Racing in the streets
With plans afoot to bring the spectacle that is Bavaria City Racing to Dublin, our man in Rotterdam is there for the big announcement – and gets up close and personal with the high-performance cars themselves.
Colm O Hare, 29 Sep 2011
Summer’s here and the time is right, for racing in the streets.” (Bruce Springsteen)
On the June bank holiday 2012, the streets of Dublin will serve as the backdrop for Ireland’s first ever Bavaria City Racing event, a celebration of international racing cars and drivers from around the world. Dakar trucks, Super League Formula, Indy Car, Formula 2, drifters and Formula 1 will all participate. It promises to be one hell of a show.
The event is being brought to Dublin by Bavaria Brewery and Gleeson, the Irish distributors of the popular beer brand and is, not surprisingly, expected to be one of the biggest events ever seen on the streets of the capital, with the added bonus of free admission.
“It will be the most exciting event in Ireland in 2012,” insists Patrick Cooney, managing director of Gleeson. “Having witnessed the event first-hand in both Rotterdam and Moscow, I am confident that this will be a great event, supported by both the people of Dublin and indeed from all over Ireland.”
The organisers of Bavaria City Racing Dublin are expecting in the region of 100,000 spectators but given the popularity of recent events like Top Gear and the generally positive attitude to all things motoring here, it would be surprising if that number isn’t at least doubled when the day eventually arrives.
Bavaria City Racing started off in Rotterdam in 2006. That modern city has welcomed the sound of roaring engines, and spectacular doughnuts, accomplished by F1 cars, every year since. After five successful editions, Rotterdam now boasts approximately 550,000 fans at each event, making it one of the city’s biggest crowd-pullers. The event went to Moscow in 2008 with Red Square and the Kremlin offering a surrealistic platform for F1 teams and other top level international motor sports attractions. It has now grown into one of the largest public attractions in Russia. Lotus Renault, Vodafone McLaren and Ferrari, to mention a few, all made an appearance in 2011, as did drivers Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Vitaly Petrov, David Coulthard, Nelson Piquet Jr., Heikki Kovalainen and Adrian Sutil. The sixth edition of Bavaria City Racing Rotterdam took place on August 21 and Hot Press had the opportunity to witness this thrilling spectacle firsthand. To say that Dublin is in for a treat would be an understatement.
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