2015 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2015 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship was the fifth Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. The season started at the new circuit in Skövde Airport on 8 May and ended on 26 September at Ring Knutstorp, after seven rounds. It was the third 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 defending drivers' champion and successfully defended his title. Volvo Polestar Racing will be the defending teams' champion. Both Björk and Volvo Polestar Racing retained their titles after the season.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team	Car		Driver	Rounds
Volvo Polestar Racing Volvo Cyan Racing^[1]	Volvo S60	1	Thed Björk^[2]	All
		11	Fredrik Ekblom	All
		13	Carl Philip Bernadotte	1–2, 4–7
Team Tidö	Saab 9-3	3	Richard Göransson^[3]	All
		8	Roger Samuelsson	All
WCR BMW Dealer Team	BMW SR	4	Fredrik Larsson^[4]	All
Sportpromotion	BMW SR	6	Erik Jonsson^[5]	All
Team Kia	KIA Optima BDE	9	Kevin Aabol^[6]	All
		10	Erik Johansson^[7]	1–5
		28	Rasmus Mårthen^[8]	5–7
Dacia Dealer Team	Dacia	20	Mattias Andersson^[9]	All
PWR Racing Team	Saab 9-3	37	Daniel Haglöf^[10]	All
		93	Emma Kimiläinen^[11]	All
Brovallendesign Kia	KIA Optima BDE	95	Emelie Liljeström^[12]	1, 3–4, 6

Race calendar and results

All rounds will be held in Sweden.

Round		Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team
1	R1	STCC Volvo Race Skövde	Skövde, Västra Götaland	9 May	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
	R2					Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
2	R3	Anderstorp Raceway	Anderstorp, Jönköping	30 May	Richard Göransson	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
	R4					Fredrik Larsson	Fredrik Larsson	WCR BMW Dealer Team
3	R5	Mantorp Park	Mantorp, Östergötland	25 June	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
	R6					Fredrik Larsson	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Polestar Racing
4	R7	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Bergagård, Halland	11 July	Fredrik Larsson	Fredrik Larsson	Fredrik Larsson	WCR BMW Dealer Team
	R8					Fredrik Larsson	Carl Philip Bernadotte	Volvo Polestar Racing
5	R9	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Karlskoga, Örebro	15 August	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
	R10					Thed Björk	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Polestar Racing
6	R11	Solvalla	Stockholm, Stockholm	12 September	Thed Björk	Fredrik Larsson	Daniel Haglöf	PWR Racing Team
	R12					Fredrik Larsson	Fredrik Larsson	WCR BMW Dealer Team
7	R13	Ring Knutstorp	Kågeröd, Skåne	26 September	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Cyan Racing
	R14					Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Cyan Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SKÖ AND MAN FAL GEL SOL KNU Pts Q1 R1 R2 Q2 R3 R4 Q3 R5 R6 Q4 R7 R8 Q5 R9 R10 Q6 R11 R12 Q7 R13 R14 1 Thed Björk 2 1 1 2 1 4 3 1 2 4 3 11† 1 1 4 2 3 6 1 3 3 366 2 Fredrik Ekblom 1 2 Ret 3 3 2 1 3 1 1 2 Ret 2 2 1 4 7 5 2 1 1 356 3 Fredrik Larsson 5 5 2 4 2 1 2 2 4 2 1 8 4 4 Ret 7 4 1 4 10 Ret 268 4 Richard Göransson 4 Ret Ret 1 6 6 4 5 6 3 4 2 3 6 3 5 2 3 5 2 7 243 5 Mattias Andersson 3 3 3 8 7 7 8 4 5 6 6 3 6 3 2 3 6 9 7 5 8 204 6 Daniel Haglöf 6 4 5† 7 4 5 7 6 7 8 11† Ret 13 8 Ret 1 1 2 9 11 2 174 7 Emma Kimiläinen 7 6 Ret 6 5 3 5 7 3 9 9 9 9 7 10† 6 5 4 3 4 6 158 8 Erik Johansson 8 Ret 4† 5 9 8 9 8 11† 5 5 4 7 5 6 94 9 Kevin Aabol 13 8 Ret 9 10 10 6 10 8 7 Ret 5 10 12† Ret 8 9 6 10 6 4 71 10 Carl Philip Bernadotte 9 9 Ret 11 8 9 10 Ret 1 5 10 7 11 11 11 6 8 10 66 11 Erik Jonsson 10 7 Ret 10 Ret DNS 10 9 10 11 7 6 8 Ret 9† 9 8 DNS 8 Ret 6 52 12 Rasmus Mårthen 11 9 5 10 10 8 11 7 Ret 24 13 Roger Samuelsson 11 10 6† 12 11 Ret 11 11 9 13 10 10 12 11 8 12 12 10 12 9 9 22 14 Emile Liljeström 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 12 8 7 13 Ret 12 10

