Norbert Michelisz

Norbert Michelisz (born 8 August 1984[1]) is a Hungarian auto racing driver and the 2019 champion of World Touring Car Cup.

Norbert Michelisz
Michelisz in 2015
Nationality Hungarian
Born (1984-08-08) 8 August 1984
Himesháza, Hungary
World Touring Car Championship and
World Touring Car Cup career
Debut season2008
Current teamBRC Racing Team
Car number5
Former teamsSunred Engineering, Zengő Motorsport, JAS Motorsport
Starts182
Wins8
Poles6
Fastest laps7
Best finish1st in 2019
Previous series
2012
2009
200809
2008–09
2007
2006
Superstars Series
SEAT León Supercopa
SEAT León Eurocup
Hungarian SEAT León Cup
Hungarian Renault Clio Cup
Hungarian Suzuki Swift Cup
Championship titles
2019
2012, 2015
2009
2009
2007
2006
World Touring Car Cup
WTCC Independents' Trophy
SEAT León Eurocup
Hungarian SEAT León Cup
Hungarian Renault Clio Cup
Hungarian Suzuki Swift Cup

Career

Early career

Michelisz was the 2006 Hungarian Suzuki Swift Cup champion, and in 2007 he won the Hungarian Renault Clio Cup.[1]

In 2008 he competed in the Hungarian SEAT León Supercup, where he finished as runner-up.[1] He drove in the SEAT León Eurocup, winning one race at Monza,[2] and finishing 14th overall. The win in the SEAT León Eurocup led to a drive in the FIA World Touring Car Championship, competing in two rounds at Okayama for the SEAT backed SUNRED Engineering team. After retiring in race one, he finished sixteenth in the second race.

In 2009 he was the best scorer in the León Eurocup round at Porto, winning WTCC participation at Brands Hatch. He went on to win the León Eurocup title in September.[1] This won him a drive for SEAT Sport in a SEAT León TDI at the 2009 European Touring Car Cup. He scored pole position and won the first race, but finished the second race in fifth, meaning he finished third in the overall standings, behind established touring car drivers James Thompson and Franz Engstler.

2010-2017: World Touring Car Championship (WTCC)

Michelisz competing in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship.

In 2010 he completed his first full season with SEAT León TDI in Zengő-Dension Team. He gained his first podium at Okayama in Race 1 after disqualification of Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus. Last race of the season he won his maiden victory in WTCC at Macau. He finished 9th in the championship with 104 points. He won the Rookie Challenge in that year.

In 2011 he switched to a BMW 320 TC with his Zengő-Dension Team. He scored his only podium finish in the season at Hungaroring. In both races he posted fastest lap. In overall he was 9th again with 88 points.

Michelisz competing in the 2014 World Touring Car Championship

In 2012 he took his first win since the Race of Macau in 2010, and his first win with the BMW. He was victorious in Race 2 of Race of Hungary, in front of his home crowd.

On 18 November 2012, after the last race (Macau) he won the Yokohama Trophy (Independent Championship) with Zengő Motorsport team, achieving the most significant victory in the history of Hungarian motor racing.

Zengő Motorsport switched to Honda for 2013, Michelisz stayed with the Hungarian squad until the end of 2015 – he won twice during this time: in 2013, he took victory at Honda's home track, Suzuka Circuit, two years later, he was a winner again at the Hungaroring.

On 13 January 2016, Honda annonunced Michelisz as factory driver alongside Rob Huff and Tiago Monteiro. [3] The Himesháza-born driver was victourous in Japan for the second time, then he finished fourth in the standings. Next year, he became a championship protagonist, but got defeated by Cyan Racing's Thed Björk in a dramatic final weekend in Qatar.

2018- : World Touring Car Cup

After the 2017 season, WTCC became World Touring Car Cup following the merge with TCR International Series. [4] On 30 January 2018, it was announced that Michelisz would join to BRC Racing Team's Hyundai team as Gabriele Tarquini's team-mate. [5] His only win of the year was clinched at Slovakia Ring, he was fourth in the championship while helping Tarquini to become the first WTCR champion.

