2015 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

The 2015 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship was the fifth Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. The season started at the new circuit in Skövde Airport on 8 May and ended on 26 September at Ring Knutstorp, after seven rounds. It was the third year of TTA – Racing Elite League silhouette regulations in the series following the merge of the STCC and TTA at the end of the 2012 season. Thed Björk entered the season as the defending drivers' champion and successfully defended his title. Volvo Polestar Racing will be the defending teams' champion. Both Björk and Volvo Polestar Racing retained their titles after the season.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Volvo Polestar Racing Volvo Cyan Racing^[1]	Volvo S60	1	Thed Björk^[2]	All
		11	Fredrik Ekblom^[2]	All
		13	Carl Philip Bernadotte^[2]	1–2, 4–7
Team Tidö	Saab 9-3	3	Richard Göransson^[3]	All
Team Tidö	Saab 9-3	8	Roger Samuelsson	All
WCR BMW Dealer Team	BMW SR	4	Fredrik Larsson^[4]	All
Sportpromotion	BMW SR	6	Erik Jonsson^[5]	All
Team Kia	KIA Optima BDE	9	Kevin Aabol^[6]	All
		10	Erik Johansson^[7]	1–5
		28	Rasmus Mårthen^[8]	5–7
Dacia Dealer Team	Dacia	20	Mattias Andersson^[9]	All
PWR Racing Team	Saab 9-3	37	Daniel Haglöf^[10]	All
PWR Racing Team	Saab 9-3	93	Emma Kimiläinen^[11]	All
Brovallendesign Kia	KIA Optima BDE	95	Emelie Liljeström^[12]	1, 3–4, 6

Race calendar and results

All rounds will be held in Sweden.

Round		Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team
1	R1	STCC Volvo Race Skövde	Skövde, Västra Götaland	9 May	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
1	R2	STCC Volvo Race Skövde	Skövde, Västra Götaland	9 May		Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
2	R3	Anderstorp Raceway	Anderstorp, Jönköping	30 May	Richard Göransson	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
2	R4	Anderstorp Raceway	Anderstorp, Jönköping	30 May		Fredrik Larsson	Fredrik Larsson	WCR BMW Dealer Team
3	R5	Mantorp Park	Mantorp, Östergötland	25 June	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
3	R6	Mantorp Park	Mantorp, Östergötland	25 June		Fredrik Larsson	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Polestar Racing
4	R7	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Bergagård, Halland	11 July	Fredrik Larsson	Fredrik Larsson	Fredrik Larsson	WCR BMW Dealer Team
4	R8	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Bergagård, Halland	11 July		Fredrik Larsson	Carl Philip Bernadotte	Volvo Polestar Racing
5	R9	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Karlskoga, Örebro	15 August	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
5	R10	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Karlskoga, Örebro	15 August		Thed Björk	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Polestar Racing
6	R11	Solvalla	Stockholm, Stockholm	12 September	Thed Björk	Fredrik Larsson	Daniel Haglöf	PWR Racing Team
6	R12	Solvalla	Stockholm, Stockholm	12 September		Fredrik Larsson	Fredrik Larsson	WCR BMW Dealer Team
7	R13	Ring Knutstorp	Kågeröd, Skåne	26 September	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Cyan Racing
7	R14	Ring Knutstorp	Kågeröd, Skåne	26 September		Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Cyan Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	SKÖ			AND			MAN			FAL			GEL			SOL			KNU			Pts
Pos	Driver	Q1	R1	R2	Q2	R3	R4	Q3	R5	R6	Q4	R7	R8	Q5	R9	R10	Q6	R11	R12	Q7	R13	R14	Pts
1	Thed Björk	2	1	1	2	1	4	3	1	2	4	3	11†	1	1	4	2	3	6	1	3	3	366
2	Fredrik Ekblom	1	2	Ret	3	3	2	1	3	1	1	2	Ret	2	2	1	4	7	5	2	1	1	356
3	Fredrik Larsson	5	5	2	4	2	1	2	2	4	2	1	8	4	4	Ret	7	4	1	4	10	Ret	268
4	Richard Göransson	4	Ret	Ret	1	6	6	4	5	6	3	4	2	3	6	3	5	2	3	5	2	7	243
5	Mattias Andersson	3	3	3	8	7	7	8	4	5	6	6	3	6	3	2	3	6	9	7	5	8	204
6	Daniel Haglöf	6	4	5†	7	4	5	7	6	7	8	11†	Ret	13	8	Ret	1	1	2	9	11	2	174
7	Emma Kimiläinen	7	6	Ret	6	5	3	5	7	3	9	9	9	9	7	10†	6	5	4	3	4	6	158
8	Erik Johansson	8	Ret	4†	5	9	8	9	8	11†	5	5	4	7	5	6							94
9	Kevin Aabol	13	8	Ret	9	10	10	6	10	8	7	Ret	5	10	12†	Ret	8	9	6	10	6	4	71
10	Carl Philip Bernadotte	9	9	Ret	11	8	9				10	Ret	1	5	10	7	11	11	11	6	8	10	66
11	Erik Jonsson	10	7	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	10	9	10	11	7	6	8	Ret	9†	9	8	DNS	8	Ret	6	52
12	Rasmus Mårthen													11	9	5	10	10	8	11	7	Ret	24
13	Roger Samuelsson	11	10	6†	12	11	Ret	11	11	9	13	10	10	12	11	8	12	12	10	12	9	9	22
14	Emile Liljeström	12	Ret	Ret				DNS	Ret	Ret	12	8	7				13	Ret	12				10

