2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship

The 2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the eighth and final Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. This season was the second season since the introduction of the TCR regulations and the last under the promotion of STCC AB, which declared bankruptcy in early February 2019. The season started at Ring Knutstorp on 4 May and ended at Mantorp Park on 22 September, after six rounds.

2018 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship
Previous: 2017 Next: 2019
Support series:
Formula STCC Nordic

Robert Dahlgren is the defending drivers' champion, while Volkswagen Dealer Team Sweden are the defending teams' champions.

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team[1] CUPRA León TCR[1][2] 1 Robert Dahlgren[1] All
37 Daniel Haglöf[2] All
SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing[1][2] 19 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[2] All
86 Philip Morin[2] JTCC All
Racing For Charity[1][3] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[3] 59 Peter "Poker" Wallenberg[3] All
Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS[4] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[4] 3 Johan Kristoffersson[4] All
69 Hugo Nerman[4] JTCC All
81 Nicklas Oscarsson[5] JTCC All
Lestrup Racing Team[6] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[6] 4 Oliver Söderström[6] JTCC All
7 Andreas Wernersson[7] All
Experion Racing Team[8] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[8] 22 Albin Wärnelöv[8] All
WestCoast Racing[9] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[9] 14 Fredrik Ekblom[10] All
29 Andreas Bäckman[9] JTCC 1–4, 6
26 Jessica Bäckman[9] JTCC 1–4, 6
Micke Kågered Racing[11] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[11] 15 Oskar Krüger[11] JTCC 1–2
17 Tomas Engström 4, 6
21 Andreas Ahlberg[11] All
Honda Racing Sweden[12] Honda Civic TCR (FK2)[12] 20 Mattias Andersson[12] All
Brovallen Design[13] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[13] 23 Alex Andersson[13] 1–4, 6
91 Andre Kiil[14] 5–6
ALM Motorsport[14] CUPRA León TCR[14] 2
Brink Motorsport[15] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[15] 36 Micke Ohlsson[15] All
71 Tobias Brink[15] All
LMS Racing[16] CUPRA León TCR[16] 44 Olli Parhankangas[16] JTCC 1, 3–6
Icon Class
JTCC Junior

Calendar

On 16 November 2017, the calendar was announced which was reduced from seven events to six. The championship will host five rounds in Sweden and the series would make a return to Norway for the first time since 2008 when it was called Swedish Touring Car Championship with the event would be held at the Rudskogen circuit. The Solvalla Circuit in Stockholm and Alastaro Circuit in Finland were dropped.[17]

On 19 December 2017, it was announced that the series would revert to a two-race format after using a three-race format in the previous season. Reversed grids for Race 2 were also reintroduced after being absent from the previous season.[18]

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Location Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Ring Knutstorp Kågeröd, Skåne 4–5 May Philip Morin Daniel Haglöf Daniel Haglöf PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team Formula STCC Nordic
R2 Robert Dahlgren Andreas Wernersson Lestrup Racing Team
2 R1 Anderstorp Raceway Anderstorp, Jönköping 16–17 June Johan Kristoffersson Philip Morin Philip Morin SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing
R2 Fredrik Ekblom Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport
3 R1 Falkenbergs Motorbana Bergagård, Halland 7–8 July Robert Dahlgren Andreas Wernersson Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team
R2 Johan Kristoffersson Mattias Andersson Honda Racing Sweden
4 R1 Karlskoga Motorstadion Karlskoga, Örebro 18–19 August Philip Morin Daniel Haglöf Daniel Haglöf PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team stand-alone event
R2 Daniel Haglöf Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing
5 R1 Rudskogen Motorpark Rakkestad, Østfold 8–9 September Daniel Haglöf Johan Kristoffersson Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS Formula STCC Nordic
R2 Philip Morin Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS
6 R1 Mantorp Park Mantorp, Östergötland 21–22 September Andreas Wernersson Johan Kristoffersson Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS
R2 Daniel Haglöf Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver KNU
 AND
 FAL
 GEL
 RUD
 MAN
 Pts
1 Johan Kristoffersson 43 3 51 4 23 16 34 3 1 1 1 5 195
2 Robert Dahlgren 24 2 34 2 11 6 53 7 22 3 33 Ret 185
3 Daniel Haglöf 12 5 22 19 3 10 12 5 31 5 54 2 176
4 Andreas Wernersson 6 1 65 5 42 4 4 4 6 2 21 4 167
5 Philip Morin 31 17 13 Ret 7 7 21 11 43 4 10 Ret 111
6 Fredrik Ekblom 5 4 7 3 54 2 7 16 75 8 45 6 111
7 Tobias Brink 175 6 17 1 9 3 65 6 11 11 11 1 93
8 Mattias Andersson 10 10 4 Ret 6 1 10 2 13 6 8 3 93
9 Hugo Nerman 7 7 11 9 13 5 11 19 54 13 Ret2 8 44
10 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 11 18 8 7 12 9 Ret 1 15 16 9 12 39
11 Oliver Söderström 8 15 10 10 Ret 8 8 8 9 9 6 Ret 30
12 Andreas Ahlberg 9 8 17 12 115 Ret 12 10 10 7 7 7 27
13 Micke Ohlsson Ret 9 16 6 8 Ret 9 9 8 10 13 16 23
14 Andreas Bäckman Ret 16 9 8 10 11 15 14 14 10 8
15 Nicklas Oscarsson 12 11 Ret 16 14 17 17 12 12 12 Ret 9 2
16 Alex Andersson 16 12 19 18 Ret 13 19 18 19 11 0
17 Andre Kiil 15 11 14 14 20 18 0
18 Jessica Bäckman 13 Ret 14 14 Ret 12 14 13 17 15 0
19 Tomas Engström 13 Ret 12 13 0
20 Albin Wärnelöv Ret DNS 13 13 15 14 18 15 Ret 17 16 17 0
21 Olli Kangas 18 13 Ret DNS 16 Ret 16 15 15 Ret 0
22 "Poker" 15 14 18 17 16 15 20 17 18 14 0
23 Oskar Krüger 14 Ret Ret 15 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

Junior Class
Pos Driver Pts
1 Philip Morin 212
2 Hugo Nerman 191
3 Oliver Söderström 173
4 Andreas Bäckman 137
5 Nicklas Oscarsson 124
6 Jessica Bäckman 88
7 Olli Kangas 61
8 Oskar Krüger 18

Teams' Championship
Pos Team Pts
1 PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team 358
2 Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS 239
3 Lestrup Racing Team 196
4 WestCoast Racing 124
5 Brink Motorsport 123
6 SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing 120
7 Honda Racing Sweden 95
8 Micke Kågered Racing 31
9 Brovallen Design 1
NC Experion Racing Team 0
NC LMS Racing 0
NC Racing For Charity 0

References
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  2. Hudson, Neil (2 March 2018). "PWR Racing confirm full STCC line-up with four Cupras in 2018". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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  4. Brunsdon, Stephen (14 February 2018). "Johan Kristoffersson and Hugo Nerman to lead KMS charge in 2018". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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  15. Hudson, Neil (22 February 2018). "Brink Motorsport confirm two-car Audi assault in the 2018 STCC". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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