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Volkswagen Motorsport International Newsletter

With Volkswagen participating in so many forms of Motorsport around the world, it’s often difficult to keep track of their performance. Luckily for us, Volkswagen Motorsport goes through the trouble of rounding up all of the key information from their various race series, and puts it all in one press release. Let’s get started.


Rallylegend 2014


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Latvala and the Volkswagen Polo R WRC enthral fans in San Marino


In the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) is competing for the World Championship title, during the 2014 Rallylegend the Finn in his Volkswagen Polo R WRC was able to get underway without any pressure. The winner of the most recent WRC round in France delighted tens of thousands of motorsport fans with his spectacular driving on the track at the rally festival in San Marino (SM). “A fantastic three-day-long show in front of wonderful fans, Rallylegend isn’t called ‘Woodstock on wheels’ for nothing”, said Latvala after the event, at which the audience had the pleasure of seeing an unparalleled array of stars and vehicles. Among others, they had the honour of seeing former world champion Stig Blomqvist (S), Juha Kankkunen (FIN), Didier Auriol (F) and Markku Alén (FIN). The spectrum of over 150 rally cars ranged from the 60s era to current WRC vehicles. Furthermore, Peter Thul (D) “Head of Communication, Products and the Volkswagen AG Brand” was in the “Legend Stars” category as Michael Gerber’s (D) passenger in the legendary Audi Sport Quattro S1 – one of the few originals at the event. Whilst fans were able to examine the vehicle from the famous and notorious Group B Class at close range, Latvala had to head off directly after the Rallylegend event to prepare for the next WRC race, which is taking place in Spain on 23-25 October.


FIA Rallycross World Championship


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Istanbul: Heikkinen takes top place in the team rankings with Marklund in Polo RX


With another strong appearance at the penultimate event of the season at the FIA Rallycross Championship 2014 in Turkey, Toomas “Topi” Heikkinen (FIN) successfully defended second place in the driver rankings. At the same time, the Marklung motorsport team, which includes both of the over 500 PS powerful Volkswagen Polo RX Supercars of Heikkinen and Anton Marklund (FIN), took the lead in the team rankings. In Istanbul, Heikkinen delivered four gripping heats with Swede Timmy Hansen (S, Peugeot). After Heikkinen was able to win the first heat and had to be satisfied with tenth place in the second heat, it came to a direct dual in the third heat between him and Hansen, which the Swede narrowly won. In the fourth and final heat, Heikkinen secured more points with fourth place, with which he successfully confirmed second place in the overall ranking. With one event to go before the end of the season, Petter Solberg (N) – who has already secured the championship title – is at the front of the super car rankings with 250 points, followed by Heikkinen with 200. Third place in the overall rankings is occupied by Reinis Nittis (LR) with 182 points. The season finale will take place in San Luis, Argentina, on 28-29 November.


FIA Formula 3 European Championship


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Imola: Verstappen celebrates his comeback, Blomqvist twice on the podium


After a disappointing first race, Max Verstappen (NL) was still able to celebrate the current season’s penultimate racing weekend at the former Formula One track in the Italian town of Imola. The seventeen year old racing talent, who is the youngest driver of all time to have secured a cockpit in Formula One, celebrated his comeback with a victory in the third race, after he deviated from the track after a collision in the first race and was unable to complete it. Together with second place in the second run, the Dutchman from the Van Amersfoort Racing team defended his position in second place of the driver rankings in a Volkswagen Dallara F312, while Esteban Ocon (F, Prema Powerteam) secured the FIA Formula 3 European Championship 2014 title early ahead of the season finale in Hockenheim (D, 17-19 October). Tom Blomqvist (GB, Jagonya Ayam with Carlin) also put in a strong drive in Imola after he managed to win the second race and come third in the first race.


Volkswagen Fun Cup Belgium


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Allure team celebrates double victory in Spa


At the six-house race at the “Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps“, the Belgian Allure team celebrated a double victory. In the sixth race of the season in the Volkswagen Fun Cup Belgium, Team 1 took first place after completing the approximately seven kilometre long Formula 1 track after a total of 94 laps. Almost three minutes later, the second Allure team crossed the finish line and cinched the double victory. Going into the race from the second starting grid, Team 1 worked their way through the field and took the lead after two hours, something they did not surrender until the end of the race with an error-free run. Team 2 had pole position in the qualifying session, but fell back to sixth place after three hours, before spectacularly catching up within one racing hour and taking second place.


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