Con questo annuncio ufficiale, la Volkswagen americana ci spiega in dettaglio la partnership e collaborazione che la legano con il simulatore iRacing di Kaemmer, il quale in pratica sarà non solo la "palestra virtuale" per tutti i piloti reali, ma anche una possibile via di accesso al campionato Jetta TDI Cup per tutti gli appassionati di simulazione.
Since before the service opened to the public last year, professional and amateur real-world racing drivers, including last year’s Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup champion, Josh Hurley, have been using iRacing.com’s motorsport simulation service to learn new tracks and get up to speed before testing sessions or races. Today, a partnership between Volkswagen of America and iRacing has been announced, which will see an iRacing-organized internet racing series serve as a portal to the real-world Jetta TDI Cup series.
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iRacing’s virtual Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup series will kick off during 2009 Season 3. The online series will be open to all members with a Rookie 4.0 or higher competition license and will feature the Jetta TDI Cup car (which is currently under development) as well as several of the tracks from the real-world TDI Cup schedule.
At the conclusion of Season 3, the top ranked driver in the series meeting Jetta TDI Cup entrance requirements (between the ages of 16-26 and a resident of the United States, Canada or Mexico) will earn a spot among 100 aspiring professional racers invited by Volkswagen of America to compete in the Driver Selection event for the real-world 2010 Jetta TDI Cup series. From those 100, 30 series entrants and five alternates will be selected. Should the virtual Jetta TDI Cup qualifier be among them, he or she will enjoy a FULLY FUNDED season behind the wheel of the iRacing.com-liveried Jetta TDI Cup entry.
Next year, iRacing becomes even more central to the Jetta TDI Cup driver selection process. The virtual Jetta TDI Cup series for 2009 Season 4 and 2010 Seasons 1 – 3 will be the primary gateway to the Driver Selections event. Top-ranked iRacers from all four seasons will receive invitations to attempt to qualify for the real-world series’ 2011 season and compete for the $100,000 champion’s prize.
