2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

none January 2012 2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship 2011 2013 The 2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season was the second Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. The season started at Mantorp Park on 5 May and ended on 22 September at the brand new track at Solvalla in Stockholm. It would have been the first season to include cars built to the Next Generation Touring Car specification, but the plans ultimately fell through and no NGTC cars ever raced in Scandinavia. Teams and drivers (Note: drivers with car numbers 88–99 are eligible for the Semcon cup). All teams were Swedish-registered. TeamCarNo. Car numberDriversRounds Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1 SWE Rickard Rydell All 4 DEN Michel Nykjær All Volkswagen Team Biogas Volkswagen Scirocco1 1 2 ESP Jordi Gené All 3 SWE Johan Kristoffersson All IPS Team Biogas 15 SWE Patrik Olsson All 21 SWE Johan Stureson All Honda Racing Sweden Honda Civic 17 SWE Tomas Engström All SEAT Sport Sweden Seat León 22 SWE Robin Appelqvist All 23 SWE Santosh Berggren All MECA Alfa Romeo 156 89 SWE Claes Hoffsten 1 NP Racing Seat León 2.0 TFSI 90 SWE Niclas Olsson All G-Rex Sweden Mercedes-Benz C 200 91 SWE Tony Johansson 2–8 Memphis Racing Opel Astra 92 SWE André Andersson 1–2 BMW 320i 3–8 BMS Event Audi A4 97 SWE Joakim Ahlberg All 98 SWE Andreas Ahlberg All Notes: 1 1 — Volkswagen Team Biogas and IPS Team Biogas are using Biogas (CNG) 2.0-litre Turbo engines in their four Volkswagen Sciroccos. Race calendar The provisional calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 15 October 2011. 2012 will see the inclusion of the brand new Sovalla track on the streets of Stockholm and a track at the Östersund airport.http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6895 https://archive.today/20130104233807/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6895 dead 4 January 2013 Preliminary 2012 calendar issued by STCC TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 18 October 2011 18 October 2011 http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7087 https://archive.today/20120525172139/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7087 dead 25 May 2012 Airport race in Östersund set for STCC 2012 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 18 October 2011 13 December 2011 RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team 1 R1 SWE Mantorp Park 5 May SWE Johan Stureson SWE Rickard Rydell SWE Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas R2 SWE Johan Kristoffersson SWE Rickard Rydell SWE Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas 2 R3 SWE Ring Knutstorp 19 May SWE Rickard Rydell SWE Rickard Rydell SWE Rickard Rydell Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden R4 DEN Michel Nykjær DEN Michel Nykjær DEN Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden 3 R5 SWE Sturup Raceway 16 June SWE Tomas Engström SWE Tomas Engström SWE Tomas Engström Honda Racing Sweden R6 DEN Michel Nykjær SWE Tomas Engström DEN Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden 4 R7 SWE Mantorp Park 7 July SWE Rickard Rydell SWE Tomas Engström SWE Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas R8 DEN Michel Nykjær SWE Tomas Engström DEN Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden 5 R9 SWE Airport Race Östersund 11 August SWE Tomas Engström SWE Tomas Engström SWE Tomas Engström Honda Racing Sweden R10 SWE Tomas Engström SWE Tomas Engström SWE Tomas Engström Honda Racing Sweden 6 R11 DEN Jyllands-Ringen 26 August DEN Michel Nykjær ESP Jordi Gené DEN Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden R12 ESP Jordi Gené SWE Johan Kristoffersson SWE Patrik Olsson IPS Team Biogas 7 R13 SWE Ring Knutstorp 9 September DEN Michel Nykjær DEN Michel Nykjær DEN Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden R14 SWE Rickard Rydell DEN Michel Nykjær SWE Rickard Rydell Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden 8 R15 SWE Solvalla Stockholm 22 September SWE Johan Kristoffersson SWE Johan Stureson SWE Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas R16 SWE Patrik Olsson SWE Johan Stureson SWE Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas Championship standings Drivers championships Pos Driver MANSWE KNUSWE STUSWE MANSWE ÖSTSWE JYLDEN KNUSWE SOLSWE Pts Overall 1 SWE Johan Kristoffersson 1 1 2 3 6 2 1 4 2 6 3 3 4 Ret 1 1 264 2 SWE Rickard Rydell 2 2 1 2 5 3 2 3 3 4 2 4 3 1 4 4 258 3 DEN Michel Nykjær 6 4 Ret 1 4 1 4 1 5 5 1 2 1 2 9 8 231 4 SWE Patrik Olsson 5 5 4 6 3 4 6 5 Ret 7 4 1 2 4 3 5 183 5 SWE Tomas Engström Ret DNS 3 4 1 5 3 2 1 1 Ret Ret Ret 6 5 3 178 6 SWE Johan Stureson 3 3 5 5 2 11 5 6 Ret 3 5 Ret 5 5 2 2 167 7 ESP Jordi Gené 4 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 2 6 5 6 3 6 6 147 8 SWE Niclas Olsson 8 7 9 9 8 7 Ret 10 Ret 9 8 6 8 9 8 7 55 9 SWE Santosh Berggren 7 Ret 7 8 10 12† 11† 8 Ret DNS 7 9 7 8 7 10† 46 10 SWE Joakim Ahlberg 10 10† Ret 12† 11 10† 9 Ret 6 12 12† 7 9 10 10 9 25 11 SWE Andreas Ahlberg Ret 9 10 11 9 8 8 11 7 10 9 11† 10 Ret 11† 11† 23 12 SWE Robin Appelqvist Ret 8 8 Ret 13† DNS Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 10† Ret 7 Ret Ret 21 13 SWE André Andersson 11† Ret DNS DNS 12 9 10 12 8 11 11 8 11 11 DNS DNS 11 14 SWE Tony Johansson Ret 10 Ret DNS Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 4 15 SWE Claes Hoffsten 9 Ret 2 Semcon Cup 1 SWE Niclas Olsson 8 7 9 9 8 7 Ret 10 Ret 9 8 6 8 9 8 7 350 2 SWE Andreas Ahlberg Ret 9 10 11 9 8 8 11 7 10 9 11† 10 Ret 11† 11† 241 3 SWE Joakim Ahlberg 10 10† Ret 12† 11 10† 9 Ret 6 12 12† 7 9 10 10 9 224 4 SWE André Andersson 11† Ret DNS DNS 12 9 10 12 8 11 11 8 11 11 DNS DNS 153 5 SWE Tony Johansson Ret 10 Ret DNS Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 45 6 SWE Claes Hoffsten 9 Ret 18 Pos Driver MANSWE KNUSWE STUSWE MANSWE ÖSTSWE JYLDEN KNUSWE SOLSWE Pts † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. References External links Official website of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship Scandinavian Touring Car Scandinavian Touring Car