The series promoted by Mauricio Slaviero brought up its level during its second season. On the eve of the 2025 championship, uncertainty loomed over who might get their hands on the title. However, the reigning champions were immediately the ones to look out for. In 2017, Eric Scalvini came close to winning the DSG title in TCR Italy, while Salvatore Tavano claimed three national titles between 2018 and 2020 in the overall standings – moreover, at the wheel of a Cupra. The experience that both drivers had already on track was the perfect starting point for Wimmer Werk Motorsport. The Austrian team debuted in the TCR European Endurance series with two cars: one in the DSG class, the other with a sequential gearbox to hunt for the overall championship with Tavano and Scalvini.
The first race wasn’t the best, despite their pace being promising and up to the standards. In Mugello, the #6 car of Tavano and Scalvini was forced to retire due to a technical issue while it was battling for the first win. More technical problems arrived at the Slovakiaring as well, where rain became another factor to handle, even if it ended up being helpful for the Italian pair, as they took the win of Stage 2. However, the delay accumulated in Stage 1 prevented the Wimmer Werk Motorsport car — which, in the meantime, topped the Slovak round with Senna Summerbell — from finishing higher than 6th overall. The points lost there could have been sacred for the championship standings, but as the calendar brought back the series to Italy everything changed. In Vallelunga, the Gen 2 Cupra Leon Competicion was too fast for everyone to catch, as Tavano and Scalvini even collected their first seasonal pole position. They completed the weekend by winning both stages and bringing home the highest score of points.
Before the final round at the Misano World Circuit, named after Marco Simoncelli, Eric Scalvini and Salvatore Tavano were third in the championship standings. Just like in Vallelunga, they proved to be the pair to beat even in the last qualifying session of the season, claiming the second consecutive pole position. By winning Stage 1 they topped the standings and – thanks to the second place finish in Stage 2 – they were able to conquer the overall title. A return to success for Salvatore Tavano, who had already claimed wins at international levels with the victory of Puebla’s WTCC round in 2006. For Eric Scalvini, this marks his first triumph, coming off an experience driving GT4 cars in Europe and in the German series.