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Notes:

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 70% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	SKÖ	AND	MAN	FAL	GEL	SOL	KNU	Pts
1	Volvo Polestar Racing Volvo Cyan Racing	111	103	123	71	123	69	123	723
2	PWR Racing Team	44	61	51	12	16	98	58	340
3	Team Tidö	23	42	32	55	45	44	40	281
4	WCR BMW Dealer Team	38	55	48	49	24	43	14	271
5	Dacia Dealer Team	45	16	26	34	43	25	22	211
6	Team Kia	20	24	19	53	28	12	22	178
7	Sportpromotion	8	1	4	17	10	6	16	62
8	Brovallendesign Kia	0		0	12	13	6	7	38

References

^ "Polestar Racing changes name to become Cyan Racing". Polestar.com. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Volvo Polestar Racing avslöjar sin föraruppställning". STCC. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ "Göransson klar för fortsättning i Tidö". STCC. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ "Fredrik Larsson klar för fortsatt STCC-satsning". STCC. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ "Erik Jonsson klar för STCC 2015". STCC. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
^ "Kevin Aabol klar för Team Kia i STCC". STCC. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ "Erik Johansson klar för Team KIA, blir yngst i STCC-historien". STCC. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
^ "Rasmus Mårthen confirmed as fourth Kia driver". Touring Car Times. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
^ "Dacia Dealer Team klara för STCC 2015". STCC. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ "Daniel Haglöf confirmed for second Saab at PWR Racing". Touring Car Times. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
^ "Emma Kimiläinen fortsätter i STCC med PWR Racing Team". STCC. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ "Emelie Liljeström klar för Team Kia i STCC". STCC. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

External links

Official website

[1] "Polestar Racing changes name to become Cyan Racing". Polestar.com. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.

[Polestar-2] "Volvo Polestar Racing avslöjar sin föraruppställning". STCC. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[3] "Göransson klar för fortsättning i Tidö". STCC. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[4] "Fredrik Larsson klar för fortsatt STCC-satsning". STCC. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[5] "Erik Jonsson klar för STCC 2015". STCC. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.

[6] "Kevin Aabol klar för Team Kia i STCC". STCC. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[7] "Erik Johansson klar för Team KIA, blir yngst i STCC-historien". STCC. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

[8] "Rasmus Mårthen confirmed as fourth Kia driver". Touring Car Times. Retrieved 4 May 2015.

[9] "Dacia Dealer Team klara för STCC 2015". STCC. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[10] "Daniel Haglöf confirmed for second Saab at PWR Racing". Touring Car Times. Retrieved 4 May 2015.

[11] "Emma Kimiläinen fortsätter i STCC med PWR Racing Team". STCC. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[12] "Emelie Liljeström klar för Team Kia i STCC". STCC. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

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