2014 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2014 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season was the fourth Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. The season started at Ring Knutstorp on 10 May and ended on 20 September at Mantorp Park, after six double-header rounds. It was the second year of TTA – Racing Elite League silhouette regulations in the series following the merge of the STCC and TTA at the end of the 2012 season. Thed Björk entered the season as the series' defending champion.

Björk won his second consecutive title, after winning three races during the season; he also achieved three pole positions which were the equivalent of three further race victories, as points were awarded on the same scale for qualifying as the races. Björk finished 33 points clear of his nearest rival, Fredrik Larsson, who achieved a single race victory at Mantorp Park, as well as a pole position at the first Knutstorp meeting. Third place in the championship went to Fredrik Ekblom, who like his team-mate Björk, achieved three race victories, but with one pole position fewer. Other race victories were taken by Philip Forsman (two wins), Mattias Lindberg, Andreas Wernersson and Erik Jonsson. Volvo Polestar Racing won the teams' championship by almost 100 points ahead of the WestCoast Racing/BMW Dealer Team.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team	Car		Driver	Rounds
Volvo Polestar Racing^[1]	Volvo S60 TTA	1	Thed Björk	All
		11	Fredrik Ekblom	All
		13	Carl Philip Bernadotte	All
Team Tidö	Saab 9-3 TTA	3	Richard Göransson^[2]	All
		8	Roger Samuelsson	1–3, 5–6
		24	Jan Nilsson	5–6
WestCoast Racing	BMW SR TTA	4	Fredrik Larsson^[3]	All
		5	Matte Karlsson	5
		6	Erik Jonsson^[4]	All
		7	Philip Forsman^[5]	All
Team Kia^[6]	Kia Optima TTA	9	Mattias Lindberg	All
		10	Andreas Wernersson	All
		95	Linus Ohlsson^[7]	All
Dacia Dealer Team	Dacia SE TTA	20	Mattias Andersson^[8]	All
PWR Racing	Saab 9-3 TTA	37	Daniel Haglöf	5–6
PWR Racing	Saab 9-3 TTA	93	Emma Kimiläinen^[9]	All

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Sweden.

Round		Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team
1	R1	Ring Knutstorp	Kageröd, Scania	10 May		Richard Göransson	Mattias Lindberg	Team Kia
1	R2	Ring Knutstorp	Kageröd, Scania	10 May	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Polestar Racing
2	R3	Göteborg City Race	Gothenburg, Västra Götaland	6 June		Fredrik Ekblom	Erik Jonsson	WestCoast Racing
2	R4	Göteborg City Race	Gothenburg, Västra Götaland	6 June	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
3	R5	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Falkenberg, Halland	12 July		Fredrik Larsson	Philip Forsman	WestCoast Racing
3	R6	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Falkenberg, Halland	12 July	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Polestar Racing
4	R7	Ring Knutstorp	Kageröd, Scania	23 August		Mattias Lindberg	Philip Forsman	WestCoast Racing
4	R8	Ring Knutstorp	Kageröd, Scania	23 August	Fredrik Ekblom	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
5	R9	Solvalla	Stockholm	6 September		Philip Forsman	Andreas Wernersson	Team Kia
5	R10	Solvalla	Stockholm	6 September	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
6	R11	Mantorp Park	Mantorp, Östergötland	20 September		Fredrik Larsson	Fredrik Larsson	WestCoast Racing
6	R12	Mantorp Park	Mantorp, Östergötland	20 September	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Polestar Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	KNU			GÖT			FAL			KNU			SOL			MAN			Pts
Q1	1	2	Q2	3	4	Q3	5	6	Q4	7	8	Q5	9	10	Q6	11	12
1	Thed Björk	4	7	4	1	9	1	4	3	9	1	4	1	1	5	1	1	4	2	279
2	Fredrik Larsson	1	4	2	4	5	5	2	4	2	3	Ret	2	5	4	5	6	1	3	246
3	Fredrik Ekblom	2	6	1	2	7	DNS	1	Ret	1	2	Ret	DNS	3	12	4	2	6	1	228
4	Richard Göransson	3	9	3	3	8	2	3	Ret	5	6	Ret	DNS	2	Ret	3	3	7	4	163
5	Philip Forsman	8	2	7	12	Ret	8	9	1	Ret	8	1	4	4	9	2	4	8	5	158
6	Mattias Andersson	5	5	5	8	3	4	4	5	3	4	Ret	DNS	7	2	7	10	9	8	147
7	Linus Ohlsson	7	Ret	6	6	2	3	6	8	6	5	8	Ret	6	3	13	5	3	6	143
8	Mattias Lindberg	9	1	8	7	4	6	8	11	4	11	5	3	13	6	9	8	11	11	123
9	Andreas Wernersson	13	10	Ret	5	Ret	11	7	6	Ret	9	3	5	8	1	6	9	2	10	110
10	Erik Jonsson	10	3	R	10	1	7	12	7	7	10	2	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	14	12	12	79
11	Emma Kimiläinen	6	Ret	9	9	Ret	DNS	10	2	11	7	6	7	10	Ret	11	11	10	9	55
12	Carl Philip Bernadotte	11	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9	11	10	10	12	7	6	9	10	10	12	Ret	13	22
13	Daniel Haglöf													11	Ret	Ret	7	5	7	20
14	Roger Samuelsson	12	8	10	13	6	10	13	9	8				15	11	12	15	14	14	20
15	Matte Karlsson													12	7	8				10
16	Jan Nilsson													16	8	Ret	13	13	Ret	4

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	KNU	GOT	FAL	KNU	SOL	MAN	Pts
1	Volvo Polestar Racing	85	84	81	83	93	111	537
2	WCR BMW Dealer Team	90	49	77	76	71	76	439
3	Team Kia	37	50	38	61	54	41	281
4	Team Tidö	44	60	40	10	41	30	225
5	Dacia Dealer Team	32	46	37	12	32	12	171
6	PWR Racing Team	12	4	24	26	8	33	107

Notes and References

News: Volvo confirm three-car challenge for 2014 STCC. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 21 March 2014. 21 March 2014. Neil. Hudson.
News: Team Tidö signs Richard Göransson for 2014 STCC. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 14 February 2014. 21 March 2014.
News: Fredrik Larsson confirmed for third BMW with WestCoast Racing. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 April 2014. 4 May 2014.
News: Erik Jonsson confirmed at WestCoast Racing. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 28 March 2014. 4 May 2014.
News: Philip Forsman confirmed at WestCoast Racing. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 11 April 2014. 4 May 2014.
News: Kia enters STCC with Brovallen Design. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 16 April 2014. 4 May 2014.
News: Linus Ohlsson joins Brovallen Design to drive third Kia. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 2 May 2014. 4 May 2014.
News: Mattias Andersson vill fylla hundra med Dacia. stcc.se. STCC. 12 March 2014. 4 May 2014.
News: Emma Kimiläinen first female driver in STCC since 1999. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 April 2014. 4 May 2014.