The Volkswagen Digital Racing Championship is open to all and the winner will safe a sponsored drive to compete in India 2021 Volkswagen Polo Championship.
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Registrations for the Volkswagen Digital Racing Championship start from August 10 to September 9, 2020
Volkswagen Motorsport India (VMI) has introduced the launch of the Volkswagen Digital Racing Championship (VW-VRC) that brings the 2020 Polo one-make championship to your digital display. Within the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the German automaker has determined to conduct the 2020 Polo Championship on-line by means of simulators. The initiative goals to maintain the motorsport momentum going whereas issues stay restricted in most components of India as a consequence of social distancing protocols. The winner of VW-VRC will safe a sponsored drive to compete within the 2021 Volkswagen Polo Championship.
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The 2020 Volkswagen Digital Racing Championship will see the choice course of shortlist 26 e-racers for the season
Talking on the launch of Volkswagen VRC, Sirish Vissa, Head – VMI mentioned, “We’re extraordinarily excited to carry the thrilling expertise of our flagship one-make Polo Cup sequence on a digital platform by means of Volkswagen VRC. Holding in thoughts the present situation, we imagine that the initiative will encourage younger abilities to showcase and hone their racing abilities. It is a constructive step for us as we purpose to make motorsport racing accessible to all of the aspiring racers and supply a platform to identify and nurture younger abilities into furthering their racing profession.”
Commenting on the launch of VW VRC, Steffen Knapp, Director, VW Passenger Vehicles India mentioned, “At Volkswagen, pushing boundaries has at all times been in our DNA and we’re proud to be the primary Indian Championship to be accessible nearly. As the one international OEM in India with a historical past of operating a one-make sequence for over a decade, it’s our ardour for the game that has enabled us to innovate, make motorsport mainstream by introducing its digital format to beat the current difficult instances.”
The 2020 Volkswagen Polo Championship will happen on-line with registrations open for all racers
The choice course of for the 2020 VW-VRC will see as much as 26 racers in participation. individuals have to obtain the sport ‘Assetto Corsa’ for a private laptop or laptop computer, or ‘Gran Turismo Sport’ for PlayStation, to compete within the sequence. VMI might be conducting fundamental coaching to supply individuals with just a few hours of apply classes adopted by an opportunity to set their quickest lap through the recorded session. The ultimate contenders’ record will comprise 10 quickest racers every from the keyboard and PlayStation editions in addition to the highest six from the Professional-Class of the Indian e-Racing championship. These collaborating within the sequence must pay a registration price of ₹ 9,990. They will even want a steering wheel and pedal connected to their gadget to compete within the races.
The VW-VRC races might be aligned to the actual racing format and can embody 5 rounds with two races in every spherical, together with three practise classes and one qualifying session. Like an ordinary race weekend, the function race grid might be based mostly on qualifying, whereas a reverse grid for the dash race might be based mostly on the highest 12 contenders from the function race. The factors system will even stay the identical as precise races within the Polo Cup. The net choice course of begins from August 10, till September 9, 2020. Head to VW India’s official web site to register for the Digital Racing Championship.
Volkswagen Motorsport will present data-enabled coaching for drivers desirous about the identical
Members might be supplied with driver teaching and data-enabled coaching for these interested in VW Motorsport India. They will even have entry to information from the sport to assist them analyse and enhance their digital driving abilities. The automaker will monitor the championship by means of race management with officers to adjudicate drivers who break guidelines.
Having accomplished 10 years of Volkswagen Motorsport in India, the model involves a full circle with the 2020 Polo Cup this yr. The brand new observe automotive was additionally showcased on the 2020 Auto Expo in February forward of the season debut later the identical month. Nonetheless, the growing variety of COVID-19 instances have prompted the federal government to put restrictions on conducting motorsport occasions.
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