VOLVO to race at Brands Hatch next weekend.

2010 Polestar Racing Volvo C30 DRIVe

The FIA World Touring Car Championship will see a new entry at the next weekends race at Brands Hatch. Volvo will be competing in the events at Brands Hatch and Okayama this year. The Swedish auto major has announced that Polestar Racing, Volvo Motorsport’s official partner will take part in both the events and have entered one bio-ethanol powered Volvo C30 DRIVe for Robert Dahlgren. However, the team will not be eligible to score championship points.

Volvo’s sudden entry into WTCC has raised speculations about possible full time involvement in for the 2011 season. “We see WTCC now addressing its major obstacle for growth with the new engine regulations. At the same time we see several national championships starting to stray from the FIA S2000 regulations by several own counterproductive decisions and dispensations from a manufacturer perspective. We will remain focused on the improved FIA S2000 regulations used in WTCC. That is why we have given Polestar a green light to further evaluate competitiveness and challenged them to establish a financial and technical plan for WTCC for 2011, including a full FIA homologation of the current C30 car,” commented Alexander Murdzevski Schedvin, Motorsport Commercial Director at Volvo Cars.

“We are very happy Volvo Cars has made the decision to let us do Brands Hatch again and Okayama. We have done one World Touring Car Championship event per season the last two seasons to evaluate our car against the best. These two meetings will allow an even better evaluation,” said Polestar Racing Managing Director Christian Dahl.

News Courtesy: WTCC

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