Route to Slovakia Ring, Slovak Republic

The fifth and sixth rounds of the 2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship are hosted this week at the Slovakia Ring, on April 28.

This is the championship’s second visit to this modern racetrack, located nearby the village of Orechová Potôň, 40 km East of Bratislava, that was inaugurated in 2009.

The track layout is a mix of fast and slow parts that perfectly suits touring car racing how it was proved from last year’s WTCC races.

The BMW of Norbert Michelisz set pole position in 2012, but SEAT cars finished 1-2 in Race 1, with Gabriele Tarquini ahead of Aleksei Dudukalo, while Chevrolet responded in Race 2 with Rob Huff winner from Yvan Muller.

Slovak fans flocked to the event – the first World Championship race meeting in the Country. A sell-out crowd of more than 25,000 enjoyed the sunny day and close, incident-packed racing.