Polestar Cyan Racing driver Prince Carl Philip keeps his Swedish GT title hope alive following a strong second place in the first race of the Karlskoga weekend with co-driver Thed Björk.
Prince Carl Philip was briefly behind championship rival and Ferrari driver Ingvar Mattsson in the final part of the wet race, but was able to make his way past to secure his fourth podium of 2017.
”I am happy with the result. It was no point in trying to follow Brunstedt today. I was able to get past Mattsson and control the gap between us after that. The team did a great job with the car and I feel confident for tomorrow, hoping that we get to race on a dry track,” said Prince Carl Philip.
Björk started the race from second on the grid and handed over the wheel to Prince Carl Philip at mid-point of the race.
”It was a really tough race as the track was very wet and greasy from previous races. We have no abs or traction control on our car, compared to some of our competitors and that makes it even tougher to fight. But I tried to just maintain our position and then hand it over to Prince Carl Philip who did a solid job today,” said Thed Björk.
Prince Carl Philip remains in fourth place of the drivers’ championship, 19 points from championship leader Brunstedt with one race remaining of the weekend at Karlskoga, starting at 15:05 CEST tomorrow.
”This was probably the best result we could achieve given the conditions and circumstances today. Both drivers did a solid job and we hope for dry weather tomorrow – our goal is set on a win,” said Alexander Murdzevski Schedvin, Head of Motorsport at Polestar.
Follow the Polestar Cyan Racing during the final race of the Karlskoga weekend at: http://swegt.polestar.com
Swedish GT Karlskoga
Circuit: Karlskoga Motorstadion
Length: 2400 m
Lap record (STCC): 1:04.560 (Ekblom)
Results
Race 1 – Top 5
1 Jan Brunstedt Audi R8 LMS Ultra 31 laps
2 Björk/Bernadotte Volvo S60 +20.834
3 Larsson/Mattsson Ferrari 488 +21.594
4 Palm/Engelbrekt Porsche 911 GT3 Cup +24.108
5 Krüger/Mäkinen Ferrari 458 +42.716
Qualifying 1 – Top 5
1 Fredrik Larsson Ferrari 488 1:03.786
2 Thed Björk Volvo S60 +0.082
3 Oscar Krüger Ferrari 458 +0.745
4 Oscar Palm Porsche 911 GT3 Cup +0.810
5 Rebuen Kressner Ferrari 458 +1.043
Qualifying 2 – Top 5
1 Jan Brunstedt Audi R8 LMS Ultra 1:05.010
2 Ingvar Mattsson Ferrari 488 +0.369
3 Carl Philip Bernadotte Volvo S60 +0.530
4 Mats Tidstrand Porsche 911 GT3 Cup +0.578
5 Peter Eriksson Porsche 911 GT3 Cup +0.877
Schedule
(Times in CEST)
Sunday 13/8
15:05 Race 2 (28 min + 1 lap)
TV Schedule
SVT 1 – Live 15:05 CET 13/8 (Race 2)
Championship standings
GTA – Top 5
1 Jan Brunstedt Audi R8 LMS Ultra 101 points
2 Fredrik Larsson Ferrari 488 95 (-6)
2 Ingvar Mattsson Ferrari 488 95 (-6)
4 Carl Philip Bernadotte Volvo S60 82 (-19)
5 Thed Björk Volvo S60 64 (-37)
2017 Swedish GT Entry List
No – Driver – Team – Car
GTA Class
7 – Kari Mäkinen – Euroracing – Ferrari 458
7 – Oscar Krüger – Euroracing – Ferrari 458
11 – Toni Persic – TPR Motorsport – Chevrolet Camaro
13 – Carl Philip Bernadotte – Polestar Cyan Racing – Volvo S60
13 – Thed Björk – Polestar Cyan Racing – Volvo S60
25 – Peter Eriksson – TBA – Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
45 – Krister Andero – TBA – Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
67 – Erik Hjeltman – Brovallen Design – Ford Mondeo
98 – Jan Brunstedt – JB Motorsport – Audi R8 LMS Ultra
99 – Ingvar Mattsson – Mattsson Motorsport – Ferrari 488
99 – Fredrik Larsson – Mattsson Motorsport – Ferrari 488
GTB Class
20 – Philip Morin – Mtech Competition – Porsche Cayman GT4
20 – Linus Pröjtz – Mtech Competition – Porsche Cayman GT4
21 – Håkan Ricknäs – Ricknäs Motorsport – Porsche Cayman GT4
21 – Thomas Martinson – Ricknäs Motorsport – Porsche Cayman GT4
31 – Hans Söderholm – Ricknäs Motorsport – Porsche 911 GT4
31 – Marcus Söderholm – Ricknäs Motorsport – Porsche 911 GT4
45 – Krister Andero – TBA – Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
50 – Thomas Belfrage – Euroracing – Ferrari 360
