Volkswagen Motorsport Newsletter

News and information from all over the world, race weekend 15-17 April 2011

British Formula 3 Championship

Felipe Nasr excels with two wins at season opener
The start of the British Formula 3 Championship season at Monza, Italy was dominated completely by the British Carlin team powered by Volkswagen.  The team celebrated a one-two-three podium lock out in the first race, a one-two in the second race and in the third and final race took first and third positions.

Mikkelsen hits the target in Gran Canarias

Škoda UK Motorsport’s Andreas Mikkelsen achieved exactly what he set out to do on the Rally Islas Canarias Trofeo El Corte Inglés – and that was to enjoy a completely trouble-free run in his Fabia S2000 and finish in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) points. Co-driven by Ola Fløene, Andreas finished a solid 6th overall after a faultless drive.

Hampshire’s high-speed Thruxton circuit next up for UK’s top race championship

The clock is ticking… there are now less than two weeks to go before Britain’s premier motor racing spectacle – the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship – returns south for its latest battle royal of 2011 at the country’s fastest circuit, Thruxton in Hampshire on Sunday 1 May.

Eurocup Alcaniz: A positive weekend for the Eurofroumla Volant

The first meeting of the season for the WORLD SERIES by RENAULT 2011 took place this weekend on the ALCANIZ track in Spain and Paul Loup CHATIN took part in the very challenging EUROCUP championship.

In this first leg, the “EUROFORMULA VOLANT” 2011 had a qualified success although it was generally positive. Yet Paul Loup CHATIN started well, finishing in 9th and 7th place in the free practice sessions on Friday.

Experience leads the way on Granite!

It was champagne, glory and maximum points for two of the Brick and Steel Ecosse Challenge’s more experienced crews on Saturday’s CARS Recovery Granite City Rally. Grant Inglis and Robert Gray took top place in the Honda Civic class, whereas Tom and Sue Hynd kept up their impeccable start to 2011 with another win in the Peugeot 205 section.

Although the vast majority of Grant Inglis’ rallying CV involves skidding around in old Ford Escorts, the driver from Stepps in Glasgow is really starting to get the hang of the newer Honda technology. Grant and co-driver Gray were dark horses in the Civic title race in 2010, and a few more results like this will put them right up there again in 2011.