Martin withstands the pressure and Catsburg cruises for FURIOUS Quarter Final wins

Maxime Martin withstood battles from a brace of CUPRAs to emerge victorious in Pool FURIOUS Quarter Final one whilst Nicky Catsburg had a far easier time of it in the Pool FURIOUS Quarter Finals in the fifith round of the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup, Race IT, at Vallelunga. Ad/> The first FURIOUS Quarter Final certainly lived up to its pool name as Tom Blomqvist went hard on the Power Up in his CUPRA early on to take the lead from Martin’s Romeo Ferraris Giulia ETCR whilst Mattias Ekström in the second CUPRA provided a robust attack and the CUPRAs tried a tag team matchup against Martin but fell short at the Romeo Ferraris home track.

FIA ETCRAzcona and Michelisz take FAST Quarter Final wins leaving rivals deflated3 HOURS AGO Down to T1 Martin had the better start from pole, and stayed in front for the first lap but could not maintain the advantage as Blomqvist was trigger happy on the Power Up at the start of the second lap and the duo were alongside each other at the double-right turn 4-5 enabling Ekström to wade in with a little bit of bump and grind to assist Tom in his task. Martin emerged unscathed and well aware of his rivals’ tactics to end the day in Pool FURIOUS with a perfect score.

Ekström and Blomqvist both finished the race as well as showing strong pace in the cooler condtions of the later afternoon with steps taken by the team to avoid the tyre issues from the earlier Pool FAST Quarter Finals. The Romeo Ferraris driver kept Ekström behind him whilst ahead the now Power Up spent Blomqvist tried to drive as wide as he could, putting in a robust defence for almost two laps before the inevitable happened and Martin boosted past on the start / finish straight at the start of the penaultimate lap.