Volkswagen is all set to return to Formula 3 racing as an engine supplier with a newly developed 210 bhp two-liter engine. In the 1980’s, Volkswagen was very successful with Michael Schumacher and Tom Kristensen making triumphant careers by driving a winning Volkswagen in the German Formula 3 Championship.
The new muscle entity will unveil at the seventh round of the Formula 3 Euroseries at the Nurburgring on September 2.
The engine will be based on a production engine used within the Volkswagen group by Audi, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen. With its aluminium cylinder block, the power unit acquires exceptional basic architecture for the high stress in Formula 3. As notified by Wolfgang Hatz, Head of Powertrain Development within the Volkswagen Group, the very first development steps have confirmed the potential. The engine is now fully-grown for its first direct appraisal on the race track.
The four-cylinder engine has been customized in specific areas to outfit the demands in racing. The new Formula 3 engine will be roaring aloud at selected races of the Formula 3 Euroseries in two cars entered by the Italian team RC Motorsport and a car from AM-Holzer Rennsport based in Augsburg. Both the teams are using chassis from the Italian manufacturer Dallara.
Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen clarifies:
We want to demonstrate that this Volkswagen engine is already performing at a high-level during its early stages of development, and that is considered to be a potential race winning power plant for the future by Formula 3 teams.
Volkswagen has won countless races and championships in Formula 3 during the nineteen-eighties and at the beginning of the nineteen-nineties which has already established the recital of its power units.
Volkswagen is keen to take this demanding antagonism since Formula 3 is a superb podium to present production-based engine technologies. Let’s hope Volkswagen delivers the same results that enchanted Formula 3 fans earlier.
Via: Gizmag
