Mato Homola (born 19 July 1994 in Bratislava)[1] is a Slovak professional racing driver and coach. He is a two-time TCR 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 a Hyundai N ambassador for Slovakia in 2019[8] and Orlen 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.
GT and prototype racing
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 team ARC Bratislava he earned a class win at the 12 Hours of Monza (2020)[12] in a Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo, competing in the 24H 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 the TCR 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]
TCR Europe (2019-2022)
From 2019 to 2022, Homola competed in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series. He joined the series in 2019 with the Italian outfit Target 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 to BRC 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.
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 the 3rd 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]
FIA WTCR (2018)
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.
Mato Homola had raced successive seasons in the European Touring Car Cup for Homola Motorsport. He was the runner-up in the championship in both 2013 and 2014 in the S2000 class. In 2015 he made the switch to the Single-makes Trophy where every driver competes with a SEAT León Cup Racer. In 2015 he also made a one-off appearance at the Slovakian round in the WTCC with Campos Racing.[20]
† 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.
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