Gyárfás Oláh: a good year awaits Hungarian car racers internationally

The sports manager told MTI that lovers of the sport will be able to support Hungarian starters at each of the special events organized in Hungary. In the middle of June, at the Hungaroringen, the Hungarian Touring Car World Cup (WTCR) and the European Truck Speed ​​Championship (ETRC) races will be open to several Hungarian riders. . There will also be a Hungarian participant in the field of the Regional Formula European Championship in one of the youth education series in the single-seater shape car category, and this series will visit the Hungaroring in early July. The president of MNASZ hopes that during the deposit program of the Hungarian Grand Prix of Formula 1, which will take place at the end of July, fans will also be able to support Hungarian starters.

"The three-time winner and defending champion Kiss Norbert will start in the colors of the Hungarian Révész Racing Team at the European Championships this season as well, and he will have a clear chance for the championship title as well as the domestic races. In the WTCR we hope We will also be able to push during the season after none of them did very well last year, "said Gyárfás Oláh, adding that in the field of touring cars, Zengő Motorsport will be there on the starting grid with Hungarian and foreign competitors at the wheel.

"Organizing the Rallycross European Championship was our old promise, and it has now come true, although we already have world champions in the field in the person of Krisztián Szabó and Tamás Kárai," the president of MNASZ pointed out, although Szabó had not yet announced that in which series this year it starts, it may even be that it "surprises" the Hungarian fans and starts the European Championship. "If this is the case, you can start as a contender for the World Cup podium and a complex fifth, knowing the track in Nyírád well," he added.

Like Kiss Norbert, Levente Révész, who is also competing in the colors of the Révész Racing Team, will be interested in the field of the Regional Formula European Championship, which will feature cars closer to Formula 3, after this year in the Italian Formula 4 championship. in the colors of Dutch Van Amersfoort Racing, which previously provided opportunities for Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Mick Schumacher, among others.

"After taking a useful Formula 4 school year, Levente has a chance this year with a good team to advance on the road to Formula 3 and prove his skills and knowledge in a high-profile international series with a generally strong field," said Oláh. Gyárfás, who also mentioned that László Tóth, who completed his first season in the Formula 3 championship last year, will hopefully be able to continue his career in the series accompanying the Formula 1 Grand Prix as a deposit program this year as well.

"After last year's successful experience student, László and his management have not yet announced which team he will continue with this year, but we can be confident that we will be able to support him at the Hungaroring this year at the Hungaroring this weekend. races, "said the president of the MNASZ, emphasizing that there is an emerging generation in the field of form - driving, whose members are moving on the road to the top category step by step for the time being.

"We hope that one of them will be the competitor who manages to achieve the coveted goal that only Zsolt Baumgartner has come up with in Hungarian motorsport so far," said Gyárfás Oláh.

(Source: autokalauz.co.hu; MTI | Image: pixabay.com)