Prince Carl Philip and Motor Racing

[LadyFinn]

Prince Carl Philip drove his rally licence in Skutskär yesterday.
Motorsport4sale - H.K.H. Prins Carl Philip tog rallylicens i Skutskär

Prins Carl Philip körde i Skutskärsratten - Mer sport - www.gd.se
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[LadyFinn]

Carl Philip is driving at STCC at Volvo Polestar Racing this year, and one of the racing weekends is 7th-8th June.
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Joakim Tärnström from STCC said to Svensk Damtidning that they finalized the calendar a few days before they got to know that Madeleine is getting married on 8th June. There are eight racing weekends and if he misses one, he will miss having points. We who have followed him since he started in 2008 think he is a very talented driver, says Tärnström.
Prins Carl Philips elittävling krockar med Madeleines bröllop Svensk Damtidning

[LadyFinn]

According to Svenska Dagbladet Carl Philip will race today at Rally Sweden in historic class with Porsche 911, he will drive 5 stages outside the competition, since he missed the two stages yesterday.
Prinsen gör sin riktiga rallydebut idag Sport SvD

Photos of Carl Philip driving a Porsche on Saturday
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Carl Philip went off the road on Saturday at the Rally of Sweden.
- He was a bit far out of the way and got a bit panicked. He braked hard, and then went off the road, said spectator Robert Stormyrbakken.
Salvation came when the audience helped to push up the car on the road again. Of course, he sat in the car during the rescue.
Thanks to all snow the car survived without damage.
Expressen has unsuccessfully sought the Royal Court's information officer Bertil Ternert for comment.
Här kör prinsen av vägen - ner i diket Nyheter Expressen Senaste nytt - Nyheter Sport Nöje TV
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Why Ternert would have to comment this? Doesn't Expressen have an own sports reporter at the WRC Rally of Sweden who could have asked Carl Philip's comments?

[LadyFinn]

Carl Philip, the patron of Rally of Sweden, visited Kirkenær Arena on Sunday. The rally visits also in Norway today.
Photo by rallysweden • Instagram

Carl Philip at the prize ceremony
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[LadyFinn]

Carl Philip's team Polestar gave a press release about how Carl Philip has prepared himself to new challenges, he has driven test three days abroad, in Italy.
Prince Carl Philip gets ready for 2013 STCC

[CrownPrincess5]

He's starting to annoy me. He needs to get an actual job now.

[USCtrojan]

Originally Posted by CrownPrincess5

He's starting to annoy me. He needs to get an actual job now.

Agreed!!! I feel like he can do less motor racing and add more time to public appearances and charitable causes! Motor racing is a hobby fir a prince... Or at least it should be! His job is and should be to represent his family and people.... I'm not saying that he needs to have anywhere near the amount of public engagements that Victoria or the King and Queen have, but he needs to take up more and take some of the load from them or at least add to the public exposure of the family. Motor racing does and should not be an acceptable public appearance.

Just saying!

[LadyFinn]

The calendar for STCC 2013:

3-4 May Ring Knutstorp
7-8 June Solvalla
28-29 June Gothenburg
12-13 July Falkenberg
9-10 August Östersund
23-24 August Karlskoga
6-7 September Tierp Arena
20-21 September Mantorp

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[LadyFinn]

Carl Philip's STCC team Polestar had their season launch on Thursday in Gothenburg. CP is of course excited and says that he has respect to drive this car and respect on the other riders, who are very experienced.
Prince Carl Philip is known to be interested in design. He thinks that the car is neat, he has designed the paint and varnishing.
- I and my colleague (Oscar Kylberg) were asked and we thought it would be great fun. The connection between Volvo and Sweden was there ready. But also my own connection to Sweden. We wanted to play with the blue and yellow colors and keep the lines so sober and classy as possible.
Just three logos on the car - two of them are charities, the other of them is Childhood where his mother Queen Silvia and sister Madeleine are involved.
Prinsen tar steget upp i kungaklass - DN.SE
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Photo gallery
Gallery Volvo Polestar Racing 2013 STCC Facebook

[USCtrojan]

Originally Posted by LadyFinn

Carl Philip's STCC team Polestar had their season launch on Thursday in Gothenburg. CP is of course excited and says that he has respect to drive this car and respect on the other riders, who are very experienced.
Prince Carl Philip is known to be interested in design. He thinks that the car is neat, he has designed the paint and varnishing.
- I and my colleague (Oscar Kylberg) were asked and we thought it would be great fun. The connection between Volvo and Sweden was there ready. But also my own connection to Sweden. We wanted to play with the blue and yellow colors and keep the lines so sober and classy as possible.
Just three logos on the car - two of them are charities, the other of them is Childhood where his mother Queen Silvia and sister Madeleine are involved.
Prinsen tar steget upp i kungaklass - DN.SE
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Photo gallery
Gallery Volvo Polestar Racing 2013 STCC Facebook

I was expecting something far more "cooler" given the CP love of design and his education as well as his experience. I didn't expect him to simply paint the Swedish flag on the top of the car and color the bumper as well as other small parts yellow to stand out on the all blue car.

