| Mato Homola | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Homola at the 2022 Grand Prix of Slovakia. | |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Born | (1994-07-19)19 July 1994 (age 31) Bratislava, Slovakia |
| GT2 European Series career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | RTR Projects |
| Car number | 89 |
| Former teams | Target Competition,BRC Racing Team,Janik Motorsport |
| Starts | 18 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 10 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 1st in2025 |
Maťo Homola (born 19 July 1994 inBratislava)[1] is aSlovak professionalracing driver and coach. He is a two-timeTCR Eastern Europe Champion (2023,[2] 2024[3]),FIA WTCR race winner[4] (Vila Real, 2018),GT2 European Series race winner[5] with KTM, and 2025 Slovak Hillclimb Champion.[6] Homola is recognized as one of the most successful Slovak circuit racers,[7] with international success across touring car and GT categories. Mato became also aHyundai N ambassador for Slovakia in 2019[8] andOrlen Slovakia ambassador in 2025.[9]
Homola began his motorsport career in karting before progressing to car racing in national and regional touring car competitions. His early performances quickly drew attention, leading to opportunities in European touring car series.
Parallel to his touring car success, Homola expanded into GT and endurance racing. He competed in the GT2 European Series with KTM X-Bow GT2, taking multiple podium finishes and race victories in 2024 and 2025[10] with team RTR Projects.[11]
Earlier, with Slovak teamARC Bratislava he earned a class win at the 12 Hours of Monza (2020)[12] in a Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo, competing in the24H Series.
Homola has also tested and raced a wide range of high-performance machinery, including GT3, GT4, and prototype (LMP3 and LMP2) cars, such as the BMW M4 GT3, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992), Ligier JS P217 (LMP2), and Ginetta LMP3.
In 2023, Homola joined theTCR Eastern Europe championship with the Janík Motorsport team and the Hyundai Elantra N TCR. He collected nine podium finishes including three victories (two of them at his home event at the Slovakia Ring) and clinched the drivers’ title ahead of the final round.
In 2024 he continued in TCR Eastern Europe, defending his title in a tightly contested season. Despite facing strong competition from his teammate Adam Kout, he secured five wins and numerous podiums to retain the championship by just five points.
Throughout both seasons his results contributed not only to driver honours but also helped Janík Motorsport and Hyundai-customer efforts secure team standings, reflecting a consistent high-level performance in the regional TCR category.[13]
From 2019 to 2022, Homola competed in theTCR Europe Touring Car Series. He joined the series in 2019 with the Italian outfitTarget Competition driving a Hyundai i30 N TCR, took pole position at the season-opening Hungaroring and converted it into a win.[14] He recorded additional podium finishes that year and ended the season 8th in the drivers’ standings.
In 2020 he moved toBRC Racing Team still competing in TCR Europe, finishing the championship in 7th place.[15]
Work through the 2021 and 2022 seasons saw Homola continue with Hyundai machinery under the banner of Janík Motorsport, but results proved more challenging: he finished 13th in 2021 and 14th in 2022 in the overall standings.
In November 2019 at the inauguralFIA Motorsport Games held at theAutodromo di Vallelunga near Rome, Homola represented Slovakia in the Touring Car Cup class, driving a Hyundai i30 N TCR for theBRC Racing Team.
He began the weekend strongly by finishing 2nd in the first race, putting him in contention for a medal. In Race 2 he adopted a conservative strategy, finishing 5th and securing the3rd position for Slovakia.[16]
The result marked a significant international achievement in his career and contributed to the profile of Slovak motorsport on the global stage.[17]
Before the end of 2017 season, TCR International Series and FIA WTCC agreed on a mutual collaboration that led to a brand new world championship - FIA WTCR.
Homola, as the only Slovak driver, got into the FIA WTCR starting grid, mainly thanks to the positive relationship with DG Sport Competition. Homola competed in FIA WTCR with brand new Peugeot 308 TCR in Belgian team DG Sport Competition.[18]
Homola placed first on the Vila Real race track in Portugal. During the whole race, he was fighting with 3-time BTCC Champion, Gordon Shedden, and 4-time World Champion, Yvan Muller on Hyundai i30 N TCR. Both of them couldn't pass Homola and he finished in 1st place.[19]
Homola finished the FIA WTCR season in 18th place.
