Robert Dahlgren

Robert Dahlgren (born 1 December 1979 in Skellefteå) is a Swedish auto racing driver who currently competes for the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship. He previously competed in Australia and New Zealand for a single season in the V8 Supercars Championship for Garry Rogers Motorsport, as well as in the World and for Polestar Racing,[1] making him the longest-serving factory-supported Volvo driver.

Robert Dahlgren
Robert Dahlgren in April 2016
Nationality Swedish
Born (1979-12-01) 1 December 1979
Skellefteå, Sweden
V8 Supercars Australia career
Debut season2014
Current teamGarry Rogers Motorsport
Car number34
Starts37
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish25th in 2014
Previous series
1999
2000–01
2002–03
2007–11, 2016		Swedish Formula Ford
British Formula Ford
British F3
WTCC
Championship titles
2001
2010
2017, 2019		British Formula Ford
Scandinavian Touring Car Cup
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

Career

In 1998 he won the Nordic and Swedish Formula Ford Championships, before racing in Great Britain with Formula Ford. He won the Formula Ford Championship in 2001. He switched to British Formula 3 in 2002, finishing seventeenth in his first year. In his second year he finished ninth on points in 2003. Since 2004 he has competed in the STCC, every season with Volvo. He has finished as runner-up twice in 2004 and 2007.

The Volvo S60 V8 Supercar of Robert Dahlgren in 2014

For 2014, Dahlgren has been named to drive for Volvo in the International V8 Supercars Championship in Australia for Garry Rogers Motorsport, under the guise of Volvo Polestar Racing Australia.[2] He finished 25th and last among full-season drivers, with no top 10s.

In 2016, Dahlgren joined Polestar Cyan Racing to compete at the 2016 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship with a Volvo S60, ranking second in points. He also entered three rounds of the 2016 World Touring Car Championship with the team, finishing seventh at Qatar race 1.

For the 2017 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, the driver moved to PWR Racing to drive a factory-supported SEAT León, winning the title. In 2019, Dahlgren took his second STCC title for PWR Racing.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2007 Polestar Racing Volvo S60 Flexifuel BRA
1		 BRA
2		 NED
1		 NED
2		 ESP
1		 ESP
2		 FRA
1		 FRA
2		 CZE
1		 CZE
2		 POR
1		 POR
2		 SWE
1
10		 SWE
2
8		 GER
1		 GER
2		 GBR
1		 GBR
2		 ITA
1		 ITA
2		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 NC† 0†
2008 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA
1		 BRA
2		 MEX
1		 MEX
2		 ESP
1		 ESP
2		 FRA
1		 FRA
2		 CZE
1		 CZE
2		 POR
1		 POR
2		 GBR
1
24		 GBR
2
DNS		 GER
1		 GER
2		 EUR
1		 EUR
2		 ITA
1		 ITA
2		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 NC† 0†
2009 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA
1		 BRA
2		 MEX
1		 MEX
2		 MAR
1		 MAR
2		 FRA
1		 FRA
2		 ESP
1		 ESP
2		 CZE
1		 CZE
2		 POR
1		 POR
2		 GBR
1
15		 GBR
2
14		 GER
1		 GER
2		 ITA
1		 ITA
2		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 NC† 0†
2010 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA
1		 BRA
2		 MAR
1		 MAR
2		 ITA
1		 ITA
2		 BEL
1		 BEL
2		 POR
1		 POR
2		 GBR
1
12		 GBR
2
Ret		 CZE
1		 CZE
2		 GER
1		 GER
2		 ESP
1		 ESP
2		 JPN
1
8		 JPN
2
5		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 NC† 0†
2011 Polestar Racing Volvo C30 BRA
1
12		 BRA
2
13		 BEL
1
13		 BEL
2
7		 ITA
1
15		 ITA
2
13		 HUN
1
NC		 HUN
2
9		 11th 72
Volvo C30 Drive CZE
1
6		 CZE
2
9		 POR
1
7		 POR
2
16		 GBR
1
8		 GBR
2
6		 GER
1
4		 GER
2
7		 ESP
1
9		 ESP
2
9		 JPN
1
Ret		 JPN
2
5		 CHN
1
9		 CHN
2
9		 MAC
1
DNS		 MAC
2
DNS
2016 Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 FRA
1		 FRA
2		 SVK
1		 SVK
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 MAR
1		 MAR
2		 GER
1		 GER
2		 RUS
1		 RUS
2		 POR
1
13		 POR
2
Ret		 ARG
1
16		 ARG
2
16		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 CHN
1		 CHN
2		 QAT
1
7		 QAT
2
Ret		 19th 6

† Not permitted to score points.

Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2011 Polestar Racing Volvo C30 JYL
1		 JYL
2		 KNU
1		 KNU
2		 MAN
1		 MAN
2		 GÖT
1		 GÖT
2		 FAL
1		 FAL
2		 KAR
1		 KAR
2		 JYL
1		 JYL
2		 KNU
1
3		 KNU
2
4		 MAN
1
6		 MAN
2
1		 14th 60
2013 Volvo Polestar Performance Volvo S60 TTA KNU
1
2		 KNU
2
4		 SOL
1
2		 GÖT
1
2		 FAL
1
12		 FAL
2
5		 ÖST
1
2		 KAR
1
2		 KAR
2
6		 TIE
1
Ret		 MAN
1
5		 MAN
2
2		 3rd 160
2016 Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 TTA SKÖ
1
1		 SKÖ
2
2		 MAN
1
5		 MAN
2
1		 AND
1
2		 AND
2
5		 FAL
1
Ret		 FAL
2
Ret		 KAR
1
1		 KAR
2
5		 SOL
1
Ret		 SOL
2
2		 KNU
1
3		 KNU
2
2		 2nd 300
2017 SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing CUPRA León TCR KNU
1
1		 KNU
2
1		 KNU
3
2		 ALA
1
4		 ALA
2
3		 ALA
3
5		 SOL
1
2		 SOL
2
2		 SOL
3
1		 FAL
1
4		 FAL
2
2		 FAL
3
2		 KAR
1
1		 KAR
2
3		 KAR
3
1		 AND
1
3		 AND
2
1		 AND
3
1		 MAN
1
6		 MAN
2
8		 MAN
3
3		 1st 374
2018 SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing CUPRA León TCR KNU
1
2		 KNU
2
2		 AND
1
3		 AND
2
2		 FAL
1
1		 FAL
2
6		 KAR
1
5		 KAR
2
7		 RUD
1
2		 RUD
2
3		 MAN
1
3		 MAN
2
Ret		 2nd 185
2019 PWR Racing CUPRA León TCR KNU
1
2		 KNU
2
6		 AND
1
1		 AND
2
5		 SKE
1
2		 SKE
2
1		 FAL
1
2		 FAL
2
3		 KAR
1
2		 KAR
2
Ret		 JYL
1
1		 JYL
2
3		 MAN
1
3		 MAN
2
4		 1st 252
2020 PWR Racing CUPRA León Competición TCR KAR
1
5		 KAR
2
1		 KAR
3
7		 SKE
1
1		 SKE
2
1		 SKE
3
Ret		 MAN
1
5		 MAN
2
6		 MAN
3
2		 KNU
1
2		 KNU
2
1		 KNU
3
2		 2nd 202

Complete TTA – Racing Elite League results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2012 Volvo Polestar Black R Volvo S60 TTA KAR
Ret		 AND
2		 GÖT
3		 FAL
7		 KAR
5		 AND
10		 TIE
8		 GÖT
5		 5th 69

Complete V8 Supercar results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Position Points
2014 Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 ADE
R1
21		 ADE
R2
23		 ADE
R3
Ret		 SYM
R4
20		 SYM
R5
16		 SYM
R6
23		 WIN
R7
Ret		 WIN
R8
24		 WIN
R9
24		 PUK
R10
22		 PUK
R11
Ret		 PUK
R12
21		 PUK
R13
23		 BAR
R14
24		 BAR
R15
24		 BAR
R16
21		 HID
R17
23		 HID
R18
18		 HID
R19
Ret		 TOW
R20
19		 TOW
R21
22		 TOW
R22
22		 QLD
R23
23		 QLD
R24
22		 QLD
R25
16		 SMP
R26
19		 SMP
R27
Ret		 SMP
R28
DNS		 SAN
R29
17		 BAT
R30
Ret		 SUR
R31
13		 SUR
R32
17		 PHI
R33
22		 PHI
R34
23		 PHI
R35
21		 SYD
R36
18		 SYD
R37
18		 SYD
R38
Ret		 25th 921

Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2014 Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 Mk.2 Greg Ritter DNF 114

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2019 PWR Racing CUPRA León TCR MAR
1		 MAR
2		 MAR
3		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 HUN
3		 SVK
1		 SVK
2		 SVK
3		 NED
1		 NED
2		 NED
3		 GER
1		 GER
2		 GER
3		 POR
1		 POR
2		 POR
3		 CHN
1		 CHN
2		 CHN
3		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 JPN
3		 MAC
1
13		 MAC
2
20		 MAC
3
24		 MAL
1		 MAL
2		 MAL
3		 27th 3

References
  1. STCC: Robert Dahlgren, accessed 27 May 2010 (in Swedish)
  2. "Robert Dahlgren Confirmed For Volvo V8 Seat". Speedcafe. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
James Courtney		 British Formula Ford
Champion
2001		 Succeeded by
Westley Barber
Preceded by
Richard Göransson		 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
Champion
2017		 Succeeded by
Johan Kristoffersson
Preceded by
Johan Kristoffersson		 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
Champion
2019		 Succeeded by
Robert Huff
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