Interwetten.com

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Interwetten.com
Motor racing team
Founded	2001
Country	Austria
Team Principal(s)	Walter Raus
Current series	World Series by Renault
Former series	Formula VW Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
Drivers' titles	2002 Formula Volkswagen Germany (Barth)
Teams' titles	2006 World Series by Renault

Interwetten.com is a racing team from Austria. It was founded in 2001 by Walter Raus and his son Walter Thimmler.

1 Career
2 Results
- 2.1 World Series by Renault
- 2.2 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
3 Timeline
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Career

The team start his career in the Formula VW Germany, the second year of their very young racing history, they won the championship with the German driver Sven Barth.

In 2004 they decided to go a step forward and went for the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup with the drivers Sven Barth and Jaap van Lagen and of course with the help of the team sponsors Interwetten. Even the first year they had several successes. Sven achieved the victory in Monaco which took place within the F1 event and Jaap van Lagen won in Oschersleben Grand Prix.

Salvador Durán driving for Interwetten at the Silverstone round of the 2008 World Series by Renault season.

The following year, Renault founded the World Series by Renault, merging World Series by Nissan and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup. Again, Interwetten wanted to go another step forward and joined the World Series by Renault. The first year was not easy and it was hard to gain a foothold. The competition was very strong and experienced teams. In 2006, the team showed a great performance. With the drivers Andy Soucek and Eric Salignon the team won the Teams Championship and several race victories.

Following that successful year, a new partner ship between Interwetten and the world renown Mexican telecommunication company Telmex was made. With Salvador Durán, the team gained several podiums.

For the coming season 2008 the team expand the cooperation with Telmex. The two drivers from the Telmex drivers program are going to start this season for the Interwetten.com racing team. Next to Salvador Durán, his Mexican compatriot Pablo Sánchez López will also grip into the steering wheel.^[1]

[edit] Results

[edit] World Series by Renault

World Series by Renault results^[2]
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2005	Dallara T02-Renault	Daniel la Rosa	10	0	0	0	18	18th	12th
		Fernando Rees	12	0	0	0	0	N/A
		Sven Barth	1	0	0	0	0	N/A
		Carlos Iaconelli	2	0	0	0	0	N/A
		Stefano Proetto	0	0	0	0	0	N/A
2006	Dallara T02-Renault	Eric Salignon	15	2	0	1	48	9th	1st
		Franck Perera	2	0	0	0	13	22th
		Andy Soucek	17	1	1	0	99	4th
2007	Dallara T02-Renault	Salvador Durán	17	1	1	0	64	8th	10th
2007	Dallara T02-Renault	Daniil Move	16	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2008	Dallara-Renault	Salvador Durán							'
2008	Dallara-Renault	Pablo Sánchez López							'

[edit] Formula Renault V6 Eurocup

Formula Renault V6 Eurocup results^[3]
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2004	Tatuus-Renault	Jaap van Lagen	19	1			145	7th	5th
2004	Tatuus-Renault	Sven Barth	17	1	0	2	126	9th	5th