In 2019, he continued his career with BRC and Hyundai. [6] After a couple of races, he became a real challenger taking five wins and 10 podium finishes during the season. In a thrilling final at Sepang, he was crowned as champion defeating Münnich Motorsport's and Honda's Esteban Guerrieri. [7]

Racing record

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
2008 SUNRED Racing Development SEAT León TFSI BRA
1
BRA
2
MEX
1
MEX
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
FRA
1
FRA
2
CZE
1
CZE
2
POR
1
POR
2
GBR
1
GBR
2
GER
1
GER
2
EUR
1
EUR
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
JPN
1

Ret
JPN
2

16
MAC
1
MAC
2
NC 0
2009 SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI BRA
1
BRA
2
MEX
1
MEX
2
MAR
1
MAR
2
FRA
1
FRA
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
CZE
1
CZE
2
POR
1
POR
2
GBR
1

Ret
GBR
2

NC
GER
1
GER
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
JPN
1
JPN
2
MAC
1
MAC
2
NC 0
2010 Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León TDI BRA
1

10
BRA
2

9
MAR
1

7
MAR
2

10
ITA
1

19
ITA
2

8
BEL
1

6
BEL
2

7
POR
1

7
POR
2

Ret
GBR
1

9
GBR
2

7
CZE
1

Ret
CZE
2

14
GER
1

8
GER
2

11
ESP
1

11
ESP
2

12
JPN
1

3
JPN
2

7
MAC
1

5
MAC
2

1
9th 104
2011 Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TC BRA
1
BRA
2
BEL
1

7
BEL
2

8
ITA
1

4
ITA
2

7
HUN
1

2
HUN
2

15
CZE
1

8
CZE
2

15
POR
1

8
POR
2

4
GBR
1

NC
GBR
2

12
GER
1

15
GER
2

Ret
ESP
1

7
ESP
2

6
JPN
1

15
JPN
2

9
CHN
1

11
CHN
2

Ret
MAC
1

8
MAC
2

9
9th 88
2012 Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC ITA
1

9
ITA
2

8
ESP
1

7
ESP
2

4
MAR
1

9
MAR
2

Ret
SVK
1

6
SVK
2

6
HUN
1

7
HUN
2

1
AUT
1

9
AUT
2

5
POR
1

4
POR
2

10
BRA
1

9
BRA
2

5
USA
1

3
USA
2

2
JPN
1

13
JPN
2

Ret
CHN
1

15
CHN
2

24
MAC
1

NC
MAC
2

21†
6th 155
2013 Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC ITA
1

8
ITA
2

22
MAR
1

Ret
MAR
2

15†
SVK
1

3
SVK
2

21
HUN
1

2
HUN
2

8
AUT
1

14
AUT
2

3
RUS
1

3
RUS
2

5
POR
1

Ret
POR
2

DNS
ARG
1

7
ARG
2

5
USA
1

20
USA
2

3
JPN
1

1
JPN
2

Ret
CHN
1

10
CHN
2

3
MAC
1

4
MAC
2

Ret
6th 185
2014 Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC MAR
1

9
MAR
2

DNS
FRA
1

7
FRA
2

8
HUN
1

6
HUN
2

10
SVK
1

3
SVK
2

C
AUT
1

9
AUT
2

4
RUS
1

9
RUS
2

7
BEL
1

7
BEL
2

7
ARG
1

2
ARG
2

7
BEI
1

6
BEI
2

5
CHN
1

5
CHN
2

4
JPN
1

4
JPN
2

3
MAC
1

2
MAC
2

4
4th 201
2015 Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC ARG
1

6
ARG
2

7
MAR
1

8
MAR
2

11
HUN
1

8
HUN
2

1
GER
1

4
GER
2

Ret
RUS
1

7
RUS
2

3
SVK
1

Ret
SVK
2

8
FRA
1

6
FRA
2

2
POR
1

3
POR
2

4
JPN
1

2
JPN
2

14†
CHN
1

6
CHN
2

11
THA
1

Ret
THA
2

12
QAT
1

7
QAT
2

3
6th 193
2016 Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC FRA
1

3
FRA
2

3
SVK
1

6
SVK
2

4
HUN
1

DNS
HUN
2

10
MAR
1

DSQ
MAR
2

DSQ
GER
1

3
GER
2

2
RUS
1

10
RUS
2

3
POR
1

8
POR
2

3
ARG
1

6
ARG
2

8
JPN
1

1
JPN
2

8
CHN
1

2
CHN
2

11
QAT
1

5
QAT
2

4
4th 213
2017 Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC MAR
1

5
MAR
2

2
ITA
1

NC
ITA
2

6
HUN
1

NC
HUN
2

4
GER
1

7
GER
2

2
POR
1

7
POR
2

1
ARG
1

14
ARG
2

1
CHN
1

DSQ
CHN
2

DSQ
JPN
1

7
JPN
2

1
MAC
1

5
MAC
2

2
QAT
1

9
QAT
2

8
2nd 255

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.


