Hungaroring replaces Marrakech round
The Hungaroring circuit will host a race of this year's World Touring Car Championship following the cancellation of the Marrakech event
The Marrakech street race - scheduled to take place on 3-5 June - was removed from the calendar after the promoter was unable to commit to an agreement for the organisation of the event.
On Wednesday, the WTCC announced the event will be replaced by the Hungaroring on the same dates.
It will be the first time the WTCC races at the track that host the Formula 1 grand prix.
"We are very happy that the opportunity arose to find a worthy replacement for Marrakech," said championship promoter Marcello Lotti.
"Budapest is the perfect solution: it is a modern and demanding circuit with impressive facilities, brings the championship to a new country in which WTCC has a lot of fans thanks to Norbert Michelisz and also means huge saving in terms of logistics as it lies only 350 km away from Brno that hosts the following event."
Zsolt Gyulay, CEO of the Hungaroring, added: "I am very glad that Hungary was given the chance to stage a WTCC event. This FIA World Championship is the second most popular series after Formula 1.
"For this reason I think that the Hungaroring has added another prestigious international event to its racing calendar and this is also invaluable to Hungary because of the tourism.
"We sincerely hope that the WTCC Race of Hungary will be exciting and interesting for the Hungarian and the foreign fans. It is of high importance to us that Hungarian driver Norbert Michelisz can compete in front of Hungarian audience and at a Hungarian track for the first time in the series' history."
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