The championship in its 12th season will offer 30 young touring car drivers from 8 nations which include Germany, India, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Czech Republic, to race for the title. The first race is on this Sunday (May 17) at Hockenheim (Germany).

ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup is a series ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club) organizes to facilitate access for young motorist to the world of touring car racing while keeping cost within affordable limits and ensuring equal opportunities as far as possible. For this event, all vehicles in the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup 2009 are provided by VW and are transported, prepared and maintained during events.

JK Tyre, who has spearheaded the motorsport development in India, has provided a plethora of new talents who are representing the country at global motor sporting events. Ashwin is a National Racing Champion in Formula LGB Swift Class and Formula LGB Hyundai Class for 2008. He also has raced for international races like Asia Road Racing Championship, where he was 1st Runner up (under 21 class, 115cc 4 stroke category).

At such a tender age, he was choosen by MaCon motorsports last year for a three year contract. Aditya began his racing career in the year 2000, taking part in a JK Tyre Karting event and winning his first ever race. In the year 2001 he was crowned the JK Tyre junior national karting champion. He took single seater racing in 2005 winning one race and on the podium on three other occasions. In 2007 winning races in both Formula Rolon as well as the Rotax max challenge, Aditya moved to the Formula BMW Asia Pacific championship and was on the podium in his first race.

Excited about his second season in the Polo Cup, Ashwin Sundar said, "Firstly, I am thankful to JK Tyre, MaCon motorsports and all my sponsors who have been working hard to improve the standards and encourage me with an incredible backing throughout. Polo Cup is one of the most popular and highly respected professional racing. This is my second season in Europe. Last year I did formula cars so I am familiar with track and the place. Apart from earning points, my aim would be to be in top 5 after the first round. I am very excited and look forward for the season."