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Racing Engineering – Formula BMW Europe 2008 |
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Tuesday, 16 October 2007 |
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Racing Engineering is pleased to announce that they will be entering the Formula BMW
Europe Championship for 2008.
Formula BMW Europe is a new championship that will be seen on the tracks of Europe
for the first time in 2008, it is a result of merging the Formula BMW Championships of UK
and Germany.
Boasting a 100,000 Euros prize fund the Championship will take place
over eight rounds, seven of which will be part of the support programme for motor
racing’s premier class, the FIA Formula One World Championship. There will be one
additional round outside the Formula One calendar at a date to be announced later.
Each round will consist of two races, the first to be held on Saturday, the second on
Sunday.
Racing Engineering are especially proud that they will be the only Spanish team to be
entering the Championship, they will be joined by teams from the UK, Germany,
France
and Italy. Racing Engineering is of course already well known for their
encouragement of young talent having won the Spanish Formula 3 Championship
on six consecutive occasions. Racing Engineering considers the Formula BMW
Europe Championship an excellent opportunity to further their development of
young drivers by giving them a chance to compete on tracks that are part
of the GP2 and Formula One championships.
Additionally, as the races share
their calendar with GP2 and Formula One races, it will
give the young
drivers a chance to experience the atmosphere of these exciting
weekends at
first hand.
Team Principal Alfonso de Orleans-Borbon commented: “ Racing
Engineering is very happy to enter this championship. It was something we were
looking forward to so as to
allow the young talents a first contact with the F1
and GP2 tracks, which hopefully they
will be there soon. Racing Engineering
would like to thank BMW for the opportunity and
trust by choosing us to be part
in this exciting and new format, which will definitely
produce great drivers
in the future.”
Formula BMW is the world’s leading entry-level class in Formula racing. In 2007
series
are being held in Germany, Great Britain, Asia and North America. Equal
opportunities
are the priority: the young drivers in all series are given the chance to
take their first
steps in the world of professional motor racing in identical
FB02 cars. This racing car has been a feature on the grid since 2002 and has set
new standards in safety technology in particular. The single-seater is powered by a
140bhp BMW engine and reaches 230
km/h.
The best-known alumni of this
talent hothouse are Formula One drivers Timo Glock,
Christian Klien, Nico Rosberg,
Ralf Schumacher, Adrian Sutil and Sebastian Vettel.
Provisional calendar for Formula BMW Europe:
Date
Event
Venue
27th April
GP Spain
Barcelona
6th July
GP Great Britain
Silverstone
20th July
GP Germany
Hockenheim
3rd August GP Hungary
Budapest
24th August
GP Europe
Valencia
7th September
GP Belgium
Spa-Francorchamps
14th September GP Italy
Monza
tbc
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 October 2007 )
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