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.

Teams and drivers

Entrant	Car	Race drivers
Entrant	Car	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing	Cupra León Competición TCR	2	Robert Dahlgren	All
Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing	Cupra León Competición TCR	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
Kågered Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	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:

^ ^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

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

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

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
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
† — Did not finish, but classified

References

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

External links

Official website

[Lestrup-2] Car No. 7 entered as Lestrup Racing Team by Volkswagen Stockholm and cars No. 32 and 48 entered as Lestrup Racing Team.

[1] Hudson, Neil (5 October 2019). "TCR Scandinavia targeting 24-car grid, and will rename back to STCC". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[3] "Förare | STCC". STCC.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[4] "STCC TCR Scandinavia Race 1" (PDF). STCC.se. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[5] "STCC introduces BTCC inspired weight, points system". TouringCarTimes. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

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