2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship

The 2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the eighth Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. This season was the second season since the introduction of the TCR regulations and the last under the promotion of STCC AB, which declared bankruptcy in early February 2019. The season started at Ring Knutstorp on 4 May and ended at Mantorp Park on 22 September, after six rounds.

Robert Dahlgren is the defending drivers' champion, while Volkswagen Dealer Team Sweden are the defending teams' champions.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team[1] CUPRA León TCR[1][2] 1 Robert Dahlgren[1] All 37 Daniel Haglöf[2] All SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing[1][2] 19 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[2] All 86 Philip Morin[2] JTCC All Racing For Charity[1][3] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[3] 59 Peter "Poker" Wallenberg[3] All Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS[4] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[4] 3 Johan Kristoffersson[4] All 69 Hugo Nerman[4] JTCC All 81 Nicklas Oscarsson[5] JTCC All Lestrup Racing Team[6] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[6] 4 Oliver Söderström[6] JTCC All 7 Andreas Wernersson[7] All Experion Racing Team[8] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[8] 22 Albin Wärnelöv[8] All WestCoast Racing[9] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[9] 14 Fredrik Ekblom[10] All 29 Andreas Bäckman[9] JTCC 1–4, 6 26 Jessica Bäckman[9] JTCC 1–4, 6 Micke Kågered Racing[11] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[11] 15 Oskar Krüger[11] JTCC 1–2 17 Tomas Engström 4, 6 21 Andreas Ahlberg[11] All Honda Racing Sweden[12] Honda Civic TCR (FK2)[12] 20 Mattias Andersson[12] All Brovallen Design[13] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[13] 23 Alex Andersson[13] 1–4, 6 91 Andre Kiil[14] 5–6 ALM Motorsport[14] CUPRA León TCR[14] 2 Brink Motorsport[15] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[15] 36 Micke Ohlsson[15] All 71 Tobias Brink[15] All LMS Racing[16] CUPRA León TCR[16] 44 Olli Parhankangas[16] JTCC 1, 3–6

Icon Class JTCC Junior

On 16 November 2017, the calendar was announced which was reduced from seven events to six. The championship will host five rounds in Sweden and the series would make a return to Norway for the first time since 2008 when it was called Swedish Touring Car Championship with the event would be held at the Rudskogen circuit. The Solvalla Circuit in Stockholm and Alastaro Circuit in Finland were dropped.^[17]

On 19 December 2017, it was announced that the series would revert to a two-race format after using a three-race format in the previous season. Reversed grids for Race 2 were also reintroduced after being absent from the previous season.^[18]

Round		Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Ring Knutstorp	Kågeröd, Skåne	4–5 May	Philip Morin	Daniel Haglöf	Daniel Haglöf	PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team	Formula STCC Nordic
	R2					Robert Dahlgren	Andreas Wernersson	Lestrup Racing Team
2	R1	Anderstorp Raceway	Anderstorp, Jönköping	16–17 June	Johan Kristoffersson	Philip Morin	Philip Morin	SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing
	R2					Fredrik Ekblom	Tobias Brink	Brink Motorsport
3	R1	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Bergagård, Halland	7–8 July	Robert Dahlgren	Andreas Wernersson	Robert Dahlgren	PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team
	R2					Johan Kristoffersson	Mattias Andersson	Honda Racing Sweden
4	R1	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Karlskoga, Örebro	18–19 August	Philip Morin	Daniel Haglöf	Daniel Haglöf	PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team	stand-alone event
	R2					Daniel Haglöf	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing
5	R1	Rudskogen Motorpark	Rakkestad, Østfold	8–9 September	Daniel Haglöf	Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS	Formula STCC Nordic
	R2					Philip Morin	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS
6	R1	Mantorp Park	Mantorp, Östergötland	21–22 September	Andreas Wernersson	Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS
	R2					Daniel Haglöf	Tobias Brink	Brink Motorsport

Pos Driver KNU AND FAL GEL RUD MAN Pts 1 Johan Kristoffersson 43 3 51 4 23 16 34 3 1 1 1 5 195 2 Robert Dahlgren 24 2 34 2 11 6 53 7 22 3 33 Ret 185 3 Daniel Haglöf 12 5 22 19 3 10 12 5 31 5 54 2 176 4 Andreas Wernersson 6 1 65 5 42 4 4 4 6 2 21 4 167 5 Philip Morin 31 17 13 Ret 7 7 21 11 43 4 10 Ret 111 6 Fredrik Ekblom 5 4 7 3 54 2 7 16 75 8 45 6 111 7 Tobias Brink 175 6 17 1 9 3 65 6 11 11 11 1 93 8 Mattias Andersson 10 10 4 Ret 6 1 10 2 13 6 8 3 93 9 Hugo Nerman 7 7 11 9 13 5 11 19 54 13 Ret2 8 44 10 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 11 18 8 7 12 9 Ret 1 15 16 9 12 39 11 Oliver Söderström 8 15 10 10 Ret 8 8 8 9 9 6 Ret 30 12 Andreas Ahlberg 9 8 17 12 115 Ret 12 10 10 7 7 7 27 13 Micke Ohlsson Ret 9 16 6 8 Ret 9 9 8 10 13 16 23 14 Andreas Bäckman Ret 16 9 8 10 11 15 14 14 10 8 15 Nicklas Oscarsson 12 11 Ret 16 14 17 17 12 12 12 Ret 9 2 16 Alex Andersson 16 12 19 18 Ret 13 19 18 19 11 0 17 Andre Kiil 15 11 14 14 20 18 0 18 Jessica Bäckman 13 Ret 14 14 Ret 12 14 13 17 15 0 19 Tomas Engström 13 Ret 12 13 0 20 Albin Wärnelöv Ret DNS 13 13 15 14 18 15 Ret 17 16 17 0 21 Olli Kangas 18 13 Ret DNS 16 Ret 16 15 15 Ret 0 22 "Poker" 15 14 18 17 16 15 20 17 18 14 0 23 Oskar Krüger 14 Ret Ret 15 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

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Philip Morin	212
2	Hugo Nerman	191
3	Oliver Söderström	173
4	Andreas Bäckman	137
5	Nicklas Oscarsson	124
6	Jessica Bäckman	88
7	Olli Kangas	61
8	Oskar Krüger	18

Pos	Team	Pts
1	PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team	358
2	Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS	239
3	Lestrup Racing Team	196
4	WestCoast Racing	124
5	Brink Motorsport	123
6	SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing	120
7	Honda Racing Sweden	95
8	Micke Kågered Racing	31
9	Brovallen Design	1
NC	Experion Racing Team	0
NC	LMS Racing	0
NC	Racing For Charity	0

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