2014 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2014 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season was the fourth Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. The season started at Ring Knutstorp on 10 May and ended on 20 September at Mantorp Park, after six double-header rounds. It was the second 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 series' defending champion.

Björk won his second consecutive title, after winning three races during the season; he also achieved three pole positions which were the equivalent of three further race victories, as points were awarded on the same scale for qualifying as the races. Björk finished 33 points clear of his nearest rival, Fredrik Larsson, who achieved a single race victory at Mantorp Park, as well as a pole position at the first Knutstorp meeting. Third place in the championship went to Fredrik Ekblom, who like his team-mate Björk, achieved three race victories, but with one pole position fewer. Other race victories were taken by Philip Forsman (two wins), Mattias Lindberg, Andreas Wernersson and Erik Jonsson. Volvo Polestar Racing won the teams' championship by almost 100 points ahead of the WestCoast Racing/BMW Dealer Team.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Swedish-registered.

TeamCarDriverRounds
Volvo Polestar Racing[1] Volvo S60 TTA1 Thed BjörkAll
11 Fredrik EkblomAll
13 Carl Philip BernadotteAll
Team TidöSaab 9-3 TTA3 Richard Göransson[2] All
8 Roger Samuelsson1–3, 5–6
24 Jan Nilsson5–6
WestCoast RacingBMW SR TTA4 Fredrik Larsson[3] All
5 Matte Karlsson5
6 Erik Jonsson[4] All
7 Philip Forsman[5] All
Team Kia[6] Kia Optima TTA9 Mattias LindbergAll
10 Andreas WernerssonAll
95 Linus Ohlsson[7] All
Dacia Dealer TeamDacia SE TTA20 Mattias Andersson[8] All
PWR RacingSaab 9-3 TTA37 Daniel Haglöf5–6
93 Emma Kimiläinen[9] All

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Sweden.

RoundCircuitLocationDatePole PositionFastest LapRace WinnerWinning Team
1R1Ring KnutstorpKageröd, Scania10 May Richard Göransson Mattias LindbergTeam Kia
R2 Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik EkblomVolvo Polestar Racing
2R3Göteborg City RaceGothenburg, Västra Götaland6 June Fredrik Ekblom Erik JonssonWestCoast Racing
R4 Thed Björk Thed Björk Thed BjörkVolvo Polestar Racing
3R5Falkenbergs MotorbanaFalkenberg, Halland12 July Fredrik Larsson Philip ForsmanWestCoast Racing
R6 Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik EkblomVolvo Polestar Racing
4R7Ring KnutstorpKageröd, Scania23 August Mattias Lindberg Philip ForsmanWestCoast Racing
R8 Fredrik Ekblom Thed Björk Thed BjörkVolvo Polestar Racing
5R9SolvallaStockholm6 September Philip Forsman Andreas WernerssonTeam Kia
R10 Thed Björk Thed Björk Thed BjörkVolvo Polestar Racing
6R11Mantorp ParkMantorp, Östergötland20 September Fredrik Larsson Fredrik LarssonWestCoast Racing
R12 Thed Björk Thed Björk Fredrik EkblomVolvo Polestar Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

PosDriverKNUGÖTFALKNUSOLMANPts
Q112Q234Q356Q478Q5910Q61112
1 Thed Björk474191439141151142279
2 Fredrik Larsson1424552423Ret2545613246
3 Fredrik Ekblom26127DNS1Ret12RetDNS3124261228
4 Richard Göransson3933823Ret56RetDNS2Ret3374163
5 Philip Forsman82712Ret891Ret814492485158
6 Mattias Andersson5558344534RetDNS7271098147
7 Linus Ohlsson7Ret662368658Ret6313536143
8 Mattias Lindberg91874681141153136981111123
9 Andreas Wernersson1310Ret5Ret1176Ret9358169210110
10 Erik Jonsson103R10171277102Ret14RetDNS14121279
11 Emma Kimiläinen6Ret99RetDNS1021176710Ret111110955
12 Carl Philip Bernadotte11RetRet11Ret911101012769101012Ret1322
13 Daniel Haglöf11RetRet75720
14 Roger Samuelsson1281013610139815111215141420
15 Matte Karlsson127810
16 Jan Nilsson168Ret1313Ret4

Teams' championship

PosTeamKNUGOTFALKNUSOLMANPts
1Volvo Polestar Racing8584818393111537
2WCR BMW Dealer Team904977767176439
3Team Kia375038615441281
4Team Tidö446040104130225
5Dacia Dealer Team324637123212171
6PWR Racing Team1242426833107

Notes and References

  1. News: Volvo confirm three-car challenge for 2014 STCC. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 21 March 2014. 21 March 2014. Neil. Hudson.
  2. News: Team Tidö signs Richard Göransson for 2014 STCC. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 14 February 2014. 21 March 2014.
  3. News: Fredrik Larsson confirmed for third BMW with WestCoast Racing. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 April 2014. 4 May 2014.
  4. News: Erik Jonsson confirmed at WestCoast Racing. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 28 March 2014. 4 May 2014.
  5. News: Philip Forsman confirmed at WestCoast Racing. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 11 April 2014. 4 May 2014.
  6. News: Kia enters STCC with Brovallen Design. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 16 April 2014. 4 May 2014.
  7. News: Linus Ohlsson joins Brovallen Design to drive third Kia. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 2 May 2014. 4 May 2014.
  8. News: Mattias Andersson vill fylla hundra med Dacia. stcc.se. STCC. 12 March 2014. 4 May 2014.
  9. News: Emma Kimiläinen first female driver in STCC since 1999. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 April 2014. 4 May 2014.