CE Dealer Team salvages points from challenging and wet World RX home round in Sweden
CE Dealer Team by Volvo Construction Equipment fought hard throughout a challenging and wet ”Magic Weekend” at Höljes in Sweden – the third round of the all-electric 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship.
As a sunny Saturday turned into a rainy Sunday, challenging track conditions made the racing a lottery in Höljes.
Niclas Grönholm fought hard all weekend at the slippery Höljes track, ultimately finishing fourth in the semi-final, and just missing out on the final.
The Finn is still second in the drivers’ championship.
”We struggled from start to finish this weekend, not much to say really. It is a weekend to quickly forget. I am looking forward to a few weeks off, to recharge and come back stronger next time,” says Niclas Grönholm.
Klara Andersson got a strong start to her first-ever FIA World RX race on home soil, claiming an emotional win in heat one.
The Swedish rallycross star was denied a place in the final after a puncture in her semi and is currently seventh in the standings.
”A tough weekend with a lot of ups and downs. It was fantastic to win the first heat, and it felt like a really good start to the weekend. Today it was raining all day, which was new for me with this type of car. So, there was a lot of learning. In the semi, it felt like we got the setup right, but unfortunately, I got a puncture. The potential is there, and we take a lot of lessons and important points with us from this weekend,” says Klara Andersson.
CE Dealer Team salvaged crucial points to hold second place in the teams’ championship, as the team continues its all-electric journey at the next round in Great Britain in three weeks’ time.
”Not the result we wanted. We were struggling all day to find the pace, and in the semi-final, we finally had the pace as Klara had really good lap times. But it was a bit too late. We need to keep on working, that’s it. Recharge our batteries, do our homework, and come back stronger. Rest assured that we will,” said Jussi Pinomäki, Team Manager of CE Dealer Team.
The team enjoyed strong support from its partners who had over 400 guests on site, including exhibitions for the massive Höljes crowd with the latest cutting-edge machinery and products from Volvo Construction Equipment, Swecon and Engcon.
Results and standings after the FIA World RX of Sweden: https://bit.ly/3C9nzyK
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About CE Dealer Team by Volvo Construction Equipment
CE Dealer Team was founded in 2022 by the PWR Group in cooperation with Volvo Construction Equipment and its partners. The core goal of the rallycross programme is to drive the shift to improved sustainability and diversity in society and highlight the excitement that a move to an electric future offers. CE Dealer Team is run with support from independent dealers of Volvo Construction Equipment, along with several prominent industrial partners, who together share a commitment to leading a sustainable future, both on track and off.
About FIA World Rallycross Championship
The FIA World Rallycross Championship is one of six official World Championship in motorsport alongside Formula 1 and World Rally Championship. The championship runs on seven venues across Europe, Africa, and Asia. Rallycross is a combination of rallying and circuit racing. It is head-to-head short, sharp races on mixed surfaces (dirt and asphalt) contained within amphitheatre venues. In the headlining FIA World Rallycross Championship, high-profile drivers are equipped with fully electric RX1 cars producing over 600bhp and the ability to accelerate from 0-100km/h in less than two seconds – faster than a Formula 1 car.
