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2014 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

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.

Volvo S60 Solution F of Thed Björk

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Drivers' championship edit

Pos Driver KNU GÖT FAL KNU SOL MAN Pts
Q1 1 2 Q2 3 4 Q3 5 6 Q4 7 8 Q5 9 10 Q6 11 12
1   Thed Björk 4 7 4 1 9 1 4 3 9 1 4 1 1 5 1 1 4 2 279
2   Fredrik Larsson 1 4 2 4 5 5 2 4 2 3 Ret 2 5 4 5 6 1 3 246
3   Fredrik Ekblom 2 6 1 2 7 DNS 1 Ret 1 2 Ret DNS 3 12 4 2 6 1 228
4   Richard Göransson 3 9 3 3 8 2 3 Ret 5 6 Ret DNS 2 Ret 3 3 7 4 163
5   Philip Forsman 8 2 7 12 Ret 8 9 1 Ret 8 1 4 4 9 2 4 8 5 158
6   Mattias Andersson 5 5 5 8 3 4 4 5 3 4 Ret DNS 7 2 7 10 9 8 147
7   Linus Ohlsson 7 Ret 6 6 2 3 6 8 6 5 8 Ret 6 3 13 5 3 6 143
8   Mattias Lindberg 9 1 8 7 4 6 8 11 4 11 5 3 13 6 9 8 11 11 123
9   Andreas Wernersson 13 10 Ret 5 Ret 11 7 6 Ret 9 3 5 8 1 6 9 2 10 110
10   Erik Jonsson 10 3 R 10 1 7 12 7 7 10 2 Ret 14 Ret DNS 14 12 12 79
11   Emma Kimiläinen 6 Ret 9 9 Ret DNS 10 2 11 7 6 7 10 Ret 11 11 10 9 55
12   Carl Philip Bernadotte 11 Ret Ret 11 Ret 9 11 10 10 12 7 6 9 10 10 12 Ret 13 22
13   Daniel Haglöf 11 Ret Ret 7 5 7 20
14   Roger Samuelsson 12 8 10 13 6 10 13 9 8 15 11 12 15 14 14 20
15   Matte Karlsson 12 7 8 10
16   Jan Nilsson 16 8 Ret 13 13 Ret 4

Teams' championship edit

Pos Team KNU GOT FAL KNU SOL MAN Pts
1 Volvo Polestar Racing 85 84 81 83 93 111 537
2 WCR BMW Dealer Team 90 49 77 76 71 76 439
3 Team Kia 37 50 38 61 54 41 281
4 Team Tidö 44 60 40 10 41 30 225
5 Dacia Dealer Team 32 46 37 12 32 12 171
6 PWR Racing Team 12 4 24 26 8 33 107

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b c "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 edit

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