CUPRA EKS Hungry for more FIA ETCR success in Budapest

CUPRA EKS aims to continue its great start to the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup when the second round of the 2022 season takes place in Budapest with Race HU this weekend. Mattias Ekström leads the drivers’ standings after being crowned King of the Weekend at the season-opening Infinite Reality Race FR last month, with the 2021 ETCR winner taking glory in his Pool FURIOUS Quarter Final, Semi Final and DHL Super Final races in the CUPRA e-Racer to outscore the opposition.

Ad/> It was a sensational season opener in France, meaning that CUPRA sits on top of the manufacturers’ table as the team heads to the FIA ETCR Race HU, with Ekström top, Adrien Tambay second and Tom Blomqvist third in the drivers’ standings FIA ETCRFIA ETCR to showcase Next Generation Festival at Circuito de Madrid Jarama-RACEYESTERDAY AT 09:20 Whilst Ekström enjoys a lead coming into the event, the Swede is well aware of the different complexion of the next event. “Budapest will be a very different race compared to Pau, as there’s are a lot of fast corners, it’s a relatively wide track so it’s a very different type of driving and set-up needed so the team will have to be on their feet to try to be competitive there,” said Mattias.

“All of our competition and ourselves have tested there and so have we, so please expect a very tight qualifying! Track position on the first lap will, for sure, be key but then also there it’s much easier to overtake with the power-up at Hungaroring so there should be some great battles. “Our rivals showed last year that both of them are very strong in Hungary, so it will be a very interesting weekend.” Team-mate Adrien Tambay, whose famous racing father Patrick won at the French street circuit in the 1970s, lies second in