2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship

The 2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the ninth overall season of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season, the third under the internationally recognised TCR formula, and the first with its new promoter. The season started at Ring Knutstorp on 4 May and ended at Mantorp Park on 5 October, after six rounds across Sweden.

Robert Dahlgren won the Drivers' championship.
Tobias Brink placed second in the Drivers' championship.
Andreas Wernersson, Tobias Brink's teammate, placed third in the Drivers' championship.

During the off-season, the national governing body of motorsport in Sweden, Svenska Bilsportförbundet (SBF), was informed on 6 February 2019 that promotor Scandinavian touringcar corporation AB, which was responsible for the promotion of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship, declared bankruptcy.[1] TCR Scandinavian Series AB, in cooperation with the circuits and SBF, took over as promoter of the STCC-series.[2]

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Sweden PWR Racing[3][N 1]
Poker Racing for Charity[3][N 1]
 CUPRA León TCR[3] 2 Sweden Robert Dahlgren[3] All
19 Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[4] All
37 Sweden Daniel Haglöf 7
59 Sweden Peter "Poker" Wallenberg[5] 1−5, 7
Sweden Brovallen Design[6] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[6] 3 Estonia Andre Kiil[6] 1−2
23 Sweden Alex Andersson 4
99 Sweden Tobias Johansson 5
Sweden Brink Motorsport[7][8] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[7] 4 Sweden Andreas Wernersson[9] All
51 Sweden Hannes Morin[10] All
71 Sweden Tobias Brink[9] All
Denmark Massive Motorsport[11] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[11] 5 Denmark Casper Elgaard[11] 6
Denmark Insight Racing[12] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[13] 6 Denmark Jonas Lynge[13] 2, 4
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR[14] 10 Norway Kristian Sætheren[14] 6-7
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[12] 11 Denmark Louise Frost[12] 1−2, 4−5
Denmark Martin Jensen[14] 6
Denmark Madbull Racing SEAT León TCR 7 Denmark Kim Lund 2, 6
Denmark Team Hyundai Denmark[15] Hyundai i30 N TCR[15] 8 Denmark Marco Gersager[15] 6
Sweden Micke Kågered Racing[16] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[16] 17 Sweden Tomas Engström[17] 1−2, 4−5, 7
21 Sweden Andreas Ahlberg[16] All
Sweden Honda Racing Sweden[18] Honda Civic TCR (FK2)[18] 20 Sweden Mattias Andersson[18] All
Sweden Experion Racing Team[19] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[19] 22 Sweden Albin Wärnelöv[19] 1−2, 4−7
Italy Target Competition[20] Hyundai i30 N TCR[20] 26 Sweden Jessica Bäckman[20] 2

Notes
  1. Car No. 2 and 19 entered as PWR Racing and car No. 59 entered as Poker Racing for Charity.

Calendar

On 31 October 2018, a provisional calendar was announced which increased the events from six events to seven. Five events were confirmed with "midnight sun" race confirmed at the Skellefteå Drive Centre which will make its début.[21][22] Anderstorp Raceway was confirmed as the second round of the championship on 8 November 2018.[23] Jyllands-Ringen in Denmark was added to the calendar as the sixth round on 26 November 2018.[24] The series last visited Denmark during the 2012 season at the same venue. With the calendar changes the Rudskogen circuit in Norway was dropped from the calendar.

