Disastrous start for Cypriot driver Tziortzis in EuroNascar

Cypriot driver Vladimiros Tziortzis had a disastrous start to the EuroNascar season last weekend.

At the season opener in Valencia, Tziortzis started in 10^th place for Saturday’s race, but fell down the order to 23^rd after crashing at the start, before gathering himself to finish ninth.

In Sunday’s race, he crashed again, this time sustaining enough damage to force a retirement.

Speaking after the end of the race, he said: “luckily this year two races will be removed before the semi-finals in Germany, so the second race in Valencia has already been removed from the calendar.”

He did, however, see the positives in scoring some championship points with his ninth-place finish on Saturday.

On Sunday’s crash, Tziortzis said he had been “nailed” and blamed bad luck for the incident and added “thank God I didn’t hit the wall and just started spinning on the track.”

The weekend had gotten off to a tough start on the Thursday, when his car suffered gearbox issues. As a result, he was only able to take part in three hours of testing.

Tziortzis will next be in action in Rome on May 18.