VW Scirocco GT24
The VW Scirocco GT24 is a racing touring car based on the VW Scirocco III . It was initially used at the factory by Volkswagen Motorsport and later also by private teams in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring and in the VLN endurance championship Nürburgring .
vehicle
The 2-liter TSI engine is used in the Scirocco GT24 . This has been increased to an output of 239 kW (325 hp) at 6500 revolutions per minute. The four-valve direct injection engine with turbocharger and intercooler delivers its maximum torque of 340 Newton meters at 2100 revolutions per minute. The vehicle is front-wheel drive. The 6-speed direct shift gearbox (DSG) is shifted using shift paddles on the steering wheel. The 2009 Scirocco GT24 has an output of 231 kW (315 PS) due to the regulation-related reduction of the air flow limiter to 38.0 mm, the boost pressure may not exceed 2.4 bar. A new development for 2009 is the Scirocco GT24 with natural gas drive , which has an output of 207 kW (282 hp) and a maximum torque of 330 Newton meters.
Races
The Scirocco GT24 was presented on May 22, 2008 before the production version of the Scirocco III at the GTI meeting at Wörthersee . Two days later, three Scirocco GT24 competed in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. Vehicle # 118, driven by Jimmy Johansson , Florian Gruber , Thomas Mutsch and Hans-Joachim Stuck , finished 11th with an average speed of 146 km / h and clinched the class victory. The other two finished 15th and 32nd.
In 2009 , Volkswagen Motorsport started with a TSI Scirocco and a natural gas Scirocco in the BFGoodrich endurance championship. In the third race, the vehicle piloted by Carlos Sainz , Vanina Ickx and Franck Mailleux finished 25th and thus achieved class victory. In the same race the natural gas Scirocco driven by Ulrich Hackenberg, Bernd Ostmann and Peter Wyss finished 33rd and also won its class.
In the 2009 24-hour race, Volkswagen Motorsport used two natural gas Scirocco and three TSI Scirocco.
The red-painted natural gas Scirocco were driven by the following teams:
- Ulrich Hackenberg, Bernd Ostmann, Peter Wyss and John Barker
- Vanina Ickx, Peter Terting , Klaus Niedzwiedz and Thomas Klenke
The blue TSI Scirocco were driven by the following teams:
- Altfrid Heger , Carlo van Dam , Congfu Cheng and Franck Mailleux
- Carlos Sainz, Dieter Depping and Wolfgang Kaufmann
- Jimmy Johansson, Florian Gruber, Nicki Thiim and Martin Karlhofer
In 2012, a Scirocco GT24 deployed by LMS Engineering became the overall winner of the VLN endurance championship Nürburgring. The vehicle was driven by Ulrich Andree, Dominik Brinkmann and Christian Krognes.
Individual evidence
- ^ Announcement 2009, p. 94 ( Memento from May 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ All VLN champions at a glance. In: vln.de. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .