Multiple Argentinian touring car champion Néstor Girolami will drive for Polestar Cyan Racing in the Japanese FIA World Touring Car Championship races next weekend as part of the continuing development programme.
”I am very grateful to Polestar Cyan Racing for this opportunity to race in Japan. I will give all my best to have a great weekend. I have followed their track record and I am privileged to be in such a professional team,” said Girolami.
The 27-year-old takes the place of Robert Dahlgren in Japan who instead will focus his efforts on the title fight in the final two Scandinavian Touring Car Championship races that clash with the coming WTCC races.
”We have chosen to let Robert focus his efforts on the STCC as he is in a competitive position for the title and at the same time utilise the unique opportunity to test Néstor during a race weekend, something that will be different next year when our championship title challenge phase begins,” said Alexander Murdzevski Schedvin, Head of Motorsport at Polestar.
Girolami, who is the reigning double drivers’ champion in the ultra-competitive Argentinian Super TC 2000 championship, tested the Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 race car at Termas de Rio Hondo after the previous race, together with Thed Björk.
”I shared the race weekend with the team and I learned a lot about the car before the test. I felt very comfortable during the test, the team worked hard to improve the performance and develop the car. I felt a great potential in the Volvo S60. My goal for Japan is to take this one step further and above all demonstrate that I have the speed, engineering skills and race craft to become a part of the team in the future,” said Girolami.
The FIA World Touring Car Championship weekend at Twin Ring Motegi is held on September 2-4th, follow the team on http://wtcc.polestar.com. Information on driver in the second Polestar Cyan Racing car for the races after Japan will be communicated in due course.
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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 driver titles and seven STCC team 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).
