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The 2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the ninth overall season of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season, the third 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.
During the off-season, the national governing body of motorsport in Sweden, Svenska Bilsportförbundet (SBF), was informed on 6 February 2019 that promotor Scandinavian touringcar corporation 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 STCC-series. [2]
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.
Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Race Winner | Winning Team | |
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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 points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:
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Italics – Fastest Lap |
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