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 way of simulators. The initiative goals to maintain the motorsport momentum going whereas issues stay restricted in most components of India because 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 stated, “We’re extraordinarily excited to convey the thrilling expertise of our flagship one-make Polo Cup collection on a digital platform by way of Volkswagen VRC. Retaining in thoughts the present state of affairs, we consider that the initiative will encourage younger abilities to showcase and hone their racing expertise. 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 Automobiles India stated, “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 working a one-make collection 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. members have to obtain the sport ‘Assetto Corsa’ for a private pc or laptop computer, or ‘Gran Turismo Sport’ for PlayStation, to compete within the collection. VMI might be conducting fundamental coaching to offer members with a couple of hours of apply periods adopted by an opportunity to set their quickest lap in the course of the recorded session. The ultimate contenders’ listing 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 collection must pay a registration price of ₹ 9,990. They will even want a steering wheel and pedal hooked up to their gadget to compete within the races.
The VW-VRC races might be aligned to the true racing format and can embody 5 rounds with two races in every spherical, together with three practise periods and one qualifying session. Like a regular race weekend, the function race grid might be primarily based on qualifying, whereas a reverse grid for the dash race might be primarily based 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 eager about the identical
Contributors might be supplied with driver teaching and data-enabled coaching for these interested in VW Motorsport India. They will even have entry to knowledge from the sport to assist them analyse and enhance their digital driving expertise. The automaker will monitor the championship by way of race management with officers to adjudicate drivers who break guidelines.
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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 monitor automobile was additionally showcased on the 2020 Auto Expo in February forward of the season debut later the identical month. Nonetheless, the rising variety of COVID-19 instances have prompted the federal government to put restrictions on conducting motorsport occasions.
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