After having successfully finished on 5th position in 2016 inTCR International Series withB3 Racing Team Hungary, Mato Homola has switched toDG Sport Competition and Opel Astra OPC TCR.
Mato Homola had raced successive seasons in theEuropean Touring Car Cup for Homola Motorsport. He was the runner-up in the championship in both2013 and2014 in theS2000 class. In2015 he made the switch to the Single-makes Trophy where every driver competes with aSEAT León Cup Racer. In 2015 he also made a one-off appearance at theSlovakian round in theWTCC withCampos Racing.[20]
† As Homola was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Campos Racing | ChevroletRMLCruze TC1 | ARG 1 | ARG 2 | MAR 1 | MAR 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | GER 1 | GER 2 | RUS 1 | RUS 2 | SVK 1 13 | SVK 2 15 | FRA 1 | FRA 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | JPN 1 | JPN 2 | CHN 1 | CHN 2 | THA 1 | THA 2 | QAT 1 | QAT 2 | NC | 0 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | B3 Racing Team Hungary | SEAT León TCR | BHR 1 8 | BHR 2 11 | EST 1 4 | EST 2 8 | SPA 1 4 | SPA 2 4 | IMO 1 5 | IMO 2 2 | SAL 1 3 | SAL 2 5 | OSC 1 1 | OSC 2 5 | SOC 1 9 | SOC 2 9 | CHA 1 Ret | CHA 2 10 | MRN 1 4 | MRN 2 5 | SEP 1 10 | SEP 2 16 | MAC 1 Ret | MAC 2 DNS | 5th | 175 |
| 2017 | DG Sport Compétition | Opel Astra TCR | RIM 1 11 | RIM 2 Ret | BHR 1 13 | BHR 2 13 | SPA 1 24 | SPA 2 Ret | MNZ 1 7 | MNZ 2 6 | SAL 1 2 | SAL 2 10 | HUN 1 10 | HUN 2 12 | OSC 1 7 | OSC 2 2 | CHA 1 22† | CHA 2 9 | ZHE 1 Ret | ZHE 2 Ret | DUB 1 8 | DUB 2 Ret | 11th | 80 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 | DG Sport Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | MAR 1 Ret | MAR 2 12 | MAR 3 13 | HUN 1 20 | HUN 2 NC | HUN 3 20 | GER 1 14 | GER 2 14 | GER 3 16 | NED 1 18 | NED 2 18 | NED 3 16 | POR 1 12 | POR 2 1 | POR 3 5 | SVK 1 14 | SVK 2 16 | SVK 3 11 | CHN 1 17 | CHN 2 16 | CHN 3 18 | WUH 1 Ret | WUH 2 Ret | WUH 3 Ret | JPN 1 7 | JPN 2 20 | JPN 3 15 | MAC 1 10 | MAC 2 17 | MAC 3 12 | 18th | 48 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Autodis Racing by Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | HUN 1 1 | HUN 2 11 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 Ret | SPA 1 7 | SPA 2 2 | RBR 1 9 | RBR 2 6 | OSC 1 6 | OSC 2 Ret | CAT 1 13 | CAT 2 16 | MNZ 1 5 | MNZ 2 14 | 8th | 194 |
| 2020 | BRC Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | LEC 1 8 | LEC 2 12 | ZOL 1 32 | ZOL 2 8 | MNZ 1 17† | MNZ 2 3 | CAT 1 41 | CAT 2 20 | SPA 1 1510 | SPA 2 12 | JAR 1 33 | JAR 2 11 | 7th | 204 | ||
| 2021 | Janík Motorsport | Hyundai i30 N TCR | SVK 1 DNS | SVK 2 12 | LEC 1 11 | LEC 2 9 | ZAN 1 13 | ZAN 2 11 | SPA 1 14 | SPA 2 2 | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 Ret | MNZ 1 6 | MNZ 2 1 | CAT 1 13 | CAT 2 7 | 13th | 186 |
| 2022 | Janík Motorsport | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | ALG 1 12 | ALG 2 18 | LEC 1 18 | LEC 2 18 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 2 | NOR 1 6 | NOR 2 9 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 C | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 14th | 79 |
| 2024 | Janík Motorsport | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | SAL 1 | SAL 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | BRN 1 3 | BRN 2 11 | CRT 1 | CRT 2 | NC‡ | 0‡ |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.‡ As Homola was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.