【June 26, Spain】The 2022 WTCR Touring Car World Cup in Spain ended at the Aragon Circuit from June 25th to June 26th. In the two rounds of fierce confrontation, although Lynk & Co collided many times, Santiago Urushia turned the tide and won the third place in the second round. After the race, Santiago Urushia temporarily ranked third in the drivers’ standings with 93 points, while Jan Ehrache was 1 point behind and ranked fifth in the drivers’ standings with 92 points, and two Lynk & Co. The team finally ranked second and fourth in the team standings with 155 points and 138 points respectively, adding chips for the subsequent competition for the annual team championship.
Revisiting the hometown, strong performance makes the championship team shine in the paddock
The Aragon Circuit in Spain is no stranger to Lynk & Co. It has appeared in the field of WTCR fans for two consecutive seasons in 2020 and 2021, and in the 2020 season, due to the raging epidemic at that time, the event that was originally scheduled to be held in Italy. The official station could not be carried out normally, and the Aragonese circuit in Spain has become a race for the teams to pursue the annual total score. After the race, Jan Ehrache won the driver’s championship with 234 points, and the Lynk & Co team also defended the championship with 429 points, creating a new history of Chinese auto sports. This season, this track continues to appear in the calendar as one of the WTCR’s competition venues, which not only makes the teams revisit the same place again, but also makes the competition between drivers more intense.
In qualifying, Ma Qinghua successfully completed the team’s strategy and won the pole position in the second round, while “uncle and nephew” Ivan Muller and Jan Ehrache both entered the third quarter qualifying. race and gain valuable qualifying points for Lynk & Co. During the race, the teams competed fiercely, with crashes and withdrawals. In the first round of the main race, the competition for the position after the start was extremely fierce. Although Jan Ehlasher had found the right time to grab the second place after the start, due to the influence of the BoP limit, the Lynk & Co car had a long straight tail speed. Dominant, and the disadvantage of chassis ground clearance when cornering, made Xiaoyang unable to push the car to a higher limit, so after defending the rear car for many times, he still left a gap, and finally fell to 6th. In the points area, Ted Björk fought with other team drivers throughout the field, and finally won personal points with tough defense and accurate route judgment. In the second round of the race, Ma Qinghua started from pole position and successfully held his position at Turn 1, but the weighted body made Lynk & Co lost its speed advantage, causing it to collide with the opponent while defending the rear car and lose his position. Another driver of the team, Santiago Urushia, continued his recent excellent competitive state, and seized the opportunity to surpass Ma Qinghua when he was fighting with his opponent in front, and finally won the third place in the second round. Veteran Ivan Muller contributed the most exciting offensive and defensive battle for fans in the second half of the race and finished the race in 10th place.
“Chinese Heart”help“Chinese dream”，Lynk & Co makes five-star red flag shine on the WTCR arena
From Lynk & Co’s first WTCR Touring Car World Cup, creating a miracle and winning the team’s annual championship, to achieving three consecutive championships in the world’s top touring car arena, each campaign is writing a new chapter in China’s auto sports and showing the world Chinese auto brands After coming from the top, the powerful strength that is not afraid of challenges.
For car fans, in the process of achieving three consecutive championships, the only fly in the ointment is that they failed to see the presence of Chinese drivers in the team. Therefore, in the camp of the Lynk & Co team this season, there is a figure that all Chinese fans are looking forward to. This person is Ma Qinghua, one of China’s top drivers.
Chinese drivers represent Chinese brands to compete in the world‘s top touring car arenas, which not only reflects Lynk & Co’s determination to vigorously promote the development of motor sports in China, but also allows national self-confidence and “Chinese heart” to bloom on the world racing arena. Another blank in the field of WTCR Touring Car World Cup. From the first match where the five-star red flag was raised on the podium and then to the Spanish race, Ma Qinghua has continued his excellent competitive state and continued to show strong competitiveness on the field. Not even halfway through the season, “Xiao Ma” has conquered many fans with his excellent grasp of overtaking timing. His delicate control of the 03TCR car, and his stable and strong long-distance performance not only enhanced the competition of Lynk & Co. It has also injected new vitality into the 2022 WTCR Touring Car World Cup. As the season deepens, I believe that the performance of “Little Marco” will get better and better, and it will also bring more surprises and expectations to fans.
Continue to promote the development of China’s auto sports culture，Let performance genes go deep into the soul of the brand
Before the birth of Lynk & Co, there was never a real performance product among Chinese car brands. As the “performance cornerstone” of Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 has been on the market since October 19, 2018 at Fuji Speedway in Japan. It has always been favored by young users. Excellent dynamic performance, sporty body lines and ubiquitous urban contrasting aesthetic design language make this model a unique and highly individual presence in the Chinese automobile consumer market. Since then, in order to strengthen the model system and meet the needs of more market segments, the customized versions of Lynk & Co 03+ and Lynk & Co 03+cyan, which are full of sports and event genes, have come one after another. The best embodiment of technology feeding back for civilian use.
In recent years, while the products of Lynk & Co have continued to be advanced, they have also established a complete motor sports system for motor sports enthusiasts at different stages, laying a solid foundation for the development of motor sports in China with practical actions.
For high-level players and professional drivers, Lynk & Co’s TCR professional racing training system allows them to have the opportunity to dream of high-end events such as TCR China and TCR Asia; for professional drivers, Lynk & Co created the “Lynk & Co Car Challenge” brand event , builds a competitive stage for event participants to constantly challenge and break through themselves; and for beginner motor sports enthusiasts, “Ice and Snow Driving Control Camp”, “Peak Driver Program”, race license training and other Lynk & Co-owned pan-automobiles Sports content has provided more advanced stages for motor sports enthusiasts, and it has also uncovered more potential rookies for Chinese motorsports.
In the future, Lynk & Co will continue to deepen the product performance label, and continue to promote the development of China’s motor sports, in a “two-line parallel” way to let performance genes penetrate into the soul of the brand, so that more consumers and motor sports enthusiasts can “realize their dreams”!
About Lynk & Co
Lynk & Co is a high-end brand under Geely Automobile Group. “Leader” means leading and leading; “Ke” means change and breakthrough.
In October 2016, the Lynk & Co brand was released in Berlin, Germany, and in November 2017, the first model, the Lynk & Co 01, was launched in Ningbo, China.
In the five years since its establishment, Lynk & Co, with the brand spirit of “challenging conventions”, has created a variety of “high-value, high-performance, high-tech” models based on the CMA mid-size vehicle electrification module architecture; the SPA large vehicle electrification module architecture; and the BMA EVO small vehicle architecture. , high safety, high value” products, and quickly formed a three-dimensional product sequence of fuel + new energy, SUV + sedan and performance vehicles.
In the Chinese market, the cumulative sales volume of Lynk & Co has exceeded 700,000 units. In the international market, Lynk & Co has normalized the export of complete vehicles to Europe. The Asia-Pacific plans to make its first stop in Kuwait, which will make Lynk & Co take a more solid step in the global market. With the goal of “continuously changing mobility and making people love travel more”, Lynk & Co is taking a personalized, open and interconnected attitude towards the world stage.