Brazilian V8 Stock Cars - VW Bora and 2006 Season Presentation PICS (PAG.3)

[Johnny]

These drivers tested for some teams:

- Roberto Pupo Moreno: tested the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VII of Katalogo Racing Team
- Mario Haberfeld: tested the Chevrolet Astra Sedan of NasrCastronevers Racing Team
- Cristiano da Matta: tested the Chevrolet Astra Sedan of JF Racing
Tony Kanaan tested the Chevrolet Astra Sedan of A.Matheis / Medley Sports (He was invited)
- Tarso Marques: tested the Chevrolet Astra Sedan of Action Power, his father team and where his brother Thiago Marques is one of the drivers.

- The Argentinian Esteban Tuero: will probably drive the 3rd car of A.Matheis / Medley Sports
- Christian Fittipaldi: will continue to drive his Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VII at Terra Avallone Racing. The GRAND-AM races don't coincide with Brazilian V8 Stock Car races.
- Luciano Burti: left RC Motorsports and joined Action Power.
- Chico Serra (1999,2000,2001 Champion): Rumours of he leaving Bassani-RC3 Racing, and probably returning to WB Motorsport where he won his 3 championships.
- Gualter Salles: Guaranteed to continue at Texaco-Vogel Motorsports, just like his team-mate Thiago Camilo.

Two companies are almost 100% guaranteed to join the championship next year. Volkswagen with the Jetta, and Renault with Mégane Sedan II.

The race in Buenos Aires was a success this year and will be repeated. No date was announced.

 

[Encyclopedia]

Are all these cars V8's?

Mitsubishi EVO VII for example?

 

[Johnny]

All cars use the same 450HP V8 Engine. Imagine it as something like the German V8Stars championship.

 

[Johnny]

Some pics for you to enjoy:

 

[VIPFREAK]

What with you guys and the straightline tape on the side windows and stuff?

 

[Johnny]

What with you guys and the straightline tape on the side windows and stuff?

Extra space for sponsorship.

 

[VIPFREAK]

um... are you guys blind over there? the text size is quite large already.

 

[Johnny]

um... are you guys blind over there? the text size is quite large already.

Blame the organizers that don't prohibit it and the sponsors that want their names there...

 

[VIPFREAK]

Well, I gotta say it does at least have personality unlike NasCrap...

 

[livemusic]

Hey Johnny, long time no see.

I missed the Curitiba race. Actually, both of them. But my sister went, and I plan to go next year.

 

[Johnny]

Powertech Racing signs Hybernon Cysne (that drove in Stock Car Light in 2005).

Their 2006 line up will be:
- Diogo Pachenki
- Hybernon Cysne

 

[Nick_Johnston28]

That orange car.. with black and white.. that car is just sex

 

[Johnny]

Now official: Volkswagen enters the Brazilian V8 Stock Car Championship

Translation of the official press release:

São Paulo - Volkswagen is the new car manufacturer in the Brazilian V8 Stock Car Championshiop. The anouncement was made this tuesday in São Paula. Volkswagen joins Chevrolet and Mitsubishi. In the 2006 season, the VW Bora will battle the Chevrolet Astra Sedan and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution for wins.

According to Carlos Col, promoter and organizer of the Stock Car, Volkswagen will have 10 cars in the championship.

Now, according to Col plans, there's only one more spot for another manufacturer to complete planned maximum number of 4. For next year, the Chevy's will continue to have 20 cars, Mitsubishi will continue with 10 cars, and VW also with 10 cars. The plan is to have 10 cars of each manufacturer. By mid 2006 or maybe 2007 the other manufacturer will be announced.

" The partnership with Volkswagen was thanks to the great work of PPD, company of former F1 driver Pedro Paulo Diniz, that maintain a partnership with Vicar for some time, in auto racing projects. The "Volkswagen Experience" project was fully developed by PPD, having as a plan the participation in the most important and famous Brazilian touring car racing championship.

Drawing of the VW Bora Prototype: (i'll try to find bigger ones soon)

PS: They'll still used the old Bora, because the new one (just made avaiable in USA/Europe, will only be launched here in November 2006)

 

[Johnny]

More pics (bigger):

 

[livemusic]

Will Chevrolet still be using the Astra body? It would be cool if they changed to the new Vectra one. 👍

And the bora looks nice.

 

[Johnny]

The information i have is that the Astra continues. Chevrolet wants to keep it's sporty reputation, and let Vectra to be more of a premium car.

Anyway, some rumours:

- Nasr-Castroneves Team (50% owned by Helio Castroneves) is trying to bring Max Wilson, that have been driving V8 Supercars in Australia to be the 2nd driver of the team. Hoover Orsi, 3rd place in the championship in 2005 will continue to be the 1st driver of the team. Some people mentioned that Volkswagen had meetings with the team, so they',ll probably use the Bora next season.

- Cacá Bueno, 2nd place in the championship in the last 3 years will probably race next year for Eurofarma-RC Competições, replacing Luciano Burti, that went to Action power. Antonio Jorge Neto will continue to drive the 2nd car of the team.

 

[livemusic]

Is Max Wilson brazilian or australian? And what about your team, are the drivers selected yet?

 

[niky]

de Matta, Kanaan, Fittipaldi...

and Castronieves with his own team... wonder if this will air outside Brazil?

Formula sounds great. Small cars, big engines, RWD... lots of action.

