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Minimum weight for Volvo at Donington Park

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Polestar Racing will drop to the minimum possible weight for the next round of the Championship at Donington Park, whilst the BMW drivers will also shed 10kg.

The Polestar Racing Volvo C30 of Robert Dahlgren was running at -20kg compensation ballast whilst competing with their 2.0 litre normally aspirated engine prior to Brno, and has had to compete with the maximum ballast for two events, but the team’s relative pace to Chevrolet will see the team drop 60kg of weight to run at the minimum weight of 1130kg at Donington Park.

BMW also lose a further 10kg, which means they’ll be running at just 20kg above their base weight whilst the all-dominant Chevrolet team will continue to run at the maximum 40kg above base weight, as will the independent Bamboo Engineering-run Chevrolet Cruzes.

Entry List with compensation weights for Donington Park

No – Driver – Team – Car – Ballast – Total Weight
1 – Yvan Muller – Chevrolet – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T – +40kg – 1190kg
2 – Robert Huff – Chevrolet – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T – +40kg – 1190kg
3 – Gabriele Tarquini – Lukoil-SUNRED – SR León 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg
4 – Aleksei Dudukalo* – Lukoil-SUNRED – SR León 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg
5 – Norbert Michelisz* – Zengö Motorsport – BMW 320 TC – +20kg – 1190kg
7 – Fredy Barth* – SUNRED Engineering – SR León 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg
8 – Alain Menu – Chevrolet – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T – +40kg – 1190kg
9 – Darryl O’Young* – Bamboo Engineering – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T – +40kg – 1190kg
10 – Yukinori Taniguchi* – Bamboo Engineering – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T – +40kg – 1190kg
11 – Kristian Poulsen* – Liqui-Moly Team Engstler – BMW 320 TC – +20kg – 1190kg
12 – Franz Engstler* – Liqui-Moly Team Engstler – BMW 320 TC – +20kg – 1190kg
15 – Tom Coronel – ROAL Motorsport – BMW 320 TC – +20kg – 1190kg
17 – Michel Nykjaer* – SUNRED Engineering – SR León 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg
18 – Tiago Monteiro – SUNRED Engineering – SR León 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg
20 – Javier Villa* – Proteam Racing – BMW 320 TC – +20kg – 1190kg
21 – Fabio Fabiani*^ – Proteam Racing – BMW 320si – -20kg – 1130kg
25 – Mehdi Bennani* – Proteam Racing – BMW 320 TC – +20kg – 1190kg
29 – Colin Turkington* – Wiechers-Sport – BMW 320 TC – +20kg – 1190kg
30 – Robert Dahlgren – Polestar Racing – Volvo C30 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg
74 – Pepe Oriola* – SUNRED Engineering – SR León 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg

* Eligible for the Yokohama Independents’ Trophy
^ Eligible for the Jay-Ten Trophy