Richard Göransson

Richard Göransson (born 8 August 1978 in Örebro) is a Swedish auto racing driver. He is a 4-time champion of the Swedish Touring Car Championship winning it for West Coast Racing in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2010. He won the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship in 2016 for Polestar Cyan Racing.

Richard Göransson in April 2016

Career

He started racing in karting from 1989 through to 1993. In 1996 he was Swedish Formula Ford Champion. He also competed in both the British and European Formula Ford Championships. He won the European Formula Ford Championship in 2001. In 2002 he raced in some rounds of the British Formula Renault, before moving to the STCC in 2003 where he finished fifth in his first season.

His time in the STCC has been very successful. After winning back-to-back titles for West Coast Racing in 2004 and 2005, he switched to Flash Engineering in 2006 and drove alongside team owner Jan "Flash" Nilsson for three years. In 2008 he was champion for the third time. In 2009 he returned to WCR and regained the drivers title in 2010.

He was winner of the European Touring Car Cup held at Vallelunga in 2005.

Racing record

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
2011	Richard Göransson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	SWE 17	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	NC	0
2012	Richard Göransson	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	MON	SWE 38	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP	NC	0

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	ERX	Points
2014	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	GBR	NOR	BEL	GER	ITA 4	19th	13

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	WRX	Points
2014	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	POR	GBR	NOR	FIN	SWE	BEL	CAN	FRA	GER	ITA 2	TUR 9	ARG	19th	26
2016	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	NOR	SWE 17	CAN	FRA	BAR	LAT	GER	ARG	26th	0

RX Lites Cup

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	Lites	Points
2014	Olsbergs MSE	Lites Ford Fiesta	POR 3	GBR 2	FIN	SWE 3	ITA	TUR	6th	73

External links

Profile at Speedsport Magazine.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Fredrik Ekblom	Swedish Touring Car Champion 2004-2005	Succeeded by Thed Bjork
Preceded by None	European Touring Car Cup Champion 2005	Succeeded by Ryan Sharp
Preceded by Fredrik Ekblom	Swedish Touring Car Champion 2008	Succeeded by Tommy Rustad
Preceded by Tommy Rustad	Swedish Touring Car Champion 2010	Succeeded by Rickard Rydell

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