Azcona ready for more success in FIA ETCR

Changing from the all-conquering CUPRA squad to the Hyundai Motorsport fold for the transition from PURE ETCR to the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup this year, Mikel Azcona is uniquely placed to give his view on the 2022 season. Azcona made history at Vallelunga in 2021 by winning the inaugural PURE ETCR event and was the first two-time ETCR King of the Weekend, finishing in third spot in the overall standings last year.

Ad Currently in third in this year’s standings with one round to go and with a mathematical chance of taking the Drivers’ title, Azcona gives his opinion on his season so far. FIA ETCRDefending the title harder than winning it says Ekström03/08/2022 AT 10:54 How would you rate your 2022 season to date? It’s been a very progressive FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup season, coming from difficult weekends to finish fastest in Vallelunga.

I think I have adapted very well this season to a new car, new team, new manufacturer. At the beginning it wasn’t an easy change and I think we suffered in the first events trying to improve the car in a very short time, but I have to say after the last few rounds, all of us – the team, my team-mates – we are doing a very good job and we are ready for more success.

The good progress and improvement over this year helped us to get our first King of the Weekend crown at the Race IT. What have been the highlights? For me, the highlight has to be Vallelunga.

We won every session from Free Practice to the Super Final, we were the quickest of the weekend – which in the high temperatures wasn’t easy! A few cars were suffering with the tyres but we were the only ones who survived and did a proper set-up on the car that maintained our super-fast pace. This was a very good highlight,