Tomas Kunc

The quality of the FIA CEZ circuit racing and also the number of entrants keep growing. That was also supported following close cooperation of each FIA CEZ nation’s federation with the ESET Cup and TCR Eastern Europe organisers. And because the Czech Republic has won the Nations Cup this year, we’ve asked Tomas Kunc, the Czech FIA CEZ and the Czech championship ambassador, a couple of things: What do you think is behind the better quality of racing that we see in the FIA CEZ series? I’m glad that the steps that were taken over the past two years have improved the reputation of the FIA CEZ racing. The whole cooperation with Mr. Krenek and the FIA CEZ workgroup on the rules is very important to shape the future of the series. Now, there are some very important processes in place, when it comes to organisers, race officials and participants, so the race weekend run smoothly without any hiccups. What do you think about the TCR category, which has now finished its 2nd season in our series? Personally, I’m a huge fan of touring car racing. This series offers thrilling races, and it follows the great example of the touring car racing from the 90s. The cars look good, there are plenty of manufacturers involved, and they’re not expensive, so young talents are given a chance. There were 18 drivers racing in the Junior category, 6 of them were from the Czech Republic. That’s positive and promising news for the future. Also, the Autoclub of the Czech Republic is working with juniors through its ACCR Czech Talent Team. What are your plans for the future? Working with young talents is one of the pillars of our work. The ACCR Talent Team works across multiple categories. In circuit racing, we’ve got two talented drivers in Michal Makes and Jachym Galas and we want to support them. I believe that the guys are going to do well, and they’ll achieve success in some of the circuit championships. Apart from financial support, we also want to find them more experienced drivers for coaching, so they can fully focus on delivering good results. We’ve got 3-year support plans in place and I hope that we can succeed with the current line-up.