The 2024 STCC season will be the fourteenth season of the championship and the first season to feature new all-electric touring cars, built to specifications custom designed for the championship. The season is scheduled to start on June 8 at Gothenburg and conclude on September 21 at Mantorp Park. The championship organizing committee has opted to reschedule the electrified STCC season to 2024, primarily in response to supplier shortages that have hindered the production of all 12 required racing cars. [1]
The reigning drivers' champion from the 2022 season was Robert Dahlgren, who drove a CUPRA Leon Competición TCR. His team, CUPRA Dealer Team - PWR Racing, also won the team title. Axel Bengtsson, also driving a CUPRA Leon Competición TCR, was the junior drivers' champion, while Marius Solberg Hansen, in a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR, won the Däckteam trophy. [2]
By becoming the world's first electric national championship 2024 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship will mark a significant milestone in the motorsports industry's transition towards sustainability and pave the way for more electric racing series to emerge in the future. [3]
Entrant | Car | Race drivers | ||
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No. | Driver name | Rounds | ||
CUPRA Dealer Team – PWR Racing [4] | Cupra Born e-Racer | 2 | Robert Dahlgren [5] | All |
55 | Axel Bengtsson [5] | All | ||
92 | Anton Marklund [6] | All | ||
Brink Motorsport [7] | Tesla Model 3 ETCR | 14 | Jimmy Eriksson | All |
48 | Mikael Karlsson [8] | All | ||
71 | Tobias Brink [7] | All | ||
Exion Racing [9] | BMW i4 ETCR | 6 | Mikael Bern | 3–10 |
7 | Jonathan Engström | 3–4 | ||
16 | Calle Bergman [9] | 1–2, 5–10 | ||
27 | Månz Thalin [10] | All | ||
74 | Lukas Sundahl | 1–2 | ||
Volkswagen ID.3 ETCR | 19 | Viktor Gustavsson [11] | 1–2, 5–10 | |
20 | Ola Nilsson [12] | 1–2 | ||
24 | Linus Ohlsson | 3–4 | ||
77 | Alexander Graff [13] | All |
The provisional calendar was published on 29 November 2023, in which contains three city circuit races on two venues with Head 2 Head format, and three circuit races with more traditional format. [14]
Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Race Winner | Winning Team |
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1 | Ullevi | Gothenburg, Västra Götaland | 8 June | Ola Nilsson | Jimmy Eriksson | Brink Motorsport | |
2 | 9 June | Jimmy Eriksson | Robert Dahlgren | Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing | |||
3 | Ljungbyheds Motorbana | Ljungbyhed, Skåne | 28 June | Tobias Brink | Mikael Karlsson | Tobias Brink | Brink Motorsport |
4 | 29 June | Tobias Brink | Mikael Karlsson | Tobias Brink | Brink Motorsport | ||
5 | Ring Knutstorp | Kågeröd, Skåne | 13 September | Jimmy Eriksson | Jimmy Eriksson | Jimmy Eriksson | Brink Motorsport |
6 | 13 September | Tobias Brink | Tobias Brink | Tobias Brink | Brink Motorsport | ||
7 | 14 September | Mikael Karlsson | Mikael Karlsson | Mikael Karlsson | Brink Motorsport | ||
8 | 14 September | Mikael Karlsson | Tobias Brink | Jimmy Eriksson | Brink Motorsport | ||
9 | Mantorp Park | Mantorp, Östergötland | 21 September | Tobias Brink | Jimmy Eriksson | Mikael Karlsson | Brink Motorsport |
10 | 21 September | Jimmy Eriksson | Jimmy Eriksson | Jimmy Eriksson | Brink Motorsport |
This year's scoring system, with points now being handed to the top 10 finishers. [15]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Qualifying | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | ||||
Race | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified |
Points are given only to the two highest-classified cars of each team in every race and qualifying. [16]
Pos. | Team | GBG | LJU | KNU | MAN | Pts | ||||||
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1 | Brink Motorsport | 14,5 | 21,3 | 11,2 | 11,3 | 11,2,3 | 11,2,3 | 11,2,3, | 11,2,3 | 11,2,5 | 11,2,5 | 479 |
2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
2 | CUPRA Dealer Team – PWR Racing | 42,3 | 14,5 | 23 | 42,5 | 34,5 | 65 | 3 | 64 | 23 | 34 | 250 |
5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | |||
3 | Exion Racing VW | 31 | 32 | 54 | 54 | 23 | 44 | 4 | 45 | 5 | 43 | 195 |
9 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | |||
4 | Exion Racing BMW | 7 | 6 | 65 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 54,5 | 5 | 74 | 83 | 129 |
10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | Ret | |||
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