Mexico City to host 2008 Formula BMW World Final.
17-09-2008 Press Release This year will see the Formula BMW season end in the
Americas, with the “Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez”, situated in the
heart of Mexico City (MX), hosting the 2008 Formula BMW World Final
from 5th to 7th December. A unique prize awaits the winner of this
prestigious event: the opportunity of a test drive in a BMW Sauber F1
Team Formula One racing car.
“We are looking forward to the opportunity of taking the Formula
BMW World Final to the Americas,” says BMW Motorsport Director Mario
Theissen. “After previous World Finals in Bahrain and Valencia, the
young drivers will be able to prove their skills on this classic
circuit located in the centre of Mexico’s capital city. I am convinced
that this populous metropolis will provide the perfect setting for the
highlight of our Formula BMW season. After events in Asia and Europe,
the time has come to stage the World Final in the Americas. This year
numerous noteworthy talents representing many regions of the Americas
are contesting the Formula BMW Americas series – which is one of three
successful championships in the Formula BMW program – and therefore it
is totally fitting that we meet, literally, in the centre. Once again
we are offering the winner of the World Final the opportunity of
driving our Formula One car. Consequently the contestants have every
motivation to perform right through to the very end of their season.”
The Formula BMW World Final has established itself as the
traditional finale of the BMW Motorsport year. The BMW Sauber F1 Team
will contest Formula One’s final race on 2nd November in Brazil, with
the World Touring Car Championship and Formula BMW Pacific staging
their final events in Macau (MO) a fortnight later. With the running of
the World Final in December – after the majority of championship titles
have been decided – Formula BMW contestants have a further opportunity
of ending their respective seasons on a high. The inaugural Formula BMW
World Final, held in 2005, saw Marco Holzer win through – with the
German a year later experiencing Formula One power for the first time
at Valencia (ES). Success for Christian Vietoris (DE) in 2006 saw him
inscribed on the roll of honour as the second winner. Philipp Eng’s
victory last year will shortly see the 18-year-old Austrian rewarded
with his dream prize: on 4th December he will venture onto the circuit
in Mexico City with the BMW Sauber F1 Team.
However, this much- coveted main prize is not the Formula BMW World
Final’s only attraction. The thoughtfully constructed format offers the
young drivers more track time than provided by customary Formula BMW
race weekends. Beside free practice sessions, the heat format enables
the drivers to amass valuable racing experience.
Approximately 60 young drivers aged 15 and upwards are currently
contesting the Formula BMW Europe, Formula BMW Pacific and Formula BMW
Americas championships, enabling them to successfully take their first
steps towards single-seater racing careers.
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