2024 STCC Scandinavia Touring Car Championship

The 2024 STCC season will be the fourteenth season of the championship and the first season to feature new all-electric touring cars, built to specifications custom designed for the championship. The season is scheduled to start on June 8 at Gothenburg and conclude on September 21 at Mantorp Park. The championship organizing committee has opted to reschedule the electrified STCC season to 2024, primarily in response to supplier shortages that have hindered the production of all 12 required racing cars.[1]

Robert Dahlgren is the reigning Drivers' Champion from 2022.

The reigning drivers' champion from the 2022 season was Robert Dahlgren, who drove a CUPRA Leon Competición TCR. His team, CUPRA Dealer Team - PWR Racing, also won the team title. Axel Bengtsson, also driving a CUPRA Leon Competición TCR, was the junior drivers' champion, while Marius Solberg Hansen, in a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR, won the Däckteam trophy.[2]

By becoming the world's first electric national championship 2024 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship will mark a significant milestone in the motorsports industry's transition towards sustainability and pave the way for more electric racing series to emerge in the future.[3]

Teams and drivers

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Entrant Car Race drivers
No. Driver name Rounds
  CUPRA Dealer Team – PWR Racing[4] Cupra Born e-Racer 2   Robert Dahlgren[5] All
55   Axel Bengtsson[5] All
92   Anton Marklund[6] All
  Brink Motorsport[7] Tesla Model 3 ETCR 14   Jimmy Eriksson All
48   Mikael Karlsson[8] All
71   Tobias Brink[7] All
  Exion Racing[9] BMW i4 ETCR 6   Mikael Bern 3–10
7   Jonathan Engström 3–4
16   Calle Bergman[9] 1–2, 5–10
27   Månz Thalin[10] All
74   Lukas Sundahl 1–2
Volkswagen ID.3 ETCR 19   Viktor Gustavsson[11] 1–2, 5–10
20   Ola Nilsson[12] 1–2
24   Linus Ohlsson 3–4
77   Alexander Graff[13] All

Race calendar

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The provisional calendar was published on 29 November 2023, in which contains three city circuit races on two venues with Head 2 Head format, and three circuit races with more traditional format.[14]

Round Circuit Location Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner Winning Team
1   Ullevi Gothenburg, Västra Götaland 8 June   Ola Nilsson   Jimmy Eriksson   Brink Motorsport
2 9 June   Jimmy Eriksson   Robert Dahlgren   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
3   Ljungbyheds Motorbana Ljungbyhed, Skåne 28 June   Tobias Brink   Mikael Karlsson   Tobias Brink   Brink Motorsport
4 29 June   Tobias Brink   Mikael Karlsson   Tobias Brink   Brink Motorsport
5   Ring Knutstorp Kågeröd, Skåne 13 September   Jimmy Eriksson   Jimmy Eriksson   Jimmy Eriksson   Brink Motorsport
6 13 September   Tobias Brink   Tobias Brink   Tobias Brink   Brink Motorsport
7 14 September   Mikael Karlsson   Mikael Karlsson   Mikael Karlsson   Brink Motorsport
8 14 September   Mikael Karlsson   Tobias Brink   Jimmy Eriksson   Brink Motorsport
9   Mantorp Park Mantorp, Östergötland 21 September   Tobias Brink   Jimmy Eriksson   Mikael Karlsson   Brink Motorsport
10 21 September   Jimmy Eriksson   Jimmy Eriksson   Jimmy Eriksson   Brink Motorsport

Championship standings

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This year's scoring system, with points now being handed to the top 10 finishers.[15]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Qualifying 5 4 3 2 1
Race 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' Championship

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Pos. Driver GBG
 
LJU
 
KNU
 
MAN
 
Pts
1   Mikael Karlsson 24 43 3 23 9 33 11 21 12 25 192
2   Jimmy Eriksson 15 21 92 Ret 11 22 Ret3 12 35 11 185
3   Tobias Brink 6 5 11 11 82 11 22 33 Ret1 72 171
4   Robert Dahlgren 42 14 23 62 35 6 6 64 4 3 145
5   Alexander Graff 11 Ret 74 54 23 44 4 45 6 6 96
6   Anton Marklund 53 8 8 4 114 75 3 8 8 5 75
7   Axel Bengtsson 8 105 4 85 10 10 8 10 23 Ret4 53
8   Månz Thalin 12 Ret 6 7 6 9 5 5 7 Ret 50
9   Viktor Gustavsson 9 7 5 8 10 9 5 43 50
10   Ola Nilsson 31 32 39
11   Calle Bergman 7 6 4 Ret 74 Ret 104 Ret 37
12   Mikael Bern Ret5 Ret 7 5 95 7 9 8 32
13   Jonathan Engström 10 3 16
14   Linus Ohlsson 5 Ret 10
15   Lukas Sundahl 10 9 3
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)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams

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Points are given only to the two highest-classified cars of each team in every race and qualifying.[16]

Pos. Team GBG
 
LJU
 
KNU
 
MAN
 
Pts
1   Brink Motorsport 14,5 21,3 11,2 11,3 11,2,3 11,2,3 11,2,3, 11,2,3 11,2,5 11,2,5 479
2 4 3 2 8 2 2 2 3 2
2   CUPRA Dealer Team – PWR Racing 42,3 14,5 23 42,5 34,5 65 3 64 23 34 250
5 8 4 6 10 7 6 8 4 5
3   Exion Racing VW 31 32 54 54 23 44 4 45 5 43 195
9 7 7 Ret 5 8 10 9 6 6
4   Exion Racing BMW 7 6 65 3 4 5 54,5 5 74 83 129
10 9 10 7 6 9 7 7 9 Ret

References

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  1. ^ "The championship team on moving the electrified STCC season to 2024". STCC. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Robert Dahgren vann STCC 2022". Svensk Racing. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  3. ^ "STCC World's First 100% Electric National Championship 2023". STCC. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. ^ "CUPRA Sweden – PWR reveals 2024 livery". TouringCarTimes.com. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Cupra Sweden-PWR confirms Dahlgren and Bengtsson for 2024 STCC season". TouringCarTimes.com. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Anton Marklund completes CUPRA Sweden – PWR line-up". TouringCarTimes.com. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Brink Motorsport unveils 2024 Tesla livery". TouringCarTimes.com. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Brink Motorsport's Tesla trio for STCC is ready - Eriksson, Brink and Karlsson". TouringCarTimes.com. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Exion Racing expands to six cars for 2024 STCC season". TouringCarTimes.com. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Exion Racing signs 16-year-old for STCC programme". TouringCarTimes.com. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Viktor Gustavsson secures Exion Racing seat". TouringCarTimes.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Porsche champion joins Gothenburg grid". TouringCarTimes.com. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Alexander Graff makes STCC comeback with Exion Racing". TouringCarTimes.com. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  14. ^ "STCC World's First 100% Electric National Championship 2023". STCC. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  15. ^ "SCORES & RESULTS STCC 2024". STCC. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  16. ^ "2023 TCR World Tour Points Standings – Round 8" (PDF).
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