Construction Equipment Dealer Team reaches final on World RX debut in Norway
Klara Andersson and Niclas Grönholm made a strong start to Construction Equipment Dealer Team’s ground-breaking journey in the new all-electric FIA World Rallycross Championship at the classic track Hell in Norway, with both cars making it to final in the team’s first outing.
In her FIA World RX debut, the 22-year-old Swede Klara Andersson fought for the podium in the final, finishing fourth ahead of team-mate Niclas Grönholm.
”It’s been a fantastic debut for me in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. It feels absolutely amazing to finish fourth behind such merited drivers as Johan Kristoffersson and Timmy Hansen,” said Klara Andersson.
”We have shown our potential and collected valuable experience. The team have really supported me all weekend and pushed me forward. There are still some tenths to find in both me and the car, and I look forward to continuing in Riga.”
With the world’s first gender equal full-season line-up, the fully-electric PWR RX1e was competitive from the get-go, with both cars making it to the final as the 26-year-old Finnish driver Niclas Grönholm took the team’s first race win in the semi-final.
”It was a difficult weekend in the beginning with some issues of setting up the car on Saturday, and some issues on Sunday morning. But in the semi-final, I got a clean run with a great start. In the final I couldn’t really do anything after the start,” said Niclas Grönholm.
”I want to say big thanks to all our partners and everyone in the team, who have worked so hard for us to even be here, and to find more speed in the car all weekend.”
With the highly anticipated premiere of the new all-electric World RX completed, CE Dealer Team look to continue its journey with the aim to drive the shift to improved sustainability in society and highlight the excitement that a move to an electric future offers at the next round in Riga, Latvia, September 3-4.
”It’s been a solid start our journey in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. Every member of the team along with our partners has made a fantastic job. It was fantastic to see the PWR RX1e on the track for the first time, as both Niclas and Klara put in great efforts to get all the way to the final in our debut,” said Jussi Pinomäki, Team Manager of CE Dealer Team.
”With this strong debut for the team, car and championship, we now look forward to continue to make a mark on and off tack in Riga in a few weeks’ time.”
Results and standings after the FIA World RX premiere in Norway can be accessed here.
More information about the CE Dealer Team programme is available here: www.cedealerteam.com
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Emil Axelsson
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CE Dealer Team
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Johan Meissner
PR & Communications Director
CE Dealer Team
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About CE Dealer team
CE Dealer Team is operated by PWR RX, a sister company of the successful Swedish motorsport team PWR Racing, a company founded in 2012 by Daniel Haglöf and Peter Wallenberg Jr. PWR are constructors of PWR001, the world's first fully electric touring car, and are multiple Scandinavian Touring Car Championship champions. The rallycross programme 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 and Africa. 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.
