1996 Swedish Touring Car Championship

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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.

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Jan Nilsson was the first championship winner of the STCC.

Teams and drivers

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
Team Valvoline Mercedes 190E 4 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Dahlgren All
Marksam Racing AB Mercedes 190E 6 Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Lundberg 1-4
Tomas Nyström BMW M3 7 Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Nyström 1-3
Bridgestone Sweden Volvo 900 8 Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Palm 1-3, 5
Anders Svensson BMW M3 9 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Svensson 1-2, 5
Håkan Malmborg Ford Sierra 10 Flag of Sweden.svg Håkan Malmborg 2, 5
Etab Data AB BMW M3 21 Flag of Sweden.svg Torbjörn Holmstedt 3
Bohlin Racing Vauxhall Cavalier GSi 25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Smith 1-2
Lejtorp Racing Mercedes 190E 26 Flag of Sweden.svg Eric Persson All
Bengt Winberg Mercedes 190E 32 Flag of Sweden.svg Bengt Winberg 3
Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 55 Flag of Sweden.svg Georg Bakajev All
Anders Larsson Renault Laguna 71 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Larsson 2-3, 5
Matador Racing BMW M3 72 Flag of Sweden.svg Hasse Berglund All
Thomas Hall BMW M3 74 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Hall 3
Sällfors Racing Ford Sierra 75 Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Boström 3-4
BMW 318is 76 Flag of Sweden.svg Torbjörn Sällfors 4
BMW Junior Team BMW 318is 77 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson All
Flash Engineering Volvo 850 GLT 79 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson All
Ford Mondeo Ghia 82 Flag of Sweden.svg Elisabeth NilssonAll
Jan Brunstedt Motorsport Opel Vectra GT 81 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Brunstedt All

Race calendar and winners

All rounds were held in Sweden.

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1R1 Mantorp Park 12 May Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Smith Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
2R3 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 9 June Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
3R4 Falkenberg 7 July Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R5 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson BMW Junior Team
4R6 Ring Knutstorp 4 August Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R7 Flag of Sweden.svg Eric Persson Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Dahlgren Team Valvoline
5R8 Kinnekulle 27 September Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Eric Persson Flag of Sweden.svg Hasse Berglund Matador Racing
R9 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering

Championship standings

Points system
 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
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Drivers championship

Pos.Driver MAN KAR FAL KNU KIN Pts
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson 1111(9)1(5)91169 (179)
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson Ret3(4)312243143 (153)
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Dahlgren 5(6)Ret523134132 (138)
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Brunstedt 3462RetRet362122
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Eric Persson 4(8)3734Ret2Ret103 (106)
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Hasse Berglund RetDNSDSQRet8RetDNS1584
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Georg Bakajev Ret9844DSQDSQ5673
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Elisabeth Nilsson Ret52Ret7Ret4Ret770
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Nyström 71058637
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Lundberg 6779RetRetDNS36
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Smith 22DNS35
12 Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Palm 8129RetRet10927
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Svensson Ret11Ret7Ret23
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Håken Malmborg Ret8822
15 Flag of Sweden.svg Bengt Winqvist 6519
16 Flag of Sweden.svg Torbjörn Sällfors 5619
17 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Larsson DNSRetRetRetDNS15
18 Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Boström DNSRetRetRet10
19 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Hall Ret106
20 Flag of Sweden.svg Torbjörn Holmstedt Ret115
Pos.Driver MAN KAR FAL KNU KIN Pts
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)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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