4.7.2019. It is a duel of technology concepts at the “Goodwood Festival of Speed”, the 4 is. to 7. July in the South of England electrical is taking place: the drive against diesel – this is the challenge this year.
In the prestigious Motorsport Revival, Volkswagen is taking to the electric race car ID.R the 20-year-old course record in their sights. This holds since 1999 with 41.6 seconds, Nick Heidfeld (D) in the formula-1 race car McLaren-Mercedes MP4/13, powered by a V10 naturally aspirated engine with around 574 kW (780 HP).
Already in the last year of the ID presented.R who has a system power of 500 kW (680 HP), in Goodwood, a new track record for electric vehicles on. Romain Dumas (F) controlled the sporty spearhead of the purely electrically-powered production vehicles, the ID. Family so the third-fastest time in the history of the event.
“In the case of series vehicles and in Motorsport, a change is taking place. Electric vehicles are becoming more powerful and have achieved in many areas a long way from the level of cars with an internal combustion engine,“ says Volkswagen Motorsport Director Sven Smeets. “At Goodwood, we want to show that the electric drive of the ID.R can compete with the formula 1. Whether Romain Dumas concludes the attack on the lap record set by Nick Heidfeld successfully, but also depends on the conditions on the weekend.“
Weather and road condition play a crucial role in
The weather in the South of England and the state of the Piste on the site of the “Goodwood House” are some of the uncertainties with which the Team is confronted with. “It is difficult to correctly assess how much Grip the road surface offers. The changes in the course of the weekend constantly,“ says driver Dumas. Volkswagen partners Bridgestone equips the ID.R for the Sprint to the 1,86 kilometers long route with a particularly soft and thus extremely good adhesion of tyres. With the challenges of the “Festival of Speed” know the technicians of the tyre manufacturer, so Nick Heidfeld drove in 1999, his best time on tyres from Bridgestone.
The largest differences in the technical configuration of the ID.R in comparison to the previous year, the size of the Lithium-ion batteries on Board and the energy management. “The latest evolution version of the ID.R is optimized for a Sprint,“ explains François-Xavier Demaison, Technical Director of Volkswagen Motorsport. “In Goodwood only maximum power and minimum weight to count. ID.R weighs with a driver under 1,000 kilograms.“ The overall best time at the “Race to the Clouds” Pikes Peak (USA) in June 2018, and the approximately four weeks achieved electric record at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (D) put the ID.Each R is almost 20 kilometres – more than ten times the distance at the “Festival of Speed”.
So off the race track, Volkswagen will offer the more than 200,000 expected spectators a lot. At an elaborately designed exhibition gives Fans and those interested in the fascination of electric mobility. Among other things, the ID will be.3 on-site presents.
The first Volkswagen model of the future of pure electric ID. Product family comes in the year 2020 on the market, other models will follow. With his electric Offensive to the Volkswagen brand plans to release to be up to the year 2025 with more than 20 purely electrically powered models, and every year more than one Million vehicles sold, the global number one issue and cross-linked.
Volkswagen ID.R (Photo: Volkswagen)
