Hyundai Motorsport herald vast FIA ETCR improvement in Hungary

After a competitive weekend at the Hungaroring for the second round of the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup Hyundai Motorsport was able to reflect on its strongest showing in the 2022 season and as vast improvement at a circuit where it struggled with speed in the inaugural PURE ETCR season less than 12 months ago. After setting competitive times in Qualifying, both Mikel Azcona and Kevin Ceccon secured positions in Pool FAST’s Quarter Final 1. Azcona was able to successfully overtake the CUPRA of Mattias Ekström, but lost the victory in the final two corners of the Quarter Final after a small mistake.

Ad/> FIA ETCRPool FURIOUS Semi Finals sees Spengler and Blomqvist race to victoryYESTERDAY AT 09:18 Mikel came back fighting in Sunday’s Semi Final, making a great start to battle with Ekström once more. After going door-to-door for two laps, he then had to see off another challenge claiming victory, which secured him pole position for the Super Final. The Spaniard’s promising weekend ended in bitter disappointment, after a bad start saw him fall down the order to fifth.

He could only recover to fourth by the chequered flag, but moved up to third in the overall driver’s standings. “It’s been a positive weekend at the Race HU,” said Mikel, who heads to his come event in Jarama this coming weekend. “Compared to last year, the performance of the Hyundai Veloster N ETCR is greatly improved at this circuit and we have been able to fight for the top positions.

This is incredibly positive as we head to Jarama. “Qualifying was very good for us, we were close to getting pole position but I was disappointed I lost some time with a mistake on one of my laps. There were some intense battles in the Quarter Final and it was fantastic to