Martin Vugrinec (Yamaha) back after testing in Spain
Martin Vugrinec feels well prepared for the IDM. The Croatian has now returned from testing in Spain.
His goal is the championship in the Supersport 600. He also has the Supersport World Championship in his sights.
Martin Vugrinec, who turns 22 on 24 March, is also one of the favourites in the IDM Supersport 600 next season.
The native Croatian from Novi Marof, currently based in Bochum, finished the 2020 season as runner-up behind Luca Grünwald, who has since moved to team Kiefer Racing and will start with a BMW in the IDM Superbike in the future.
The Vugrinec, called "SpiderMartin", lacked the peace and clarity in some crucial situations in order to move to the top of the IDM.
That is about to change. Vugrinec: "I want to win the championship in the IDM Supersport 600 and I think I can do it."
Motorsport is expensive and if you want to achieve something in this profession, you need powerful and reliable sponsors.
Martin Vugrinec seems to have gained such support with the company "ferQUEST". Since the beginning of the year, ferQuest, a global industrial partner for all kinds of manufacturing processes based in Bremen, has been behind and supports the young Croat.
Most recently, Vugrinec and his team spent almost two weeks in Spain to test materials and fitness on the Circuit de Calafat (L'Ametlla de Mar in the Catalan province of Tarragona) and Motorland Aragon (Alcaiz in the province of Teruel in the Autonomous Region of Aragon).
"The weather was rather unusual for this time of year in Spain. There were low temperatures, strong winds and then it even rained a bit," Martin Vugrinec described his impressions in an interview with SPEEDWEEK.com.
And: "However, I am very satisfied with the work we have done.
Thanks to my sponsor Dunlop, I had enough tyres to train in all conditions.
The point was to get the feeling for the grip, to go back to the box and try out some new things on the setup."
The Yamaha driver in Spain also did not miss the work on physical fitness.
Vugrinec: "In addition to racing, I also enjoyed riding a road bike through the hills of Spain. The country is really beautiful."
Vugrinec, who is also hoping for one or two wildcards in the Supersport World Championship in the future, is on his way to Croatia, where he will hold a course at his racing school "SpiderMartin Racing Courses" from 19 to 21 March at the race track in Grobnik/Rijeka.