 

[livemusic]

It airs on Globo around here, so if you have Globo Intenational over there you should get it.

 

[niky]

Nope... don't get S.A. stations on our cable here. Bummer. Looks nice.

 

[Johnny]

Is Max Wilson brazilian or australian? And what about your team, are the drivers selected yet?

He's Brazilian. He was Test Driver for Williams F1 , and have been driving for V8 Supercars in Australia for some time.

About JF Racing? Can't talk about it right now. We won one race in 2005, but money was a issue. Hope we get a better or more sponsors for next season.

de Matta, Kanaan, Fittipaldi...

and Castronieves with his own team... wonder if this will air outside Brazil?

Formula sounds great. Small cars, big engines, RWD... lots of action.

Famous names that drive in the championship or at least tested the car

Thiago Marques -> Tarso Marques (Ex-F1,CART) brother
Roberto Pupo Moreno -> Ex-F1, CART
Luciano Burti -> Ex-F1
Gualter Salles -> Ex-CART
Ingo Hoffmann -> Ex-F1
Chico Serra -> Ex-F1
Christian Fittipaldi -> Ex-F1, CART, Nascar. Will drive in Grand-Am next season too
Rubens Barrichello -> F1 (he tested the car)
Mario Haberfeld -> F3000, ... ? (don't remember now)
Tony Kanaan -> CART, IRL (he tested the car)
Cristiano Da Matta -> CART,Ex-F1
Hoover Orsi -> F3 Sudamericana champion (don't know his results in Europe)
Juliano Moro -> F3 Sudamericana
Nonô Figueiredo -> Drove in BTCC and Vectra Challenge
Raul Boesel -> CART, Ex-F1
Ricardo Maurício -> F3000

 

[Encyclopedia]

Those cars look pretty damn cool! 👍

I wish I could see them race.

 

[Johnny]

I"m here to post a link of a video showing the 3D concept model of the VW Bora that will be used in the championship:

http://www.stockcar.com.br/imagens/galeria_videos/StockCarBora.mpg

It's interesting to note, that it does not show the tubuluar chassi bars.

Anyway, looks pretty cool.

 

[Johnny]

Rumours:

- Chico Serra will probably drive a for VW this year

- A famous european driver, that drive (drove) in DTM want to test one car of the Brazilian V8 Stock Car Championship. Don't know who is, but he'll probably test the car before or after the Interlagos 1000 Milles Endurance Race.


PS: Cars already confirmed at the Interlagos 1000 Milles Endurance Race:

- 3x Aston Martin DB9 GT-R
- 2x Saleem S7-R
- 4x BMW M3 GTR
- 2x Ferrari 575 GTC
- 1x Ferrari 550 GT
- 1x ZF V8 Prototype
- 1x MCR GT1 Prototype
- 1x DIMEP GT1 Prototype
- 1x Mercedes-Benz CLK-DTM 2002
- 6x Porsche GT3-RS
- 1x Porsche GT3 Cup
- 1x Alfa Romeo 156 WTCC
- 1x Lister Storm V12

 

[Johnny]

According to a friend (that works in Europe), Karl Wendlinger, Dieter Quester and "another driver" will test the VW Bora from the Brazilian V8 Stock Car.

Anyway, the 2006 pre-calendar is this:

O pré-calendário está assim distribuído:

09-04 – São Paulo (Interlagos)
30-04 – Curitiba
21-05 – Rio de Janeiro (Jacarepaguá) or Campo Grande
02-07 – São Paulo
16-07 – Londrina
13-08 – Curitiba
03-09 – Brasília
24-09 – Santa Cruz
15-10 – Porto Alegre
29-10 – Buenos Aires
19-11 – Rio de Janeiro (Jacarepaguá) or Brasília
03-12 – São Paulo

Plus 3 tracks can have extra-official races: Caruaru, Belo Horizonte (Airport t emporary course) and Bahia (Street Temporary course)

 

[Johnny]

Some news:

- Ricardo Maurício signed a 2 year contract with Katalogo Racing (Mitsubish Lancer Evolution IX)

- The extra race, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will happen again.

- I heard a rumour that a famous european touring car driver wants to test a car and drive in the championship.

 

[fasj6418]

i don´t know who is jhonny, (JF racing???) but great job keeping us updated about the stock car news...

 

[Johnny]

i don´t know who is jhonny, (JF racing???) but great job keeping us updated about the stock car news...

I used to work for JF Racing.

I would post more if i had the time, and if people here seemed more interested about it.

 

[Johnny]

Some news.

JF Racing will continue to have Ruben Fontes as one of the drivers,and signed Rodrigo Sperafico. Their new main sponsor is Genéricos Neo Química.

Action Power might sign a sponsorship deal with a big telephone company

Vitor Meira (IRL) is negotiating with NasrCastroneves to drive their second car.

RUMOUR --> Confirmed VW Bora teams : NasrCastroneves Racing, WB Motorsport, PMP&Alves Racing and RS Competições

Luiz Garcia Jr. signed with P&B Racing. The team will continue with BRB-Banco de Brasília as main sponsor.

 

[Johnny]

Boettger Competições still have a seat open for 2006 Season

David Muffato, 2003 champion, won't race this year. He will dedicate himself to his company management (problems maybe?). Anyway, Alceu Feldmann continue to drive for the team.