Polestar Cyan Racing’s factory Volvo S60 Polestar TC1s will run without any success ballast when the all-action FIA World Touring Car Championship resumes in Argentina next week (5-7 August).
Under the compensation weight system designed to equalise performance in the WTCC through a lap time difference in seconds calculation, the Swedish machines will remain at their 1100-kilogram minimum base weight for their first trip to Termas de Río Hondo.
It’s the same story for the Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s, the car local hero Esteban Guerrieri will use for his WTCC debut, with the British-built cars also running at their base weight.
While the world championship-leading Citroën C-Elysée WTCCs will continue to carry 80 kilograms, the maximum permitted under FIA regulations, the LADA Vestas will undergo a weight reduction, shedding 20 kilograms to run at 50 kilograms in Argentina. Finally, the Honda Civic WTCCs will continue to run at 60 kilograms.