Perfect weekend for Ekström and CUPRA in Jarama

The CUPRA EKS team dominated its home round of the 2022 FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup, winning both the Pool FAST and Pool FURIOUS DHL Super Finals at the Circuito de Madrid Jarama-RACE to extend its lead at the top of the manufacturers’ points table. Mattias Ekström recorded his second perfect score of the season by mastering Pool FURIOUS.

The reigning ETCR champion won his four-lap Quarter Final and Semi Final races from pole and then made a great start from pole in the five-lap DHL Super Final to skilfully maintain his lead on a hard-fought opening lap before faultless driving and expert deployment of the Power Up boost saw him sprint away from the rest of the field to win. Ad/> The accumulative points gathered over the weekend added up to a perfect score of 100, allowing Ekström to retake the lead of the series.

FIA ETCRRomeo Ferraris stays second in standings after JaramaAN HOUR AGO “I had the perfect weekend at Jarama scoring maximum driver points, and for the CUPRA team to finish one-two-three was also very good,” said Ekström. “To do so well on our home track, with a lot of CUPRA friends and guests in attendance, was very important – and the icing on the cake was to see Jordi Gené score his first podium of the season.

It was a very hot race weekend, but I enjoyed everything. I couldn’t be happier right now.” Over in Pool FAST, Adrien Tambay was enjoying another excellent race weekend.

He’d arrived in Jarama leading the drivers’ category, having been crowned King of the Weekend last time out in Hungary. Having already won his DHL SuperFinal races at Pau and the Hungaroring, Tambay made it three SuperFinal wins in a row in Jarama, after he made a magnificent getaway from pole and led the race from start to