Ignition Brand Champion Esmee Hawkey enjoys best weekend of the season in DTM

August 9, 2021

This weekend Ignition Human Performance Brand Champion, Esmee Hawkey was at the legendary Zolder, home of the F1 Belgian Grand Prix between 1973 and 1984, for the third round (races five and six) of the DTM Championship in the ROKiT Sponsored T3 Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3.

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Below are Esmee's thoughts and comments on her weekend as well as highlights from both races:

DTM driver Esmee Hawkey supporting our Virtual Learning Platform "E-Ignition" on her race helmet

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ZOLDER - HIGHLIGHTS & FACTS

After claiming her best result of the season with P13 on Saturday, Esmee followed that up with another impressive performance on Sunday

An excellent qualifying display rewarded Esmee with P11, before being promoted to P10 on the starting grid

Showing good race pace, Esmee fought hard throughout the race

After her pit stop, the 23-year-old rejoined P14 and hounded Juncadella ahead, following the Spaniard closely

She continued to pressure the Mercedes ahead right through to the conclusion of the race

Esmee took the chequered flag in P13 to match her result on Saturday and close out her best weekend of the season so far

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ESMEE'S RACE REVIEW

“Overall, I’m very pleased with how the weekend has gone. I’ve felt really good in the car all weekend and have been finding performance in every session. Yesterday was a good confidence boost which gave me an extra edge in qualifying this morning. I was determined to improve on yesterday’s starting position so P11 on the timesheets and P10 on the final grid was a real positive. My race pace was quite good and we were able to stay with the cars ahead of us quite comfortably, especially after the pit stop. I gave it my all to try and get past Daniel [Juncadella] but it wasn’t easy as we all know how difficult it can be to overtake at this track. Once again I’d like to say a huge thank you to the team for giving me a brilliant car, I can’t wait to get to the Nürburgring in a couple of weeks time!”

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Ignition Human Performance backed Esmee in the black and white Lamborghini had a great few laps battling with Red Bull Racing F1 driver Alex Albon in his Alpha Tauri backed Ferrari

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Check out the Highlights from an exciting weekend of racing:

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Next up is Nurburgring on 20th to 22th August 2021

Teamwork at its finest. Ignition are learning a lot from Esmee's team T3 Motorsport as they continue to climb the competitive DTM Grid

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