2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship

2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship season
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Richard Göransson won the championship, defeating Robert Dahlgren by two points, having trailed Dahlgren into the final race.

The 2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship season will be the 15th and last Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. Four of the race weekends will be held together with the Danish Touring Car Championship and the results from these races will also count towards the Scandinavian Touring Car Cup. From 2011, the new Scandinavian Touring Car Championship will replace both the Swedish and the Danish Touring Car Championships.^[1]

Teams and drivers

The official entry list for the 2010 STCC season was released on March 20.^[2] All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Polestar Racing Volvo C30 1 Tommy Rustad D All 7 Robert Dahlgren D All Flash Engineering BMW 320si 2 Thed Björk D All 6 Jan Nilsson D All 92 Tobias Tegelby S 11–12, 15–18 WestCoast Racing BMW 320si 4 Richard Göransson D All Mattias Ekström Juniorteam SEAT León 10 Roger Eriksson D All 29 Dick Sahlén D All Team Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco 14 Fredrik Ekblom D All 15 Patrik Olsson D All 41 Johan Kristoffersson D 15–18 Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze 17 Viktor Hallrup D 1–4, 7–18 Huggare Racing Opel Astra 18 Viktor Huggare D 3–18 MA:GP/IPS/Bilsport & MC Alfa Romeo 156 20 Mattias Andersson D All BMW 320si 21 Johan Stureson D All Appelqvist Racing Alfa Romeo 156 88 Robin Appelqvist S 1–6, 9–12, 17–18 MECA Alfa Romeo 156 89 Claes Hoffsten S 1–6, 9–12, 15–18 G-REX Sweden Mercedes-Benz C200 91 Tony Johansson S 15–18 Ebbeson Motorsport BMW 320si 96 Andreas Ebbeson S 1–12, 15–18 BMS Event BMW 320i 97 Joakim Ahlberg S 3–18 Mälarpower Motorsport Volvo S60 99 Ronnie Brandt S 9–10

Icon Class D Drivers' Championship S Semcon Cup

Race Calendar

The calendar for the 2010 season was published in November 2009. As a first step towards the planned merger with the Danish Touring Car Championship, four of the races will be held together with DTC.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Date
1–2	Jyllandsringen *	25 April
3–4	Ring Knutstorp	8 May
5–6	Karlskoga Motorstadion	22 May
7–8	Göteborg City Race *	5 June
9–10	Falkenbergs Motorbana	10 July
11–12	Karlskoga Motorstadion	14 August
13–14	Jyllandsringen *	5 September
15–16	Ring Knutstorp *	18 September
17–18	Mantorp Park	2 October

*Joint STCC and DTC races.

Results and standings

The points system used for both the main championship and Semcon Cup is the new FIA system of 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, awarded to the top ten finishers of each race. In case of ties in points, the championship positions are determined by the classification in the latest race.^[4]

Races

Round	Circuit/Location	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Highest Scoring Team	Winning Privateer
1	Jyllandsringen*	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Polestar Racing	Polestar Racing	Andreas Ebbeson
2		Fredrik Ekblom	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing		Andreas Ebbeson
3	Ring Knutstorp	Thed Björk	Richard Göransson	Richard Göransson	WestCoast Racing	Team Biogas.se	Claes Hoffsten
4		Mattias Andersson	Robert Dahlgren	Mattias Andersson	MA:GP		Claes Hoffsten
5	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Team Biogas.se	Flash Engineering	Claes Hoffsten
6		Dick Sahlén	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering		Andreas Ebbeson
7	Göteborg City Race*	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Team Biogas.se	Andreas Ebbeson
8		Patrik Olsson	Richard Göransson	Richard Göransson	WestCoast Racing		Andreas Ebbeson
9	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Polestar Racing	Joakim Ahlberg
10		Tommy Rustad	Thed Björk	Tommy Rustad	Polestar Racing		Andreas Ebbeson
11	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Fredrik Ekblom	Patrik Olsson	Fredrik Ekblom	Team Biogas.se	Team Biogas.se	Andreas Ebbeson
12		Dick Sahlén	Jan Nilsson	Dick Sahlén	Mattias Ekström Juniorteam		Andreas Ebbeson
13	Jyllandsringen*	Robert Dahlgren	Thed Björk	Richard Göransson	WestCoast Racing	Polestar Racing	Joakim Ahlberg
14		Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Flash Engineering		Joakim Ahlberg
15	Ring Knutstorp*	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Team Biogas.se	Team Biogas.se	Tobias Tegelby
16		Patrik Olsson	Richard Göransson	Thed Björk	Flash Engineering		Andreas Ebbeson
17	Mantorp Park	Mattias Andersson	Thed Björk	Mattias Andersson	MA:GP	Polestar Racing	Andreas Ebbeson
18		Jan Nilsson	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Polestar Racing		Tobias Tegelby

