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Recently, Volkswagen officially announced in official website that it will completely terminate the racing project of Volkswagen brand and concentrate all its energy on the transformation to pure electric vehicles. Volkswagen, the company responsible for sports? Motor racing? GmbH's current 169 employees and all resources will be merged into Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg in the next few months.

Frank, a member of the management Committee in charge of the development department? Dr Welsch said: "Volkswagen brand is becoming a leading supplier of sustainable electric transportation. To this end, we are concentrating our efforts and decided to terminate the Volkswagen brand's own racing activities. The deep technical expertise of racing employees and the professional knowledge gained from ID. Project R will stay in the company and will help us build a more effective model from ID. "

50 years of brilliant achievements

Open to the public now? Motor racing? GmbH official website, the cover slogan is still a German "Mehr? als？ 50? Jahel? Hmm? kein？ Bi Shen? Leise。” It's been more than 50 years, and it's not quiet at all. Indeed, Volkswagen brand is not only very successful in the history of racing, but also rich and colorful, and its participation in racing sports events is very diversified.

There are not only the Peak Climbing Race that all racing enthusiasts want to conquer, but also the Dakar Rally that constantly challenges the limits. Of course, the world rally championship also has its shadow. The closest thing to us is the all-electric ID. R, launched on the eve of last year's Essen Auto Show. Race? In the "night" game, ID. R won the most important "Electric Racing of the Year" award that night.

Volkswagen brand has achieved excellent results in motor racing for more than 50 years. Since the heyday of Formula Five and Formula Three in the 1960s and 1970s, it has been active in major competitions. The first time I began to pay attention to the mass brand event was in 2009. From 2009 to 20 1 1, it is almost the time of its personal performance. The team won the Dakar Rally three times in a row. And from 20 13 to 20 16, the public depends on Polo? r？ WRC won the World Rally Championship four times in a row. On the TCR court, that golf ball? GTI won back 20 16 and 20 17 international champions for the Volkswagen brand.

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No matter how good the ID is. R is, it can't escape the termination.

With the development of all-electric ID. R, Volkswagen brand racing car successfully transitioned from 20 18 to electric car. The development of ID. R began at the end of 20 17, and there are five international records so far. Frenchman Roman? Du Masi set the first record in June 2065438+2008 in pikes peak International Rock Climbing Competition, Colorado, USA. Including the record of the fastest electric vehicle in Goodwood Speed Festival and the record of the fastest lap speed of the electric vehicle in the North Ring Road of New Boglin.

What is worth mentioning is ID. R also left footprints in Tianmen Mountain in China. From 2065438 to September 2009, Roman Du Masi completed 99 bends on Tianmenshan Highway in 7 minutes and 38 seconds, and reached the "Heaven Gate" at the top of the mountain. Du Masi, who set a new record, said, "This is my most spectacular outing, and it will be recorded on Tianmen Mountain forever. I am honored to set a record for public ID. R is in China. We just got a little information and test in advance, which makes it face great challenges. The road is extremely narrow and tortuous, but the power of ID. R brings incredible fun to driving. "

In fact, the termination of Volkswagen brand racing is not rootless. As early as 20 19, 1 1, Volkswagen revealed that the focus had shifted to the production of electric vehicles, and Volkswagen would terminate all racing events that did not involve electric vehicles. Since then, Volkswagen brand racing has come to an end, including the subsequent further research and development of ID. R, just to better build momentum for the ID. Family and decentralized racing technology.

As an Audi brand under the Volkswagen Group, it has previously said that it will withdraw from the Formula after the end of the 20021season. E event, and shift the focus to the 2022 Dakar Rally. Audi officials also said: "Racing is an inseparable part of Audi's strategy. We hope to show ourselves in the future international top racing competitions and integrate the latest electrification technology into our production cars. "

It can be seen that Volkswagen Group's investment in motorsport will be limited to high-end brands such as Audi, and it will no longer "burn money" to support Volkswagen brand motorsport. Since Mazda permanently closed Mazda speed, Volkswagen? Motor racing? GmbH became the second racing department to end in this era, and the reason for doing so is believed to be the decision of Volkswagen Group after careful consideration. But whether to restart in the future depends on the sales performance of ID. Future family.

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