2014 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

2014 STCC - Racing Elite League season
Previous:	2013	Next:	2015
Support series: Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic

The 2014 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season was the fourth Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. The season started at Ring Knutstorp on 10 May and ended on 20 September at Mantorp Park, after six double-header rounds. It was the second 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 series' defending champion.

Björk won his second consecutive title, after winning three races during the season; he also achieved three pole positions which were the equivalent of three further race victories, as points were awarded on the same scale for qualifying as the races. Björk finished 33 points clear of his nearest rival, Fredrik Larsson, who achieved a single race victory at Mantorp Park, as well as a pole position at the first Knutstorp meeting. Third place in the championship went to Fredrik Ekblom, who like his team-mate Björk, achieved three race victories, but with one pole position fewer. Other race victories were taken by Philip Forsman (two wins), Mattias Lindberg, Andreas Wernersson and Erik Jonsson. Volvo Polestar Racing won the teams' championship by almost 100 points ahead of the WestCoast Racing/BMW Dealer Team.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Volvo Polestar Racing[1]	Volvo S60 TTA	1	Thed Björk[1]	All
		11	Fredrik Ekblom[1]	All
		13	Carl Philip Bernadotte[1]	All
Team Tidö	Saab 9-3 TTA	3	Richard Göransson[2]	All
		8	Roger Samuelsson	1–3, 5–6
		24	Jan Nilsson	5–6
WestCoast Racing	BMW SR TTA	4	Fredrik Larsson[3]	All
		5	Matte Karlsson	5
		6	Erik Jonsson[4]	All
		7	Philip Forsman[5]	All
Team Kia[6]	Kia Optima TTA	9	Mattias Lindberg[6]	All
		10	Andreas Wernersson[6]	All
		95	Linus Ohlsson[7]	All
Dacia Dealer Team	Dacia SE TTA	20	Mattias Andersson[8]	All
PWR Racing	Saab 9-3 TTA	37	Daniel Haglöf	5–6
		93	Emma Kimiläinen[9]	All

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Sweden.

Round		Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team
1	R1	Ring Knutstorp	Kageröd, Scania	10 May		Richard Göransson	Mattias Lindberg	Team Kia
	R2				Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Polestar Racing
2	R3	Göteborg City Race	Gothenburg, Västra Götaland	6 June		Fredrik Ekblom	Erik Jonsson	WestCoast Racing
	R4				Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
3	R5	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Falkenberg, Halland	12 July		Fredrik Larsson	Philip Forsman	WestCoast Racing
	R6				Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Polestar Racing
4	R7	Ring Knutstorp	Kageröd, Scania	23 August		Mattias Lindberg	Philip Forsman	WestCoast Racing
	R8				Fredrik Ekblom	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
5	R9	Solvalla	Stockholm	6 September		Philip Forsman	Andreas Wernersson	Team Kia
	R10				Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing
6	R11	Mantorp Park	Mantorp, Östergötland	20 September		Fredrik Larsson	Fredrik Larsson	WestCoast Racing
	R12				Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Polestar Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	KNU		GÖT		FAL		KNU		SOL		MAN		Pts
1	Thed Björk	7	4	9	1	3	9	4	1	5	1	4	2	254
2	Fredrik Larsson	4	2	5	5	4	2	Ret	2	4	5	1	3	234
3	Fredrik Ekblom	6	1	7	DNS	Ret	1	Ret	DNS	12	4	6	1	210
4	Philip Forsman	2	7	Ret	8	1	Ret	1	4	9	2	8	5	158
5	Richard Göransson	9	3	8	2	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	Ret	3	7	4	148
6	Mattias Andersson	5	5	3	4	5	3	Ret	DNS	2	7	9	8	143
7	Linus Ohlsson	Ret	6	2	3	8	6	8	Ret	3	13	3	6	135
8	Mattias Lindberg	1	8	4	6	11	4	5	3	6	9	11	11	117
9	Andreas Wernersson	10	Ret	Ret	11	6	Ret	3	5	1	6	2	10	100
10	Erik Jonsson	3	Ret	1	7	7	7	2	Ret	Ret	DNS	12	12	78
11	Emma Kimiläinen	Ret	9	Ret	DNS	2	11	6	7	Ret	11	10	9	53
12	Carl Philip Bernadotte	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	10	10	7	6	10	10	Ret	13	22
13	Daniel Haglöf									Ret	Ret	5	7	20
14	Roger Samuelsson	8	10	6	10	9	8			11	12	14	14	20
15	Matte Karlsson									7	8			10
16	Jan Nilsson									8	Ret	13	Ret	10

References

1. Hudson, Neil (21 March 2014). "Volvo confirm three-car challenge for 2014 STCC". Touring Car Times (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
2. "Team Tidö signs Richard Göransson for 2014 STCC". Touring Car Times (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 14 February 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
3. "Fredrik Larsson confirmed for third BMW with WestCoast Racing". Touring Car Times (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 22 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
4. "Erik Jonsson confirmed at WestCoast Racing". Touring Car Times (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 28 March 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
5. "Philip Forsman confirmed at WestCoast Racing". Touring Car Times (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 11 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
6. "Kia enters STCC with Brovallen Design". Touring Car Times (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 16 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
7. "Linus Ohlsson joins Brovallen Design to drive third Kia". Touring Car Times (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 2 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
8. "Mattias Andersson vill fylla hundra med Dacia". stcc.se (STCC). 12 March 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
9. "Emma Kimiläinen first female driver in STCC since 1999". Touring Car Times (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 22 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.

External links

• Official website