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Chennai, 12th August 2009: The race 7 of the 9 race ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup will be held at Nurburgring Circuit this week between 14th and 16th August 2009.

As a motor-racing circuit, the Nurburgring Nordschleife is without equal. It was once described by the famous race driver Jackie Stewart as 'The Green Hell', due to the way the road meanders through the local woodland. It is almost certainly the most feared, most demanding, most awe-inspiring and yet still the most fantastic purpose-built motor-racing circuit in the world. What has given 'The Ring', this status is its sheer size, all 13 miles and 73 bends of it. The modern GP track is now rebuilt is not 13 miles long, but shorter, about 5.3 km.

Our Chennai lads, Aditya Patel and Ashwin Sundar will have the honour of racing on this great historic circuit in the VW Polo Cup 2009.

This is going to be a tough round for the boys as the circuit is not easy to learn, and very demanding on the drivers. Both drivers will have to use all the skills they have learnt in the previous rounds to come out on top. Besides this the competition is fierce and lap times are bound to be very close. Twenty eight drivers are expected to compete in the race and normally the first twenty are separated by just ONE second.

Their sponsors Volkswagen India, JK Tyre, Ma-con , Amaron, will also be be looking forward to a thrilling weekend, for sure.

Aditya said "I am absolutely delighted to be driving on this circuit , and am confident of doing well as I am now even more aware of the charecteristics of the car. I hope to qualify well."

Ashwin who is brimming with confidence after his last qualifying said "I hope that I will qualify well again. If I do, I will not succumb to pressure this time", he asserted!!

indmotorsport.com wishes both of them all the very best.

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