Defari has to fit the specification of the new car

ROCKOMOTIF, Bogor – Jakarta Ban Motorsport driver Defari officially moved from ETCC 2000 championship to ETCC 3000 in 2023 racing season.

With the condition of the machine which is certainly more powerful, he obviously has to adapt to be able to tame it car racing THE. The reason is that the built-in power and specs certainly have a significant difference.

When you talk to ROCKMOTIVE On the sidelines of Sunday evening’s Indonesia Sentul Series of Motorsport (ISSOM) event (5/3/2023), Defari admitted that there were several adjustments to be made.

“Adjustment is difficult, so ETCC 2000 y ETC 3000 since usual gas is already pol, this is still gas saving”, he opened briefly.

Due to the difference in driving the 2000 and 3000 ETCC cars, Defari also felt he needed to be more confident. The reason is that the feeling created by driving ‘little monsters’ on the track needs to be calculated more carefully.

“After going to concerts, you need to be more confident, because I can also feel my mentality from 2000 to 3000 cars, and who has never practiced, then when QTT was told to use car 3000, shocked them too,” he added.

Even if it is still too early to know the character of the car he is driving, the preparation of a strategy linked to the course of the race must also be carefully calculated.

This is due to the different track conditions, although Defari set a good time during qualifying, this was not the case when the race took place.

“This is a feeling game, if we anticipate it we will see it directly on the track. During the race, what happened just happened. what do you want? Whatever you want to try, the track conditions are not always the same,” he said .

However, in the inaugural round of ISSOM 2023, Defari successfully completed the championship hunt obtaining maximum results by relying on BMW E46 has white, blue and red color. In the race that took place last weekend he managed to get on the second podium in the ETCC 3000 Pro class.

“Results-wise, in the 3000 Pro Class I was second, but overall I was third because Denny Rommel controlled him for the first position,” he concluded.