2016 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2016 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship was the sixth Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. The season started at Skövde Airport on May 1 and ended at Ring Knutstorp on September 24, after seven rounds.

Teams and drivers

All teams are Swedish-registered.

Team	Car		Driver	Rounds
PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team	SEAT León STCC	3	Johan Kristoffersson	1–5, 7
		7	Philip Morin	6–7
		37	Daniel Haglöf	All
		77	Emma Kimiläinen	1, 3–5
Flash Engineering	Saab 9-3	8	Björn Wirdheim	2–7
		9	Reuben Kressner	All
		24	Linus Ohlsson	1
	Nissan SE			2–7
Polestar Cyan Racing	Volvo S60	11	Robert Dahlgren	All
		12	Richard Göransson	All
		13	Carl Philip Bernadotte	2–7
		33	Scott McLaughlin^[1]	1
Dacia Dealer Team	Dacia SE	20	Mattias Andersson	All
Brovallen Design	Ford Mondeo BD Edition	28	Rasmus Mårthen	1–2, 4–6

Calendar

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Sweden.

Round		Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team
1	R1	Skövde Airport	Skövde, Västra Götaland	1 May	Robert Dahlgren	Scott McLaughlin	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Cyan Racing
	R2					Robert Dahlgren	Richard Göransson	Polestar Cyan Racing
2	R1	Mantorp Park	Mantorp, Östergötland	26 May	Richard Göransson	Richard Göransson	Richard Göransson	Polestar Cyan Racing
	R2					Richard Göransson	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Cyan Racing
3	R1	Anderstorp Raceway	Anderstorp, Jönköping	19 June	Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Kristoffersson	PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team
	R2					Björn Wirdheim	Daniel Haglöf	PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team
4	R1	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Bergagård, Halland	10 July	Richard Göransson	Emma Kimiläinen	Richard Göransson	Polestar Cyan Racing
	R2					Richard Göransson	Richard Göransson	Polestar Cyan Racing
5	R1	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Karlskoga, Örebro	14 August	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Cyan Racing
	R2					Robert Dahlgren	Björn Wirdheim	Flash Engineering
6	R1	Solvalla	Stockholm, Stockholm	3 September	Björn Wirdheim	Philip Morin	Daniel Haglöf	PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team
	R2					Linus Ohlsson	Linus Ohlsson	Flash Engineering
7	R1	Ring Knutstorp	Kågeröd, Skåne	24 September	Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Kristoffersson	PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team
	R2					Robert Dahlgren	Mattias Andersson	Dacia Dealer Team

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SKÖ MAN AND 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 3 Ret 1 1 1 2 5 3 2 1 1 1 4 4 Ret 4 4 3 4 2 4 2 1 1 2 4 5 1 2 2 5 2 Ret Ret 1 1 5 5 Ret 2 2 3 2 3 8 4 5 2 3 Ret 1 1 3 3 2 5 2 EX EX 1 1 6 243 4 Björn Wirdheim 3 2 4 4 5 4 5 4 Ret 6 5 1 1 2 Ret 7 4 3 220 5 Daniel Haglöf 5 Ret 6 5 4 3 6 6 1 11 5 Ret 7 3 3 2 1 Ret 3 5 7 6 Mattias Andersson 4 5 3 9 7 7 7 4 10 9 Ret 2 5 2 6 7 6 7 10 7 1 7 Linus Ohlsson 6 3 Ret 8 8 6 10 8 7 7 3 Ret 3 6 8† 10 Ret 1 6 8 Ret 8 Rasmus Mårthen 10 7 4 10 9 5 8 9 3 10 9 2 9 7 4 94 9 Reuben Kressner 9 6 Ret 6 Ret DNS 8 7 8 10 7 Ret 8 8 4 6 5 Ret 9 9 5 10 Carl Philip Bernadotte 7 6 8 9 10 9 6 8 4 11 10 7 8 Ret 6 8 6 Ret 78 11 Emma Kimiläinen 7 Ret Ret 3 9 6 4 6 Ret 9 7 Ret 59 12 Philip Morin 3 3 5 5 DNS Ret 50 13 2 2 Ret 36

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	Driver	SKÖ	MAN	AND	FAL	GEL	SOL	KNU	Pts
1	Polestar Cyan Racing	111	115	91	93	86	67	93	656
2	PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team	45	70	108	59	54	83	93	512
3	Flash Engineering	44	67	57	49	74	72	51	414
4	Dacia Dealer Team	42	20	26	24	38	26	39	215
5	Brovallen Design	24	18	0	31	28	26	0	127

Notes and References

1. News: (Virgin Australia) Supercars star Scott McLaughlin to race for Volvo at Skövde season opener. TouringCarTimes.com. 25 April 2016. 25 April 2016.