Bilal Saygılı Sets New Track Record

Izmir driver Bilal Saygılı, who has competed in the Turkish Circuit Racing Championship for the past three seasons, claimed the first national race win of his career in the season finale and also set a new lap record at Ülkü Park Race Track...

Starting the season in a Porsche 991 GT3, Bilal Saygılı switched to a BMW Z4 GT3 from round three, held at the Serres circuit in Greece. Racing with the support of Saygılı Rulman and Nanchi, Saygılı raised the level of his results with every race in the new car and signed off with a superb season finale.

Saygılı set a time of 52.129 in qualifying to take the new lap record at Izmir Ülkü Park, which also earned pole position for the start of the race. Contested over two races, the Maxi class opener ended with Bilal Saygılı taking the win and his first Turkish Championship victory, before he finished second in the other race, 1.3 seconds behind the winner.

With this result, the Izmir driver ended the Turkish Circuit Racing Championship season as Maxi class runner-up behind İbrahim Okyay, signalling that he will be a much stronger contender in the new season.