Ekström fastest in Pool FAST Qualifying
CUPRA EKS driver Mattias Ekström claimed top spot in both Pool FAST Qualifying sessions this morning, topping the overall timesheets with a commanding 1:53.442 lap. The Swede set his fastest lap during Qualifying 1, unable to improve in the second session after a slight slide and rising track temperatures. Hyundai Motorsport N’s Mikel Azcona secured […]
Budapest practice thoughts from the FIA ETCR drivers
Practice duties completed for our drivers, marking the start of the second round of the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup at the Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary. Here are their opening thoughts on Day One of the FIA ETCR RACE HU. The pre-event press conference took place earlier today, featuring Mattias Ekström, Luca Filippi, Jean-Karl […]
Champions and winners confirm strength and depth in 2022 FIA ETCR season entry
Thirteen top-class drivers will battle for the inaugural FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup following last week’s confirmation of the final entries before the season entry deadline. The three manufacturers from the world’s first all-electric touring car series in its initial iteration as PURE ETCR will all return, with CUPRA EKS, Hyundai Motorsport N […]
Bruno Spengler joins Romeo Ferraris for FIA ETCR
French-Canadian Bruno Spengler has been announced as the third driver who will contest the 2022 FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup with the Romeo Ferraris squad. Thirty-eight-year-old Spengler, who was born in France, will make his electric motorsport racing debut at the wheel of the Giulia ETCR in Pau in just two weeks’ time, […]
FIA ETCR celebrates Earth Day with renewed commitment
On Earth Day 2022, the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup has announced that it will continue its partnership with EARTHDAY.ORG through The Canopy Project. FIA ETCR, in its previous guise as PURE ETCR, partnered with EARTHDAY.ORG – the global organiser of Earth Day – to promote greater sustainability and highlight the excitement of […]
Michelisz ‘can’t wait’ for FIA ETCR debut
Touring car superstar Norbert Michelisz ‘can’t wait’ to make his FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup debut when the new season for the all-electric racing series begins on the streets of Pau next month. The 2019 WTCR – FIA Touring Car World Cup title winner was one of five drivers announced earlier this week […]
Hyundai Motorsport reveals five-strong driver line-up for 2022 FIA ETCR campaign
Hyundai Motorsport has become the first manufacturer to reveal its driver line-up for the FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup in 2022. Five drivers, including touring car heavyweight Jean-Karl Vernay, will race the Hyundai Veloster N ETCR in the seven-event series – which began last year under the PURE ETCR name and now assumes […]
CUPRA first brand to confirm FIA ETCR entry for 2022 and names EKS as new team partner
CUPRA Racing has formed a brand-new partnership with the ultra-successful EKS team, owned by Mattias Ekström, while also becoming the first brand to confirm its plans for the inaugural FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup this year. Ekström and CUPRA claimed last year’s all-electric touring car crown under its previous guise as PURE ETCR […]
Romeo Ferraris to display Giulia ETCR at European title boxing match
The Giulia ETCR by Romeo Ferraris, which finished second in the FIA eTouring Car World Cup’s former guise as PURE ETCR last year, will being a touch of electricity to the world of boxing next weekend. An example of the car, which took a one-two finish on the streets of Copenhagen with Philipp Eng and […]
TOSFED President targets Turkish TOGG car in FIA ETCR
A Turkish brand would be a great addition to the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup in the future, according to the country’s top motorsport official Eren Üçlertoprağı, President of Turkey’s Motorsport Federation, TOSFED, said during the launch of the inaugural Race TR in Istanbul this week that he hopes to see the nation represented […]