THE KUMHO-SHOD PEUGEOT TEAM CONTINUES ITS DOMINATION IN THE NÜRBURGRING-BASED VLN CHAMPIONSHIP

Peugeot RCZ Team Nokia news from Kumho

Peugeot RCZ Team Nokia is certainly enjoying a season of success in the Nürgurgring-based VLN race series. The sixth race of the 10 round championship (July 30) saw the pair of Kumho-shod 207 Coupes once more finish 1^st and 2^nd in class, while simultaneously dominating the diesel category; which they’ve made their own since the beginning of the season.

As usual, the equipe’s white car (No. 545) was the star.  Driven by the well practised trio of Michael Bohrer, Stéphane Cailliet and Jürgen Nett, it achieved pole position for the class in qualifying (courtesy of wet weather Kumho tyres) and was the first of the two Peugeots to cross the finish line in the race. In Caillet’s capable hands, it even achieved a new fastest lap of 9:41.946 minutes for the model around the daunting 12.9 mile course. Firmer suspension and improved steering evidently helped bring about the improvement.

The delighted team manager, Timo Frings, was also quick to praise the achievement of the three Frenchmen aboard his black car, none of whom had previously competed at the Nürburgring and who had suffered a turbocharger problem in qualifying – they took the chequered flag two laps behind their team-mates. The next round of the series is a six hour race on August 27.

Commented Kumho’s European Motorsport Manager Steve Thompson, “It is very rewarding to see the 207 RCZs winning time after time, and the team’s cars working so well on our tyres whatever the conditions. We wish them all the very best for the remaining four rounds of the championship.”

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