2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship

The 2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the ninth overall season of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season, the third under the internationally recognised TCR formula, and the first with its new promoter. The season started at Ring Knutstorp on 4 May and ended at Mantorp Park on 5 October, after six rounds across Sweden.

During the off-season, the national governing body of motorsport in Sweden, Svenska Bilsportförbundet (SBF), was informed on 6 February 2019 that promotor Scandinavian touringcar corporation AB, which was responsible for the promotion of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship, declared bankruptcy.^[1] TCR Scandinavian Series AB, in cooperation with the circuits and SBF, took over as promoter of the STCC-series.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team

Car

Drivers

Rounds

	PWR Racing^[3]^{[N 1]}
	Poker Racing for Charity^[3]^{[N 1]}

CUPRA León TCR^[3]

2

Robert Dahlgren^[3]

All

19

Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky^[4]

All

37

Daniel Haglöf

7

59

Peter "Poker" Wallenberg^[5]

1−5, 7

Brovallen Design^[6]

Audi RS3 LMS TCR^[6]

3

Andre Kiil^[6]

1−2

23

Alex Andersson

4

99

Tobias Johansson

5

Brink Motorsport^[7]^[8]

Audi RS3 LMS TCR^[7]

4

Andreas Wernersson^[9]

All

51

Hannes Morin^[10]

All

71

Tobias Brink^[9]

All

Massive Motorsport^[11]

Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)^[11]

5

Casper Elgaard^[11]

6

Insight Racing^[12]

Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)^[13]

6

Jonas Lynge^[13]

2, 4

Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR^[14]

10

Kristian Sætheren^[14]

6-7

Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR^[12]

11

Louise Frost^[12]

1−2, 4−5

Martin Jensen^[14]

6

Madbull Racing

SEAT León TCR

7

Kim Lund

2, 6

Team Hyundai Denmark^[15]

Hyundai i30 N TCR^[15]

8

Marco Gersager^[15]

6

Micke Kågered Racing^[16]

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[16]

17

Tomas Engström^[17]

1−2, 4−5, 7

21

Andreas Ahlberg^[16]

All

Honda Racing Sweden^[18]

Honda Civic TCR (FK2)^[18]

20

Mattias Andersson^[18]

All

Experion Racing Team^[19]

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[19]

22

Albin Wärnelöv^[19]

1−2, 4−7

Target Competition^[20]

Hyundai i30 N TCR^[20]

26

Jessica Bäckman^[20]

2

Notes

^ ^a ^b Car No. 2 and 19 entered as PWR Racing and car No. 59 entered as Poker Racing for Charity.

