FIA World Rallycross ChampionshipVolkswagen driver Kristoffersson wins in France
Exuberant celebrations: Johan Kristoffersson (S) from Volkswagen RX Sweden has won the eighth race of the FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX) season. The Swedish driver celebrated a commanding start-finish win in the finale at Lohéac (F), ahead of Andreas Bakkerud (N, Ford) and Sébastien Loeb (F, Peugeot). This was the first win of the 2016 season for Kristoffersson and the 600 HP Volkswagen Polo RX Supercar, and it also marked the first triumph for the new Volkswagen RX Sweden team after the merger of Marklund Motorsport and Volkswagen Team Sweden. However, Kristoffersson’s team-mate Anton Marklund (S) was not so successful, missing out on the semi-final. The next race is scheduled to take place from 16th to 18th September in Barcelona (E).
50 Years of Volkswagen MotorsportSébastien Ogier at opening of special exhibition in Berlin
Under starters’ orders in Berlin: the interactive special exhibition that is part of the celebrations of 50 Years of Volkswagen Motorsport will officially open on Wednesday, 7th September 2016. As announced at the premiere in the “DRIVE. Volkswagen Group Forum”, the new Volkswagen Motorsport Director Sven Smeets (B), world rally champion Sébastien Ogier (F) and Volkswagen representative Hans-Joachim “Strietzel” Stuck (D) will be joined by other Volkswagen Motorsport aces, such as Timo Gottschalk (D) or Klaus-Joachim “Jochi” Kleint (D). The spotlight will be on some unique exhibits at this retrospective, including: Kleint’s twin-engine Golf for the iconic Pikes Peak hillclimb, the Race Touareg 3 that Gottschalk and Nasser Al-Attiyah (Q) drove to victory in the 2011 Dakar Rally, and the current world championship-winning car, the Polo R WRC from the World Rally Championship. Entrance to the exhibition is free. Visitors will be guided through the successful history of Volkswagen Motorsport by informative and interactive exhibits, already from Monday, 5th September, to 30th October.
Next up:
09/09–11/09/2016FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Nürburgring (D)
10/09/2016Global Touring Cars, Port Elizabeth (ZA)
10/09–11/09/2016Volkswagen Racing Cup UK, Donington Park (GB)
10/09–11/09/2016Japanese Formula 3 Championship, Okayama (J)
10/09–11/09/2016Volkswagen Fun Cup France, Le Castellet (F)
