2016 Formula STCC Nordic season

2016 Formula STCC Nordic season
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Parent series: Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

The 2016 Formula STCC Nordic^[1] season is the fourth season of the single seater championship that supports the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship. The series went previously under the name of Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic, but the name was changed after Renault Sport dropped its support for the 3.5 and 1.6 classes in late 2015. The season will begin on 30 April at Skövde Airport and will end on 24 September at Ring Knutstorp, after fourteen races held in seven venues. Most of these rounds are held in support of the 2016 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship, joint organiser of the series along with the FIA Northern European Zone Organisation.

The series uses all-carbon Signatech chassis and Michelin tyres.^[2]

Drivers and teams

Team	No	Drivers	Rounds
Ward WestCoast Junior Racing Team	15	Amalie Wichmand[3]	1
	30	Philip Hall[4]	1
	69	Hugo Nerman[4]	1
Trojnar Racing	27	Edward Jonasson[5]	1
LL Motorsport Junior Team[6]	41	Emma Svensson[6]	1
	76	Linus Lundqvist[6]	1
Lyran Engineering	44	Rasmus Ericsson[7]	TBA
FinnDrive	50	Juuso Puhakka[7]	1
Fredriksson Racing	67	Robin Fredriksson[7]	1

Race calendar and results

Except for the sixth round, which will be held in Finland, all races will take place in Sweden. All Swedish rounds are held in support of the STCC championship.^[2]

Rounds denoted with a blue background will be a part of the Formula STCC NEZ Championship.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
1	R1	Skövde Airport, Skövde	1 May	Juuso Puhakka	Linus Lundqvist	Juuso Puhakka
	R2			Juuso Puhakka	Robin Fredriksson	Linus Lundqvist
2	R1	Mantorp Park, Mantorp	26 May
	R2
3	R1	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	18–19 June
	R2
4	R1	Falkenbergs Motorbana, Bergagård	9–10 July
	R2
5	R1	Karlskoga Motorstadion, Karlskoga	13–14 August
	R2
6	R1	Alastaro Circuit, Alastaro	26–27 August
	R2
7	R1	Ring Knutstorp, Kågeröd	23–24 September
	R2

Championship standings

Points system

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. An extra point is awarded for pole position and fastest lap for each race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1

Parallel to the main championship, two other championships are held: the Formula STCC Junior Svenskt Mästerskap (JSM) for drivers under 26 years old holding a Swedish driver license, and the Formula STCC Northern European Zone (NEZ) championship at selected rounds. Points to these championships are awarded using the same system, with the sole exception of pole position and fastest lap not awarding points.

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver SKÖ MAN AND FAL KAR ALA KNU Pts 1 Linus Lundqvist 2 1 44 2 Hugo Nerman 4 2 30 3 Robin Fredriksson 3 4 28 4 Juuso Puhakka 1 Ret 26 5 Emma Svensson 6 3 23 6 Edward Jonasson 5 5 20 7 Amalie Wichmand 7 6 14 8 Philip Hall Ret 7 6 Pos Driver SKÖ MAN AND FAL KAR ALA KNU 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

Junior Svenskt Mästerskap

Pos	Driver	SKÖ		MAN		AND		FAL		KAR		ALA		KNU		Pts
1	Linus Lundqvist	2	1													50
2	Hugo Nerman	4	2													33
3	Robin Fredriksson	3	4													30
4	Emma Svensson	6	3													25
5	Edward Jonasson	5	5													22
6	Philip Hall	Ret	7													8
Pos	Driver	SKÖ		MAN		AND		FAL		KAR		ALA		KNU		Pts

References

1. "14 race och nytt namn för STCC:s formelbilsklass". STCC.se. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
2. "Formula STCC Nordic 2016, Den nya Formelbilsklassen" [Formula STCC Nordic 2016, the new formula car class] (PDF) (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2016.
3. "Amalie Wichmand kör för WestCoast Racing i Formel STCC Nordic". 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
4. "Philip Hall och Hugo Nerman – WestCoast Racings nya formelbilsförare". 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
5. "Nu vill Edward Jonasson upp på pallen". 24 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
6. "Lundqvist och Svensson i gemensam satsning i Formula STCC Nordic". 24 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
7. "Lundqvist och Puhakka vill göra upp om titeln i Formula STCC Nordic". 26 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

External links

• Official website of the category at STCC