Jean-Karl Vernay and Hyundai Motorsport N turned disaster into delight by winning Time Trial B for PURE ETCR’s Race SP and securing pole position for Sunday’s DHL SuperFinal B. The Frenchman had not even taken part in Round 2 earlier in the day after suffering a driveshaft failure before leaving the pits. But super-quick work…
John Filippi stormed to his maiden PURE ETCR Battle win as the Pool B competitors began their Race SP campaigns with Round 1 on Friday afternoon at MotorLand Aragón. There was also a victory for CUPRA X Zengo Motorsport’s Mattias Ekström, who repeated his opening-round success from Vallelunga, just as Mikel Azcona had done earlier.…
Hyundai Motorsport N enjoyed a sensational slice of luck in The Draw for PURE ETCR Race SP at MotorLand Aragón on Thursday night as all four of its drivers secured the inside starting spot for the opening round of Battles. Tom Chilton, Augusto Farfus, Jean-Karl Vernay and John Filippi were all drawn in what is…
Mattias Ekström ended the opening day of PURE ETCR’s Race IT at Autodromo Vallelunga at the head of Pool B thanks to a pair of impressive victories aboard his CUPRA e-Racer. The crucial Battle came in Round 2 as Zengo Motorsport X CUPRA driver Ekström faced off against Romeo Ferraris – M1RA racer Luca Filippi;…
Mattias Ekström made history at Vallelunga by topping PURE ETCR’s first official free practice session ahead of this weekend’s RACE IT. The Swede topped the timesheets in his CUPRA e-Racer, which is run by Zengo Motorsport X CUPRA. His time of 1m21.743s, which was set with seven minutes to go, was just 0.100s faster than…
A new era of motorsport gets underway this weekend (June 18-20) as the world’s first all-electric multi-brand touring car series, PURE ETCR stages its inaugural event. The Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi is the venue, with some of the world’s finest touring car drivers piloting the most powerful touring cars ever built and evoking the spirit…
Hyundai Motorsport’s Jean-Karl Vernay believes that running dual-programmes in PURE ETCR and the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup this year could be a blessing in disguise as he targets title success. The Frenchman was recently confirmed as one of four drivers of the Hyundai Veloster N ETCR in the world’s first all-electric, multi-brand…
Hyundai Motorsport has today named an all-star, four-driver line-up to contest the world’s first all-electric, multi-brand touring car series, PURE ETCR, this year. Augusto Farfus, Jean-Karl Vernay, Tom Chilton and John Filippi, who can boast 11 championship titles and more than 50 major touring car victories between them, will drive the brand-new Hyundai Veloster N…
Romeo Ferraris have praised new signing Jean-Karl Vernay for the way he’s embedded himself within the team during the development phase of the Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR that will compete in PURE ETCR. Vernay was recently announced as the first PURE ETCR driver for the Italian constructor’s programme, which is in addition to the race…
Global touring car star Jean-Karl Vernay will race the brand-new Romeo Ferraris-built Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR in PURE ETCR. The 32-year old from Villeurbanne, France, is the third major touring car champion to confirm participation in PURE ETCR following the news earlier this year of Mattias Ekström and Jordi Gené as CUPRA Racing’s line-up. Vernay’s…