Hyundai counts on WTCR stars past and present to meet ETCR objectives

Hyundai Motorsport will rely on its WTCR – FIA Word Touring Car Cup stars past and present to achieve its objectives in the FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup season decider at the Sachsenring in Germany this weekend. The team heads to Race DE (September 23-25) with the aim of finishing runner-up in the Manufacturers’ standings and third in the Drivers’ table. Ad And it does so on the back of a hugely successful Race IT weekend at Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi in July when it claimed its first Manufacturer and King of the Weekend titles of the season.

WTCRWTCR Race of Bahrain key timings revealed11 HOURS AGO Mikel Azcona, who also races with Hyundai power in the WTCR and is the current Goodyear #FollowTheLeader, secured a clean sweep of points at the venue close to Rome aboard his Hyundai Veloster N ETCR. The Spaniard remains in contention for a top-three overall finish in ETCR but will be mindful that Romeo Ferraris driver Maxime Martin is only eight points behind in fourth. Azcona’s WTCR and ETCR team-mate Norbert Michelisz will also be in action at the Sachsenring, as will Nicky Catsburg and Jean-Karl Vernay, who won WTCR races with Hyundai power in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

“I want to make sure I finish third in the standings and will defend it hard,” said Azcona. “We have seen that Maxime has been very competitive in the last few weekends and he will be the man we have to beat – and lose as little as possible to. This will be my first time at the Sachsenring; I have been preparing by watching a lot of videos and onboards, as well as testing it out on the simulator.