Countdown to WTCR’s High Five with Daniel Nagy

After racing as a wildcard during the first season of the WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup in 2018, Dániel Nagy gets his long-awaited opportunity to race for real in season five of the all-action series. The 24-year-old from Hungary has rejoined Zengő Motorsport, which gave Nagy his FIA World Touring Car Championship break as a teenager in 2016, to drive a Goodyear-equipped CUPRA Leon Competición, starting with WTCR Clean Fuels For All Race of France from May 7-8.

He’ll be in the same team as Rob Huff, the 2012 FIA Word Touring Car Championship winner and has high hopes. Ad/> On getting the good news…“I was waiting for a chance for the last couple of years to drive a full season in WTCR but it never came and when I thought there was not the chance to race this year I decided I would stop trying this year.

Then I got a phone call from a good friend, Zoltán Zengő, asking me if I would join his team and Rob Huff in trying to continue his dream of putting Hungarian engineers and young drivers to the top of the touring car field around the world and I said ‘yes’.” WTCRCountdown to WTCR’s High Five with Gilles MagnusYESTERDAY AT 16:01 On improving and progressing…“I would say I have improved in different areas so my understanding of vehicle dynamics is better, my understanding of how I can be closer to my limits and even expanding them is much better. I think my raw pace is also better.” On having the perfect teacher…“Rob was always really nice to me even when I was a backrunner in WTCC in an old car.

He’s already helping me a lot and it’s a wonderful chance for me to learn from one of the biggest touring car legends. It means a lot to me and hopefully it will help me to continue my learning curve that we started a couple of