Mikel Azcona is in a decisive moment of the season. The Navarrese occupies the first position of the general of the TCR Europe with two races remaining. The CUPRA rider is in an unbeatable position to win the continental championship for the second time. In turn, the good work of Azcona before the summer break has allowed the Spanish rider is within the ‘top 10’ of the WTCR classification, having real options to fight for the title in the second half of the season. However, Mikel has encountered a great setback, the WTCR appointment in Most and the TCR Europe in Barcelona are the same weekend.
Nevertheless, nothing can stop Mikel Azcona and the CUPRA Racing driver is evaluating the option of competing in both events. To this end, the Navarrese would have to make several trips between the Czech Republic and Spain during the weekend in order to fulfill his commitments in both series. The 25-year-old has the option of combining both events from the schedules that are now published for each championship., although he would have to make authentic bobbin lace to be able to pilot the different units of the CUPRA León Competition that he uses in both series.
As the pilot has confirmed to Motor.es, Azcona has the possibility to compete on Friday in Most, doing free practice and classification of WTCR on the Czech track at the cost of not contesting the free practice at TCR Europe. At the end of the day, the Navarrese will travel to Spain to contest the TCR Europe classification on Saturday first thing in the morning, as well as the race of the contest that takes place that same day. His travel marathon will not end there as Mikel will return to Most on Sunday. The The CUPRA driver will be able to compete in both WTCR races at the cost of missing the second round of TCR Europe.