Statistical highlights from Red Bull Ring: Kout and Ghermandi open the season in style

Tomáš Vacín

The 2025 TCR Eastern Europe season kicked off with two races at Austria’s Red Bull Ring. With victories by Czech Adam Kout and Italian Giacomo Ghermandi, the weekend was a display of consistent pace and evolving lap times. Here’s what the stats reveal.

One race each: Ghermandi and Kout split the wins

Race 1 Winner: Adam Kout (Hyundai Elantra N TCR)

  • Led all 14 laps
  • Kout´s fastest lap: 1:37.369 (Lap 3)
  • Average speed of the FL: 158.73 km/h
  • Total time of the race: 22:53.528

Race 2 Winner: Giacomo Ghermandi (Honda Civic FL5 TCR)

  • Led all 16 laps
  • Ghermandi´s fastest lap: 1:37.532 (Lap 4)
  • Average speed: 156.80 km/h
  • Total time: 26:15.825

Both drivers led from lights to flag in their respective races.

Fastest laps across the weekend

Here’s how lap times evolved and who topped the timing sheets:

Race 1:

  • 1:37.532 – Adam Kout (Lap 2)
  • 1:37.369 – Adam Kout (Lap 3) – fastest lap of Race 1

Race 2:

  • 1:38.371 – Kadlečík (Lap 2)
  • 1:37.742 – Kadlečík (Lap 3)
  • 1:37.351 – Kout (Lap 6) – fastest lap of the weekend

Kout set the fastest lap in both races, underlining his outright speed even when not leading in Race 2.

Lead consistency

  • Adam Kout: Led 14/14 laps in Race 1
  • Giacomo Ghermandi: Led 16/16 laps in Race 2

Neither race saw a change in the race leader – reflecting a strong performance from front row to the checkered flag in both cases.