AVIS 2026 Turkish Circuit Racing Championship Round 3 / TOSFED Istanbul Park

The Victory Cup Races, the third round of the AVIS 2026 Turkish Circuit Racing Championship, were held at TOSFED Istanbul Park on 29-30 August. The races, which provided breathtaking battles in front of around 12,000 ticket-holding spectators, were accompanied by TOSFED Track Faest, in which drivers took to the track in their own cars.

In a weekend in which 22 drivers took the wheel in the Maxi and Super classes, Orçun İnce was the driver who won both races in the Super class. Recep Çelikkanat finished second in the first race and third in the second, while Sadi Angılcı took to the podium with third in the first race and second in the second.

In the Maxi class, where there was a fierce fight from start to finish, the podium in the first race was Berk Kalpaklıoğlu first, Oğuz Marangoz second and Sevde Zehra Yıldırım third. In the second race, Seda Kaçan Bakan was first, Galip Atar second, and Oğuz Marangoz, the 16-year-old young driver who ended his first circuit experience with a double podium, was third. Texaco Team AMS won the teams' title in both races, while in the women's category the winners were Sevde Zehra Yıldırım in the first race and Seda Kaçan Bakan in the second. Orçun İnce in the Super class, and Berk Kalpaklıoğlu and Seda Kaçan Bakan in the Maxi class, who set the fastest lap times, became the recipients of the 30 August special awards.

At the ceremony held at the end of the day, the awards were presented to the leading drivers and teams by Mücahit Arslan, Ankara MP in the 25th, 26th and 27th terms of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM), and TOSFED President Eren Üçlertoprağı.

Video: Official YouTube channel of the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED)