Five place grid drop for underweight Volvo in China

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Five place grid drop for underweight Volvo in China

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Thed Björk will drop to 17th on the grid for his World Touring Car Championship debut in Shanghai, after his Volvo Polestar Racing C30 was found to be underweight in post-qualifying scrutineering.

The FIA have awarded a five place penalty for both races for the Volvo driver, with the car weighing in at 1,171kg.

All cars which are not carrying a camera fitted by the Championship broadcasters are required to carry an additional 4kg of ballast to compensate, with this instruction posted on the official noticeboards. The car was therefore 3kg underweight.

Björk had set the seventh fastest time in Q1, but was unable to progress to Q2 due to the homologation status of the Volvo C30, which isn’t eligible to score points this weekend. The Volvo was therefore due to start 12th before the penalty.

By Neil Hudson : TouringCarTimes
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