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As far back as late spring, when the first rumblings of Alpine’s plan to place Oscar Piastri at Williams for next year were starting to emerge, the writing seemed to be on the wall for Latifi.
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ETCR: season-finale set for epic battles at Sachsenring

ETCR: season-finale set for epic battles at Sachsenring

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After an exciting first season as an FIA World Cup, with racing taking place in France, Hungary, Spain, Belgium and Italy, four drivers can take the title this weekend, with all three manufacturers represented in the title fight.

CUPRA EKS drivers Adrien Tambay and Mattias Ekström are certainly the favourites to clinch the Drivers’ title with Tambay atop the standings with 435 points to Ekström’s 421. Mattias does have the experience of winning the title in the predecessor PURE ETCR series, but it will be thrilling to see how the battle between the team-mates unfolds.

Next up and on a strong run of form after being crowned King of the Weekend in Vallelunga for Race IT, Hyundai Motorsport N driver Mikel Azcona sits on 368 points heading to his squad’s home event. Finally, Romeo Ferraris driver Maxime Martin is a long shot in fourth place with 360 points, despite the Belgian being denied his chance for DHL Super Finale glory last time out after team-mate Bruno Spengler’s crash took their Giulia ETCR out of action.

Germany provides a perfect backdrop for the season finale. Not only is it a home race for the Germany-based Hyundai Motorsport N squad, who are located just under 400km away in Alzenau, but the region is also a hub of electromobility production.

The Volkswagen Group has two significant electric vehicle production facilities in the region, with the Zwickau factory – which produces amongst other vehicles the CUPRA Born – just 20km away and the showcase Dresden Transparent Factory just under 100km away. Germany is also at the forefront of electric vehicle adoption, with a record of 16% of new car registrations being full electric last month and 28% having a plug-in battery element.

Whilst the Manufacturers’ title is seemingly decided bar the paperwork for CUPRA EKS, dibs on second in the standings are very close with Hyundai Motorsport having the slenderest margins, two points to the good ahead of Romeo Ferraris.

Although currently famed for its position on the MotoGP calendar, the Sachsenring is no stranger to high-powered touring car action with DTM visiting the circuit briefly in 2000-2002. These visits did give Mattias Ekström some experience of the track in 2001-2, and the Swede is in a minority of ETCR drivers to have raced there.

Track action gets underway at the Sachsenring on Saturday 24th September with Pool FAST Qualifying starting at 08:00 local time.

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