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 70% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	SKÖ	AND	MAN	FAL	GEL	SOL	KNU	Pts
1	Volvo Polestar Racing Volvo Cyan Racing	111	103	123	71	123	69	123	723
2	PWR Racing Team	44	61	51	12	16	98	58	340
3	Team Tidö	23	42	32	55	45	44	40	281
4	WCR BMW Dealer Team	38	55	48	49	24	43	14	271
5	Dacia Dealer Team	45	16	26	34	43	25	22	211
6	Team Kia	20	24	19	53	28	12	22	178
7	Sportpromotion	8	1	4	17	10	6	16	62
8	Brovallendesign Kia	0		0	12	13	6	7	38

Notes and References

1. News: Polestar Racing changes name to become Cyan Racing. Polestar.com. 12 September 2015. 9 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150911200144/http://www.polestar.com/us/2015/09/09/polestar-racing-changes-name-to-become-cyan-racing/. 11 September 2015. dead.
2. News: Volvo Polestar Racing avslöjar sin föraruppställning. STCC. 22 March 2015. 12 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20171001165015/https://www.stcc.se/2015/02/12/volvo-polestar-racing-avslojar-sin-foraruppstallning/. 1 October 2017. dead. dmy-all.
3. News: Göransson klar för fortsättning i Tidö. STCC. 22 March 2015. 5 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101345/http://www.stcc.se/2015/02/05/goransson-klar-for-fortsattning-i-tido/. 2 April 2015. dead.
4. News: Fredrik Larsson klar för fortsatt STCC-satsning. STCC. 22 March 2015. 26 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924110225/http://www.stcc.se/2015/01/26/fredrik-larsson-klar-for-fortsatt-stcc-satsning/. 24 September 2015. dead.
5. News: Erik Jonsson klar för STCC 2015. STCC. 17 April 2015. 26 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151005124110/http://www.stcc.se/2015/04/17/erik-jonsson-klar-for-stcc-2015/. 5 October 2015. dead.
6. News: Kevin Aabol klar för Team Kia i STCC. STCC. 22 March 2015. 17 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100019/http://www.stcc.se/2014/11/03/emma-kimilainen-fortsatter-i-stcc-med-pwr-racing-team/. 2 April 2015. dead.
7. News: Erik Johansson klar för Team KIA, blir yngst i STCC-historien. STCC. 22 April 2015. 24 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151005130324/http://www.stcc.se/2015/04/24/erik-johansson-klar-for-team-kia-blir-yngst-i-stcc-historien/. 5 October 2015. dead.
8. News: Rasmus Mårthen confirmed as fourth Kia driver. Touring Car Times. 4 May 2015.
9. News: Dacia Dealer Team klara för STCC 2015. STCC. 22 March 2015. 28 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114523/http://www.stcc.se/2014/08/28/dacia-dealer-team-klara-for-stcc-2015/. 2 April 2015. dead.
10. News: Daniel Haglöf confirmed for second Saab at PWR Racing. Touring Car Times. 4 May 2015.
11. News: Emma Kimiläinen fortsätter i STCC med PWR Racing Team. STCC. 22 March 2015. 3 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100019/http://www.stcc.se/2014/11/03/emma-kimilainen-fortsatter-i-stcc-med-pwr-racing-team/. 2 April 2015. dead.
12. News: Emelie Liljeström klar för Team Kia i STCC. STCC. 22 March 2015. 21 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150329100110/http://www.stcc.se/2015/03/21/emelie-liljestrom-klar-for-team-kia-i-stcc/. 29 March 2015. dead.