One of Britain’s leading female competitors, Anna Walewska, is the first driver to sign up for the 2009 Volkswagen Racing Cup in association with Hankook. Anna, 22, will drive the Golf GTI which Tony Gilham raced to championship victory in 2007.
Surrey-based Anna hopes her first experience of racing a front-wheel-drive car will help her on the way to a British Touring Car Championship drive. ‘The Volkswagen Racing Cup is a great championship,’ she says, ‘very competitive and fantastic training, which is what I need. I hope to do well and move up and on to the BTCC.’
Walewska started competing at age 11 in karts, and in 2001 became the youngest-ever female holder of a racing licence when she tackled the T-Cars saloons series at just 14. Since then she has competed with success in the Britcar series, finishing third in the championship in 2007. Last season she claimed a second-in-class finish in the Silverstone 24 Hours at the wheel of a BMW.
‘Anna is a welcome addition to the championship,’ said Melissa Wright, of Volkswagen Racing UK, ‘not least because she is our first female competitor since Claire Tippet in 2005. She has a great car and a great chance of getting in among the boys at the front of the pack.
‘Anna’s entry is the first received for the series, and I am delighted to report that interest from other drivers remains very high. Further registrations will be announced soon.’
The Volkswagen Racing Cup in association with Hankook is additionally supported by Augustus Martin, Castrol, Ceva Logistics, ECM Vehicle Delivery, Milltek Sport, Mondial Assistance, KW Automotive, Superchips, Turbo Dynamics, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volkswagen Financial Services UK.
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