2015 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

The 2015 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship was the fifth Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. The season started at the new circuit in Skövde Airport on 8 May and ended on 26 September at Ring Knutstorp, after seven rounds. It was the third 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 defending drivers' champion and successfully defended his title. Volvo Polestar Racing will be the defending teams' champion. Both Björk and Volvo Polestar Racing retained their titles after the season.

Teams and drivers

Volvo S60 Solution F of Thed Björk

All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Volvo Polestar Racing
Volvo Cyan Racing[1] 		Volvo S60 1 Sweden Thed Björk[2] All
11 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom[2] All
13 Sweden Carl Philip Bernadotte[2] 1–2, 4–7
Team Tidö Saab 9-3 3 Sweden Richard Göransson[3] All
8 Sweden Roger Samuelsson All
WCR BMW Dealer Team BMW SR 4 Sweden Fredrik Larsson[4] All
Sportpromotion BMW SR 6 Sweden Erik Jonsson[5] All
Team Kia KIA Optima BDE 9 Norway Kevin Aabol[6] All
10 Sweden Erik Johansson[7] 1–5
28 Sweden Rasmus Mårthen[8] 5–7
Dacia Dealer Team Dacia 20 Sweden Mattias Andersson[9] All
PWR Racing Team Saab 9-3 37 Sweden Daniel Haglöf[10] All
93 Finland Emma Kimiläinen[11] All
Brovallendesign Kia KIA Optima BDE 95 Sweden Emelie Liljeström[12] 1, 3–4, 6

Race calendar and results

All rounds will be held in Sweden.

Round Circuit Location Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner Winning Team
1 R1 STCC Volvo Race Skövde Skövde, Västra Götaland 9 May Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing
R2 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing
2 R3 Anderstorp Raceway Anderstorp, Jönköping 30 May Sweden Richard Göransson Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing
R4 Sweden Fredrik Larsson Sweden Fredrik Larsson WCR BMW Dealer Team
3 R5 Mantorp Park Mantorp, Östergötland 25 June Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing
R6 Sweden Fredrik Larsson Sweden Fredrik Ekblom Volvo Polestar Racing
4 R7 Falkenbergs Motorbana Bergagård, Halland 11 July Sweden Fredrik Larsson Sweden Fredrik Larsson Sweden Fredrik Larsson WCR BMW Dealer Team
R8 Sweden Fredrik Larsson Sweden Carl Philip Bernadotte Volvo Polestar Racing
5 R9 Karlskoga Motorstadion Karlskoga, Örebro 15 August Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing
R10 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Fredrik Ekblom Volvo Polestar Racing
6 R11 Solvalla Stockholm, Stockholm 12 September Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Fredrik Larsson Sweden Daniel Haglöf PWR Racing Team
R12 Sweden Fredrik Larsson Sweden Fredrik Larsson WCR BMW Dealer Team
7 R13 Ring Knutstorp Kågeröd, Skåne 26 September Sweden Fredrik Ekblom Sweden Fredrik Ekblom Sweden Fredrik Ekblom Volvo Cyan Racing
R14 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom Sweden Fredrik Ekblom Volvo Cyan Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SKÖ AND MAN FAL GEL SOL KNU Pts
Q1 R1 R2 Q2 R3 R4 Q3 R5 R6 Q4 R7 R8 Q5 R9 R10 Q6 R11 R12 Q7 R13 R14
1 Sweden Thed Björk 2 1 1 2 1 4 3 1 2 4 3 11† 1 1 4 2 3 6 1 3 3 366
2 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom 1 2 Ret 3 3 2 1 3 1 1 2 Ret 2 2 1 4 7 5 2 1 1 356
3 Sweden Fredrik Larsson 5 5 2 4 2 1 2 2 4 2 1 8 4 4 Ret 7 4 1 4 10 Ret 268
4 Sweden Richard Göransson 4 Ret Ret 1 6 6 4 5 6 3 4 2 3 6 3 5 2 3 5 2 7 243
5 Sweden Mattias Andersson 3 3 3 8 7 7 8 4 5 6 6 3 6 3 2 3 6 9 7 5 8 204
6 Sweden Daniel Haglöf 6 4 5† 7 4 5 7 6 7 8 11† Ret 13 8 Ret 1 1 2 9 11 2 174
7 Finland Emma Kimiläinen 7 6 Ret 6 5 3 5 7 3 9 9 9 9 7 10† 6 5 4 3 4 6 158
8 Sweden Erik Johansson 8 Ret 4† 5 9 8 9 8 11† 5 5 4 7 5 6 94
9 Norway Kevin Aabol 13 8 Ret 9 10 10 6 10 8 7 Ret 5 10 12† Ret 8 9 6 10 6 4 71
10 Sweden Carl Philip Bernadotte 9 9 Ret 11 8 9 10 Ret 1 5 10 7 11 11 11 6 8 10 66
11 Sweden Erik Jonsson 10 7 Ret 10 Ret DNS 10 9 10 11 7 6 8 Ret 9† 9 8 DNS 8 Ret 6 52
12 Sweden Rasmus Mårthen 11 9 5 10 10 8 11 7 Ret 24
13 Sweden Roger Samuelsson 11 10 6† 12 11 Ret 11 11 9 13 10 10 12 11 8 12 12 10 12 9 9 22
14 Sweden Emile Liljeström 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 12 8 7 13 Ret 12 10
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

Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 70% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos Team SKÖ AND MAN FAL GEL SOL KNU Pts
1 Volvo Polestar Racing
Volvo Cyan Racing 		111 103 123 71 123 69 123 723
2 PWR Racing Team 44 61 51 12 16 98 58 340
3 Team Tidö 23 42 32 55 45 44 40 281
4 WCR BMW Dealer Team 38 55 48 49 24 43 14 271
5 Dacia Dealer Team 45 16 26 34 43 25 22 211
6 Team Kia 20 24 19 53 28 12 22 178
7 Sportpromotion 8 1 4 17 10 6 16 62
8 Brovallendesign Kia 0 0 12 13 6 7 38

References

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