The Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup will make its international debut May 16-18, 2008 at Mosport International Raceway in the second race of this all-new series. After completing the inaugural race at VIRginia International Raceway in April, this next race promises to be an exciting one with drivers attempting to improve upon their initial experiences with their clean diesel Jetta TDI vehicles. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen: Jetta TDI Cup makes its international debut’
Man, the 1000km de Spa may go down as one of the best between the two Goliath’s. Audi may have been able to pull this one off as they have found some speed against the dominant Peugeot. We will see pace of both when testing at Le Mans starts in about 2.5 weeks.
Audi R10 TDI #2 (Audi Sport Team Joest), Mike RockenfellerThe young guns of Alexander Premat and Mike Rockenfeller put in a great run and were ale to stay out of any major trouble. The Audi R10 TDI also kept it cool.
Unfortunatel,y the #1 Audi R10 TDI didn’t fair so well. A couple of run-ins with the Peugeots had it in for a puncture that cost a minute or s, a smack by one as it hit a GT2 car. This put them down 3 laps. A stop-and-go penalty for disregarding the red light at the pit lane exit. Continue reading ‘LMS: Audi re-captures lead in Le Mans Series’
Le Mans Series, round 3 in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
It was a great day for Porsche, the teams, action and weather! GT2 action was incredible with Porsche missing top spot by 0.18 seconds. Read on after the jump for GT2 notes.
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Podium (l.-r.): Jan Lammers, Didier Theys, Peter van Merksteijn, John Nielsen, Jos Verstappen, Casper ElgaardPorsche’s customer teams drive from success to success in the European Le Mans Series (LMS). In a repeat of the recent Monza race, the third round ended with another triple victory for the Porsche RS Spyder in the fiercely-contested LMP2 class. Jos Verstappen and Peter van Merksteijn (Netherlands, Van Merksteijn Motorsport), winners of the LMS season-opener, won the exciting 1,000 kilometre race on the 7.004 kilometre circuit of Spa-Francorchamps. Second went to Jan Lammers (Netherlands) and Didier Theys (Belgium) in the RS Spyder fielded by the Swiss Horag team. Danes John Nielsen and Casper Elgaard celebrated third with their Essex team (Denmark). The five hour race, punctuated with countless overtaking manoeuvres and changes in position as well as three safety car phases, proved highly eventful. A total of 35,000 spectators came to the forested race track in the Ardennes.
Continue reading ‘LMS: Second straight triple victory for the Porsche RS Spyder’
We have yet to find official results from the weekends 39th Adenauer ADAC but they ended up fourth in class. It also says below that the Race Scirocco is powered by a 325hp TFSI engine. 25hp extra now?
“That was arguably my longest special stage,” commented the two-time World Rally Champion and Volkswagen factory driver Carlos Sainz after completing his first race laps on the Nürburgring’s legendary Nordschleife.
“And it was really good fun, too,” affirmed the Spaniard with a happy smile on his face. With a Golf GTI, Carlos Sainz and his cross-country rally team-mate Giniel de Villiers (RSA) as well as Hans-Joachim Stuck (A), the Volkswagen Group’s Motorsport Representative since the beginning of this year, prepared for the 24-Hour race at the Nürburgring (24/25 May) in a four-hour race, which they finished fourth in class. At the endurance classic in the “Green Hell” Volkswagen will be fielding three racing versions of the new Scirocco that will only be launched on the market in August. Last Monday the Race Scirocco, which is powered by a 325-hp two-litre TFSI turbo engine, had completed its first laps on the Nordschleife, which puts exacting demands on both man and material. “The test was absolutely satisfactory,” Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen summed up the result.
- Volkswagen Motorsport
