Polestar Racing (team official Volvo Car Corporation) will participate in the race Anderstorp 28 and 29 July this year with a car on E85 bioethanol fuel.
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This is a first for motorsport! On the occasion of the seventh race of the WTCC championship which will take place on the circuit Swedish Anderstorp, Volvo Car Corporation will engage one of its S60 FlexiFuel, which has the distinction of driving on bioethanol.
"This idea came when the WTCC has announced its opening" green "alternative fuels. The environment is a core value for Volvo, this resolution has really affected," says Derek Crabb, Motorsport Director at Volvo Car Corporation.
It was Robert Dahlgren, currently second in the Championship Swedish Touring Car (STCC), which has been designated to take the wheel. However, Derek Crabb remains cautious about the ambitions of the team during the test since it will be "disadvantaged by the type of tires used it has very limited experience."
But this handicap does not seem to disturb the leaders of the brand who want above all "to show that a credible alternative, competitive and at the same time more environmentally friendly is perfectly possible today in the WTCC."
Remember also that all cars entered in the WTCC championship will Fueling bioethanol by 2009.
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