2021 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship explained

The 2021 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the eleventh overall season of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship and the fifth under the internationally recognised TCR formula. It is also the fourth time the championship is run under the STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship banner.^[1] The season started on 4 June at Ljungbyheds Motorbana and ended on 9 October at Ring Knutstorp after six rounds.

Teams and drivers

Entrant	Car	Race drivers
			Driver name	Rounds
Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing	Cupra León Competición TCR	2	Robert Dahlgren	All
		19	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	All
Lestrup Racing Team by Volkswagen Stockholm Lestrup Racing Team	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	7	Oliver Söderström	All
		32	Robin Knutsson	All
		48	Mikael Karlsson	All
Brink Motorsport	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	9	Kevin Engman	3
		26	Jessica Bäckman	4
		29	Andreas Bäckman	5
		51	Hannes Morin	1−2
		71	Tobias Brink	All
		91	Magnus Gustavsen	6
MA:GP	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	20	Mattias Andersson	All
Kågered Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	21	Andreas Ahlberg	All
		69	Hugo Nerman	All
Experion Racing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	22	Albin Wärnelöv	All
FH Racing	Cupra León TCR	33	Rasmus Hedberg	All
Brovallen Design	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	70	Isac Aronsson	All
Sources:^[2] ^[3]

Notes:

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team
1	R1	Ljungbyheds Motorbana	Ljungbyhed, Skåne	4–5 June	Robert Dahlgren	Hugo Nerman	Robert Dahlgren	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R2				Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R3					Hugo Nerman	Mattias Andersson	MA:GP
2	R1	Drivecenter Arena	Skellefteå, Västerbotten	18–19 June	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R2				Robert Dahlgren	Oliver Söderström	Robert Dahlgren	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R3					Robert Dahlgren	Tobias Brink	Brink Motorsport
3	R1	Gelleråsen Arena	Karlskoga, Örebro	21–22 August	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R2				Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R3					Oliver Söderström	Kevin Engman	Brink Motorsport
4	R1	Anderstorp Raceway	Anderstorp, Jönköping	4–5 September	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R2				Robert Dahlgren	Hugo Nerman	Robert Dahlgren	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R3					Robin Knutsson	Robin Knutsson	Lestrup Racing Team
5	R1	Mantorp Park	Mantorp, Östergötland	2–3 October	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R2				Andreas Bäckman	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Robert Dahlgren	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R3					Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
6	R1	Ring Knutstorp	Kågeröd, Skåne	8–9 October	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R2				Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R3					Mikael Karlsson	Mikael Karlsson	Lestrup Racing Team

Championship standings

A new scoring system was introduced for the season, with points now being handed to the top 15 finishers.^[4]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Qualifying 2	5	4	3	2	1	colspan=10
Race	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Driver LJU SKE GEL AND MAN KNU Pts 1 Robert Dahlgren 1 1^1 3 1 1^1 2 1 1^1 5 1 1^1 4 1 1^2 2 2 1^1 5 350 2 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 2 3^3 Ret 5 2^3 6 2 2^2 3 2 2^5 9 6 5 1 1 2^3 9 259 3 Tobias Brink 4 2^2 7 6 6 1 7 8 2 6 4^2 5 3 4^3 3 3 3^2 2 252 4 Oliver Söderström 3 4^4 4 NC 4 5 9 3^3 8 3 3^4 6 5 2^4 4 4 6^4 6 220 5 Mattias Andersson 6 6 1 3 3^2 9 12† 4^5 7 8 6 7 2 3^5 Ret 5 4^5 7 202 6 Hugo Nerman 12 8 2 11 13 7 3 6 4 4 5^3 3 9 6 DNS 6 5 3 179 7 Mikael Karlsson 7 5^5 8 4 7^4 11 4 5^4 11 7 11 12 4 11 8 7 7 1 171 8 Andreas Ahlberg 5 7 9 2 8 4 6 9 9 9 13 8 8 10 7 8 10 10 150 9 Robin Knutsson 9 9 Ret 10 9 10 5 10 6 5 8 1 7 7 6 9 9 8 149 10 Isac Aronsson 8 10 6 8 10 12† 13 13 12 11 9 11 13 8 11 11 11 12 99 11 Albin Wärnelöv 11 Ret DNS 9 11 8 10 11 10 10 12 10 12 9 9 12 12 11 89 12 Rasmus Hedberg 10 12 5 Ret 12 DSQ 11 12 13 12 10 13 11 12 10 13 13 13 74 13 Hannes Morin Ret 11 Ret 7 5^5 3 41 14 Kevin Engman 8 7 1 37 15 Jessica Bäckman 13† 7 2 29 16 Magnus Gustavsen 10 8 4 27 17 Andreas Bäckman 10 Ret^1 5 22

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified

Notes and References

1. Web site: TCR Scandinavia targeting 24-car grid, and will rename back to STCC . Hudson . Neil . 5 October 2019 . TouringCarTimes . 17 October 2019.
2. Web site: Förare STCC. STCC.se. Swedish. 12 June 2021.
3. Web site: STCC TCR Scandinavia Race 1. STCC.se. 5 June 2021. 12 June 2021.
4. Web site: STCC introduces BTCC inspired weight, points system. TouringCarTimes. 22 December 2020. 12 June 2021.