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The FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup will be settled this weekend in Sachsenring as the season comes to its conclusion in Saxony, Germany, with four drivers in contention for the Drivers’ title in Race DE. After an exciting first season as an FIA World Cup, with racing taking place in France, Hungary, Spain, Belgium and Italy, four drivers can take the title this weekend, with all three manufacturers represented in the title fight.
It’s been an astounding season in the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup for CUPRA EKS with the squad heading into the season finale with two of their drivers atop the Drivers’ standings with Adrien Tambay leading the charge and Mattias Ekström just 14 points shy of his team-mate. All that remains now is the 2022 ETCR final round at the Sachsenring, a circuit located in the Saxony region of Germany. Like all the racetracks that have hosted a round of the ETCR this year, it will provide a stern technical challenge for the CUPRA EKS team – as the tight and twisty 3.671km track includes a tricky downhill right-hand corner nicknamed The Waterfall.
It’s been a pretty fine first season in the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup for CUPRA EKS and in the build-up to the season finale at Sachsenring the fast and furious foursome share their thoughts on how they experience the thrill of every race. “I’ve been doing this since I was five years old; it’s second nature to me,” says Adrien Tambay. The French driver is one of this year’s additions to the team and is currently at the top of the standings.
CUPRA EKS driver Mattias Ekström entered the first season of the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup as the defending ETCR title winner through his glory in PURE ETCR. The Swedish driver, after the five races held so far this season, is in second place in the drivers’ standings, just 14 points behind team-mate Adrien Tambay. Looking ahead to the rest of the season, Mattias says he will give his all against the tough rivalry he has encountered this year in FIA ETCR, from his own team-mates Tambay and Tom Blomqvist to former team-mate now driving for Hyundai Motorsport N, Mikel Azcona and Romeo Ferraris driver Maxime Martin.
Despite the hot conditions experienced by all at the fifth round of the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup at the Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi the CUPRA EKS squad emerged from the weekend well, even if they did face a few curveballs early on. CUPRA arrived in Italy with a 202-point lead at the top of the manufacturers’ table – and left with a 247-point advantage – but the weekend could well have gone very differently as the squad which dominated so well in the early races faced stern challenges from the conditions and also rival squads Romeo Ferraris and Hyundai Motorsport N.
Mikel Azcona has been crowned King of the Weekend after an extraordinary fifth round of the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup, Race IT, at Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi with continuing searing hot temperatures giving all competitors a stern test in the glorious Regione Lazio. Azcona took his first King of the Weekend win as his Hyundai Motorsport N squad were victorious for their first weekend too as they overtook Romeo Ferraris in the standings after a weekend which promised much for the local squad but ultimately delivered a very different weekend than that expected.
Pool FURIOUS presented a very different DHL Super Final than expected to end the fifth round of the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup, Race IT, in Vallelunga with what looked like being a certain win for Hyundai Motorsport N driver Nicky Catsburg turning into a victory for CUPRA EKS driver Mattias Ekström. It was already a very different and depleted grid after Romeo Ferraris withdrew their cars following Bruno Spengler’s earlier accident in the earlier Pool FAST DHL Super Final meaning Maxime Martin was unable to continue his fine run of form from pole position and Giovanni Venturini would not have the chance to put in a fine performance to end his weekend either.
Maxime Martin withstood battles from a brace of CUPRAs to emerge victorious in Pool FURIOUS Quarter Final one whilst Nicky Catsburg had a far easier time of it in the Pool FURIOUS Quarter Finals in the fifith round of the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup, Race IT, at Vallelunga. Ad/> The first FURIOUS Quarter Final certainly lived up to its pool name as Tom Blomqvist went hard on the Power Up in his CUPRA early on to take the lead from Martin’s Romeo Ferraris Giulia ETCR whilst Mattias Ekström in the second CUPRA provided a robust attack and the CUPRAs tried a tag team matchup against Martin but fell short at the Romeo Ferraris home track.