2001 Swedish Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2001 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 6th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total, ten racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, making up a twenty-round competition in total.

Teams and drivers

S = Synsam Cup (Privateer Cup)

Team	Car		Drivers	Class	Rounds
Crawford Nissan Racing	Nissan Primera	1	Carl Rosenblad		All
		7	Tomas Nyström		All
Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4 Quattro	2	Roberto Colciago		1, 3-10
		8	Tommy Kristoffersson		All
		28	Thed Björk		2
Flash Engineering	Volvo S40	3	Jan Nilsson		All
		4	Jens Edman		All
		40	Rickard Rydell		10
Agrol Swecon WorldCom Racing	Volvo S40	10	Jan Lindblom		All
Svenska Honda Bilimport AB	Honda Accord	11	Hubert Bergh		1-3, 5-6, 8-10
Opel Team Sweden	Opel Vectra	12	Pontus Mörth		All
Krokström Motorsport	Audi A4 Quattro	13	Magnus Krokström	S	All
NK Motorsport Sweden	Alfa Romeo 156	14	Nicklas Karlsson		All
Toshiba Racing	Audi A4 Quattro	15	Anders Hammer	S	All
Sundberg Motorsport	Volvo S40	16	Fredrik Sundberg	S	1-3, 6, 9-10
DC Motorsport	Chrysler Stratus	17	Tomas Engström	S	All
Euroracing	Alfa Romeo 156	18	Marcus Gustavsson		1-3, 5-6
	Alfa Romeo 155	19	Djon Clausen	S	1-6, 8-10
	Alfa Romeo 156	23	Kari Mäkinen		9-10
		28	Thed Björk		8
Brovallen Motorsport	BMW 320i	20	Peter Hallén	S	All
	Audi A4 Quattro	26	Tobias Johansson	S	All
BRS Motorsport	Volvo S40	21	Andreas Boström	S	5, 10
Roos Racing	Volvo S40	22	Håkan Roos		9
Podium Racing	Audi A4 Quattro	25	Lennart Pehrson	S	All
Öhman Fondkommision / Picko Troberg Racing	Vauxhall Vectra	27	Mattias Andersson		All
		36	Nicklas Lovén		All
NIKA Racing	Alfa Romeo 156	29	Peter Sundfeldt		1
Bohlin Racing	Ford Mondeo	30	Lennart Bohlin		8, 10
		31	Jimmy Bohlin		2-3
Masken Racing	Audi A4 Quattro	32	Svarta Masken		10

Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning team
1 2	Falkenbergs Motorbana	6 May	Jens Edman Jens Edman	Flash Engineering Flash Engineering
3 4	Mantorp Park	20 May	Carl Rosenblad Pontus Mörth	Crawford Nissan Racing Opel Team Sweden
5 6	Karlskoga Motorstadion	4 June	Tomas Nyström Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Nissan Racing Crawford Nissan Racing
7 8	Jyllandsringen	10 June	Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago	Kristoffersson Motorsport Kristoffersson Motorsport
9 10	Falkenbergs Motorbana	8 July	Jan Nilsson Tommy Kristoffersson	Flash Engineering Kristoffersson Motorsport
11 12	Ring Knutstorp	22 July	Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago	Kristoffersson Motorsport Kristoffersson Motorsport
13 14	Arctic Circle Raceway	5 August	Jens Edman Carl Rosenblad	Flash Engineering Crawford Nissan Racing
15 16	Karlskoga Motorstadion	19 August	Roberto Colciago Jan Nilsson	Kristoffersson Motorsport Flash Engineering
17 18	Ring Knutstorp	2 September	Tobias Johansson Roberto Colciago	Brovallen Motorsport Kristoffersson Motorsport
19 20	Mantorp Park	16 September	Carl Rosenblad Roberto Colciago	Crawford Nissan Racing Kristoffersson Motorsport

