ETCC: Edman in third Volvo S60

[JMeissner]

Edman in third Volvo S60
ETCC 13/06/02

There will be a third Volvo S60 in the ETCC round at Anderstorp. Prodrive will not run this car though, instead the Swedish Volvo team Flash Engineering will run it. "We have from Volvo and Prodrive not the budget and recourses to run this car the rest of the season, but we will lend it out to Flash Engineering who will seek financing to run it at as many races as possible," said Olle Odsell from Volvo Motorsport. This car will be driven by Jens Edman at Anderstorp and Janne "Flash" Nilsson will take over and drive the two following races in Germany and Belgium.

"We hope that this third car can mix among the top six cars and take points in the manufacturers title competition, and also support Rickard Rydell in the drivers championship by taking points from the competitors. Then we will sell the car after the end of the season," said Odsell. The people at Flash Engineering are very happy of getting the opportunity running a car in the ETCC: "We are seeing this as a great opportunity for us at Flash Engineering to learn the new cars for the coming year, when we hope to both be in the STCC and the ETCC," said Christian Dahl, team director at Flash Engineering.

"We already have our own people in England and they are putting the new car together at Prodrive. We will also drive the new car with Prodrive at Mantorp a week before the Anderstorp round, so our team will be well prepared," Dahl said.

Source: Volvo

Johan Meissner
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