* In the joint STCC and DTC races, only the highest placed STCC driver/team is listed.

Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver JYL KNU KAR GÖT FAL KAR JYL KNU MAN Pts 1 Richard Göransson 2 7 1 3 6 3 5 1 3 2 5 4 1 2 11 8 4 3 251 2 Robert Dahlgren 3 1 2 2 2 8 1 5 1 Ret 4 Ret 2 3 2 6 2 9 249 3 Fredrik Ekblom 5 9 4 5 1 6 3 3 4 4 1 5 5 5 1 5 3 8 230 4 Mattias Andersson 11 5 8 1 4 5 2 Ret 6 6 6 2 6 Ret 4 3 1 Ret 181 5 Thed Björk 8 4 10 4 15† 4 DNS 16† 2 5 3 3 4 1 6 1 13 5 179 6 Patrik Olsson 9 3 3 7 5 7 8 2 14† 8 2 6 9 6 7 2 5 6 162 7 Tommy Rustad 1 Ret Ret DNS 9 10 12 12 8 1 10 9 3 4 3 7 6 1 143 8 Dick Sahlén 7 6 5 8 8 2 4 4 5 3 8 1 10 10 9 10 Ret DNS 133 9 Jan "Flash" Nilsson 10 Ret 12 10 3 1 Ret 9 Ret 7 Ret 10 8 Ret Ret 15† 8 4 73 10 Johan Stureson 4 2 DNS 6 7 9 Ret 7 9 9 9 8 Ret 12† 8 9 11 10 69 11 Viktor Hallrup 13 10 6 9 9 6 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 Ret 14 7 2 67 12 Roger Eriksson 6 8 7 Ret 10 12 Ret 10 10 Ret 11 7 7 11 5 4 10 7 63 13 Andreas Ebbesson 12 11 13 Ret 13 11 11 11 Ret 10 12 11 15 11 9 DNS 8 14 Joakim Ahlberg 11 12 14 13 13 13 12 11† 14 14 17 14 DNS Ret 14 13 5 15 Johan Kristoffersson 15 15 10 13 15 11 3 16 Claes Hoffsten 9 11 12 14 Ret Ret Ret DNS 12 14 DNS DNS 2 17 Viktor Huggare DNS DNS 11 15† DNS DNS 11 Ret 13 12 13 DNS Ret DNS 0 18 Tobias Tegelby 15 13 12 16† 12 12 0 19 Robin Appelqvist 14 12 Ret DNS Ret 16† 13 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 0 Tony Johansson Ret Ret Ret DNS 0 Ronnie Brandt Ret DNS 0 Pos. Driver JYL KNU KAR GÖT FAL KAR JYL KNU MAN Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Teams Championship

Pos	Team	Pts	Prize money
1	Polestar Racing	395	400.000 SEK
2	Team Biogas.se	392	400.000 SEK
3	Flash Engineering	254	100.000 SEK
4	WestCoast Racing	252
5	MA:GP / IPS	252
6	Mattias Ekström Junior Team	204
7	Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden	67
8	Huggare Racing	0

References

1. Meissner, Johan (3 November 2009). "STCC + DTC = Scandinavian Championship". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 6 November 2010.
2. Meissner, Johan (20 March 2010). "The entry list for STCC 2010 is released". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 20 March 2010.
3. Meissner, Johan (27 November 2009). "The STCC 2010 calendar is released". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 6 November 2010.
4. "Sporting regulations STCC 2010" (PDF). STCC. Retrieved 2010-04-25.

External links

• STCC Official Website (Swedish)
• TouringCarTimes – STCC news in English