2021 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship

The 2021 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the eleventh overall season of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship and the fifth under the internationally recognised TCR formula. It is also the fourth time the championship is run under the STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship banner.[1] The season started on 4 June at Ljungbyheds Motorbana and ended on 9 October at Ring Knutstorp after six rounds.

Robert Huff is the reigning Drivers' Champion.

Teams and drivers

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Entrant Car Race drivers
No. Driver name Rounds
  Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing Cupra León Competición TCR 2   Robert Dahlgren All
19   Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky All
  Lestrup Racing Team by Volkswagen Stockholm[N 1]
  Lestrup Racing Team[N 1]
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 7   Oliver Söderström All
32   Robin Knutsson All
48   Mikael Karlsson All
  Brink Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS TCR 9   Kevin Engman 3
26   Jessica Bäckman 4
29   Andreas Bäckman 5
51   Hannes Morin 1−2
71   Tobias Brink All
91   Magnus Gustavsen 6
  MA:GP Lynk & Co 03 TCR 20   Mattias Andersson All
  Kågered Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 21   Andreas Ahlberg All
69   Hugo Nerman All
  Experion Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 22   Albin Wärnelöv All
  FH Racing Cupra León TCR 33   Rasmus Hedberg All
  Brovallen Design Audi RS3 LMS TCR 70   Isac Aronsson All
Sources:[2][3]

Notes:

  1. ^ a b Car No. 7 entered as Lestrup Racing Team by Volkswagen Stockholm and cars No. 32 and 48 entered as Lestrup Racing Team.

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Location Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner Winning Team
1 R1   Ljungbyheds Motorbana Ljungbyhed, Skåne 4–5 June   Robert Dahlgren   Hugo Nerman   Robert Dahlgren   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R2   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R3   Hugo Nerman   Mattias Andersson   MA:GP
2 R1   Drivecenter Arena Skellefteå, Västerbotten 18–19 June   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R2   Robert Dahlgren   Oliver Söderström   Robert Dahlgren   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R3   Robert Dahlgren   Tobias Brink   Brink Motorsport
3 R1   Gelleråsen Arena Karlskoga, Örebro 21–22 August   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R2   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R3   Oliver Söderström   Kevin Engman   Brink Motorsport
4 R1   Anderstorp Raceway Anderstorp, Jönköping 4–5 September   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R2   Robert Dahlgren   Hugo Nerman   Robert Dahlgren   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R3   Robin Knutsson   Robin Knutsson   Lestrup Racing Team
5 R1   Mantorp Park Mantorp, Östergötland 2–3 October   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R2   Andreas Bäckman   Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky   Robert Dahlgren   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R3   Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky   Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
6 R1   Ring Knutstorp Kågeröd, Skåne 8–9 October   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R2   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Robert Dahlgren   Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R3   Mikael Karlsson   Mikael Karlsson   Lestrup Racing Team

Championship standings

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A new scoring system was introduced for the season, with points now being handed to the top 15 finishers.[4]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Qualifying 2 5 4 3 2 1
Race 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

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Pos. Driver LJU
 
SKE
 
GEL
 
AND
 
MAN
 
KNU
 
Pts
1   Robert Dahlgren 1 11 3 1 11 2 1 11 5 1 11 4 1 12 2 2 11 5 350
2   Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 2 33 Ret 5 23 6 2 22 3 2 25 9 6 5 1 1 23 9 259
3   Tobias Brink 4 22 7 6 6 1 7 8 2 6 42 5 3 43 3 3 32 2 252
4   Oliver Söderström 3 44 4 NC 4 5 9 33 8 3 34 6 5 24 4 4 64 6 220
5   Mattias Andersson 6 6 1 3 32 9 12† 45 7 8 6 7 2 35 Ret 5 45 7 202
6   Hugo Nerman 12 8 2 11 13 7 3 6 4 4 53 3 9 6 DNS 6 5 3 179
7   Mikael Karlsson 7 55 8 4 74 11 4 54 11 7 11 12 4 11 8 7 7 1 171
8   Andreas Ahlberg 5 7 9 2 8 4 6 9 9 9 13 8 8 10 7 8 10 10 150
9   Robin Knutsson 9 9 Ret 10 9 10 5 10 6 5 8 1 7 7 6 9 9 8 149
10   Isac Aronsson 8 10 6 8 10 12† 13 13 12 11 9 11 13 8 11 11 11 12 99
11   Albin Wärnelöv 11 Ret DNS 9 11 8 10 11 10 10 12 10 12 9 9 12 12 11 89
12   Rasmus Hedberg 10 12 5 Ret 12 DSQ 11 12 13 12 10 13 11 12 10 13 13 13 74
13   Hannes Morin Ret 11 Ret 7 55 3 41
14   Kevin Engman 8 7 1 37
15   Jessica Bäckman 13† 7 2 29
16   Magnus Gustavsen 10 8 4 27
17   Andreas Bäckman 10 Ret1 5 22
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

References

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  1. ^ Hudson, Neil (5 October 2019). "TCR Scandinavia targeting 24-car grid, and will rename back to STCC". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Förare | STCC". STCC.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  3. ^ "STCC TCR Scandinavia Race 1" (PDF). STCC.se. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ^ "STCC introduces BTCC inspired weight, points system". TouringCarTimes. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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