Björn Thomas Robert Dahlgren[1] (born 1 December 1979 in Skellefteå) is a Swedish auto racing driver who currently competes for the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship. He previously competed in Australia and New Zealand for a single season in the V8 Supercars Championship for Garry Rogers Motorsport, as well as in the World and for Polestar Racing,[2] making him the longest-serving factory-supported Volvo driver.

Robert Dahlgren
Robert Dahlgren in April 2016
NationalitySweden Swedish
Born (1979-12-01) 1 December 1979 (age 44)
Skellefteå, Sweden
V8 Supercars Australia career
Debut season2014
Current teamGarry Rogers Motorsport
Car number34
Starts37
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish25th in 2014
Previous series
1999
2000–01
2002–03
2007–11, 2016
Swedish Formula Ford
British Formula Ford
British F3
WTCC
Championship titles
2001
2010
2017, 2019
British Formula Ford
Scandinavian Touring Car Cup
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

Career

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In 1998 he won the Nordic and Swedish Formula Ford Championships, before racing in Great Britain with Formula Ford. He won the Formula Ford Championship in 2001. He switched to British Formula 3 in 2002, finishing seventeenth in his first year. In his second year he finished ninth on points in 2003. Since 2004 he has competed in the STCC, every season with Volvo. He has finished as runner-up twice in 2004 and 2007.

 
The Volvo S60 V8 Supercar of Robert Dahlgren in 2014

For 2014, Dahlgren has been named to drive for Volvo in the International V8 Supercars Championship in Australia for Garry Rogers Motorsport, under the guise of Volvo Polestar Racing Australia.[3] He finished 25th and last among full-season drivers, with no top 10s.

In 2016, Dahlgren joined Polestar Cyan Racing to compete at the 2016 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship with a Volvo S60, ranking second in points. He also entered three rounds of the 2016 World Touring Car Championship with the team, finishing seventh at Qatar race 1.

For the 2017 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, the driver moved to PWR Racing to drive a factory-supported SEAT León, winning the title. In 2019, Dahlgren took his second STCC title for PWR Racing.

Racing record

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Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2007 Polestar Racing Volvo S60 Flexifuel BRA
1
BRA
2
NED
1
NED
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
FRA
1
FRA
2
CZE
1
CZE
2
POR
1
POR
2
SWE
1

10
SWE
2

8
GER
1
GER
2
GBR
1
GBR
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
MAC
1
MAC
2
NC† 0†
2008 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA
1
BRA
2
MEX
1
MEX
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
FRA
1
FRA
2
CZE
1
CZE
2
POR
1
POR
2
GBR
1

24
GBR
2

DNS
GER
1
GER
2
EUR
1
EUR
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
JPN
1
JPN
2
MAC
1
MAC
2
NC† 0†
2009 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA
1
BRA
2
MEX
1
MEX
2
MAR
1
MAR
2
FRA
1
FRA
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
CZE
1
CZE
2
POR
1
POR
2
GBR
1

15
GBR
2

14
GER
1
GER
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
JPN
1
JPN
2
MAC
1
MAC
2
NC† 0†
2010 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA
1
BRA
2
MAR
1
MAR
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
BEL
1
BEL
2
POR
1
POR
2
GBR
1

12
GBR
2

Ret
CZE
1
CZE
2
GER
1
GER
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
JPN
1

8
JPN
2

5
MAC
1
MAC
2
NC† 0†
2011 Polestar Racing Volvo C30 BRA
1

12
BRA
2

13
BEL
1

13
BEL
2

7
ITA
1

15
ITA
2

13
HUN
1

NC
HUN
2

9
11th 72
Volvo C30 Drive CZE
1

6
CZE
2

9
POR
1

7
POR
2

16
GBR
1

8
GBR
2

6
GER
1

4
GER
2

7
ESP
1

9
ESP
2

9
JPN
1

Ret
JPN
2

5
CHN
1

9
CHN
2

9
MAC
1

DNS
MAC
2

DNS
2016 Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 FRA
1
FRA
2
SVK
1
SVK
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
MAR
1
MAR
2
GER
1
GER
2
RUS
1
RUS
2
POR
1

13
POR
2

Ret
ARG
1

16
ARG
2

16
JPN
1
JPN
2
CHN
1
CHN
2
QAT
1

7
QAT
2

Ret
19th 6

Not permitted to score points.

Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2011 Polestar Racing Volvo C30 JYL
1
JYL
2
KNU
1
KNU
2
MAN
1
MAN
2
GÖT
1
GÖT
2
FAL
1
FAL
2
KAR
1
KAR
2
JYL
1
JYL
2
KNU
1

3
KNU
2

4
MAN
1

6
MAN
2

1
14th 60
2013 Volvo Polestar Performance Volvo S60 TTA KNU
1

2
KNU
2

4
SOL
1

2
GÖT
1

2
FAL
1

12
FAL
2

5
ÖST
1

2
KAR
1

2
KAR
2

6
TIE
1

Ret
MAN
1

5
MAN
2

2
3rd 160
2016 Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 TTA SKÖ
1

1
SKÖ
2

2
MAN
1

5
MAN
2

1
AND
1

2
AND
2

5
FAL
1

Ret
FAL
2

Ret
KAR
1

1
KAR
2

5
SOL
1

Ret
SOL
2

2
KNU
1

3
KNU
2

2
2nd 300
2017 SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing CUPRA León TCR KNU
1

1
KNU
2

1
KNU
3

2
ALA
1

4
ALA
2

3
ALA
3

5
SOL
1

2
SOL
2

2
SOL
3

1
FAL
1

4
FAL
2

2
FAL
3

2
KAR
1

1
KAR
2

3
KAR
3

1
AND
1

3
AND
2

1
AND
3

1
MAN
1

6
MAN
2

8
MAN
3

3
1st 374
2018 SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing CUPRA León TCR KNU
1

2
KNU
2

2
AND
1

3
AND
2

2
FAL
1

1
FAL
2

6
KAR
1

5
KAR
2

7
RUD
1

2
RUD
2

3
MAN
1

3
MAN
2

Ret
2nd 185
2019 PWR Racing CUPRA León TCR KNU
1

2
KNU
2

6
AND
1

1
AND
2

5
SKE
1

2
SKE
2

1
FAL
1

2
FAL
2

3
KAR
1

2
KAR
2

Ret
JYL
1

1
JYL
2

3
MAN
1

3
MAN
2

4
1st 252
2020 PWR Racing CUPRA León Competición TCR KAR
1

5
KAR
2

1
KAR
3

7
SKE
1

1
SKE
2

1
SKE
3

Ret
MAN
1

5
MAN
2

6
MAN
3

2
KNU
1

2
KNU
2

1
KNU
3

2
2nd 202
2021 Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing CUPRA León Competición TCR LJU
1

1
LJU
2

1
LJU
3

3
SKE
1

1
SKE
2

1
SKE
3

2
KAR
1

1
KAR
2

1
KAR
3

5
AND
1

1
AND
2

1
AND
3

4
MAN
1

1
MAN
2

1
MAN
3

2
KNU
1

2
KNU
2

1
KNU
3

5
1st 350
2022 Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing CUPRA León Competición TCR LJU
1

1
SKE
1

DSQ
SKE
2

7
SKE
3

1
KNU
1

1
KNU
2

1
KNU
3

1
KAR
1

2
KAR
2

8
KAR
3

1
AND
1

2
AND
2

3
AND
3

2
MAN
1

3
MAN
2

4
MAN
3

3
1st 266

Complete TTA – Racing Elite League results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2012 Volvo Polestar Black R Volvo S60 TTA KAR
Ret
AND
2
GÖT
3
FAL
7
KAR
5
AND
10
TIE
8
GÖT
5
5th 69

Complete V8 Supercar results

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Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Position Points
2014 Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 ADE
R1

21
ADE
R2

23
ADE
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

20
SYM
R5

16
SYM
R6

23
WIN
R7

Ret
WIN
R8

24
WIN
R9

24
PUK
R10

22
PUK
R11

Ret
PUK
R12

21
PUK
R13

23
BAR
R14

24
BAR
R15

24
BAR
R16

21
HID
R17

23
HID
R18

18
HID
R19

Ret
TOW
R20

19
TOW
R21

22
TOW
R22

22
QLD
R23

23
QLD
R24

22
QLD
R25

16
SMP
R26

19
SMP
R27

Ret
SMP
R28

DNS
SAN
R29

17
BAT
R30

Ret
SUR
R31

13
SUR
R32

17
PHI
R33

22
PHI
R34

23
PHI
R35

21
SYD
R36

18
SYD
R37

18
SYD
R38

Ret
25th 921

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

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Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2014 Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 Mk.2   Greg Ritter DNF 114

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2019 PWR Racing CUPRA León TCR MAR
1
MAR
2
MAR
3
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
SVK
1
SVK
2
SVK
3
NED
1
NED
2
NED
3
GER
1
GER
2
GER
3
POR
1
POR
2
POR
3
CHN
1
CHN
2
CHN
3
JPN
1
JPN
2
JPN
3
MAC
1

13
MAC
2

20
MAC
3

24
MAL
1
MAL
2
MAL
3
27th 3

References

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  1. ^ "Björn Thomas Robert Dahlgren". allabolag.se. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ STCC: Robert Dahlgren, accessed 27 May 2010 (in Swedish)
  3. ^ "Robert Dahlgren Confirmed For Volvo V8 Seat". Speedcafe. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by British Formula Ford Championship
Champion

2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
Champion

2017
Succeeded by
Preceded by STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
Champion

2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
Champion

2021 - 2022
Succeeded by
Incumbent