Calendar

On 31 October 2018, a provisional calendar was announced which increased the events from six events to seven. Five events were confirmed with "midnight sun" race confirmed at the Skellefteå Drive Centre which will make its début.^[21]^[22] Anderstorp Raceway was confirmed as the second round of the championship on 8 November 2018.^[23] Jyllands-Ringen in Denmark was added to the calendar as the sixth round on 26 November 2018.^[24] The series last visited Denmark during the 2012 season at the same venue. With the calendar changes the Rudskogen circuit in Norway was dropped from the calendar.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team
1	R1	Ring Knutstorp	Kågeröd, Skåne	3–4 May	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	PWR Racing
1	R2	Ring Knutstorp	Kågeröd, Skåne	3–4 May		Robert Dahlgren	Andreas Wernersson	Brink Motorsport
2	R1	Anderstorp Raceway	Anderstorp, Jönköping	1–2 June	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	PWR Racing
2	R2	Anderstorp Raceway	Anderstorp, Jönköping	1–2 June		Tobias Brink	Andreas Ahlberg	Micke Kågered Racing
3	R1	Skellefteå Drive Centre	Skellefteå, Västerbotten	14–15 June	Andreas Wernersson	Robert Dahlgren	Andreas Wernersson	Brink Motorsport
3	R2	Skellefteå Drive Centre	Skellefteå, Västerbotten	14–15 June		Andreas Wernersson	Robert Dahlgren	PWR Racing
4	R1	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Bergagård, Halland	13–14 July	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Tobias Brink	Brink Motorsport
4	R2	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Bergagård, Halland	13–14 July		Robert Dahlgren	Andreas Wernersson	Brink Motorsport
5	R1	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Karlskoga, Örebro	17–18 August	Robert Dahlgren	Mattias Andersson	Mattias Andersson	Honda Racing Sweden
5	R2	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Karlskoga, Örebro	17–18 August		Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Tobias Brink	Brink Motorsport
6	R1	Jyllands-Ringen	Silkeborg	7–8 September	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	PWR Racing
6	R2	Jyllands-Ringen	Silkeborg	7–8 September		Robert Dahlgren	Andreas Ahlberg	Micke Kågered Racing
7	R1	Mantorp Park	Mantorp, Östergötland	4–5 October	Tobias Brink	Tobias Brink	Mattias Andersson	Honda Racing Sweden
7	R2	Mantorp Park	Mantorp, Östergötland	4–5 October		Andreas Wernersson	Andreas Wernersson	Brink Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	KNU		AND		SKE		FAL		GEL		JYL		MAN		Pts
1	Robert Dahlgren	2⁴	6	1¹	5	2²	1	2¹	3	2¹	Ret	1¹	3	3²	4	252
2	Tobias Brink	3³	4	3⁵	2	5⁵	5	1²	4	5	1	2³	2	2¹	Ret	223
3	Andreas Wernersson	5⁵	1	2²	7	1¹	3	5	1	9	4	3⁴	6	5	1	218
4	Andreas Ahlberg	4²	2	6	1	3³	4	6⁵	5	3³	2	4⁵	1	7	11	196
5	Mattias Andersson	7	3	4³	6	6	8	4⁴	2	1²	5	8	4	1³	2	189
6	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	1¹	Ret	5⁴	10	4	2	3³	7	4⁵	3	6	5	6⁵	3	167
7	Tomas Engström	6	5	12	4			7	6	8⁴	Ret			9	6	60
8	Hannes Morin	8	7	13	12	Ret⁴	6	9	8	7	7	7	10	8	5	59
9	Albin Wärnelöv	Ret	9	8	8			8	12	6	6	DSQ	8	10	7	41
10	Peter "Poker" Wallenberg	9	8	11	11	7	7	12	10	11	9			12	10	22
11	Jessica Bäckman			7	3											21
12	Daniel Haglöf													4⁴	9	16
13	Casper Elgaard											5²	DSQ			14
14	Kristian Sætheren											9	7	11	8	8
15	Jonas Lynge			9	9			10	9							7
16	Tobias Johansson									10	8					5
17	Louise Frost	10	Ret	10	13			11	13	DNS	10					3
18	Marco Gersager											11	DNS			2
19	Martin Jensen											10	Ret			1
20	Andre Kiil	Ret	DNS													0
21	Kim Lund			14	14											0
22	Alex Andersson							13	11							0

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Race	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Qualifying (Race 1)	5	4	3	2	1

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	KNU		AND		SKE		FAL		GEL		JYL		MAN		Pts
1	Brink Motorsport	3	1	2	2	1	3	1	1	5	1	2	2	2	1	443
1	Brink Motorsport	5	4	3	7	5	5	5	4	7	4	3	6	5	5	443
2	PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team	1	6	1	5	2	1	2	3	2	3	1	3	3	3	414
2	PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team	2	Ret	5	10	4	2	3	7	4	Ret	6	5	6	4	414
3	Micke Kågered Racing	4	2	6	1	3	4	6	5	3	2	4	1	7	6	263
3	Micke Kågered Racing	6	5	12	4			7	6	8	Ret			9	11	263
4	Honda Racing Sweden	7	3	4	6	6	8	4	2	1	5	8	4	1	2	193
5	Experion Racing	Ret	9	8	8			8	12	6	6	DSQ	8	10	7	46
6	Insight Racing	10	Ret	9	9			10	9	DNS	10	9	7	11	8	35
6	Insight Racing			10	13			11	13			10	Ret			35
7	Poker Racing for Charity	9	8	11	11	7	7	12	10	11	9			12	10	33
8	SEAT Dealer Team - PWR Racing													4	9	24
9	Target Competition			7	3											21
10	Massive Motorsport											5	DSQ			14
11	Brovallen Design	Ret	DNS					13	11	10	8					9
12	Team Hyundai Denmark											11	DNS			3
13	Madbull Racing			14	14											0

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)