Tambay’s take after a week as FIA ETCR King

CUPRA EKS driver Adrien Tambay opens up on his King of the Season title in the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup just one week into his reign. “After the first race in Pau Ville I knew that I could win if we were consistent and didn’t make any mistakes.” Ad FIA ETCRCUPRA clean sweep as it wins the 2022 FIA ETCR Manufacturers’ and Drivers’ titles28/09/2022 AT 12:27 Tambay was already leading the standings going into the final race in Sachsenring for Race DE and took his winning streak right to the finish line.

He won everything he could win in Sachsenring until he had enough points to ensure that no one could take the victory away from him – after the first of two DHL Super Finals – then the Frenchman finished the weekend at the top of the podium in the final FIA ETCR final of 2022. Watch the new King talk about his title Adrien has spent practically his entire life on the racetrack, first following in the footsteps of his father, Formula 1 driver Patrick Tambay, who gave him a lot of valuable advice this season.

“He’s always given me good advice, first as a father, but also as a driver. I started really early, when I was just five years old, and when you’re young you don’t usually pay much attention to what your parents tell you.

But in the end, it’s stayed with me all this time in my head and I see that now I put all his advice into practice every time I get behind the wheel,” said Tambay. This was Tambay’s first season was the CUPRA EKS team and the first time he competed in ETCR.

Despite representing a new generation of drivers, his many years of experience and skill put him on the podium together with his team-mates Mattias Ekström and Tom Blomqvist after the first race in Pau Ville. “To be honest, I always thought I