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The team has had its best season in TCR Eastern Europe, winning team competition and fi nishing third in drivers standings, thanks to carol Wittke. Petr cizek was eighth. The Team also celebrated it´s fi rst podium fi nishes and winnings.

What led to such a signifi cant improvement this season?

i think this is a logical outcome of several factors. The cornerstone of this positive mosaic was the fact that both boys had been driving a new Cupra since the fi rst race weekend. Despite the conceptual problems on the differential from the beginning of the season, we fi nally managed to catch up. During several tests, we were able to work with the new technology more easily, so that in October we managed to be equal with even the best teams in the WTCR championship. in this context, it is necessary to pay tribute to the whole team, especially to our engineer, Pavel Gellner. i personally tested various settings countless times during the season, the cooperation with Pavel was excellent. We found the right setting together very quickly. The boys then slightly adjusted the car setup to their style and then it was just a matter of being focused, not making mistakes and showing their speed during the race weekends. it was very nice to watch them improving from weekend to weekend...

You had the best race weekend at the end of the season in Brno, where carol Wittke started from pole-position, won both races and Petr cizek added a third place. Were you surprised by such a signifi cant success on this track?

yes, i agree, Brno was great for us. There are actually several reasons. We added a kind of “Brno know-how”, and then a we were lucky with favourable constellation in the form of BoP and cW. However, a specifi c car setup is defi nitely a fundamental prerequisite for success in Brno. i personally have been watching this for several seasons. There are mostly motorbikes races in Brno, the asphalt is already “old” and so it is very diffi cult to fi nd a setup that will “give” the car at least some grip. There is nothing worse than when at the slightest acceleration, your car loses traction. Whoever can cleverly minimize such car behaviour, wins. And i’m very proud of my team, because this year we were the smart ones.

Both of your drivers started with the new cupra Leon competicion Tcr cars in 2021. Year before that, Petr cizek had problems with the car. However you speeded up signifi cantly in 2021, so what has changed in the preparation?

As i mentioned at the beginning. Our technical issues were largely affected by the manufacturer’s problems, is conceptual defects, specifi cally on the differential. There were times when we doubted we would ever see the light at the end of the tunnel. But we found a solution in Cupra racing so we could start testing and working on the settings.

What are your plans for next season preparation?

i would like to logically follow up on the end of the 2021 season. At the moment, it looks like we will continue with same drivers in the TCR Eastern Europe Championship. There might be also separate starts somewhere else, but we have not fi nally agreed on that yet.