Championship results

Pos.	Driver	FAL		MAN		KAR		JYL		FAL		KNU		MOI		KAR		KNU		MAN		Pts
1	Roberto Colciago	4	Ret			22	3	1	1	4	Ret	1	1	12	3	1	2	2	1	4	1	192
2	Jan Nilsson	2	Ret	4	4	Ret	Ret	3	4	1	2	5	6	Ret	5	4	1	Ret	4	3	2	157
3	Jens Edman	1	1	5	Ret	16	13	2	3	2	4	4	3	1	Ret	3	6	3	DNS	2	16	154
4	Tommy Kristoffersson	9	6	2	9	2	4	Ret	5	5	1	2	2	3	6	2	3	Ret	Ret	5	4	151
5	Carl Rosenblad	7	4	1	3	4	1	10	8	3	20	7	4	2	1	DNS	8	Ret	8	1	Ret	139
6	Pontus Mörth	5	2	Ret	1	3	5	6	10	Ret	DNS	10	5	4	2	5	5	Ret	6	7	7	111
7	Mattias Andersson	6	3	6	6	5	4	2	7	3	9	11	Ret	9	Ret	4	Ret	22	9	5	8	94
8	Tobias Johansson	10	7	7	7	17	7	12	6	9	8	3	7	8	7	DNS	12	1	3	6	9	83
9	Thomas Nyström	3	Ret	3	5	1	2	5	9	Ret	12	18	10	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	11	11	68
10	Magnus Krokström	11	9	9	11	9	12	11	15	14	Ret	8	8	5	13	Ret	10	4	2	8	8	49
11	Niklas Lovén	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	6	5	Ret	13	Ret	4	9	9	13	DNS	Ret	6	39
12	Hubert Bergh	12	11	12	Ret	6	6			10	7	6	9			7	7	6	Ret	13	10	37
13	Jan Lindblom	Ret	DNS	8	Ret	11	10	7	7	24	Ret	19	15	7	10	DNS	Ret	7	5	Ret	14	28
14	Tomas Engström	8	Ret	Ret	8	15	11	15	14	11	6	15	14	6	8	10	13	8	Ret	Ret	17	23
15	Rickard Rydell																			16	3	20
16	Nicklas Karlsson	22	22	11	10	8	9	14	12	8	DNS	13	Ret	9	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	17
17	Peter Hallén	Ret	8	10	14	8	16	9	11	12	10	12	16	DNS	DNS	8	11	Ret	DNS	14	13	13
18	Thed Björk			Ret	2											Ret	15					12
19	Lennart Pehrsson	Ret	10	13	Ret	10	Ret	8	16	13	11	Ret	Ret	11	11	Ret	Ret	11	7	12	12	9
20	Anders Hammer	14	13	14	Ret	14	Ret	13	13	Ret	13	11	12	10	Ret	11	14	Ret	9	10	Ret	4
21	Fredrik Sundberg	21	12	15	12	18	14					14	17					9	Ret	15	DNS	2
22	Marcus Gustavsson	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	12	Ret			16	9	16	Ret									2
23	Djon Clausen	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	Ret	15	DNS	17	17	DNS	17	Ret			DNS	DNS	10	Ret	19	19	1
24	Lennart Bohlin															12	16			Ret	DNS
25	Kari Mäkinen																	12	Ret	17	18
26	Jimmy Bohlin			Ret	13	13	Ret
27	Peter Sundfeldt	13	Ret
28	Andreas Boström									15	DNS									18	20
29	Håkan Roos																	Ret	DNS
30	Svarta Masken																			Ret	Ret

Independent's championship

Position	Driver	Points
1	Tobias Johansson	262
2	Magnus Krokström	217
3	Tomas Engström	157
4	Peter Hallén	151
5	Anders Hammer	103
6	Lennart Pehrson	103
7	Fredrik Sundberg	51
8	Andreas Boström	22
9	Djon Clausen	19

Manufacturer's championship

Position	Manufacturer	Points
1	Audi	266
2	Volvo	241
3	Nissan	217
4	Opel	143
5	Honda	120

External links

• STCC homepage