The time has come, the season is nearly over, the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup has arrived in Sachsenring for the season finale and teams and drivers are ready to go! What you need to know: Ad Race DE info here FIA ETCRFIA ETCR season-finale set for epic battles in Sachsenring4 HOURS AGO Friday means practice day and all drivers have taken to the short yet undulating track whilst some amongst them were lucky enough to get some press conference action too. Scroll on to hear and read their thoughts ahead of Race DE. First order of the day was the all-important Draw, deciding who will belong to Pool FAST and Pool FURIOUS this weekend and ensuring plenty of exciting head-to-heads for Saturday and Sunday.
Look closely and you might see different car / driver combinations from usual (hint: the manufacturer begins with a ‘C’) Featuring Bruno Spengler, Nicky Catsburg and Mikel Azcona in part one, and Maxime Martin, Mattias Ekström and Adrien Tambay in part two, here is the press conference. That’s not everyone though, let’s hear from the entire field after Day 1 of Race DE; with selected quotes from the FIA ETCR drivers below. CUPRA EKS Mattias Ekström The first lap was very exciting with 500 kilowatts and I managed to have a decent run and then the second run again was again okay.
And we did do laps with 300 kilowatts which was fine. Actually I like the track lot. With the car we have something to fine tune to get his spot on.
So give maximum run for the money for the pool tomorrow morning will be a challenge, but we accept it. Jordi Gené Well difficult conditions as it was very slippery. On the first lap I had a lot of problems with the rear grip and this was a condition for the second attempt.
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