Torquing Point: Max on top, double disaster for Ferrari
Your latest episode of Torquing Point has arrived, as the team take a look through the goings on in Baku – as well as look ahead to Formula 1’s long-awaited return to Montreal at the weekend.
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Berthon underlines WTCR ambitions with Hungary podium
Nathanaël Berthon secured the podium finish he lost out on in Pau with a push for second place at WTCR Race of Hungary resulting in third position in Race 1. The Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport ace had trailed leader Mikel Azcona for much of the opening WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup contest at the Hungaroring yesterday but couldn’t quite hold on to the runner-up spot, taking third instead behind King of WTCR Yann Ehrlacher. Ad/> “It was a tough race,” the flying Frenchman said afterwards.
Three tales from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix
BAKU: Three storylines from Sunday's (Jun 12) Azerbaijan Grand Prix:
Hungary WTCR podium is joy after despair for Huff
Rob Huff said his push for the Race 2 win at WTCR Race of Hungary yesterday helped to make up for the error that cost him and his Zengő Motorsport team a shot at victory in the corresponding fixture last season. Huff qualified on pole position when the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup visited the Hungaroring last August only for damage sustained when he nudged a tyre stack in Race 1 preventing him from lining up on the grid for Race 2.
Race report: High heat, high intensity as Azcona and Urrutia win epic after epic WTCR action in
Mikel Azcona emerged from a sun-baked Hungaroring as the WTCR − FIA Touring Car World Cup’s new Goodyear #FollowTheLeader after he claimed his second win of the season in fine style for BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse. Driving a Hyundai Elantra N TCR, the 25-year-old from Spain produced a faultless drive from pole position to win Race 1 and move ahead of ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport’s Néstor Girolami at the top of the provisional WTCR standings.
Wry-smiling Horner labels Vettel’s Aston a ‘good car’
Having spent five years together at Red Bull, four of which Vettel won the World Championship, the relationship between Horner and the now Aston Martin driver has never soured.
Hamilton ‘prayed for the race to end’ in Baku
A suffering Lewis Hamilton was desperate for the race to end as his Mercedes W13 bounced away at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
WTCR Race 2 flash: Urrutia fends off Huff’s challenge
Santiago Urrutia fought off Rob Huff to win the partially reversed-grid Race 2 at WTCR Race of Hungary as the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup completed an action-packed weekend at the Hungaroring. Cyan Performance Lynk & Co’s Urrutia started from pole position, held off Huff’s Zengő Motorsport Cupra Leon Competición at the start, then survived a safety car restart to win.