When he said that he wanted to play around with the colors of Sweden, I was expecting something fun and exciting... A twist if you will. This design/paint job does nothing that says an artist has done it other than word of mouth (ie- the prince telling people or magazines announcing his design/paint job).

I'm not trying to be rude here in any way -I simply was excited to see something fun in terms of his personally designed car only to find it so simple that almost anyone can do something like it.

My most favorite area would have to be the swedish flag on the hood of the car!

[Cinderella5x]

Originally Posted by USCtrojan

I was expecting something far more "cooler" given the CP love of design and his education as well as his experience. I didn't expect him to simply paint the Swedish flag on the top of the car and color the bumper as well as other small parts yellow to stand out on the all blue car.

When he said that he wanted to play around with the colors of Sweden, I was expecting something fun and exciting... A twist if you will. This design/paint job does nothing that says an artist has done it other than word of mouth (ie- the prince telling people or magazines announcing his design/paint job).

I'm not trying to be rude here in any way -I simply was excited to see something fun in terms of his personally designed car only to find it so simple that almost anyone can do something like it.

My most favorite area would have to be the swedish flag on the hood of the car!

I agree with you. It's a nicely painted car but that's is all to it; just a nicely painted car. Nothing special, anyone can come up with an idea like that, it really does not require lot of skills or thinking. I, too, was hoping for something way more exciting.

[LadyFinn]

Carl Philip can't race at STCC in Solvalla on 8th June because of Madeleine's wedding.
Bertil Ternert from the court says: It is a clear priority order, that Carl Philip will attend at the wedding. The timetables are too tight, there is nothing strange in this.
The spokesperson of STCC, Joakin Tärnström, told to Expressen that they had tried to change the schedule of the day because of Carl Philip, but it couldn't be done because of the TV-coverage of the races in Solvalla.
Carl Philip will race at 4th May. Ternert says that the prince is waiting it very eagerly.
Madeleinen häät sotki Carl Philipin aikataulut - Uutiset - Viihde - MTV3.fi

[LadyFinn]

Carl Philip was 11th fastest at the first test of STCC on Tuesday.
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And 13th at Wednesday's first test
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[HRHHermione]

I actually really like the design of the car. It's very easy for that kind of thing to veer into terribly tacky territory. (Bet you can't say that three times fast.)

[LadyFinn]

Carl Philip was 13th overall at the three day tests. From the first test day to the last, he improved his best lap time by one second.
- I have many impressions from test days. We have taken some important steps forward, but there is still much to do. The car is really fun to drive and I'm very happy with the team, said Prince Carl Philip.
Volvo Polestar Racing snabbast inför STCC 2013

[LadyFinn]

Carl Philip on tests on Wednesday
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[LadyFinn]

Carl Philip with the other team Polestar drivers
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Våren – och STCC är här! Nyheter - auto motor & sport
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[LadyFinn]

Carl Philip's interview on SVT, the first race is on Friday
Prins Carl Philip inför STCC-debuten | SVT Play

[LadyFinn]

Carl Philip was 13th at both tests of STCC in Knutstorp. The race is on Saturday.
Photos from today
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Carl Philip was 11th at the qualification of STCC. He said that since this is his first STCC race, it was just ok and he was waiting for the race.
Thed Björk och Robert Dahlgren snabbaste Volvo-förare i STCC-kval

At the first race he was 13th, but had 8th fastest laptime during the race. He said: It has been a great debut weekend for me in STCC. Unfortunately, I made some unnecessary mistakes, but it is really positive that I got a proof that momentum is there for the top ten and I'm very happy. At the second race he was 14th.
Seger i STCC-premiären för Volvo Polestar Racing

No photos of Sofia being at Knutstorp.

[LadyFinn]

Carl Philip send a press release on Friday, and told to the press that he is going to launch a new prize to the young talented race drivers - Prins Carl Philips Racing Pokal.

The newly trophy is going to promote the opportunities of young karting drivers to get further in racing career.
- It's a big step to take, leaving karting and move to racing - this partnership will allow drivers to get a good input to further their careers, says the prince.
Racingprinsen instiftar nytt pris Sport KVP
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Carl Philip på banan igen Hovbloggen