Halfway through the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup it is clear that the series has firmly established itself in the American motorsport scene after just four events. The American offshoot of the “touring car school”, modelled after the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup in Germany, looks back on a successful first half of its maiden season: some 30 drivers aged 16 to 26 from the USA, Canada and Mexico delivered gripping races at the first four rounds with four different winners. The Jetta TDI Cup combines promotion of young talent at reasonable costs with innovative clean diesel technology. Next weekend (19–21 September) the fifth race will be run in Iowa.
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September 16, 2008
June 24, 2008
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April 13, 2008
Two podium places for Edoardo Mortara and Volkswagen at Hockenheim
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Successful start for Volkswagen in the Formula 3 Euro Series: the Italian Edoardo Mortara (Team Signature Plus) in his Volkswagen-Dallara clinched two third places at the Hockenheim season opener, now sharing the top of the standings with an equal points score with the Finn Mika Mäki (Mercedes-Dallara). Franck Mailleux from France (Signature Plus) finished both races in fourth place, now ranking third overall together with the American Charlie Kimball (Mercedes-Dallara). On positions five and six, respectively, the Frenchman Jean Karl Vernay (Signature Plus) and the German Maximilian Götz (RC Motorsport) scored points on Saturday as well, thus contributing to the very good result. After its Formula 3 comeback last year, Volkswagen has now embarked on its first full season in the Europe-wide series. (more…)
March 17, 2008
The Azkoitia team unveils its first Spanish Le Mans prototype in Paul Ricard´s Le Mans Series achieving top times with Angel Burgueño as a driver.
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February 6, 2008
Tiago Monteiro returned to the Estoril circuit for a day of tests scheduled with SEAT Sport , his team in the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), which kicks off at the end of this month at Curitiba, Brazil. It was a chance for the Portuguese driver to make an important step in his adaptation to the SEAT León TDI and in determining the settings for the car in which he will participate in the World Championship.
November 22, 2007
- Farfus and Vietoris test with BMW Sauber. The Brazilian, who has driven this year for BMW in WTCC, and Christian Vietoris, 2006 Formula BMW winner, have had their reward at Cheste.
- Prodrive a no-go for 2008. David Richards announced that his team will definitely not debut in F1 as planned in 2008. “Our ambition is still to be in 2009″, said the Briton
- Zolder can be in WTCC’08 calendar. Rumours says that the Belgian track is set to host a round of the World Touring Car Championship in 2008, replacing the scrapped Mexican round.
- Schumacher to test again with Ferrari. Former world champion Michael Schumacher will return to the cockpit of Ferrari early next month at Jerez track.
- Teams to test Slick tyres at Jerez. The test is aimed at looking at gathering data for the 2009 season, where slicks could return to the sport.
November 15, 2007
Dickie Stanford, Test Team Manager, Williams F1:
“Our last day in Barcelona delivered another productive session for Nico and
Kazuki, with Kazuki covering considerable mileage despite numerous red flags.
The pair finalised systems checks to complete our scheduled development work
for this week. Jerez will be our next destination in the first week of December for
the final test of the year.”
