What do BT Infonet and the Volkswagen Dakar Team 2006 have in common?
Speediness, use of latest technology, flexibility, team work and the absolute commitment to be permanently prepared for new challenges - these are the qualities providing a close link between the Volkswagen Cross Country Rally Team and BT Infonet.
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Therefore BT Infonet -a subsidiary of British Telecommunications plc since 2005- has entered a partnership with Volkswagen Motorsport without hesitation.
During its first rally competition in 2006 the Volkswagen Cross Country Rally Team could already show its huge potential. By finishing second overall in this years Dakar Rally, which finished after 9043 kilometres on 15 January in the Senegalese capital city, with the Race Touareg 2 crewed by driver/co-driver team Giniel de Villiers/Tina Thörner (South Africa/Sweden), Volkswagen recorded the best ever result for a diesel vehicle in this cross country rally and a German automobile manufacturer since Porsche won in 1986. Volkswagen scored five stage victories – four were credited to Carlos Sainz/Andy Schulz (Spain/Germany) and one by de Villiers/Thörner – and held the 2006 Dakar Rally overall lead for five days.
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"During the recent Dakar Rally we showed that the Race Touareg 2 has enormous potential. We will now push the development forward in logical steps”, say Kris Nissen. "We made significant progress before the ‘Dakar in January. In the following eleven months fine tuning will be our main priority, which is not only related to engineering but also in the areas of logistics, preparation and team organisation.”
In addition to the comprehensive test schedule, Volkswagen will contest selected rounds of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup and the FIA Cross Country Rally Baja Cup during the 2006 season. "Drivers and co-drivers will be announced during the forthcoming weeks and months”, says Kris Nissen.
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In addition to the cross country rallying programme and its involvement in the Dakar Rally the Wolfsburg based automobile manufacturer also organises the ten-round ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup which runs as part of the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) support programme. |
The Volkswagen Motorsport website offers detailed material about the Volkswagen Cross Country Rally Team 2006 and an interesting review on Dakar Rally 2006: www.volkswagen-motorsport.com.
More information about BT Infonet can be obtained on www.bt.infonet.com.
