The pair of Hyundai Motorsport entered i30 N TCR proved to be the stars of a busy TCR field on their debut at the ADAC Zurich 24-hour race at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. The best of the two entries finished an impressive 35th overall - taking second in the class - proving the performance and reliability of both the car, and the package of options designed specifically for endurance racing.
In doing so they repeated their feat from last month's Qualifying Race, with Peter Terting improving upon his own previous benchmark to lower the class lap record for endurance racing to 8:58.463 and take class pole position for the #831 lineup completed by Andreas Gulden, Nicola Larini and Manuel Lauck.
Moritz Oestreich meanwhile, set the best time around the 25km circuit in the sister #830 entry, and took the race start in the car he shared with Koreans Jae Kyun Kim and Byung Hui Kang, as well as Guido Naumann.
Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing Deputy General Manager Andrea Adamo said, "In our first Nurburgring 24 Hours Hyundai Motorsport has shown the strong performance and reliability of the Hyundai i30 N TCR in one of the toughest events in racing, in some of the most difficult conditions possible. All of the drivers drove brilliantly to make sure that we have the results to celebrate."
"That they were able to make up time during some of the worst of the conditions on Sunday shows the confidence they have in the balance of the car, while the one-two result from the qualifying sessions shows the pace of the all-round package we can deliver to our customers," he added.
"That they were able to make up time during some of the worst of the conditions on Sunday shows the confidence they have in the balance of the car, while the one-two result from the qualifying sessions shows the pace of the all-round package we can deliver to our customers," he added.
