Markus Östreich will be driving the second Opel Astra OPC car run by Campos Racing at the Salzburgring this weekend.
Yesterday the Spanish team has confirmed Fernando Monje at the wheel of its first car following the brilliant podium result achieved at Monza, and today they announced Östreich as Monje’s team-mate for the Austrian event.
Östreich is a very experienced German driver with a solid and successful background in Touring Car competition that dates back to the Eighties when he was BMW factory driver in the European and World Touring Car Championship. He also claimed overall victories in the 24 Hours of Spa and the Nürburgring.
In the latest twenty seasons he switched to Truck Racing, establishing himself as one of the top players in the FIA European Championship, but this year he went back to his roots and snatched a brilliant class victory in the Nürburgring 24 Hours at the wheel of an Opel Astra OPC.
Östreich took part in today’s test session and said: “It was my first time in a TCR car and this Astra is very different from the one we drove in the 24 Hours that is much closer to the production model. This is a proper racing car and I had a good feeling. It’s fun to drive and has good performance. The team is working flat to improve it and I hope I can help them, although I still need to get acquainted with some parameters like the tyres that are crucial to work on the car’s set-up.”