Volvo Polestar Racing Clinches First WTCC Points

Last year, Volvo’s Polestar Racing division won the title in the Swedish Touring Car Championship. After its success there, the team decided to try their luck at the World Touring Car Championship, while also trying to defend its national title back home where the Swedish series has merged with the Danish one to form the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship.

This week, bot the World and Scandinavian series started, and Polestar made a strong showing with its race-spec C30, winning its first ever points in the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Zolder in Belgium this weekend.

"It was a good race from start to finish. I am proud to have scored the first points for Volvo, we are making good progress every time we hit the track," said Dahlgren, who crossed the line as seventh in the second race after hard fights with drivers from BMW, Chevrolet and SEAT.

"Dahlgren drove really well this weekend and we are continuing to gather invaluable experience. We have had a really good weekend that exceeds our expectations. Our simulations clearly show that we lose about eight tenths per lap compared to the turbo engined cars, a time difference that corresponds to the gap that we had to pole position this weekend. We continue to work high in confidence and we are looking forward to the rest of the season," said Christian Dahl, Manging Director of Volvo Polestar Racing.

Meanwhile, the STCC 2011 premiere weekend in Denmark provided a tough start for Volvo Polestar Racing. Hard fights were mixed with a strong qualifying session and double podium finishes for James Thompson and Tommy Rustad.