ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup

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The ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup was a racing series held from 2004 to 2009 as part of the DTM supporting program , which was intended to enable young up-and-coming drivers to enter professional racing. In terms of motorsport and technology, it was one of the one-make cups . The forerunner was the "Wintershall VW Polo Cup", which was held in the 1980s. In 2010 the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup was replaced by the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup .

vehicles

Racing version of the VW Polo

The vehicles used were based on the production version of the VW Polo , but were converted to meet the requirements of racing. The 1060 kg heavy racing polo shirts were driven by a series - four cylinder - Otto engine with FSI direct injection, with a capacity reached 1984 cm a power output of 110 kW (150 hp). Power was transmitted to the front wheels via a six-speed gearbox. The brake system was adopted from the production version of the VW Golf R32 .

To protect the driver in the event of an accident, in addition to the standard airbag, a roll cage , a fire extinguishing system, head protectors on the driver's seat and the HANS system also used in DTM and Formula 1 were used .

Results

Winner of the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup

year winner Second Third
2004 GermanyGermany Matthias Meyer GermanyGermany Patric Lachmann GermanyGermany Florian Plöchinger
2005 GermanyGermany René Rast SwedenSweden Jimmy Johansson GermanyGermany Philipp Leisen
2006 SwedenSweden Jimmy Johansson SwedenSweden Patrik Olsson GermanyGermany Niclas Kentenich
2007 GermanyGermany Constantin Dressler GermanyGermany Andreas Pfister NorwayNorway Stian Paulsen
2008 GermanyGermany Alexander Rambov South AfricaSouth Africa Shane Williams SwedenSweden Andreas Simonsen
2009 PolandPoland Maciek Steinhof GermanyGermany Max Sandritter GermanyGermany Elia Erhart

Winner of the rookie classification of the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup

year winner Second Third
2004 GermanyGermany Lance David Arnold
2005 GermanyGermany Markus Grünewald Patrick Hirsch Constantin Dressler
2006 GermanyGermany Alexander Rambov GermanyGermany Timo Walter GermanyGermany Nico Bastian
2007 GermanyGermany Stefan Kolb GermanyGermany Darius Röhling GermanyGermany Elia Erhart
2008 GermanyGermany Max Sandritter
2009 GermanyGermany Kris Heidorn GermanyGermany Maximilian Hackländer GermanyGermany David Jahn

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volkswagen Motorsport: Volkswagen is looking for talents for the young racing series ( Memento from November 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ VW Polo G40 Cup. sema-motorsport.de, accessed on May 13, 2010 .
  3. ^ Scirocco R-Cup as a partner series of the DTM. motorsport-total.com, accessed on May 13, 2010 .
  4. ↑ Volkswagen Motorsport: Technical data: Volkswagen Polo (racing version) ( Memento from March 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Volkswagen Motorsport: Dynamism in every situation ( Memento from March 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Volkswagen Motorsport: Safety first ( Memento from March 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ http://www.motorracetime.de