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The BAPRO dynamometer
hard at work in the BoP test
The Balance of Performance test that
took place at Adria inaugurated a
collaboration between TCR and BAPRO,
an Italian company specialising in the
development and production of chassis
dynamometers for cars and motorbikes.
BAPRO Export Manager Mauro Sgarbi
said: “Our company has developed a
long standing experience with
customers like Magneti Marelli,
Maserati and Ducati, but the
cooperation with TCR marks our very
first step into motor sports. This will
help us to develop a series of products
dedicated to racing cars that will
combine affordable costs with accuracy
in measurements.”
Chief engineer Mattia Serafin
explained: “The bench that we are
using in Adria is based on rollers
inertia and performs power tests. We
place the car on the rollers and, after a
brief warm up, we launch it in a
controlled acceleration. This enables us
to measure dissipation of power,
shaft-power, shaft-torque
and the boost pressure.”
TCR promoter Marcello Lotti
commented: “We are very pleased with
this cooperation. BAPRO offers high
technology products at an affordable
cost. We are confident that their
dynamometer will prove to be an
efficient scrutineering tool on site,
during some events of all the TCR
series worldwide.”
After many years a Volvo’s factory driver in the STCC
and WTCC, Robert Dahlgren switched to the new TCR
Scandinavia series.
Dahlgren has been signed by PWR Racing SEAT
Dealer Team to drive one of its four SEAT León TCR
cars.
”I believe PWR Racing is one of the strongest teams
in the STCC. We want to develop a winning car that
no one can beat. Most of my career has been with
Volvo. My decision to switch to SEAT is based on the
confidence that we have a winning package,” said
Dahlgren.
One of Dahlgren’s teammate will be Mikaela Åhlin-
Kottulinsky, the niece of the late Freddy Kottulinsky
who became Swedish Formula 3 champion in 1966 –
fighting against the likes of Ronnie Peterson – and
won the Paris-Dakar in 1980.
Robert Dahlgren will race in TCR Scandinavia