1996 Swedish Touring Car Championship

The 1996 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the inaugural season of the championship. It was decided in twelve races over five race weekends held at five different circuits.

1996 Swedish Touring Car Championship
Previous: none Next: 1997

Jan Nilsson was the first championship winner of the STCC.

Teams and Drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Team Valvoline Mercedes 190E 4 Mikael Dahlgren All
Marksam Racing AB Mercedes 190E 6 Jonas Lundberg 1-4
Tomas Nyström BMW M3 7 Tomas Nyström 1-3
Bridgestone Sweden Volvo 900 8 Ulf Palm 1-3, 5
Anders Svensson BMW M3 9 Anders Svensson 1-2, 5
Håkan Malmborg Ford Sierra 10 Håkan Malmborg 2, 5
Etab Data AB BMW M3 21 Torbjörn Holmstedt 3
Bohlin Racing Vauxhall Cavalier GSi 25 Nigel Smith 1-2
Lejtorp Racing Mercedes 190E 26 Eric Persson All
Bengt Winberg Mercedes 190E 32 Bengt Winberg 3
Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 55 Georg Bakajev All
Anders Larsson Renault Laguna 71 Anders Larsson 2-3, 5
Matador Racing BMW M3 72 Hasse Berglund All
Thomas Hall BMW M3 74 Thomas Hall 3
Sällfors Racing Ford Sierra 75 Andreas Boström 3-4
BMW 318is 76 Torbjörn Sällfors 4
BMW Junior Team BMW 318is 77 Thomas Johansson All
Flash Engineering Volvo 850 GLT 79 Jan Nilsson All
Ford Mondeo Ghia 82 Elisabeth Nilsson All
Jan Brunstedt Motorsport Opel Vectra GT 81 Jan Brunstedt All

Race calendar and winners

All rounds were held in Sweden.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Mantorp Park 12 May Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R2 Nigel Smith Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
2 R3 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 9 June Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
3 R4 Falkenberg 7 July Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R5 Jan Nilsson Thomas Johansson BMW Junior Team
4 R6 Ring Knutstorp 4 August Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R7 Eric Persson Mikael Dahlgren Team Valvoline
5 R8 Kinnekulle 27 September Jan Nilsson Eric Persson Hasse Berglund Matador Racing
R9 Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded to the top ten drivers in a race as follows: 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.
5 points were awarded to any driver who took part in qualifying.
Results in Race 1 decide the Race 2 grid.
Only a driver's best seven results, prior to the final meeting, were valid for the championship - total points scored are shown in brackets.
The final meeting of the year saw double points awarded.

Pos. Driver MAN KAR FAL KNU KIN Pts
1 Jan Nilsson 1 1 1 1 9 1 5 9 1 169 (179)
2 Thomas Johansson Ret 3 4 3 1 2 2 4 3 143 (153)
3 Mikael Dahlgren 5 6 Ret 5 2 3 1 3 4 132 (138)
4 Jan Brunstedt 3 4 6 2 Ret Ret 3 6 2 122
5 Eric Persson 4 8 3 7 3 4 Ret 2 Ret 103 (106)
6 Hasse Berglund Ret DNS DSQ Ret 8 Ret DNS 1 5 84
7 Georg Bakajev Ret 9 8 4 4 DSQ DSQ 5 6 73
8 Elisabeth Nilsson Ret 5 2 Ret 7 Ret 4 Ret 7 70
9 Thomas Nyström 7 10 5 8 6 37
10 Jonas Lundberg 6 7 7 9 Ret Ret DNS 36
11 Nigel Smith 2 2 DNS 35
12 Ulf Palm 8 12 9 Ret Ret 10 9 27
13 Anders Svensson Ret 11 Ret 7 Ret 23
14 Håken Malmborg Ret 8 8 22
15 Bengt Winqvist 6 5 19
16 Torbjörn Sällfors 5 6 19
17 Anders Larsson DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS 15
18 Andreas Boström DNS Ret Ret Ret 10
19 Thomas Hall Ret 10 6
20 Torbjörn Holmstedt Ret 11 5
Pos. Driver MAN KAR FAL KNU KIN Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
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