Yahoo Autos This Is Darth Vader's Volvo Race Car
I was at Volvo's first WTCC race in France back in April, and their cars ended the day suffering from mechanical problems. Later in the year, I saw another WTCC race, and the Volvos continued to get into trouble. Of course the tarmac seems to be bumpier for all during their debut season, but Polestar Cyan Racing is back in Sweden now, which means the team can finally do some development work on the S60s for the first time since they started chasing those Citroëns, Hondas and Ladas.
The Volvo racing team's master plan is to learn in year one, win races in year two and fight for the world title in year three. In 2017, they will have three S60 Polestar TC1s instead of two, and at the next round in Japan, multiple Argentinian touring car champion Néstor Girolami will join Thed Björk as part of evaluating drivers for next season, when Citroën will also be out of the picture.
Personally, I just like seeing a big beast like an S60 fight against all those economy car-based WTCC racers. These blue (and occasionally black) cars will only get faster from now.
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