2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season was the second Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. The season started at Mantorp Park on 5 May and ended on 22 September at the brand new track at Solvalla in Stockholm. It would have been the first season to include cars built to the Next Generation Touring Car specification, but the plans ultimately fell through and no NGTC cars ever raced in Scandinavia.

Teams and drivers

(Note: drivers with car numbers 88–99 are eligible for the Semcon cup). All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	1	Rickard Rydell	All
Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	4	Michel Nykjær	All
Volkswagen Team Biogas	Volkswagen Scirocco	2	Jordi Gené	All
Volkswagen Team Biogas		3	Johan Kristoffersson	All
IPS Team Biogas		15	Patrik Olsson	All
IPS Team Biogas		21	Johan Stureson	All
Honda Racing Sweden	Honda Civic	17	Tomas Engström	All
SEAT Sport Sweden	Seat León	22	Robin Appelqvist	All
SEAT Sport Sweden	Seat León	23	Santosh Berggren	All
MECA	Alfa Romeo 156	89	Claes Hoffsten	1
NP Racing	Seat León 2.0 TFSI	90	Niclas Olsson	All
G-Rex Sweden	Mercedes-Benz C 200	91	Tony Johansson	2–8
Memphis Racing	Opel Astra	92	André Andersson	1–2
Memphis Racing	BMW 320i	92	André Andersson	3–8
BMS Event	Audi A4	97	Joakim Ahlberg	All
BMS Event	Audi A4	98	Andreas Ahlberg	All

Notes:

— Volkswagen Team Biogas and IPS Team Biogas are using Biogas (CNG) 2.0-litre Turbo engines in their four Volkswagen Sciroccos.

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 15 October 2011. 2012 will see the inclusion of the brand new Sovalla track on the streets of Stockholm and a track at the Östersund airport.^[1] ^[2]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Mantorp Park	5 May	Johan Stureson	Rickard Rydell	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Biogas
1	R2	Mantorp Park	5 May	Johan Kristoffersson	Rickard Rydell	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Biogas
2	R3	Ring Knutstorp	19 May	Rickard Rydell	Rickard Rydell	Rickard Rydell	Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
2	R4	Ring Knutstorp	19 May	Michel Nykjær	Michel Nykjær	Michel Nykjær	Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
3	R5	Sturup Raceway	16 June	Tomas Engström	Tomas Engström	Tomas Engström	Honda Racing Sweden
3	R6	Sturup Raceway	16 June	Michel Nykjær	Tomas Engström	Michel Nykjær	Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
4	R7	Mantorp Park	7 July	Rickard Rydell	Tomas Engström	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Biogas
4	R8	Mantorp Park	7 July	Michel Nykjær	Tomas Engström	Michel Nykjær	Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
5	R9	Airport Race Östersund	11 August	Tomas Engström	Tomas Engström	Tomas Engström	Honda Racing Sweden
5	R10	Airport Race Östersund	11 August	Tomas Engström	Tomas Engström	Tomas Engström	Honda Racing Sweden
6	R11	Jyllands-Ringen	26 August	Michel Nykjær	Jordi Gené	Michel Nykjær	Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
6	R12	Jyllands-Ringen	26 August	Jordi Gené	Johan Kristoffersson	Patrik Olsson	IPS Team Biogas
7	R13	Ring Knutstorp	9 September	Michel Nykjær	Michel Nykjær	Michel Nykjær	Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
7	R14	Ring Knutstorp	9 September	Rickard Rydell	Michel Nykjær	Rickard Rydell	Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
8	R15	Solvalla Stockholm	22 September	Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Stureson	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Biogas
8	R16	Solvalla Stockholm	22 September	Patrik Olsson	Johan Stureson	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Biogas

Championship standings

Drivers championships

Pos	Driver	MAN		KNU		STU		MAN		ÖST		JYL		KNU		SOL		Pts
Overall
1	Johan Kristoffersson	1	1	2	3	6	2	1	4	2	6	3	3	4	Ret	1	1	264
2	Rickard Rydell	2	2	1	2	5	3	2	3	3	4	2	4	3	1	4	4	258
3	Michel Nykjær	6	4	Ret	1	4	1	4	1	5	5	1	2	1	2	9	8	231
4	Patrik Olsson	5	5	4	6	3	4	6	5	Ret	7	4	1	2	4	3	5	183
5	Tomas Engström	Ret	DNS	3	4	1	5	3	2	1	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	5	3	178
6	Johan Stureson	3	3	5	5	2	11	5	6	Ret	3	5	Ret	5	5	2	2	167
7	Jordi Gené	4	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	4	2	6	5	6	3	6	6	147
8	Niclas Olsson	8	7	9	9	8	7	Ret	10	Ret	9	8	6	8	9	8	7	55
9	Santosh Berggren	7	Ret	7	8	10	12†	11†	8	Ret	DNS	7	9	7	8	7	10†	46
10	Joakim Ahlberg	10	10†	Ret	12†	11	10†	9	Ret	6	12	12†	7	9	10	10	9	25
11	Andreas Ahlberg	Ret	9	10	11	9	8	8	11	7	10	9	11†	10	Ret	11†	11†	23
12	Robin Appelqvist	Ret	8	8	Ret	13†	DNS	Ret	9	Ret	8	Ret	10†	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	21
13	André Andersson	11†	Ret	DNS	DNS	12	9	10	12	8	11	11	8	11	11	DNS	DNS	11
14	Tony Johansson			Ret	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	4
15	Claes Hoffsten	9	Ret															2
Semcon Cup
1	Niclas Olsson	8	7	9	9	8	7	Ret	10	*Ret*	9	8	6	8	9	8	7	350
2	Andreas Ahlberg	Ret	9	10	11	9	8	8	11	7	10	9	11†	10	Ret	11†	11†	241
3	Joakim Ahlberg	10	10†	Ret	12†	11	10†	9	Ret	6	12	12†	7	9	10	10	9	224
4	André Andersson	11†	Ret	DNS	DNS	12	9	10	12	8	11	11	8	11	11	DNS	DNS	153
5	Tony Johansson			Ret	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	45
6	Claes Hoffsten	9	Ret															18
Pos	Driver	MAN		KNU		STU		MAN		ÖST		JYL		KNU		SOL		Pts

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

External links

Official website of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

Notes and References

News: Preliminary 2012 calendar issued by STCC . https://archive.today/20130104233807/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6895 . dead . 4 January 2013 . TouringCarTimes . Mediaempire Stockholm AB . 18 October 2011 . 18 October 2011 .
News: Airport race in Östersund set for STCC 2012 . https://archive.today/20120525172139/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7087 . dead . 25 May 2012 . TouringCarTimes . Mediaempire Stockholm AB . 18 October 2011 . 13 December 2011 .