Volvo pleased with 1.6 turbo test

Volvo Polestar Racing completed an endurance test with the new 1.6 turbo engine at the Swedish track Falkenberg today.
“We are pleased with the day and the engine worked perfectly,” said Christian Dahl, Volvo Polestar Racing Managing Director, to TouringCarTimes.

Robert Dahlgren was behind the wheel of the Volvo C30, completing two race runs and close to 100 laps.
“It felt really good to take it out on track for some serious testing and I am pleased with the progress we have made with the engine,” said Dahlgren.

The team focused on durability and drivability during the test day.
“There is a lot of work to do on fine tuning the drivability of the turbo engine,” said Dahl.

The final decision on when to introduce the new engine in the WTCC has not yet been taken.
“We are pleased with the progress and the introduction is getting closer. But we are going to take the decision after the races in Hungary,” said Dahl.

The team heads to this weekend’s WTCC races at Hungaroring with the 5 cylinder normally aspirated engine. Dahlgren is despite the lack of a turbo engine optimistic ahead of the weekend.
“We have got better conditions ahead of this weekend as the track is twisty and the fact that it is new to all the other teams as well. The characteristics of this track suits our chassis, it is not as power demanding as Monza and it has got a lot of medium fast corners where you cut the kerbs at high speed. I am for sure looking forward to the weekend and I expect two exciting races,” said Dahlgren.