Hyundai Team Wins Overall Championship at International Circuit Racing Competition

Mikel Azcona and the BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse team secured overall victories in both the driver and team categories at the 2022 WTCR Saudi Arabia event, held until November 27 (local time), and are taking a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] The team driving the Hyundai Elantra N TCR (domestic name Avante N TCR) won the final victory at an overseas car racing competition, the company announced on the 27th.

At the 2022 World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) held at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Saudi Arabia until this day, Mikel Azcona of the BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse team, competing with the Elantra N TCR, secured the championship by earning 8 points on the first day.

He maintained the top driver position by winning the opening race as well as the 3rd, 4th, and 8th rounds. The BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse team also achieved the overall team victory thanks to the performances of Mikel Azcona and Norbert Michelisz. Previously, in 2018 and 2019, other drivers had won the overall driver championship with the i30N TCR race car.

Hyundai Elantra N TCR (domestic name Avante N TCR) participating in the 2022 WTCR Saudi Arabia race

The WTCR competition is a customer racing event where professional racing teams that purchase race cars participate, rather than manufacturers directly entering. This year marks the first time a customer racing team has won the overall season championship with a Hyundai race car.

Til Vattenberg, Head of Hyundai Motor Company N Brand Management Motorsport Division, said, "We are pleased to have achieved the great feat of both the driver and the customer racing team reaching the top simultaneously in this year's WTCR competition with the Elantra N TCR."

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