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Volvo: “Our best ever STCC race weekend”

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Volvo Polestar Racing became the first ever team and manufacturer to secure a 1-2-3-4 in the STCC.
“The race in Stockholm became our best ever in STCC since we entered the championship in 1996 when it was formed. We are incredibly proud over Thed, Robert, Fredrik, Linus and everyone at Volvo Polestar Racing. The team has done an amazing job this weekend,” said Derek Crabb, Motorsport Director of Volvo Cars.

Thed Björk was the Volvo star of the weekend, starting by being fastest in testing and qualifying, topping it off by winning the race, his second victory of the year.
“This is without a doubt one of my best victories ever! Everything has worked perfectly this weekend and to head home the first ever quadruple victory in STCC for Volvo is hard to describe,” said Björk.

Robert Dahlgren was second best Volvo driver in second position, inheriting one position as BMW driver Fredrik Larsson was disqualified. Dahlgren was also involved in an incident, colliding with Robin Rudholm who spun and later retired.
“I am very pleased with second. Rudholm tried to close the door far too late and we collided. The car worked really well after that and second means solid points for the championship,” said Dahlgren.

Another Volvo driver to be involved in an incident was 22-year-old Linus Ohlsson who was spun by Larsson, dropping from second to fourth.
“I am of course disappointed to have been spun out from second, but that is racing sometimes and Larsson got a penalty. I had a strong pace in the race and I was close to Ekblom in the end. I didn’t want to risk anything with a team mate and I stayed behind, but I know that I have the speed to win and that feels good ahead of Gothenburg,” said Ohlsson.

Björk heads the drivers championship 10 points ahead of Richard Göransson, who won the first race of the season, and Volvo heads the manufacturers championship 20 points ahead of BMW.