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James Thompson confirms talks with Volvo

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James Thompson has confirmed that he is in negotiations with Volvo for a drive in the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship 2011.
“We have been talking for a while, there is nothing set yet, but it could be a potentially very exciting project,” said Thompson to TouringCarTimes.

Robert Dahlgren is leaving the Scandinavian championship to do a full season in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Volvo, meaning that there is a seat available in the Polestar Volvo team for the Scandinavian championship.

“We have had a meeting, I know Christian Dahl [team boss] of Polestar Racing from before and we get along well,” said Thompson.

Thompson took part in the Scandinavian Touring Car Cup this year as well as the European Touring Car Cup for Hartmann Honda. For 2011 Thompson is keeping his options open.

“My goal is to be involved in a manufacturer program. Polestar has done a fantastic job with the C30, I have raced them both in the WTCC and the Scandinavian championship,” said Thompson.

The Brit says he is keen to continue racing in the Scandinavian championship next year and that Volvo could be a good option for him.

“From what I saw the Scandinavian championship is well supported and there are a lot of good cars and teams there. I mean, outside the world championship [WTCC], the Scandinavian is one of the best out there,” said Thompson.

Alongside his racing, Thompson has been appointed official test driver for the new BTCC regulations NGTC. The Brit was supposed to drive the prototype NGTC Toyota Avensis last week.

“We were supposed to test last week, but it has been delayed this week. We will hopefully get a few days of testing and that is the final work before the new year,” said Thompson.