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 fourth 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.

2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
Previous: 2018 (STCC) Next: 2020
Robert Dahlgren won the Drivers' championship.
Tobias Brink placed second in the Drivers' championship.
Andreas Wernersson, Tobias Brink's team mate, 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 STCC 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 series.[2]

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
PWR Racing[3][N 1]
Poker Racing for Charity[3][N 1]
 CUPRA León TCR[3] 2 Robert Dahlgren[3] All
19 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[4] All
37 Daniel Haglöf 7
59 Peter "Poker" Wallenberg[5] 1−5, 7
Brovallen Design[6] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[6] 3 Andre Kiil[6] 1−2
23 Alex Andersson 4
99 Tobias Johansson 5
Brink Motorsport[7][8] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[7] 4 Andreas Wernersson[9] All
51 Hannes Morin[10] All
71 Tobias Brink[9] All
Massive Motorsport[11] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[11] 5 Casper Elgaard[11] 6
Insight Racing[12] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[13] 6 Jonas Lynge[13] 2, 4
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR[14] 10 Kristian Sætheren[14] 6-7
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[12] 11 Louise Frost[12] 1−2, 4−5
Martin Jensen[14] 6
Madbull Racing SEAT León TCR 7 Kim Lund 2, 6
Team Hyundai Denmark[15] Hyundai i30 N TCR[15] 8 Marco Gersager[15] 6
Micke Kågered Racing[16] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[16] 17 Tomas Engström[17] 1−2, 4−5, 7
21 Andreas Ahlberg[16] All
Honda Racing Sweden[18] Honda Civic TCR (FK2)[18] 20 Mattias Andersson[18] All
Experion Racing Team[19] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[19] 22 Albin Wärnelöv[19] 1−2, 4−7
Target Competition[20] Hyundai i30 N TCR[20] 26 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 Ring Knutstorp Kågeröd, Skåne 3–4 May Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky PWR Racing
R2 Robert Dahlgren Andreas Wernersson Brink Motorsport
2 R1 Anderstorp Raceway Anderstorp, Jönköping 1–2 June Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing
R2 Tobias Brink Andreas Ahlberg Micke Kågered Racing
3 R1 Skellefteå Drive Centre Skellefteå, Västerbotten 14–15 June Andreas Wernersson Robert Dahlgren Andreas Wernersson Brink Motorsport
R2 Andreas Wernersson Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing
4 R1 Falkenbergs Motorbana Bergagård, Halland 13–14 July Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport
R2 Robert Dahlgren Andreas Wernersson Brink Motorsport
5 R1 Karlskoga Motorstadion Karlskoga, Örebro 17–18 August Robert Dahlgren Mattias Andersson Mattias Andersson Honda Racing Sweden
R2 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport
6 R1 Jyllands-Ringen Silkeborg 7–8 September Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing
R2 Robert Dahlgren Andreas Ahlberg Micke Kågered Racing
7 R1 Mantorp Park Mantorp, Östergötland 4–5 October Tobias Brink Tobias Brink Mattias Andersson Honda Racing Sweden
R2 Andreas Wernersson Andreas Wernersson Brink Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver KNU
 AND
 SKE
 FAL
 GEL
 JYL
 MAN
 Pts
1 Robert Dahlgren 2 6 11 5 2 1 21 3 21 Ret 11 3 3 4 252
2 Tobias Brink 3 4 3 2 5 5 1 4 5 1 2 2 21 Ret 223
3 Andreas Wernersson 5 1 2 7 11 3 5 1 9 4 3 6 5 1 218
4 Andreas Ahlberg 4 2 6 1 3 4 6 5 3 2 4 1 7 11 196
5 Mattias Andersson 7 3 4 6 6 8 4 2 1 5 8 4 1 2 189
6 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 11 Ret 5 10 4 2 3 7 4 3 6 5 6 3 167
7 Tomas Engström 6 5 12 4 7 6 8 Ret 9 6 60
8 Hannes Morin 8 7 13 12 Ret 6 9 8 7 7 7 10 8 5 59
9 Albin Wärnelöv Ret 9 8 8 8 12 6 6 DSQ 8 10 7 41
10 Peter "Poker" Wallenberg 9 8 11 11 7 7 12 10 11 9 12 10 22
11 Jessica Bäckman 7 3 21
12 Daniel Haglöf 44 9 16
13 Casper Elgaard 52 DSQ 14
14 Kristian Sætheren 9 7 11 8 8
15 Jonas Lynge 9 9 10 9 7
16 Tobias Johansson 10 8 5
17 Louise Frost 10 Ret 10 13 11 13 DNS 10 3
18 Marco Gersager 114 DNS 2
19 Martin Jensen 10 Ret 1
20 Andre Kiil Ret DNS 0
21 Kim Lund 14 14 0
22 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
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

Teams' Championship
Pos. Team KNU
 AND
 SKE
 FAL
 GEL
 JYL
 MAN
 Pts
1 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 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 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 Honda Racing Sweden 7 3 4 6 6 8 4 2 1 5 8 4 1 2 193
5 Experion Racing Ret 9 8 8 8 12 6 6 DSQ 8 10 7 46
6 Insight Racing 10 Ret 9 9 10 9 DNS 10 9 7 11 8 35
10 13 11 13 10 Ret
7 Poker Racing for Charity 9 8 11 11 7 7 12 10 11 9 12 10 33
8 SEAT Dealer Team - PWR Racing 4 9 24
9 Target Competition 7 3 21
10 Massive Motorsport 5 DSQ 14
11 Brovallen Design Ret DNS 13 11 10 8 9
12 Team Hyundai Denmark 11 DNS 3
13 Madbull Racing 14 14 0
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
  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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