Volvo pleased with WTCC premiere

The Volvo Polestar Racing team was pleased after the season start of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Curitiba. The team takes part with one car this season for Robert Dahlgren as an evaluation ahead of 2012.
“We are satisfied with the premiere, it has met our expectations and it feels encouraging for the continuation of the season,” said Christian Dahl, Managing Director of Polestar Racing.

Dahlgren finished 12th in the first race and 13th in the second race, a modest result that the team were expecting due to the high altitude of the track.

“Our calculations show that we lose about nine tenths per lap compared to the turbo engines at this altitude. But keeping in mind how close we were to the top of the field, it shows that our development work with the chassis during the winter has paid off,” said Dahl.

The team is going to run their naturally aspirated five cylinder engine to mid-point of the season before switching to a newly developed 1.6 turbo engine.

“We look forward to the next race with confidence. We know that we have a strong concept and the development of our new turbo engine progresses nicely. We have learned a lot during these days and that was our plan,” said Dahl.