The launch of the serial Lada Vesta was scheduled for September 25. But the prototype based on it for the world series of circuit races is already driving around the tracks with might and main. We went to the WTCC stage in Morocco to get to know the racing Vesta better …
Qualifications are ahead. Team leader Viktor Shapovalov and racing engineers are noticeably nervous, so they are not very talkative. And I don’t want to distract them, because they are busy preparing for the races. But the team's mechanics (by the way, all our compatriots) are much more sociable.
Already in pre-season tests, Vesta was no slower than the racing Granta, which was being refined throughout the last season. So the team is counting on better results than last year.
Robert Huff managed to earn points in three out of four races. But for Vesta this is the debut season, and the car has not yet been "run in".
Work on the car continues. The season has just begun, and racers and engineers are still looking for the optimal settings.
The damage to Robert Huff's car was very serious. It is not far from replacing the floor here, or maybe the whole body …
At the stage in Morocco, the car of Mikhail Kozlovsky lost the front empennage, and also received damage to the engine and suspensions.
Big season
Lada Sport still managed to earn the first points thanks to the professional actions of James Thompson. Moreover, after just a couple of weeks, the athletes performed confidently in Hungary and Germany. Moreover, Robert Huff earned points even at the most difficult stage of the championship - the legendary North Loop. Of course, we cannot yet rejoice at the resounding success, but the season has just begun. And this is a race. And everything is possible in them!
