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Pure ETCR – Eng and Romeo Ferraris, premieres in Copenhagen

Second and final day on the Copenhagen urban route for the pure ETCR. The Austrian driver (newcomer to Denmark) and the private team Romeo Ferraris achieved their first success in the electric touring championship. This nice surprise does not call into question the position of Mattias Ekström, still at the top of the general classification. 

Published on 08/08/2021 à 17:25

Fabien Gérard

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Pure ETCR – Eng and Romeo Ferraris, premieres in Copenhagen

Eng and Romeo Ferraris first. © Fabien Gérard

Mattias Ekström avait pourtant effectué une partie du travail lors de la superpole disputée tôt ce dimanche matin. Le pilote Cupra signant la pole position du Groupe A en 1’11.042 soit quatre dixième plus rapide que Luca Filippi (Romeo Ferraris) et Oliver Webb à presque une seconde du pilote suédois. La déconvenue était pour Jean Karl Vernay (Hyundai Motorsport) seulement quatrième de son groupe.

In group B, Philipp Eng takes pole position ahead of Jordi Gene (Cupra Racing) in great form. Mikel Azcona only qualified in 5th position.

In the final of group A, Mattias Ekstrom, on his way to a victory that was within his reach, was surprised 500 meters from the finish by a mega-opportunistic Luca Filippi. The Italian steals the victory by passing a mouse hole. Filippi is ahead of Ekström and Jean-Karl Vernay who managed to overtake Oliver Webb very early in the race.

Luca Filippi could have been crowned King of the weekend, without taking into account the perfect copy rendered by Philipp Eng. The Austrian, by winning his final, ahead of the two Cupra Racing drivers Jordi Gené and Mikel Azcona, won the overall standings of the Danish race. The very happy rookie of the day paid a nice tribute to his entire Romeo Ferraris team which became the second entity to win in Pure ETCR (after two Cupra victories at Vallelunga and Aragon).

Rankings. August 7-8. Round 3/5

Super Final A 1: 1. L.Filippi (Giulia ETCR) 6 t. in 07'03″595, 2. M.Ekström (Cupra e-Racer) at 0″1, 3. JK.Vernay (Veloster N ETCR) at 0″6, 4.O.Webb (Giulia ETCR) at 1″ 3, 5. D.Nagy (Cupra e-Racer) at 9″3, 6. J.Filippi (Veloster N ETCR) at 9″4 MT: L.Filippi 1’09″930

Super Final B: 1. P.Eng (Giulia ETCR) 6 t. in 7'07″493, 2. J.Gené (Cupra e-Racer) at 1″9, 3.M. Azcona (Cupra e-Racer) at 2″1. R.Baptista (Giulia ETCR) at 4″3. A Farfus (Veloster N ETCR) at 3″5, NC:T. Chilton (Veloster N ETCR). MT: Eng (Giulia ETCR) 3'7″1

Championships

Drivers: 1. Ekström 210 pts, 2. Vernay 186, 3. Gene 167, 4.Azcona 161, 5. R. Baptista 149, 6. L.Filippi 144, … 10. J Filippi 103

Teams: 1. Zengö Motorsport Cupra 396 pts, 2. Romeo Ferraris 350 pts, 3. Hyundai Motorsport 342 pts

Fabien Gérard

Swiss motor sports knife. I like to talk about the shadow disciplines that deserve to be brought into the light. Touringcar specialist (Supercars, DTM, TCR World Tour, BTCC)

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