Interwetten.com Racing is a racing team from

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. It was founded in 2001 by Walter Raus.

Career

The team started its career in Formula Volkswagen, and in its second year of operations won the championship with the

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driver Sven Barth. In 2004 they moved up to

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with drivers Sven Barth and

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, with sponsorship from the Austrian bookmaking agency

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, with Barth winning the

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race and Van Lagen taking a win

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. The following year,

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founded the

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, merging

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and

and Interwetten remained.

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drove for the team and scored a series of impressive Qualifying results. But they would have to wait until

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, for their first success with

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and

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taking several race victories, giving Interwetten the Teams Championship. New driver

Salvador Durán Salvador Durán Sánchez (born 6 May 1985) is a Mexican race car driver who raced in the FIA Formula E Championship for the Amlin Aguri team. Durán has also previously competed in A1 Grand Prix, Formula Renault 3.5, and the NASCAR Toyota Seri ...

brought

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in as sponsor for 2007, winning one race while teammate

Daniil Move Daniil Yuryevich Move ( rus, Дании́л Ю́рьевич Мове́ , p=dənʲɪˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐˈvʲɛ, born on 11 December 1985, in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian race car driver. Daniil holds the title "master of sport on interna ...

failed to score a point. In 2008 the Austrian team ran Durán alongside compatriot

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. In 2010, the team has announced it wants to expand to include the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup series. Interwetten.com Racing, managed by Motorsport Consulting GmbH, was not selected by Renault-Sport for the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series. Instead, a new team, FHV Interwetten.com, managed by FHV GmbH, was selected.

Results

World Series by Renault

Formula Renault V6 Eurocup

* D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

Timeline

References

External links

Official website
{{s-end Austrian auto racing teams World Series Formula V8 3.5 teams Formula Renault Eurocup teams Intercontinental Rally Challenge teams Auto racing teams established in 2001