The 2003 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 8th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total eight racing weekends at four different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, making a sixteen-round competition in total.
Changes for 2003
edit- The Supertouring regulations were removed and replaced with Super2000.
- The pitstops were also removed
- Each round were to consist of two races, with one sprint race of 15–25 minutes and one super-race approximately 15–30 minutes longer.
- Qualifying was conducted by having a standard qualifying session followed by a one-lap Superpole for the 8 fastest drivers.
- The top 15 finishers were awarded points: 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
Teams and drivers
edit| Team | Car | No. | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristoffersson Motorsport | Audi A4 B6/7 | 1 |  Tommy Kristoffersson
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| 8 | Tobias Johansson
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| 10 | Fredrik Ekblom
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| Flash Engineering | Volvo S60 | 2 | Jan Nilsson
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| 4 | Magnus Krokström
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| WestCoast Racing | BMW 320i | 3 | Mattias Andersson
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| 11 | Richard Göransson
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| Engström Motorsport | Honda Civic Type-R | 5 | Tomas Engström
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| Crawford Racing | BMW 320i | 6 | Carl Rosenblad
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| Opel Team Sweden | Opel Astra | 7 |  Tommy Rustad
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| Podium SEAT Sport Team | SEAT Toledo | 9 | Robin Rudholm
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| 12 | Johan Stureson
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| Bakajev Motorsport | BMW 320i | 15 | Patrik Ernstsson
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| 16 | Jan Brunstedt
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| Euroracing | Alfa Romeo 156 | 17 | Nicklas Karlsson
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| Peugeot Statoil Motorsport | Peugeot 307 | 19 | Jens Edman
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| Vic Lee Racing | Peugeot 406 Coupé | 24 | Roger Möen
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Race calendar and winners
editAll rounds were held in Sweden.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Winning team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 2 |
Falkenbergs Motorbana | 4 May | Fredrik Ekblom Richard Göransson |
Kristoffersson Motorsport West Coast Racing |
| 3 4 |
Mantorp Park | 18 May | Jan Nilsson Fredrik Ekblom |
Flash Engineering Kristoffersson Motorsport |
| 5 6 |
Karlskoga Motorstadion | 9 June | Richard Göransson Tomas Engström |
West Coast Racing Engström Motorsport |
| 7 8 |
Falkenbergs Motorbana | 6 July | Jan Nilsson Patrik Ernstsson |
Flash Engineering Bakajev Motorsport |
| 9 10 |
Ring Knutstorp | 20 July | Richard Göransson Jan Nilsson |
West Coast Racing Flash Engineering |
| 11 12 |
Karlskoga Motorstadion | 17 August | Richard Göransson Carl Rosenblad |
West Coast Racing Crawford Racing |
| 13 14 |
Ring Knutstorp | 31 August | Tommy Rustad Jan Nilsson |
Opel Team Sweden Flash Engineering |
| 15 16 |
Mantorp Park | 18 September | Richard Göransson Nicklas Karlsson |
West Coast Racing Euroracing |
Championship results
editDrivers' championship
edit| Pos. | Driver | FAL | MAN | GEL | FAL | KNU | GEL | KNU | MAN | Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fredrik Ekblom
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1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 224 |
| 2 | Jan Nilsson
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3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 214 |
| 3 | Tomas Engström
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4 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 168 |
| 4 | Tommy Rustad
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Ret | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Ret | DNS | 161 |
| 5 | Richard Göransson
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8 | 1 | DNS | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 148 |
| 6 | Tobias Johansson
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6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 140 |
| 7 | Tommy Kristoffersson
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10 | DNS | Ret | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 139 |
| 8 | Carl Rosenblad
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Ret | DNS | Ret | 7 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 136 |
| 9 | Nicklas Karlsson
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5 | 5 | Ret | DNS | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 127 | ||
| 10 | Patrik Ernstson
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Ret | DNS | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 | Ret | 6 | DNS | 6 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 116 |
| 11 | Johan Stureson
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7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | Ret | DNS | 8 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 106 |
| 12 | Magnus Krokström
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Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | DNS | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 99 |
| 13 | Mattias Andersson
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Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 93 |
| 14 | Robin Rudholm
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11 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 86 |
| 15 | Jan Brunstedt
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9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 10 | 78 | ||
| 16 | Jens Edman
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2 | Ret | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | Roger Moen
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DNS | DNS | DNS | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Ronnie Brandt
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Ret | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Manufacturer's championship
edit| Position | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volvo | 242 |
| 2 | Audi | 240 |
| 3 | BMW | 229 |
| 4 | SEAT | 184 |
| 5 | Honda | 181 |