Maťo Homola

Maťo Homola
Homola at the 2022 Grand Prix of Slovakia.
NationalitySlovak
Born (1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 30)
Bratislava, Slovakia
TCR Europe career
Debut season2019
Current teamJaník Motorsport
Car number70
Former teamsTarget Competition, BRC Racing Team
Starts50
Wins2
Podiums9
Poles2
Fastest laps0
Best finish7th in 2020

Maťo Homola (born 19 July 1994 in Bratislava)[1] is a Slovak racing driver. He is currently driving in TCR Europe in Target Competition with Hyundai i30 N TCR.[2] Maťo became also a brand new Hyundai N ambassador for Slovakia in 2019.[3]

After having successfully finished on 5th position in 2016 in TCR International Series with B3 Racing Team Hungary, Mato Homola has switched to DG Sport Competition and Opel Astra OPC TCR. Before TCR, Mato Homola had raced successive seasons in the European Touring Car Cup for Homola Motorsport. He was the runner-up in the championship in both 2013 and 2014 in the S2000 class. In 2015 he made the switch to the Single-makes Trophy where every driver competes with a SEAT León Cup Racer. In 2015 he also made a one-off appearance at the Slovakian round in the WTCC with Campos Racing.[4]

Homola's Hyundai Elantra N TCR, which he currently uses in TCR Europe and TCR Eastern Europe Trophy.

FIA WTCR 2018

Before the end of 2017 season, TCR International Series and FIA WTCC agreed on a mutual collaboration that led to a brand new world championship - FIA WTCR.

Homola, as the only Slovak driver, got into the FIA WTCR starting grid, mainly thanks to the positive relationship with DG Sport Competition. Homola competed in FIA WTCR with brand new Peugeot 308 TCR in Belgian team DG Sport Competition.[5]

Homola placed first on the Vila Real race track in Portugal. During the whole race, he was fighting with 3-time BTCC Champion, Gordon Shedden, and 4-time World Champion, Yvan Muller on Hyundai i30 N TCR. Both of them couldn't pass Homola and he finished in 1st place.[6]

Homola finished the FIA WTCR season in 18th place.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2012 European Touring Car Cup - S2000 Homola Motorsport 4 0 0 0 2 12 9th
2013 European Touring Car Cup - S2000 Homola Motorsport 10 3 0 0 8 74 2nd
2014 European Touring Car Cup - S2000 TC2T Homola Motorsport 10 1 1 4 8 93 2nd
2015 European Touring Car Cup - Single-Make Trophy Homola Motorsport 12 2 1 2 7 77 4th
World Touring Car Championship Campos Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2016 TCR International Series B3 Racing Team Hungary 21 1 1 2 3 175 5th
2017 TCR International Series DG Sport Compétition 20 0 3 1 2 80 11th
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship 3 1 0 0 1 49 24th
TCR Middle East Series Liqui Moly Team Engstler 2 0 0 2 1 30 7th
2018 World Touring Car Cup DG Sport Compétition 30 1 0 0 1 48 18th
TCR Middle East Series Pit Lane Competizioni 2 4 0 0 1 2 64 4th
2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series Autodis Racing by Target Competition 14 1 1 0 2 194 8th
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship 10 1 1 0 2 212 6th
FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup Team Slovakia 2 0 0 0 1 29 3rd
2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series BRC Racing Team 12 0 1 0 3 204 7th
24H GT Series - GTX ARC Bratislava
2021 TCR Europe Touring Car Series Janík Motorsport 13 1 0 0 2 186 13th
2022 TCR Europe Touring Car Series Janík Motorsport 9 0 0 0 1 79 14th
TCR Eastern Europe Trophy 4 2 1 3 3 83 6th
2023 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy Janík Motorsport 12 3 1 2 9 212 1st
2024 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy Janík Motorsport 12 4 2 2 8 236 1st
TCR Europe Touring Car Series 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC†

† As Homola was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2015 Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 ARG
1 		ARG
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		RUS
1 		RUS
2 		SVK
1
13 		SVK
2
15 		FRA
1 		FRA
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		THA
1 		THA
2 		QAT
1 		QAT
2 		NC 0

Complete TCR International Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2016 B3 Racing Team Hungary SEAT León TCR BHR
1
8 		BHR
2
11 		EST
1
4 		EST
2
8 		SPA
1
4 		SPA
2
4 		IMO
1
5 		IMO
2
2 		SAL
1
3 		SAL
2
5 		OSC
1
1 		OSC
2
5 		SOC
1
9 		SOC
2
9 		CHA
1
Ret 		CHA
2
10 		MRN
1
4 		MRN
2
5 		SEP
1
10 		SEP
2
16 		MAC
1
Ret 		MAC
2
DNS 		5th 175
2017 DG Sport Compétition Opel Astra TCR RIM
1
11 		RIM
2
Ret 		BHR
1
13 		BHR
2
13 		SPA
1
24 		SPA
2
Ret 		MNZ
1
7 		MNZ
2
6 		SAL
1
2 		SAL
2
10 		HUN
1
10 		HUN
2
12 		OSC
1
7 		OSC
2
2 		CHA
1
22† 		CHA
2
9 		ZHE
1
Ret 		ZHE
2
Ret 		DUB
1
8 		DUB
2
Ret 		11th 80

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2018 DG Sport Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR MAR
1
Ret 		MAR
2
12 		MAR
3
13 		HUN
1
20 		HUN
2
NC 		HUN
3
20 		GER
1
14 		GER
2
14 		GER
3
16 		NED
1
18 		NED
2
18 		NED
3
16 		POR
1
12 		POR
2
1 		POR
3
5 		SVK
1
14 		SVK
2
16 		SVK
3
11 		CHN
1
17 		CHN
2
16 		CHN
3
18 		WUH
1
Ret 		WUH
2
Ret 		WUH
3
Ret 		JPN
1
7 		JPN
2
20 		JPN
3
15 		MAC
1
10 		MAC
2
17 		MAC
3
12 		18th 48

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2019 Autodis Racing by Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR HUN
1
1 		HUN
2
11 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
Ret 		SPA
1
7 		SPA
2
2 		RBR
1
9 		RBR
2
6 		OSC
1
6 		OSC
2
Ret 		CAT
1
13 		CAT
2
16 		MNZ
1
5 		MNZ
2
14 		8th 194
2020 BRC Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR LEC
1
8 		LEC
2
12 		ZOL
1
3 		ZOL
2
8 		MNZ
1
17† 		MNZ
2
3 		CAT
1
4 		CAT
2
20 		SPA
1
15 		SPA
2
12 		JAR
1
3 		JAR
2
11 		7th 204
2021 Janík Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR SVK
1
DNS 		SVK
2
12 		LEC
1
11 		LEC
2
9 		ZAN
1
13 		ZAN
2
11 		SPA
1
14 		SPA
2
2 		NÜR
1
10 		NÜR
2
Ret 		MNZ
1
6 		MNZ
2
1 		CAT
1
13 		CAT
2
7 		13th 186
2022 Janík Motorsport Hyundai Elantra N TCR ALG
1
12 		ALG
2
18 		LEC
1
18 		LEC
2
18 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
2 		NOR
1
6 		NOR
2
9 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
C 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		14th 79
2024 Janík Motorsport Hyundai Elantra N TCR VAL
1 		VAL
2 		ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		SAL
1 		SAL
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		BRN
1
3 		BRN
2
11 		CRT
1 		CRT
2 		NC‡ 0‡

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance. ‡ As Homola was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

References

  1. ^ "Driver Database Maťo Homola Profile".
  2. ^ "Mato Homola joins TCR Europe 2019 with Hyundai and Target Competition". Maťo Homola Official Website (in Slovak). 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  3. ^ "Detail | PressWeb | Hyundai.sk". media.hyundai.sk. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  4. ^ "Maťo Homola to make WTCC debut at his home race for Campos". TouringCarTimes.com. Hudson, Neil. June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  5. ^ "BACK ON TRACK IN PEUGEOT 308 RACING CUP!". media.peugeot-sport.com. September 4, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  6. ^ "WTCR RACE 2 FLASH: BRILLIANT HOMOLA SCORES MAIDEN VICTORY". fiawtcr.com. June 24, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2019.