Matějovský Wins Race 1 at Salzburgring Taking Second Place in Overall

Salzburgring, Austria, hosted the fifth and sixth rounds of the FIA ETCC championship season today. The championship has just turned into its second half the Křenek Motorsport team's drivers will enter from the first and second places thanks to today's results. Both of the pilots in their BMW 320sis had put in consistent and narrow-margin performance, so were in with chance of the podium finish after each race. Whereas in Race 1 it was Michal Matějovský who won followed by a Swiss driver, Fischer, and Petr Fulín, who was then classified second in Race 2; the third place went to Michal Matějovský. Taking a win in Race 2 was Christian Fischer from the team Engstler Motorsport, so accumulated the highest number of points in total, the second place went to Michal Matějovský while Petr Fulín earned bronze. Besides that the both pilots of the team Křenek Motorsport enjoyed the points for the best nation in a point-taking competition, The Nations' Cup.

Next racing weekend of the FIA ETCC championship is held over the weekend of 21st-22nd June 2014 on the famous race track of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium where Petr Fulín, having now 59 points, will leave for as the standings winner. Michal Matějovský, 37 points, is taking the second place at the moment, the third place goes to Peter Rikli, Switzerland, who has earned 26 points so far.

Petr Fulín: "What I want to say is that we could have won more today, but on such a fast track with fifty-kg ballast in car it was hard to make it to a better result despite the fastest lap in Race 2. Hopefully, next race in Spa will go along better, the track is completely different and it'll be better to get to grips with this handicap."

Michal Matějovský: "Just a perfect day, first and third places mean a lot for me. Thanks to the points we've notched up today I'm behind Petr, on the second place, which is the aim I've had since the beginning of the weekend. My thanks go to all who have helped me."

Josef Křenek: "Another perfect weekend for us is over. Both drivers were in a fight for victory, so they deserve grateful thanks, so do all team. We've gained a lot of points so reached a good position for next rounds of the championship."