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Location Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner Winning Team
1 R1 Sweden Ring Knutstorp Kågeröd, Skåne 3–4 May Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Sweden PWR Racing
R2 Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Andreas Wernersson Sweden Brink Motorsport
2 R1 Sweden Anderstorp Raceway Anderstorp, Jönköping 1–2 June Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden PWR Racing
R2 Sweden Tobias Brink Sweden Andreas Ahlberg Sweden Micke Kågered Racing
3 R1 Sweden Skellefteå Drive Centre Skellefteå, Västerbotten 14–15 June Sweden Andreas Wernersson Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Andreas Wernersson Sweden Brink Motorsport
R2 Sweden Andreas Wernersson Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden PWR Racing
4 R1 Sweden Falkenbergs Motorbana Bergagård, Halland 13–14 July Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Tobias Brink Sweden Brink Motorsport
R2 Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Andreas Wernersson Sweden Brink Motorsport
5 R1 Sweden Karlskoga Motorstadion Karlskoga, Örebro 17–18 August Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Mattias Andersson Sweden Mattias Andersson Sweden Honda Racing Sweden
R2 Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Sweden Tobias Brink Sweden Brink Motorsport
6 R1 Denmark Jyllands-Ringen Silkeborg 7–8 September Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden PWR Racing
R2 Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Andreas Ahlberg Sweden Micke Kågered Racing
7 R1 Sweden Mantorp Park Mantorp, Östergötland 4–5 October Sweden Tobias Brink Sweden Tobias Brink Sweden Mattias Andersson Sweden Honda Racing Sweden
R2 Sweden Andreas Wernersson Sweden Andreas Wernersson Sweden Brink Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver KNU
Sweden		 AND
Sweden		 SKE
Sweden		 FAL
Sweden		 GEL
Sweden		 JYL
Denmark		 MAN
Sweden		 Pts
1 Sweden Robert Dahlgren 24 6 11 5 22 1 21 3 21 Ret 11 3 32 4 252
2 Sweden Tobias Brink 33 4 35 2 55 5 12 4 5 1 23 2 21 Ret 223
3 Sweden Andreas Wernersson 55 1 22 7 11 3 5 1 9 4 34 6 5 1 218
4 Sweden Andreas Ahlberg 42 2 6 1 33 4 65 5 33 2 45 1 7 11 196
5 Sweden Mattias Andersson 7 3 43 6 6 8 44 2 12 5 8 4 13 2 189
6 Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 11 Ret 54 10 4 2 33 7 45 3 6 5 65 3 167
7 Sweden Tomas Engström 6 5 12 4 7 6 84 Ret 9 6 60
8 Sweden Hannes Morin 8 7 13 12 Ret4 6 9 8 7 7 7 10 8 5 59
9 Sweden Albin Wärnelöv Ret 9 8 8 8 12 6 6 DSQ 8 10 7 41
10 Sweden Peter "Poker" Wallenberg 9 8 11 11 7 7 12 10 11 9 12 10 22
11 Sweden Jessica Bäckman 7 3 21
12 Sweden Daniel Haglöf 44 9 16
13 Denmark Casper Elgaard 52 DSQ 14
14 Norway Kristian Sætheren 9 7 11 8 8
15 Denmark Jonas Lynge 9 9 10 9 7
16 Sweden Tobias Johansson 10 8 5
17 Denmark Louise Frost 10 Ret 10 13 11 13 DNS 10 3
18 Denmark Marco Gersager 11 DNS 2
19 Denmark Martin Jensen 10 Ret 1
20 Estonia Andre Kiil Ret DNS 0
21 Denmark Kim Lund 14 14 0
22 Sweden Alex Andersson 13 11 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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship
Pos. Team KNU
Sweden		 AND
Sweden		 SKE
Sweden		 FAL
Sweden		 GEL
Sweden		 JYL
Denmark		 MAN
Sweden		 Pts
1 Sweden Brink Motorsport 3 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 5 1 2 2 2 1 443
5 4 3 7 5 5 5 4 7 4 3 6 5 5
2 Sweden PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team 1 6 1 5 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 3 3 414
2 Ret 5 10 4 2 3 7 4 Ret 6 5 6 4
3 Sweden Micke Kågered Racing 4 2 6 1 3 4 6 5 3 2 4 1 7 6 263
6 5 12 4 7 6 8 Ret 9 11
4 Sweden Honda Racing Sweden 7 3 4 6 6 8 4 2 1 5 8 4 1 2 193
5 Sweden Experion Racing Ret 9 8 8 8 12 6 6 DSQ 8 10 7 46
6 Denmark Insight Racing 10 Ret 9 9 10 9 DNS 10 9 7 11 8 35
10 13 11 13 10 Ret
7 Sweden Poker Racing for Charity 9 8 11 11 7 7 12 10 11 9 12 10 33
8 Sweden SEAT Dealer Team - PWR Racing 4 9 24
9 Italy Target Competition 7 3 21
10 Denmark Massive Motorsport 5 DSQ 14
11 Sweden Brovallen Design Ret DNS 13 11 10 8 9
12 Denmark Team Hyundai Denmark 11 DNS 3
13 Denmark Madbull Racing 14 14 0
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
  1. "STCC AB declare bankruptcy, new body to run Swedish series". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  2. "New organisation confirms TCR Scandinavia name for 2019 season". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  3. "Robert Dahlgren back for title tilt in 2019 with PWR Racing". TouringCarTimes. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  4. "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky signed for a third season with PWR Racing". TouringCarTimes. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  5. "Peter "Poker" Wallenberg confirmed for third Cupra with PWR Racing". TouringCarTimes. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  6. "Andre Kiil confirmed for Brovallen Design at Knutstorp". TouringCarTimes. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  7. "Brink Motorsport confirm two Audis for the 2019 STCC". TouringCarTimes. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  8. "Brink Motorsport first to confirm TCR Scandinavia entry". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  9. "Andreas Wernersson completes Brink Motorsport line-up". TouringCarTimes. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  10. "Brink Motorsport add third Audi for 16-year-old Hannes Morin". TouringCarTimes. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  11. "Casper Elgaard confirmed for Jyllandsringen in a Honda". TouringCarTimes. 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  12. "Louise Frost set for STCC debut in an Alfa Romeo". TouringCarTimes. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  13. "Jonas Lynge to make championship debut at Anderstorp". TouringCarTimes. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  14. "Insight Racing enter Martin Jensen and Kristian Sætheren for Jyllandsringen". TouringCarTimes. 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  15. "Team Hyundai Denmark will debut with rally driver at Jyllandsringen". TouringCarTimes. 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  16. "Micke Kågered Racing enter two Volkswagens for 2019 season". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  17. "Tomas Engström aiming for title with Micke Kågered Racing". TouringCarTimes. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  18. "Mattias Andersson plans to continue running his Honda Civic this season". TouringCarTimes. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  19. "Experion Racing Team will be on 2019 grid with Albin Wärnelöv". TouringCarTimes. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  20. "Jessica Bäckman joins Anderstorp field with Target Competition". TouringCarTimes. 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  21. "Expanded 2019 STCC calendar revealed featuring midnight race - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  22. "STCC confirms new "midnight sun" race in northern Sweden from 2019 - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  23. "Anderstorp confirmed for round two of the 2019 STCC - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  24. "STCC returns to Denmark and Jyllandsringen - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
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