Complete International Superstars 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 DC Points
2012 Scuderia Giudici BMW M3 (E92) MNZ
1
MNZ
2
IMO
1
IMO
2
DON
1
DON
2
MUG
1
MUG
2
HUN
1

3
HUN
2

Ret
SPA
1
SPA
2
VAL
1
VAL
2
PER
1
PER
2
25th 14

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 DC Points
2017 M1RA Honda Civic Type R TCR RIM
1
RIM
2
BHR
1
BHR
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
SAL
1
SAL
2
HUN
1

2
HUN
2

6
OSC
1
OSC
2
CHA
1

1
CHA
2

22†
ZHE
1
ZHE
2
DUB
1
DUB
2
14th 59

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 BRC Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR MAR
1

Ret
MAR
2

7
MAR
3

5
HUN
1

3
HUN
2

6
HUN
3

2
GER
1

4
GER
2

5
GER
3

Ret
NED
1

Ret
NED
2

23
NED
3

22†
POR
1

Ret
POR
2

5
POR
3

3
SVK
1

23†
SVK
2

6
SVK
3

1
CHN
1

Ret
CHN
2

11
CHN
3

5
WUH
1

Ret
WUH
2

14
WUH
3

14
JPN
1

11
JPN
2

3
JPN
3

9
MAC
1

5
MAC
2

Ret
MAC
3

3
4th 246
2019 BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai i30 N TCR MAR
1

11
MAR
2

12
MAR
3

8
HUN
1

10
HUN
2

Ret
HUN
3

2
SVK
1

3
SVK
2

6
SVK
3

2
NED
1

Ret
NED
2

8
NED
3

3
GER
1

1
GER
2

7
GER
3

Ret
POR
1

1
POR
2

Ret
POR
3

9
CHN
1

4
CHN
2

1
CHN
3

Ret
JPN
1

13
JPN
2

1
JPN
3

8
MAC
1

2
MAC
2

10
MAC
3

12
MAL
1

1
MAL
2

8
MAL
3

4
1st 372
2020 BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Squadra Corse Hyundai i30 N TCR BEL
1

11
BEL
2

8
GER
1

DNP
GER
2

DNP
SVK
1

10
SVK
2

6
SVK
3

10
HUN
1

21
HUN
2

5
HUN
3

10
ESP
1

6
ESP
2

15
ESP
3

16
ARA
1

16
ARA
2

5
ARA
3

7
13th 93

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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
2018 M1RA Hyundai i30 N TCR LEC
1
LEC
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
ASS
1
ASS
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
CAT
1

3
CAT
2

4
16th 28

References

  1. "About Me". Norbert Michelisz official website.
  2. Career Archived 2008-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, fiawtcc.com; accessed 29 June 2015.
  3. "Honda Racing announces refreshed factory World Touring Car Championship team for 2016 | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  4. "WTCC change to TCR regulations approved by FIA". Speedcafe. 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  5. Cozens, Jack. "WTCR: Norbert Michelisz joins Garbiele Tarquini in BRC Hyundai". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  6. "Hyundai confirm Tarquini, Michelisz, Catsburg and Farfus for 2019". TouringCarTimes. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  7. Cozens, Jack. "Michelisz seals 2019 WTCR title as rival Guerrieri hits trouble". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Oscar Nogués
SEAT León Eurocup
Champion

2009
Succeeded by
Gábor Wéber
Preceded by
Kristian Poulsen
World Touring Car Championship
Independents' Trophy winner

2012
Succeeded by
James Nash
Preceded by
Franz Engstler
World Touring Car Championship
Independents' Trophy winner

2015
Succeeded by
Mehdi Bennani
Preceded by
Gabriele Tarquini
World Touring Car Cup
Champion

2019
Succeeded by
Yann Ehrlacher
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