2024 STCC Scandinavia Touring Car Championship explained

The 2024 STCC season will be the fourteenth season of the championship and the first season to feature new all-electric touring cars, built to specifications custom designed for the championship. The season is scheduled to start on June 8 at Gothenburg and conclude on September 21 at Mantorp Park. The championship organizing committee has opted to reschedule the electrified STCC season to 2024, primarily in response to supplier shortages that have hindered the production of all 12 required racing cars.[1]

The reigning drivers' champion from the 2022 season was Robert Dahlgren, who drove a CUPRA Leon Competición TCR. His team, CUPRA Dealer Team - PWR Racing, also won the team title. Axel Bengtsson, also driving a CUPRA Leon Competición TCR, was the junior drivers' champion, while Marius Solberg Hansen, in a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR, won the Däckteam trophy.[2]

By becoming the world's first electric national championship 2024 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship will mark a significant milestone in the motorsports industry's transition towards sustainability and pave the way for more electric racing series to emerge in the future.[3]

Teams and drivers

EntrantCarRace drivers
Driver nameRounds
CUPRA Dealer Team – PWR Racing[4] Cupra Born e-Racer2 Robert Dahlgren[5] All
55 Axel BengtssonAll
92 Anton Marklund[6] All
Brink Motorsport[7] Tesla Model 3 ETCR14 Jimmy ErikssonAll
48 Mikael Karlsson[8] All
71 Tobias BrinkAll
Exion Racing[9] BMW i4 ETCR6 Mikael Bern3–10
7 Jonathan Engström3–4
16 Calle Bergman1–2, 5–10
27 Månz Thalin[10] All
74 Lukas Sundahl1–2
Volkswagen ID.3 ETCR19 Viktor Gustavsson[11] 1–2, 5–10
20 Ola Nilsson[12] 1–2
24 Linus Ohlsson3–4
77 Alexander Graff[13] All

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was published on 29 November 2023, in which contains three city circuit races on two venues with Head 2 Head format, and three circuit races with more traditional format.[14]

RoundCircuitLocationDatePole PositionFastest LapRace WinnerWinning Team
1 UlleviGothenburg, Västra Götaland8 June Ola Nilsson Jimmy Eriksson Brink Motorsport
29 June Jimmy Eriksson Robert Dahlgren Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing
3 Ljungbyheds MotorbanaLjungbyhed, Skåne28 June Tobias Brink Mikael Karlsson Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport
429 June Tobias Brink Mikael Karlsson Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport
5 Ring KnutstorpKågeröd, Skåne13 September Jimmy Eriksson Jimmy Eriksson Jimmy Eriksson Brink Motorsport
613 September Tobias Brink Tobias Brink Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport
714 September Mikael Karlsson Mikael Karlsson Mikael Karlsson Brink Motorsport
814 September Mikael Karlsson Tobias Brink Jimmy Eriksson Brink Motorsport
9 Mantorp ParkMantorp, Östergötland21 September Tobias Brink Jimmy Eriksson Mikael Karlsson Brink Motorsport
1021 September Jimmy Eriksson Jimmy Eriksson Jimmy Eriksson Brink Motorsport

Championship standings

This year's scoring system, with points now being handed to the top 10 finishers.[15]

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
Qualifying54321colspan=5
Race251815121086421

Drivers' Championship

DriverGBG
LJU
KNU
MAN
Pts
1 Mikael Karlsson244332393311211225192
2 Jimmy Eriksson152192Ret1122Ret3123511185
3 Tobias Brink65111182112233Ret172171
4 Robert Dahlgren4214236235666443145
5 Alexander Graff11Ret745423444456696
6 Anton Marklund5388411475388575
7 Axel Bengtsson8105485101081023Ret453
8 Månz Thalin12Ret6769557Ret50
9 Viktor Gustavsson975810954350
10 Ola Nilsson313239
11 Calle Bergman764Ret74Ret104Ret37
12 Mikael BernRet5Ret759579832
13 Jonathan Engström10316
14 Linus Ohlsson5Ret10
15 Lukas Sundahl1093
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams

Points are given only to the two highest-classified cars of each team in every race and qualifying.[16]

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valign=middlevalign=centerTeamGBG
LJU
KNU
MAN
Pts
1 Brink Motorsport14,521,311,211,311,2,311,2,311,2,3,11,2,311,2,511,2,5479
2432822232
2 CUPRA Dealer Team – PWR Racing42,314,52342,534,5653642334250
58461076845
3 Exion Racing VW 313254542344445543195
977Ret5810966
4 Exion Racing BMW766534554,557483129
10910769779Ret

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The championship team on moving the electrified STCC season to 2024. STCC. 24 August 2023. 3 September 2023.
  2. Web site: Robert Dahgren vann STCC 2022. Svensk Racing. 2 October 2022. 3 March 2023.
  3. Web site: STCC World's First 100% Electric National Championship 2023 . STCC . 6 July 2022 . 3 March 2023.
  4. Web site: CUPRA Sweden – PWR reveals 2024 livery. 2 May 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 2 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Cupra Sweden-PWR confirms Dahlgren and Bengtsson for 2024 STCC season. 15 April 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 15 April 2024.
  6. Web site: Anton Marklund completes CUPRA Sweden – PWR line-up. 3 May 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 3 May 2024.
  7. Web site: Brink Motorsport unveils 2024 Tesla livery. 4 December 2023. TouringCarTimes.com. 4 December 2023.
  8. Web site: Brink Motorsport's Tesla trio for STCC is ready - Eriksson, Brink and Karlsson. 3 May 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 3 May 2024.
  9. Web site: Exion Racing expands to six cars for 2024 STCC season. 2 May 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 2 May 2024.
  10. Web site: Exion Racing signs 16-year-old for STCC programme. 21 May 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 21 May 2024.
  11. Web site: Viktor Gustavsson secures Exion Racing seat. 7 May 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 7 May 2024.
  12. Web site: Porsche champion joins Gothenburg grid. 29 May 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 29 May 2024.
  13. Web site: 22 May 2024 . Alexander Graff makes STCC comeback with Exion Racing . 22 May 2024 . TouringCarTimes.com.
  14. Web site: STCC World's First 100% Electric National Championship 2023 . STCC . 29 November 2023 . 3 December 2023.
  15. Web site: SCORES & RESULTS STCC 2024. STCC. 8 June 2024. 8 June 2024.
  16. Web site: 2023 TCR World Tour Points Standings – Round 8 .