2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship

The 2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship is a planned regional motor racing championship for TCR touring cars which would be the fourth year of running with TCR regulations. It'll be the third time the championship has run under the STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship banner.[1] Originally due to start on 15 May at Ring Knutstorp and end on 4 October at Mantorp Park, the season start was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A revised calendar is due to be published sometime after Easter.[2][3]

2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
Previous: 2019 (TCR Scandinavia) Next: 2021
Robert Dahlgren is the reigning Drivers' Champion.

Robert Dahlgren and Brink Motorsport are the reigning Drivers' and Teams' champions respectively.[4]

Entrants

The following teams and drivers are set to compete in the 2020 season:

Entrant Car Race drivers
No. Driver name Rounds Ref.
PWR Racing
Racing for Charity		 CUPRA Leon Competición TCR 1 Robert Dahlgren All [5]
19 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky All [5]
37 Daniel Haglöf 4 [6]
59 Peter "Poker" Wallenberg 1−3 [7]
Lestrup Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 7 Oliver Söderström All [8]
12 Robert Huff All [9]
Brovallen Design Audi RS3 LMS TCR 9 Kevin Engman 4
91 Magnus Gustavsen 1−3 [10]
Honda Racing Sweden Honda Civic Type-R TCR (FK2) 20 Mattias Andersson All [11]
Kågered Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 21 Andreas Ahlberg All [12]
45 Emil Persson All [13]
48 Mikael Karlsson All [13][14]
Experion Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR 22 Albin Wärnelöv All [15]
Brink Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS TCR 51 Hannes Morin All [16]
71 Tobias Brink All [17]
Isac's Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 70 Isac Aronsson 1, 3−4 [18]
Sources:[19][13][20][15][21][22]

Driver changes
  • 2019 V8 Thunder Cars champion Emil Persson is set to join Kågered Racing, alongside championship runner-up Mikael Persson.[13]
  • Fredrik Blomstedt, who debuted in the series in 2017, was set to join Brink Motorsport but was forced to leave due to financial difficulties.[23][24]
  • William Nyberg is set to debut with his father's team, TPR Motorsport, at the season opener.[22]
  • Robert Huff is set to debut with Lestrup Racing.[9]
  • Casper Elgaard is set to debut with TPR Motorsport.[25]
  • Isac Aronsson is set to debut with his family team, Isac's Racing.[18]

Team changes

Calendar changes

Changes

General changes
  • In October 2019, MOM Events took over as promoter for the series.[2]
  • In December 2019, Spring Media took over the distribution rights of the series.[30]
  • The independents' cup is set to return. Any driver over the age of 26, that haven't taken part in STCC TCR Scandinavia before, and are driving cars older than three years will be eligible to compete in the cup.[31]

Race calendar and results

The following 4 rounds are scheduled to take place in 2020:

Round Circuit Location Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner Winning Team
1 R1 Karlskoga Motorstadion Karlskoga, Örebro 15–16 August Oliver Söderström Robert Huff Oliver Söderström Lestrup Racing
R2 Tobias Brink Tobias Brink Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing
R3 Andreas Ahlberg Andreas Ahlberg Kågered Racing
2 R1 Drivecenter Arena Skellefteå, Västerbotten 28–29 August Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing
R2 Robert Dahlgren Tobias Brink Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing
R3 Tobias Brink Mikael Karlsson Kågered Racing
3 R1 Mantorp Park Mantorp, Östergötland 2–3 October Tobias Brink Emil Persson Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport
R2 Tobias Brink Tobias Brink Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport
R3 Robert Dahlgren Hannes Morin Brink Motorsport
4 R1 Ring Knutstorp Kågeröd, Skåne 9-10 October Robert Dahlgren Robert Huff Robert Huff Lestrup Racing
R2 Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing
R3 Robert Dahlgren Robert Huff Lestrup Racing
Source:[2][27][28][29]

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver GEL
 DRI
 MAN
 KNU
 Pts
1 Robert Huff 4 2 3 2 3 8 2 2 4 1 2 1 209
2 Robert Dahlgren 5 1 7 1 1 Ret 5 6 2 2 1 2 202
3 Tobias Brink 2 9 6 3 2 2 1 1 5 7 3 4 190
4 Hannes Morin 6 7 8 6 4 3 6 8 1 6 8 7 109
5 Oliver Söderström 1 3 4 5 5 4 DNS Ret 9 3 Ret Ret 108
6 Mattias Andersson 8 5 2 7 DNS 5 8 5 6 10 5 3 97
7 Emil Persson 3 6 5 9 9 7 4 3 8 6 10 6 94
8 Andreas Ahlberg 7 8 1 4 6 Ret 12 Ret 7 4 12 5 85
9 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Ret 4 10 8 10 Ret 3 7 3 5 4 Ret 79
10 Mikael Karlsson 10 9 9 DNS 7 1 7 4 Ret 11 Ret Ret 53
11 Magnus Gustavsen DNS 12 12 10 8 6 9 11 13 15
12 Albin Wärnelöv 9 11 11 Ret DNS DNS 11 10 10 13 9 8 10
13 Kevin Engman 9 7 10 9
14 Isac Aronsson Ret 13 13 10 9 11 14 11 9 5
15 Daniel Haglöf 12 8 Ret 4
16 Peter "Poker" Wallenberg 11 DNS DNS 11 11 DSQ 13 12 12 0

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Race 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Qualifying (Race 1) 5 4 3 2 1
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
  1. Hudson, Neil (5 October 2019). "TCR Scandinavia targeting 24-car grid, and will rename back to STCC". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. Hudson, Neil (4 October 2019). "TCR Scandinavia unveils new calendar and promoter for 2020". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  3. TouringCarTimes (3 April 2020). "STCC TCR Scandinavia confirm postponed season start". TouringCarTImes. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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  5. TouringCarTimes (3 April 2020). "PWR Racing confirm Robert Dahlgren and Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  6. TouringCarTimes (8 October 2020). "Daniel Haglöf steps in for Poker Wallenberg due to illness". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  7. "Peter "Poker" Wallenberg confirmed in new Cupra with PWR Racing". TouringCarTimes. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  8. TouringCarTimes (26 June 2020). "Oliver Söderström joins Rob Huff at Lestrup Racing". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  9. TouringCarTimes (12 March 2020). "Rob Huff to spearhead Lestrup Racing return". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  10. TouringCarTimes (27 March 2020). "Magnus Gustavsen signs for Brovallen Design". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. TouringCarTimes (2 July 2020). "Mattias Andersson confirmed for 20th STCC season". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  12. TouringCarTimes (25 March 2020). "Andreas Ahlberg completes Kågered Racing line-up". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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  22. TouringCarTimes (10 January 2020). "TPR Motorsport enter TCR Denmark with Toni Persic". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
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  24. TouringCarTimes (29 June 2020). "Fredrik Blomstedt forced to leave Brink Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  25. "Casper Elgaard returns for inaugural TCR Denmark season with TPR Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  26. "New CUPRA Leon Competición – Racing Touring Car". www.cupraofficial.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  27. TouringCarTimes (19 February 2020). "Copenhagen street race added to inaugural TCR Denmark season". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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  29. TouringCarTimes (15 May 2020). "STCC issue four-race calendar and plan for races without spectators". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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