Jenson Brickley has been crowned the 2025 TCR Europe series champion after winning the championship in a tiebreak against Teddy Clairet. Clairet finished the race in second place to score key points for the championship, but team strategy at Monlau Motorsport played its part in ensuring the Spanish team took its second consecutive drivers’ title, and also wrapped up the teams’ title by two points.

Park started from the reversed-grid pole position ahead of Teddy Clairet, who needed to close a five-point gap to Brickley to claim the title. With Brickley starting seventh on the grid, Clairet was initially in the "box seat." Clairet held second place into Turn 1, while a strong start from Eric Gené allowed him to pass Teddy’s teammate Jimmy Clairet and move up to third.

To stand a chance of winning the title, Gené needed to pass Teddy Clairet on track. However, coming through the field from ninth on the grid was the fast-charging Ruben Volt, who was already up to fifth by the end of the first lap.

The critical phase began on lap eight when Volt passed Jimmy Clairet's Audi, putting him directly behind the battling title contenders. Gené continued to follow Teddy Clairet but was unable to mount a sustained attack. On Lap 13, Gené strategically slowed down to allow Volt through. When Volt subsequently overtook Teddy Clairet, Gené dropped down the order and fell behind Brickley as part of a concerted team strategy by Monlau Motorsport, which ensured Brickley would secure the championship

Park crossed the finish line 1.9 seconds clear of Volt to score his maiden win in TCR Europe. The drama continued post-race as Volt’s car was found to be in breach of the technical regulations, as there was an issue with the car’s starting procedure. While not providing a performance advantage, the car was found to not be compliant with the regulations and was excluded, which promoted Teddy Clairet to second and Jimmy third.

The result meant Brickley, who was classified in fourth, would be confirmed as the drivers’ champion on 208 points, the same as Teddy Clairet. With Brickley having two wins this year (Portimao, Red Bull Ring), and Clairet also two (Spa-Francorchamps, Misano), the title would be decided by the number of second-place finishes, with Brickley on three against Clairet’s two.

There were further reasons to celebrate for the team, as Monlau Motorsport also secured the teams’ championship by two points. Eric Gené was also confirmed as the Youth Best champion ahead of Brickley.

It's the first tiebreak to decide a championship since TCR Europe was initiated as a series in 2018, marking the closest title battle in the championship's history.

Jenson Brickley, Monlau Motorsport, P4, 2025 drivers' champion, said:

“It feels amazing. It wasn't a perfect year, we had lots of ups and downs, and to come out on top is so good. A debut year, with a new team, everything worked perfectly. If we didn't have the bad luck we had in the middle, we could have been in a better position for the final race, in the end we came out on top so I couldn't have asked for anything more.

"When the race settled down, I was thinking this was OK, I knew Ruben was going to be fast, and if it came to it Eric would help me. I needed a bit of a hand from Eric at the end when Felipe (Fernández) was catching me, I feel sorry for Eric, but also so thankful."

Junesung Park, Solite Indigo Racing, race winner, said:

"Finally I got a win. It's an honour for me to win the last race. I just keep pushing the car and kept focussing on managing the tyres. On the last lap, my car was very low on fuel so it was very close. We've finished the season by winning the last race, thanks to my team, they've made a great car for me and congrats to our sponsors.

Teddy Clairet, Team Clairet Sport, second place, championship runner-up, said:

"It's difficult to be happy today. We have done it the way we can, with no testing and doing as best as possible, but in the end it was not enough. I don't have a lot of things to regret this year from my side. I didn't think they would swap positions like that with Gené sacrificing his race to give Brickley the points, but they've chosen how they want to do it, congrats to them and congrats for this season."

Giacomo Ghermandi, MM Motorsport, Diamond Best Trophy winner, said:

"I'm very happy about today as I had more pace and more consistency than yesterday. I was a little bit unlucky at the start, as I lost three positions, but then gained four positions on the first lap. I then caught the batlte between with Max Hart and Viktor Andersson, but it was impossible to pass as I had more pace but not enough. I'm very happy as I had good pace today to keep up with the good drivers, and happy to win the Diamond Trophy a second time. I like to say hello to my best competitor in the Diamond Trophy Victor Fernandez, who was unlucky in a crash yesterday and it was a shame I couldn't fight with him today."

Race 2 result
1    Junesung Park    Solite Indigo Racing    Hyundai Elantra N TCR    15 laps
2    Teddy Clairet    Team Clairet Sport    Audi RS 3 LMS    3.717
3    Jimmy Clairet    Team Clairet Sport    Audi RS 3 LMS    4.155
4    Jenson Brickley    Monlau Motorsport    CUPRA Leon VZ TCR    5.837
5    Felipe Fernández    RC2 Racing Team    Honda Civic Type R FL5 TCR    7.846
6    René Kircher    ALM Motorsport    Honda Civic Type R FL5 TCR    8.407
7    Junui Park    Solite Indigo Racing    Hyundai Elantra N TCR    14.658
8    Viktor Andersson    MA:GP    Lynk & Co 03 TCR    16.091
9    Eric Gené    Monlau Motorsport    CUPRA Leon VZ TCR    18.51
10    Max Hart    Target Competition    Hyundai Elantra N TCR    20.812 ...

Drivers' championship top five
1    Jenson Brickley    Monlau Motorsport    CUPRA Leon VZ TCR    208
2    Teddy Clairet    Team Clairet Sport    Audi RS 3 LMS    208
3    Jimmy Clairet    Team Clairet Sport    Audi RS 3 LMS    195
4    Eric Gené    Monlau Motorsport    CUPRA Leon VZ TCR    192
5    Marco Butti    MM Motorsport    Honda Civic Type R FL5    172 ...