M1RA

M1RA is a Hungarian auto racing team based in Kecskemét, Hungary. The team currently participates in the TCR Europe Series.

Hungary M1RA
Founded2017
Team principal(s)Norbert Michelisz
Dávid Bári
Current seriesTCR Eastern Europe Trophy
Former seriesTCR International Series
TCR Europe Touring Car Series
Current drivers8.Germany Luca Engstler
999.Hungary Dániel Nagy
Teams'
Championships		2017 TCR International Series
2020 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy
Drivers'
Championships		2020 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy

TCR International Series

Honda Civic Type R TCR FK2 (2017)

The team was formed in March 2017 by World Touring Car Championship driver Norbert Michelisz and race engineer Dávid Bári. The team fields two Honda Civic Type R TCR for veteran driver Roberto Colciago and Attila Tassi while Michelisz drove an additional Civic at Hungaroring.[1][2]

Hyundai i30 N TCR (2018-)

The team switched from Honda to Hyundai and Dániel Nagy, Francisco Mora joined the team, also the team switched from TCR International Series to TCR Europe Series.

Name

M1 means that they wanted to create the best Hungarian racing team, the RA is the abbreviation of Racing. You pronounce it as Mira, which can mean Michelisz Racing. This word has more meaning: in Italian 'target', in Spanish 'view', in Russian 'peace'. Michelisz has a daughter called Mira.

Results

TCR International Series
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2017 Honda Civic Type R TCR Italy Roberto Colciago 17 3 0 0 161 5. 1.
Hungary Attila Tassi 20 2 0 2 197 2.
Hungary Norbert Michelisz 4 1 1 1 59 14.
Italy Giacomo Altoè 2 0 0 0 63 13.
United Kingdom Josh Files 2 0 0 0 23 23.

TCR Europe Touring Car Series
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2018 Hyundai i30 N TCR Hungary Dániel Nagy 14 1 0 1 138 5. 4.
Portugal Francisco Mora 8 1 0 0 44 10.
Hungary Norbert Michelisz 2 0 0 0 28 16.
Italy Nicola Baldan 2 0 0 0 1 28.

References
  1. Norbert, Michelisz. "A nap, amelyen versenycsapatot indítottam" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  2. "Norbert Michelisz set to make TCR International Series debut along with the DTM". TouringCarTimes.com. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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