Volvo confirms 1.6 turbo for Brno

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Volvo confirms 1.6 turbo for Brno

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Volvo Polestar Racing is going to introduce their new 1.6 turbo engine for the FIA World Touring Car Championship races at Brno.
"We are pleased with our progress during testing and we have decided to introduce it at Brno," said Christian Dahl, Volvo Polestar Racing Team Principal, to TouringCarTimes.
The team has taken part in the first part of the season with a 5 cylinder naturally aspirated 2.0 engine.
"We have learned a lot in the first part of the season, but we have not been able to be competitive with the older engine. We are competitive and we want to be in the top and fight, this is going to be our first real comparison with our competitors," said Dahl.

The ambition for the team initially is to match the pace of the last race in Hungary where Robert Dahlgren made it in to Q2.
"Brno is a bit different compared to Hungary as it is completely new to us while the other teams has got a lot of experience of the track. But we want to remain in the top ten, we are confident of the performance of the new engine," said Dahl.

The major difference, other than the power output, of the new turbo engine compared to the old is the drivability.
"The drivability of the turbo engine is completely new compared to the N/A engine and it needs a lot of work. The mapping options of the turbo engine are endless. We are going to continue collecting data and we have got an interesting remaining part of the season ahead of us," said Dahl.

By Johan Meissner : TouringCarTimes
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