Polestar Cyan Racing heads to Japan as 2017 preparations intensifies
Polestar Cyan Racing heads to Japan as 2017 preparations intensifies
Polestar Cyan Racing is headed to Japan this weekend as the FIA World Touring Car Championship resumes at Twin Ring Motegi, with crucial preparations for 2017 and beyond intensifying.
”I am really looking forward to get going again and especially at Twin Ring Motegi. I have never raced there before but from what I understand it is great for racing with plenty of overtaking opportunities. It is also an important weekend to start digesting the initial data we have received from testing in preparation for next year,” said Thed Björk.
Björk will be joined by a new team-mate for the races in Japan in the form of multiple Argentinian touring car champion Néstor Girolami who tested for the team after the previous race at Termas de Río Hondo.
”It’s a big challenge to race in Japan. I've been watching some on board cameras and it looks like a very fast and technical circuit with very hard braking points. I have to adapt myself step by step and find the limits. My goal is to learn as much as possible and improve during the race weekend,” said Néstor Girolami.
The Japanese races marks the ninth race weekend of 2016 and just three remain as Polestar Cyan Racing prepares for 2017.
”We have just started our test programme between race weekends with our new test car that together with the final races of 2016 plays and important role in our plan to increase our competitiveness to challenge podiums and race wins next year. This weekend will also be special for us as we will perform a race evaluation with Néstor who did a good job when testing for us last month,” said Alexander Murdzevski Schedvin, Head of Motorsport at Polestar.
Follow the team during the race weekend in Japan at: http://wtcc.polestar.com
WTCC Race of Japan
Circuit: Twin Ring Motegi
Length: 4806 m
Lap record (WTCC): 1:57.136 (Tarquini)
Schedule
(Times in CET)
Friday 2/9
10:00 Shakedown (30 min)
Saturday 3/9
01:45 Free Practice 1 (30 min)
04:00 Free Practice 2 (30 min)
08:00 Qualifying (60 min)
Sunday 4/9
07:35 Race 1 (13 laps)
08:50 Race 2 (14 laps)
Championship standings
1 José María López Citroën C-Elysée 284 pts
2 Tiago Monteiro Honda Civic 167 (-117)
3 Yvan Muller Citroën C-Elysée 160 (-124)
4 Rob Huff Honda Civic 158 (-126)
5 Mehdi Bennani Citroën C-Elysée 144 (-140)
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12 Thed Björk Volvo S60 41 (-243)
13 Fredrik Ekblom Volvo S60 35 (-249)
TV Schedule
International: https://www.fiawtcc.com/watch-it-on-tv/
Online: http://premium.fiawtcc.com
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).