Countdown to WTCR’s High Five with Mikel Azcona

A new Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing recruit for the fifth WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup season in 2022, BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse’s 25-year-old Spaniard Mikel Azcona talks dreams coming true, taking over from a legend and teaming up with a former king prior to going racing in his Goodyear-equipped Hyundai Elantra N TCR. On a dream coming true…“When I was 10 years old I realised I wanted to be a professional driver, to dedicate the rest of my life as a driver because I loved this sport and now, for me, it’s like a dream come true to be a professional driver with a brand like Hyundai. It’s a high-level brand and it’s an incredible opportunity.

I’m really happy with this chance but, at the same time, it’s a big thanks to my family for all the effort they did during my career, supporting me from the first moment. I have the opportunity to win a world title, it’s my goal and I am in the perfect place to try to achieve this.” Ad/> On saying goodbye…“Leaving CUPRA was a difficult thing to do because I was with them for five or six years, working together with a very good relationship. It’s also a Spanish brand and I’m a Spanish driver.

It was a difficult decision but, at the same time, I had to think of myself and my future. Sometimes it is not easy to do changes because you are very comfortable in one place, but I have been working for this opportunity and luckily it came. I felt anxious to leave but I’m very excited to start a new era, to know new people, to improve as a driver and as a person.