2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

The 2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season was the second Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. The season started at Mantorp Park on 5 May and ended on 22 September at the brand new track at Solvalla in Stockholm. It would have been the first season to include cars built to the Next Generation Touring Car specification, but the plans ultimately fell through and no NGTC cars ever raced in Scandinavia.

Teams and drivers

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(Note: drivers with car numbers 88–99 are eligible for the Semcon cup). All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1   Rickard Rydell All
4   Michel Nykjær All
Volkswagen Team Biogas Volkswagen Scirocco1 2   Jordi Gené All
3   Johan Kristoffersson All
IPS Team Biogas 15   Patrik Olsson All
21   Johan Stureson All
Honda Racing Sweden Honda Civic 17   Tomas Engström All
SEAT Sport Sweden Seat León 22   Robin Appelqvist All
23   Santosh Berggren All
MECA Alfa Romeo 156 89   Claes Hoffsten 1
NP Racing Seat León 2.0 TFSI 90   Niclas Olsson All
G-Rex Sweden Mercedes-Benz C 200 91   Tony Johansson 2–8
Memphis Racing Opel Astra 92   André Andersson 1–2
BMW 320i 3–8
BMS Event Audi A4 97   Joakim Ahlberg All
98   Andreas Ahlberg All

Notes:

  • ^1  — Volkswagen Team Biogas and IPS Team Biogas are using Biogas (CNG) 2.0-litre Turbo engines in their four Volkswagen Sciroccos.

Race calendar

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The provisional calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 15 October 2011. 2012 will see the inclusion of the brand new Sovalla track on the streets of Stockholm and a track at the Östersund airport.[1][2]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Mantorp Park 5 May   Johan Stureson   Rickard Rydell   Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas
R2   Johan Kristoffersson   Rickard Rydell   Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas
2 R3   Ring Knutstorp 19 May   Rickard Rydell   Rickard Rydell   Rickard Rydell Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
R4   Michel Nykjær   Michel Nykjær   Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
3 R5   Sturup Raceway 16 June   Tomas Engström   Tomas Engström   Tomas Engström Honda Racing Sweden
R6   Michel Nykjær   Tomas Engström   Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
4 R7   Mantorp Park 7 July   Rickard Rydell   Tomas Engström   Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas
R8   Michel Nykjær   Tomas Engström   Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
5 R9   Airport Race Östersund 11 August   Tomas Engström   Tomas Engström   Tomas Engström Honda Racing Sweden
R10   Tomas Engström   Tomas Engström   Tomas Engström Honda Racing Sweden
6 R11   Jyllands-Ringen 26 August   Michel Nykjær   Jordi Gené   Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
R12   Jordi Gené   Johan Kristoffersson   Patrik Olsson IPS Team Biogas
7 R13   Ring Knutstorp 9 September   Michel Nykjær   Michel Nykjær   Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
R14   Rickard Rydell   Michel Nykjær   Rickard Rydell Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
8 R15   Solvalla Stockholm 22 September   Johan Kristoffersson   Johan Stureson   Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas
R16   Patrik Olsson   Johan Stureson   Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas

Championship standings

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Drivers championships

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Pos Driver MAN
 
KNU
 
STU
 
MAN
 
ÖST
 
JYL
 
KNU
 
SOL
 
Pts
Overall
1   Johan Kristoffersson 1 1 2 3 6 2 1 4 2 6 3 3 4 Ret 1 1 264
2   Rickard Rydell 2 2 1 2 5 3 2 3 3 4 2 4 3 1 4 4 258
3   Michel Nykjær 6 4 Ret 1 4 1 4 1 5 5 1 2 1 2 9 8 231
4   Patrik Olsson 5 5 4 6 3 4 6 5 Ret 7 4 1 2 4 3 5 183
5   Tomas Engström Ret DNS 3 4 1 5 3 2 1 1 Ret Ret Ret 6 5 3 178
6   Johan Stureson 3 3 5 5 2 11 5 6 Ret 3 5 Ret 5 5 2 2 167
7   Jordi Gené 4 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 2 6 5 6 3 6 6 147
8   Niclas Olsson 8 7 9 9 8 7 Ret 10 Ret 9 8 6 8 9 8 7 55
9   Santosh Berggren 7 Ret 7 8 10 12† 11† 8 Ret DNS 7 9 7 8 7 10† 46
10   Joakim Ahlberg 10 10† Ret 12† 11 10† 9 Ret 6 12 12† 7 9 10 10 9 25
11   Andreas Ahlberg Ret 9 10 11 9 8 8 11 7 10 9 11† 10 Ret 11† 11† 23
12   Robin Appelqvist Ret 8 8 Ret 13† DNS Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 10† Ret 7 Ret Ret 21
13   André Andersson 11† Ret DNS DNS 12 9 10 12 8 11 11 8 11 11 DNS DNS 11
14   Tony Johansson Ret 10 Ret DNS Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 4
15   Claes Hoffsten 9 Ret 2
Semcon Cup
1   Niclas Olsson 8 7 9 9 8 7 Ret 10 Ret 9 8 6 8 9 8 7 350
2   Andreas Ahlberg Ret 9 10 11 9 8 8 11 7 10 9 11† 10 Ret 11† 11† 241
3   Joakim Ahlberg 10 10† Ret 12† 11 10† 9 Ret 6 12 12† 7 9 10 10 9 224
4   André Andersson 11† Ret DNS DNS 12 9 10 12 8 11 11 8 11 11 DNS DNS 153
5   Tony Johansson Ret 10 Ret DNS Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 45
6   Claes Hoffsten 9 Ret 18
Pos Driver MAN
 
KNU
 
STU
 
MAN
 
ÖST
 
JYL
 
KNU
 
SOL
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

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  1. ^ "Preliminary 2012 calendar issued by STCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Airport race in Östersund set for STCC 2012". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
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