No rest for Polestar Cyan Racing as hectic WTCC schedule continues in Slovakia
No rest for Polestar Cyan Racing as hectic WTCC schedule continues in Slovakia
There is no rest for the Polestar Cyan Racing team as Slovakia hosts the second FIA World Touring Car Championship race of 2016 this weekend, less than two weeks after the season start in France.
Five fast facts
• Slovakiaring was built in 2008
• Thed Björk and Fredrik Ekblom have prepared for Slovakiaring with a simulator
• WTCC has raced at Slovakiaring since 2012
• Polestar Cyan Racing scored World Championship points in both races of the season start
• The WTCC cars reaches over 240 km/h at the main straight of Slovakiaring
”We learned so much on such short time in France, something we bring with us to Slovakia where I hope we can take a big step forward,” said Thed Björk.
Thed Björk provided a thrilling drive up through the field in the first race of the season start, from last position to seventh, a momentum he is aiming to keep this weekend at Slovakiaring.
”Coming to Slovakia will be awesome and we have potential to improve on all areas. We have never been on this track before, but I have prepared my self by driving a simulator together with my team mate Fredrik,” said Björk.
Fredrik Ekblom had a challenging start to the WTCC season in France but managed to get back in the second race to score points.
”We got a lot of positive things with us from Paul Ricard. Coming to Slovakia will be a completely different thing with one race weekend behind us, enabling us to focus more on the details, and I am longing to get back out on track,” said Fredrik Ekblom.
The race weekend starts with testing on Friday, followed by practice and qualifying on Sunday and two races of 11 and 12 laps respectively, both broadcasted live on Eurosport.
”The season start was encouraging, while we of course have massive amounts of work ahead of us. We are hoping for better weather conditions this weekend as the rainy start to the weekend in France hampered the team,” said Alexander Murdzevski Schedvin, Head of Motorsport at Polestar.
WTCC Race of Slovakia
Circuit: Slovakiaring
Length: 5922 m
Lap record (WTCC): 2:05.748, Tarquini
Schedule
(Times in CET)
Friday 15/4
12:30 Testing (30 min)
Saturday 16/4
08:45 Free Practice 1 (30 min)
11:30 Free Practice 2 (30 min)
14:00 Qualifying Q1 (20 min)
14:25 Qualifying Q2 (10 min)
14:40 Qualifying Q3 (20 min)
Sunday 17/4
12:10 Race 1 (11 laps)
14:15 Race 2 (12 laps)
Championship standings
Drivers
1 José María López Citroën C-Elysée 38 pts
2 Tiago Monteiro Honda Civic 34 (-4)
3 Rob Huff Honda Civic 33 (-5)
4 Norbert Michelisz Honda Civic 30 (-8)
5 Mehdi Bennani Citroën C-Elysée 22 (-16)
…
9 Thed Björk Volvo S60 6 (-32)
13 Fredrik Ekblom Volvo S60 1 (-37)
Manufacturers
1 Citroën 84 pts
2 Honda 83 (-1)
3 Lada 46 (-38)
4 Polestar 14 (-70)
TV Schedule
International: https://www.fiawtcc.com/watch-it-on-tv/
Online: http://www.eurosportplayer.com/
2016 FIA World Touring Car Championship Entry List
No – Driver – Team – Car
2 – Gabriele Tarquini – Lada Sport Rosneft – Lada Vesta WTCC
3 – Tom Chilton – Sébastien Loeb Racing – Citroën C-Elysée WTCC
5 – Norbert Michelisz – Honda Racing Team JAS – Honda Civic WTCC
7 – Hugo Valente – Lada Sport Rosneft – Lada Vesta WTCC
9 – Tom Coronel – ROAL Motorsport – Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1
10 – Nicky Catsburg – Lada Sport Rosneft – Lada Vesta WTCC
11 – Grégoire Demoustier – Sébastien Loeb Racing – Citroën C-Elysée WTCC
12 – Rob Huff – Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team – Honda Civic WTCC
18 – Tiago Monteiro – Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team – Honda Civic WTCC
25 – Mehdi Bennani – Sébastien Loeb Racing – Citroën C-Elysée WTCC
27 – John Filippi – Campos Racing – Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1
37 – José María López – Citroën Racing – Citroën C-Elysée WTCC
55 – Ferenc Ficza – Zengo Motorsport – Honda Civic WTCC
61 – Fredrik Ekblom – Polestar Cyan Racing – Volvo S60 TC1
62 – Thed Björk – Polestar Cyan Racing – Volvo S60 TC1
68 – Yvan Muller – Citroën Racing – Citroën C-Elysée WTCC
77 – René Münnich – Münnich Motorsport – Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1
89 – John Bryant-Meisner – Nika Racing – Chevrolet Cruze WTCC
99 – Dániel Nagy – Zengo Motorsport – Honda Civic WTCC
FIA World Touring Car Championship calendar 2016
1-3 April FIA WTCC Race of France (Circuit Paul Ricard)
15-17 April FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia (Slovakia Ring)
22-24 April FIA WTCC Race of Hungary (Hungaroring)
7-8 May FIA WTCC Race of Morocco (Moulay El Hassan, Marrakech) S
26-28 May FIA WTCC Race of Germany (Nürburgring Nordschleife)
10-12 June FIA WTCC Race of Russia (Moscow Raceway)
24-26 June FIA WTCC Race of Portugal (Circ. Internacional de Vila Real) S
5-7 August FIA WTCC Race of Argentina (Circ. Termas de Río Hondo)
2-4 September FIA WTCC Race of Japan (Twin Ring Motegi)
23-25 September FIA WTCC Race of China (Shanghai International Circuit)
4-6 November FIA WTCC Race of Thailand (Chang International Circuit)
23-25 November FIA WTCC Race of Qatar (Losail International Circuit) N
S = Street race
N = Night Race
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.
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).