Budapest practice thoughts from the FIA ETCR drivers

Practice duties completed for our drivers, marking the start of the second round of the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup at the Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary. Here are their opening thoughts on Day One of the FIA ETCR RACE HU. The pre-event press conference took place earlier today, featuring Mattias Ekström, Luca Filippi, Jean-Karl Vernay, Adrien Tambay, Giovanni Venturini and Mikel Azcona.

Ad/> Pool FAST vs Pool FURIOUS has been set for the FIA ETCR RACE HU, ahead of tomorrow’s qualifying sessions. FIA ETCRCUPRA EKS Hungry for more FIA ETCR success in BudapestYESTERDAY AT 15:02 CUPRA EKS Mattias Ekström First session here was very good; I felt confident in the car from the first meter and then set-up wise, we will have to fine tune the details to be spot on but we’re starting again on the right foot while still staying humble for the weekend. Jordi Gené  It’s not a bad day, just learning a bit the track, the rhythm and my breaking points.

It was good, especially in low power maps, it was very easy. The car handled very well. And in high power, it was a bit more difficult but nevertheless we are on a good rhythm.

Adrien Tambay  As expected, the temperatures are very high so it’s quite different to Pau. It’s a challenge for everyone to get the car to be well-balanced. So far so good.

We will try to improve it for tomorrow and the most difficult challenge will be to nail a good lap together, to put everything together and do no mistakes. Tom Blomqvist It’s good to be back. Second round, at the Hungaroring which is an awesome track.

It’s super hot out there so it’s hard work, and hard work for the tyres. It’s a constant balancing act to make sure you can extract the full potential from the entire lap. But it’s a