Polestar Cyan Racing team-mates Richard Göransson and Robert Dahlgren are still locked in a hard Scandinavian Touring Car Championship (STCC) title fight after qualifying at Solvalla where Göransson pulled away by just two points.
The four-time champion was fourth fastest in Q1, that awards points to the championship, beating Dahlgren by a mere 24 thousands of a second.
”It was a weird qualifying session, I had no grip at all. We need to work hard and do our job properly for tomorrow, it is still possible for ut to win races. The only positive thing is that I increased my lead to Robert by two points,” said Richard Göransson.
Dahlgren, who was fastest in testing despite carrying the most penalty weight of all drivers in the field, dropped to fifth position in Q1 and Q2.
”I am really disappointed, we went the wrong way with the setup and there was just no grip as we came from testing to qualifying. Both races tomorrow will be really eventful as we will start in the middle of the pack,” said Robert Dahlgren.
Prince Carl Philip made it into the Q2 session for the first time this session and will start eighth for the first race and third for the second.
”We still have more work left to be done with the car, but I am really pleased to make it to Q2. I aim to keep it cool and to improve further tomorrow,” said Prince Carl Philip.
Tomorrow features two of the remaining four races this season with a lot at stake for Polestar Cyan Racing title rivals Göransson and Dahlgren.
”We still have 125 points left to fight for this season and with just 13 points between Richard and Robert, the game is still wide open between them. The two are very closely matched at Solvalla, promising for a thrilling fight tomorrow,” said Alexander Murdzevski Schedvin, Head of Motorsport at Polestar.
The first race of tomorrow starts at 12:30 CET, follow the team live at: http://stcc.polestar.com
STCC Solvalla
Circuit: Solvalla
Length: 1250 m
Lap record (STCC): 0:43.262, Björk
Results
Q1 – Top 5
1 Björn Wirdheim Saab 9-3 43.848
2 Daniel Haglöf SEAT León +0.050
3 Philip Morin SEAT León +0.247
4 Richard Göransson Volvo S60 +0.409
5 Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 +0.433
…
8 Carl Philip Bernadotte Volvo S60 +1.204
Q2 – Top 5
1 Björn Wirdheim Saab 9-3 44.267
2 Daniel Haglöf SEAT León +0.063
3 Richard Göransson Volvo S60 +0.666
4 Philip Morin SEAT León +0.746
5 Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 +0.818
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8 Carl Philip Bernadotte Volvo S60 +1.607
Schedule
(Times in CET)
Friday 2/9
13:20 Test 1 (30 min)
15:35 Test 2 (30 min)
17:40 Qualifying Q1 (15 min)
18:00 Qualifying Q2 (20 min)
Saturday 3/9
12:30 Race 1
16:00 Race 2
TV Schedule
SVT1 17:00 4/9
Live online: http://bit.ly/29jLagV
Championship standings
Drivers – Top 5
1 Richard Göransson Volvo S60 262 points
2 Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 249 (-13)
3 Johan Kristoffersson SEAT León 189 (-73)
4 Björn Wirdheim Saab 9-3 169 (-93)
5 Daniel Haglöf SEAT León 160 (-102)
…
11 Carl Philip Bernadotte Volvo S60 58 (-204)
Team – Top 5
1 Polestar Cyan Racing 518 points
2 SEAT Dealer Team 377 (-141)
3 Flash Engineering 318 (-200)
4 Dacia Dealer Team 158 (-360)
5 Brovallen Design 107 (-411)
2016 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship Entry List
Driver – Team – Car
Robert Dahlgren – Polestar Cyan Racing – Volvo S60
Richard Göransson – Polestar Cyan Racing – Volvo S60
Carl Philip Bernadotte – Polestar Cyan Racing – Volvo S60
Johan Kristoffersson – PWR Racing – SEAT León
Philip Morin – PWR Racing – SEAT León
Daniel Haglöf – PWR Racing – SEAT León
Björn Wirdheim – Flash Engineering – Saab 9-3
Reuben Kressner – Flash Engineering – Saab 9-3
Linus Ohlsson – Flash Engineering – Saab 9-3
Mattias Andersson – Dacia Dealer Team – Dacia SE
Rasmus Mårthen – Brovallen Design – Ford Mondeo
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship 2016 Calendar
31-1/5 Skövde Airport Race
26/5 Mantorp Park
18-19/6 Anderstorp
09-10/7 Falkenberg
13-14/8 Karlskoga
02-03/9 Solvalla
23-24/9 Knutstorp
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.