51 – Peter Larsen – Primus Racing – Ginetta G55
51 – Johan Rosén – Primus Racing – Ginetta G55
60 – Franck Århage – Århage Racing – Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
65 – Bror Ellfolk – TBA – Ginetta G55
65 – Niclas Lindström – TBA – Ginetta G55
88 – Erik Behrens – Alfab Racing – McLaren 570S
88 – Daniel Roos – Alfab Racing – McLaren 570S
2017 Swedish GT Calendar
Date Circuit Country
04-06 May Knutstorp Sweden
07-09 July Falkenberg Sweden
11-13 August Karlskoga Sweden
01-03 September Anderstorp Sweden
14-16 September Mantorp Park Sweden
About Polestar
Polestar is Volvo Car Group’s performance road car brand and was founded by Polestar Racing, today known as Cyan Racing. Polestar’s birth was a result of Cyan Racing’s race engineers desire to explore how technology behind the multiple title-winning success in racing could be applied to the performance of road going Volvo cars, on all roads and conditions in everyday life. The first road-going performance Concepts were launched in 2010 and the first performance cars, based on the Volvo S60, were ready in 2012. In 2015, Volvo Cars acquired Polestar Performance. Today, Polestar builds the S60 and V60 Polestar, 367 hp performance road cars with over 250 developments over-and-above the standard Volvo products. It also offers Polestar Engineered performance hardware upgrades and engine software optimisations for existing Volvo products.
In the future, Polestar will become a new separately-branded electrified high-performance car company. Polestar will offer a portfolio of bespoke Polestar branded cars that will no longer carry a Volvo logo. Polestar will enjoy specific technological and engineering synergies with Volvo Cars and benefit from significant economies of scale as a result of its connection to Volvo. These synergies will allow it to design, develop and build world beating electrified high performance cars.
About Cyan Racing
Founded in 1996 and today known as Cyan Racing, the privately owned and operated company has been Volvo Car Group’s official team in motorsport since its conception. Cyan Racing has claimed multiple titles with the Volvo 850, S40, C30 and S60. Today, the company enjoys success on track with the Polestar road car brand as Polestar Cyan Racing in pursuit of both the World Touring Car Championship and Swedish GT, racing the Volvo S60 Polestar road going performance car.
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Volvo Car Group in 2016
Voor het boekjaar 2016 liet Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) een bedrijfswinst optekenen van 11 miljard SEK (EUR 1,2 miljard), tegenover 6,6 miljard SEK (EUR 697 miljoen) in 2015. De omzet voor dit boekjaar bedroeg 180,7 miljard SEK (EUR 19,1 miljard), tegenover 164,0 miljard SEK (EUR 17,3 miljard) in 2015. In 2016 verkocht Volvo Car Group wereldwijd 534.332 auto's, ofwel 6,2% meer dan in 2015. Deze recordcijfers qua omzet en bedrijfswinst betekenen dat Volvo Car Group kan blijven investeren in het wereldwijde transformatieplan.
Over Volvo Car Group
Volvo is actief sinds 1927. Vandaag is Volvo Cars een van de bekendste en meest gerespecteerde automerken ter wereld. In 2016 werden 534.332 Volvo's verkocht in ongeveer 100 landen. Sinds 2010 is Volvo Cars eigendom van Zhejiang Geely Holding (Geely Holding) uit China. Het bedrijf maakte deel uit van de Zweeds Volvo Group tot 1999, wanneer het werd gekocht door het Amerikaanse Ford Motor Company. In 2010 werd Volvo Cars uiteindelijk overgenomen door Geely Holding.
In december 2016 stelde Volvo Cars wereldwijd meer dan 31.000 medewerkers tewerk. De hoofdzetel, productontwikkeling, marketing en administratie van Volvo Cars zijn grotendeels gevestigd in Göteborg, Zweden. Het hoofdkantoor van Volvo Cars voor China is gevestigd in Shanghai. De grootste autofabrieken van het bedrijf zijn gevestigd in Göteborg (Zweden), Gent (België) en Chengdu (China), terwijl de motoren worden gemaakt in Skövde (Zweden) en Zhangjiakou (China) en de carrosserie-onderdelen in Olofström (Zweden).
