Formula 3 Euro Series

Mortara celebrates historic win

The Spiess Motorenbau GmbH engineers travelled home to Ditzingen with a great triumph under their belt: on 01st June, 2008, Edoardo Mortara secured a historic win for Volkswagen. At the wheel of his Volkswagen Dallara, the Italian won the Sunday round of the Formula 3 Euro Series races held on the challenging street circuit of Pau, Southern France. Just six months after Volkswagen's Formula 3 comeback made in September 2007.

"The first win of the Volkswagen Group's Formula 3 engine represents a special success," said Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen. "In addition, the entire Pau weekend proved to be a pleasant experience, for us. By securing top-ten results in every practice session we demonstrated our engine's competitiveness in continuous style." Edoardo Mortara also was delighted. "My car proved to be just perfect throughout the weekend and in the Sunday race, the VW engine with its extraordinary driveability represented the optimum support for my successful chase. To be the championship leader with a 14-point lead at this point in time is a comfortable situation."

On Pau's the 2.76-kilometre circuit, located at the foot pf the Pyrenees, Mortara already had finished runner-up in the Saturday round. On Sunday, the Signature driver therefore had been seventh on the grid but battled his way up to cross the finish line as winner.

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