Robert Dahlgren extended his championship lead over Polestar Cyan Racing team mate Richard Göransson after the STCC qualifying session at Anderstorp.
”I am quite pleased with the qualifying result with 50 kilos of ballast, but especially to secure vital points to the championship. My Q1 lap was as good as it could get, but I had a problem with the gearbox in Q2 that cost some time. The feeling is good ahead of the races tomorrow,” said Robert Dahlgren.
Dahlgren was second fastest in both qualifying sessions, carrying 40 kilos less than pole sitter Johan Kristoffersson, while Göransson was fifth in Q1 and third in Q2.
”Unfortunately I had some traffic on my fastest lap in Q1, but I was either way not able to get the best out of the car today. We are going to work one some changes for tomorrow and I am confident that we have a good race car and my goal of course is to climb in the races,” said Richard Göransson.
Prince Carl Philip had a tough qualifying session and was ninth in the first Q1 session, meaning a reversed grid front row start for the second race.
”We worked on some changes to the car between the sessions that unfortunately did not work as we hoped for. We are going to analyse this and continue the work for the races tomorrow,” said Prince Carl Philip.
The first qualifying session, Q1, awards points to the championship where Dahlgren secured 18 points for second place and has extended his lead to 15 points over Göransson in second place.
”We are at the longest circuit of the calendar with both Robert and Richard on 50 kilos of penalty weight. For Robert to miss pole by just a tenth of a second is a really good job,” said Alexander Murdzevski Schedvin, Head of Motorsport at Polestar.
The first race of the Anderstorp weekend starts at 13:00 CET tomorrow, watch the races live on svtplay.se and follow the team behind the scenes on twitter.com/cyanracing.
STCC Anderstorp
Circuit: Anderstorp
Length: 4025 m
Lap record (STCC): 1:35.470, Göransson
Results
Q1 – Top 5
1 Johan Kristoffersson SEAT León 1:33.288
2 Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 +0.420
3 Emma Kimiläinen SEAT León +0.852
4 Björn Wirdheim Saab 9-3 +0.891
5 Richard Göransson Volvo S60 +1.042
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8 Carl Philip Bernadotte Volvo S60 +2.532
Q2 – Top 5
1 Johan Kristoffersson SEAT León 1:33.718
2 Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 +0.128
3 Richard Göransson Volvo S60 +0.273
4 Björn Wirdheim Saab 9-3 +0.548
5 Emma Kimiläinen SEAT León +1.127
Schedule
(Times in CET)
Sunday 19/6
13:00 Race 1
16:00 Race 2
TV Schedule
Sweden: SVT2 – 18:00 27/5
Live online: http://bit.ly/1XUFq0h
Championship standings
Drivers – Top 5
1 Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 133 points
2 Richard Göransson Volvo S60 118 (-15)
3 Johan Kristoffersson SEAT León 84 (-49)
4 Daniel Haglöf SEAT León 63 (-70)
5 Björn Wirdheim Saab 9-3 57 (-76)
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10 Carl Philip Bernadotte Volvo S60 20 (-113)
Team – Top 5
1 Polestar Cyan Racing 256 points
2 SEAT Dealer Team 150 (-106)
3 Flash Engineering 132 (-124)
4 Dacia Dealer Team 70 (-164)
5 Brovallen Design 42 (-214)
2016 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship Entry List
Driver – Team – Car
Robert Dahlgren – Polestar Cyan Racing – Volvo S60
Richard Göransson – Polestar Cyan Racing – Volvo S60
Carl Philip Bernadotte – Polestar Cyan Racing – Volvo S60
Johan Kristoffersson – PWR Racing – SEAT
León Emma Kimiläinen – PWR Racing – SEAT León
Daniel Haglöf – PWR Racing – SEAT
León Björn Wirdheim – Flash Engineering – Saab 9-3
Reuben Kressner – Flash Engineering – Saab 9-3
Linus Ohlsson – Flash Engineering – Saab 9-3
Mattias Andersson – Dacia Dealer Team – Dacia SE
Rasmus Mårthen – Brovallen Design – Ford Mondeo
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship 2016 Calendar
31-1/5 Skövde Airport Race
26/5 Mantorp Park
18-19/6 Anderstorp
09-10/7 Falkenberg
13-14/8 Karlskoga
02-03/9 Solvalla
23-24/9 Knutstorp
About Polestar
Polestar is the performance brand of Volvo Cars. The company was founded as a motorsport team in 1996 and has been successful in numerous championships, racing with various Volvo models. In 2009, Polestar started to offer performance related products and thereby intensified the business relations with Volvo Cars. The first performance cars, based on Volvo’s S60 and V60, were launched in 2014. In 2015, Volvo Cars acquired the performance unit of Polestar, as a strong commitment towards a credible performance offer and with the mission to define future premium performance.
About Cyan Racing
Cyan Racing is the motorsport partner to Polestar. The company is owned by Christian Dahl and handles all motorsport operations of Polestar. Cyan Racing, formerly named Polestar Racing, has claimed five STCC drivers’ titles and seven STCC teams’ titles with the Volvo 850, S40, C30 and S60.
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Volvo Car Group en 2015
Au cours de l’exercice fiscal 2015, le résultat d’exploitation de Volvo Car Group a atteint 6,62 MSEK (698 millions d’euros), contre 2,128 MSEK (224 millions d’euros) enregistrés en 2014. Le chiffre d’affaires pour cette période s’élève à 164,043 MSEK (17,3 milliards d’euros), contre 137,590 MSEK (14,5 milliards d’euros) en 2014. Sur l’ensemble de l’année 2015, les ventes mondiales ont atteint un record de 503 127 véhicules écoulés, soit une hausse de 8 % comparativement à 2014. Ces ventes historiques couplées à un résultat d’exploitation record particulièrement encourageant, incitent Volvo Car Group à poursuivre ses investissements vers sa transformation à l’échelle mondiale.
À propos de Volvo Car Group
Volvo existe depuis 1927. Aujourd’hui, Volvo est une des marques automobiles les plus connues et les plus respectées au monde, avec 503 127 véhicules vendus en 2015 dans une centaine de pays. Volvo Cars appartient à la société chinoise Zhejiang Geely Holding (Geely Holding) depuis 2010, et était rattaché jusqu’en 1999 au groupe suédois Volvo Group, lorsque la compagnie a été rachetée par l’américain Ford Motor Company. En 2010, Geely Holding a acquis Volvo Cars.
En décembre 2015, Volvo Cars comptait plus de 29 000 employés à travers le monde. Le siège social, le développement produit, le marketing et l’administration de Volvo Cars sont principalement situés à Göteborg, en Suède. Le siège de Volvo Cars en Chine se trouve à Shanghai. Ses principales usines de production de voitures se situent à Göteborg (Suède), Gand (Belgique), et Chengdu (Chine) ; les moteurs sont fabriqués à Skövde (Suède) et Zhangjiakou (Chine), et les éléments de carrosserie à Olofström (Suède).
