR Race of Slovakia on July 13-15th.

“The main thing is that both our drivers, Rob and Mehdi, were okay. The time we spent waiting to find out how they were seemed to go on forever. My thoughts are with them and I wish them both a speedy recovery,” said Heintz.

“It’s extremely rare to have two cars destroyed in the same race. Now we have no other choice but to work hard to present two new cars that meet our standard of quality and get back to our usual top-class level in Slovakia.”