VW returns to F3 as an engine supplier

Formula 3 comeback for Volkswagen: The German automobile manufacturer aims to continue its successful tradition as engine supplier in the talent school of formula racing with a newly developed two-liter engine.

Volkswagen celebrated 92 wins alone in the German Formula 3 Championship between 1979 and 1991, and claimed numerous other wins on the international stage. The new power unit will debut at the seventh round of the Formula 3 Euroseries at the Nürburgring between 31 August and 2 September 2007.

"Volkswagen won innumerable races and championships in Formula 3 during the nineteen-eighties and at the beginning of the nineteen-nineties and, as a result, proved impressively the performance of its power units," explains Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of the Volkswagen Brand with responsibility for Development. "Even today, Formula 3 is an excellent platform to present production-based engine technologies. We want to take on this demanding competition."

"Volkswagen has been committed to promoting young talent for many decades, returning to Formula 3 is therefore the logical continuation of this commitment. The ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup represents the first step in motorsport for novices, Formula 3 is the springboard to professional racing in the highest motorsport categories such as the DTM, Le Mans and even Formula 1," adds Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen.