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Volkswagen Motorsport SA unveils new GTC race car
Volkswagen South Africa has unveiled their brand new GTC race car in a live reveal.
Published: 2 July 2020, 15:31
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The old adage of "Race on Sunday - Sell on Monday" has never rung more true. Volkswagen Motorsport SA has unveiled their brand-new GTC race car for the 2020/2021 season.
Volkswagen Motorsport's new GTC racing car is built using the Golf 8 GTI body and its rear-wheel drive. Beneath the sheet metal is a standardised space frame chassis that is required for the series "For the past four years we have been racing with the Jetta. Since the Jetta is no longer offered in right-hand drive markets, we had to find an appropriate successor and that is where the idea to use the Golf 8 GTI came from.
Volkswagen Motorsport will compete in the two Golf 8 GTIs in GTC1. They will be driven by 2019 GTC champion Keagan Masters and Daniel Rowe, the 2016 GTC2 champion.
Built to spec.
In the GTC series, all vehicles have to adhere to strict control measures which feature a common chassis, running gear, a single ECU to control performance, tyres, suspension and other components.
New features in the Golf 8 GTI racing car include an all-new chrome-moly tubular chassis which is much stiffer and lighter than the previous generation GTC car.
In a global first, these are the only GTC Golf 8 race cars in the world, currently.
Lockdown restrictions.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, racing has not been permitted. The Motorsport fraternity is hoping that by August the cars can get back on track, although it will most likely to be without any spectators.
The GTC2 category has been dropped and is now being replaced with the Polo SupaCup, with an estimated field of 11 competitors set to take to the track when racing resumes.
The start of the official 2020 South African Motorsport circuit racing season is still unconfirmed, but it is hoped that motorsport events can resume in August 2020 and the first round will likely start at Zwartkops Raceway in Johannesburg.
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