Swiss Sport: A newcomer to Formula 3000
MOTORSPORT In four weeks' time, the Auto-Renntage Frauenfeld will attract many spectators to the first slalom championship round. At this popular race Markus Bosshard will make his debut in a Reynard F3000. Thomas Amweg unfortunately still lacks the budget to switch to the F3000 class. The Auto-Renntage Frauenfeld, held for the 18th time by the ACS Thurgau on April 22 and 23 on [...]
The Auto-Renntage Frauenfeld, held for the 18th time by the ACS Thurgau on April 22 and 23 on the Grosse Allmend, will count as the second round (after Interlaken on April 8) of the 2017 Swiss Slalom Championship and will be the first major public event this year. Entry deadline is Saturday, March 25, at midnight. We will go into detail about the field of participants in a next message.
For one of the maximum 360 drivers allowed over two days, it will be a very special race weekend, which the spectators can also look forward to. Markus Bosshard is moving up to the Formula 3000 class with a Reynard 93D and will probably be its only representative in Frauenfeld.
Neither we nor he himself believe that the man from Herisau will have a say in the day's victory despite the concentrated power of 456 hp from the Cosworth engine. But this racing car will still be an attraction. The owner is Simon Hugentobler, who owns a total of three Reynard (92D, 93D and 97D) and piloted them alternately in hill climbs. Bodywork specialist Bosshard helped and still helps the man from Aargau with the preparation and is now allowed to use it for racing in return.
The 47-year-old from Appenzell is using the start of the slalom in Frauenfeld as a trial gallop for the hill climbs, his favorite discipline. Bosshard has so far competed in these with a Formula Renault Tatuus, which is still parked in his garage. He has never broken any thick ropes with it, so he does not expect to do so now with the three-liter bolide. "I'm only driving for pleasure and without any prospect of top times. I know what I'm doing. Driving a race car like this, which reminds me of the former Formula 1, is a dream for me."
Thomas Amweg also looking for sponsor for Formula 3000 car
Thomas Amweg would also like to fulfill this dream. The son of the former mountain king Fredy Amweg, who was the first driver ever in Europe to bring a Formula 3000 to the mountain and achieve top times with it, has been looking around in Italy for such a car. He would have found one, but unfortunately he still lacks the money to buy or rent it.
In recent years, the Ammerswil native has regularly finished on the overall winners' podium in a Dallara-Mercedes F3 at selected hillclimb races, leaving many a higher-powered vehicle behind. Because of the history of this racing car, which was once driven by Sebastian Vettel in the Formula 3 European Championship, he does not want to sell it (yet). That's why he can't take its proceeds into account.
"I've reached a level where I'm not getting any faster with the Formula 3 car. I would now be ready for a Formula 3000, but unfortunately securing the budget for that is very difficult," he sighs.
However, Thomas Amweg is not giving up hope - perhaps an AutoSprintCH reader who would like to support him is reading these lines... There are still a good two and a half months to go until the first hill climb on June 10/11 in Hemberg and then July 2 in Reitnau (Amweg's home race).
