LG Super Racing Weekend to launch Dubai Autodrome

The event will officially launch the spectacular Dubai Autodrome, a part of the five billion dollar Dubailand project. The development has racing facilities approved by the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) and the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) with a world class 5.39 km Grade I racetrack and a 7000-seat grandstand. Eurosport and the FIA launched the LG Super Racing weekend in 2001 to showcase skilled driving. Races are held at top racetracks in Europe and this year's calendar will conclude in the Middle East, with the races in Dubai.

"We are delighted to support the evolution of the motor sports industry in the Middle East and host the LG Super Racing Weekend for the first time in the Middle East," said K H Kim, President of LG Electronics, Middle East & Africa Operations. "LG has been associated with the Super Racing Weekend series for the last three years and we believe it is the perfect launch vehicle for the Autodrome, a world class facility that will draw motor enthusiasts from all over the world to Dubai."

The LG Super Racing Weekend series includes two FIA championships, the FIA GT and the FIA ETCC, and the Formula Renault V6 Championship. A logical progression from Formula Renault 2000, the V6 is highly sophisticated and adheres to a range of safety and budgetary criteria.

"Participating drivers are stars from Formula One and Formula 300 and include legendary drivers like Alessandro Zanardi who lost both his legs in an accident while competing in the US-based Champ car series. He is ranked 15th in the Drivers' Championship with three points, and drives a specially modified BMW," said Kim.
"A dramatic Dubai showdown is on course as BMW is currently in the lead, ahead of current champions Alfa Romeo," he added.

Three vehicle categories are approved for the 2004 ETCC: touring cars with normally aspirated petrol engines in compliance with the FIA's Super 2000 regulations; touring cars with turbodiesel engines in compliance with the FIA's Diesel 2000 regulations and touring cars with normally aspirated petrol engines in compliance with the FIA's Super Production regulations
The Super 2000 category stipulates at least a four-seater, four-door saloon with a minimum length of 4.2 metres. Engine capacity is limited to 2,000 cc and depending on the type of engine, various maximum engine speeds are permitted. Six-cylinders are allowed up to 9,000 revolutions a minute (four-cylinders 8,500 rpm, five-cylinders 8,750 rpm). Each engine must be used on at least two consecutive racing weekends. Spare cars (T-cars) and electronic driver aids of any kind are not allowed.