SEAT Leon, second in the European Touring Car Cup The annual meeting of the European Touring Car Cup was held this weekend at Austria’s Salzburgring track, where Spanish driver Oscar Nogués clinched second place at the wheel of a SEAT Leon

Oscar was oparticipating at this event in recognition of winning the SEAT León Eurocup, Nogués stepped onto the podium after both races, with a third place in the first race and the victory in the second.
 
However, the weekend started with difficulties  on Saturday, after a driving error in the qualifying session forced Oscar to start from a dismal seventh place. The start of the first race was spectacular, as Nogués drove away unscathed from a multiple-car incident in the first chicane in fourth position, moving up to a coveted third, which he managed to maintain until the end of the race despite the other drivers’ best efforts on this fast Austrian track. The first podium was a reward for a very intelligent race.
 
He also demonstrated his driving experience in the second race, dodging another incident and staying in second position after the initial curves. He then moved up to first place right up to the finish followed by Denmark’s Michel Nykjaer, who won the European Cup last year with SEAT. Nykjaer’s second place win was enough to proclaim him the champion. Nogués’ results are significant because they reflect his driving skills at the SEAT León Eurocup, and also because he was up against other veteran drivers like Sweden’s Engstrom and Nykjaer himself.
 
Oscar Nogués: “I’m very grateful to my team and also to SEAT for all the work they’ve done, because if I hadn’t won the SEAT León Eurocup I wouldn’t have had this special chance. I’m very satisfied with how the weekend went despite the problems we had in yesterday’s training sessions, and I’m happy with my second place win in the European Touring Car Cup.”
 
Standings
 
First race: 1. Nykjaer (Chevrolet) 2. Goransson (BMW) 3. Nogués (SEAT) 4. Poulsen (BMW) 5. Campanico (BMW)

Second race: 1. Nogués (SEAT) 2. Nykjaer (Chevrolet) 3. Goransson (BMW) 4. Engstler (BMW) 5. Engstrom (Honda)
 
European Championship
1. M. Nykjaer (Denmark). 2. O. Nogués (Spain). 3. R. Goransson (Sweden). 4. C. Campanico (Portugal) 5. J. Reno (Denmark)