13.6.2019. The Volkswagen ID.R is ready for the title defense at the “Goodwood Festival of Speed” (4. to 7. July).
In the past year, Romain Dumas, had placed the control of the purely electrically powered racing car in 43,86 seconds a new electric record at the prestigious race in the South of England. At the Goodwood Hillclimb, the Frenchman drove to the only 1,86 kilometers long course, the fastest time for 15 years. ID.R, the sporty spearhead of the electrically-powered series production vehicles of the ID. Family, around five weeks after the lap record for electric vehicles at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife for the next challenge.
“The electric actuator is a ring for series-production vehicles in a new Era. Volkswagen is making with the front of the market launch of the ID. Model family is an important contribution,“ says Dr. Frank Welsch, Board member for development at Volkswagen passenger Cars. “The ‘Goodwood Festival of Speed’ as a fascinating bridge between the past, present, and future of the automobile is the perfect stage to demonstrate the performance of the electro-technology of Volkswagen is proof of this.”
Volkswagen Motorsport Director Sven Smeets added: “last year we were only three weeks after the record-breaking run at Pikes Peak at Goodwood at the Start and have used the technical configuration of the mountain race. In this year, we will for the first time with a specially for the Goodwood prepared ID.R.“ The main focus of The engineers is a specially designed for short distance drive configuration. “We have a further step in the evolution of the ID.R developed, a sprint version with a smaller battery, to reduce the weight further,“ says François-Xavier Demaison, Technical Director of Volkswagen Motorsport. “In addition, we have selected for the very short distance a much more aggressive energy management strategy. For the Sprint at Goodwood a very high level of performance over a very short period of time is required.“
Tradition meets Modernity: the “Goodwood Festival of Speed”
Since the Premiere in 1993, has developed the “Goodwood Festival of Speed” to one of the world’s greatest Motorsport events a year and around 180,000 visitors. Experience a weekend of demonstration and timed races of motorcycles, rally cars as well as racing and Formula cars from all eras of Motorsport history. On a 1,86 kilometers long sprint and a dirt road about 2.5 kilometres measure motor sport legends range with current professional racers. “The atmosphere at Goodwood is unique,” says Volkswagen driver Romain Dumas. “Nowhere else in the world so many famous drivers and legendary race cars gathered in one place.” And in no other event, the technical progress of the automobile in the course of the decades is a good watch.
ID. R on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (photo: Volkswagen AG)
