Volvo could join one race in 2009

The British Touring Car Championship might see a Volvo entry this year. Not in the form of a new team, but in the form of the Swedish Touring Car Championship team Polestar Racing making a guest apperance.
“This would be a further evaluation of a possible full BTCC involvement, supported by British dealers,” said Volvo Motorsport director Derek Crabb to Autosport.

According to reports the Volvo-team could be present during the Snetterton race on August the 2nd with one car for Robert Dahlgren.

Crabb also mentioned that a World Touring Car Championship appearance this year is not excluded yet. Last year Dahlgren took part in the WTCC race at Brands Hatch.

Recent information to TouringCarTimes has indicated that there might be other reasons of the interest from Volvo/Polestar on BTCC.

Last year was the first year in STCC for the team with the new C30-model. The team got to run the cars extra light due to the fact that they were nationally homologated and in a development progress.

The Volvo’s really got up to pace during the final races with Dahlgren taking several pole positions and winning the two final races.

For 2009 the cars are likely to be slapped with more weight, to be equal to the other cars in the championship.

This is something the Volvo-team is not pleased with and the reports of the team looking at both BTCC and WTCC could be a way to influence the STCC organisation not to raise the weight.

Serious lobbying efforts or just evil rumors? Stay tuned for more news!