Hyundai Motorsport Preview ETCR round 2: Aragón.

Hyundai Motorsport Director of Marketing and PR, Stefan Ph. Henrich said: “We learned a great deal from the first round of PURE ETCR, in which we saw incredibly close racing in every single Round. Our focus heading to Aragón will be on fighting for wins in the Battles and Super Finals and scoring as many points as we can. The team has been working hard to ensure the Hyundai Veloster N ETCR is an incredibly competitive package; we have four strong drivers in Jean-Karl, John, Augusto and Tom, with each of them capable of being crowned King of the Weekend in Spain.”

Jean-Karl Vernay said: “Vallelunga was a good first round for us. Even though we weren’t very lucky with how the Draw went, we scored some important points. Hopefully in Aragón we can start the Round 1 Battle in a better position and try to do the ‘Grand Slam’ and be first in all four Rounds. That’s the target, and I know everybody is super motivated to make sure Hyundai Motorsport is the first champion of PURE ETCR. For me it is going to be challenging weekend on both PURE ETCR and WTCR duties. I will have to adapt very quickly to both cars to be competitive but I am more than ready for it.”

John Filippi said: “Vallelunga was a steep learning curve for everyone and I expected to show better pace, but it was good to bring home important points for myself and the team. I feel ready to take everything I’ve learned and put it into practice in Aragón. Every time I get in the Hyundai Veloster N ETCR my confidence is growing and I think I have found a good rhythm with the car. My target is to win my Battle Rounds and fight for victory in the Super Final.”

Augusto Farfus said: “I’m very much looking forward to Aragón. In Vallelunga we showed strong pace with the Hyundai Veloster N ETCR and I think we can approach this next event with a smile on our faces. I’m loving the challenge of the new championship, the format is completely different to anything I’ve competed in before. We have done a lot of homework after the first PURE ETCR round so I am sure we are going to arrive in Aragón as competitive as ever.”

Tom Chilton said: “I’m hoping to be slightly luckier this weekend in the Draw, which proved to be incredibly influential in my weekend in Vallelunga. I feel I was really able to demonstrate what I could do with the Hyundai Veloster N ETCR in the time trial and Super Final Rounds, but in the Battle Rounds I was disadvantaged by starting on the outside. We all learned a lot from the first event and I look forward to using that experience to fight for wins in Aragón.”