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.
Jan Nilsson was the first championship winner of the STCC.
Teams and drivers
TeamCarDriversRounds Team Valvoline Mercedes 190E 4 Mikael Dahlgren All Marksam Racing AB Mercedes 190E 6 Jonas Lundberg 1-4 Tomas Nyström BMW M3 7 Tomas Nyström 1-3 Bridgestone Sweden Volvo 900 8 Ulf Palm 1-3, 5 Anders Svensson BMW M3 9 Anders Svensson 1-2, 5 Håkan Malmborg Ford Sierra 10 Håkan Malmborg 2, 5 Etab Data AB BMW M3 21 Torbjörn Holmstedt 3 Bohlin Racing Vauxhall Cavalier GSi 25 Nigel Smith 1-2 Lejtorp Racing Mercedes 190E 26 Eric Persson All Bengt Winberg Mercedes 190E 32 Bengt Winberg 3 Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 55 Georg Bakajev All Anders Larsson Renault Laguna 71 Anders Larsson 2-3, 5 Matador Racing BMW M3 72 Hasse Berglund All Thomas Hall BMW M3 74 Thomas Hall 3 Sällfors Racing Ford Sierra 75 Andreas Boström 3-4 BMW 318is 76 Torbjörn Sällfors 4 BMW Junior Team BMW 318is 77 Thomas Johansson All Flash Engineering Volvo 850 GLT 79 Jan Nilsson All Ford Mondeo Ghia 82 Elisabeth Nilsson All Jan Brunstedt Motorsport Opel Vectra GT 81 Jan Brunstedt All
Race calendar and winners All rounds were held in Sweden. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1Mantorp Park 12 May Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R2 Nigel Smith Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 2 R3 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 9 June Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 3 R4Falkenberg 7 July Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R5 Jan Nilsson Thomas Johansson BMW Junior Team 4 R6Ring Knutstorp 4 August Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R7 Eric Persson Mikael Dahlgren Team Valvoline 5 R8Kinnekulle 27 September Jan Nilsson Eric Persson Hasse Berglund Matador Racing R9 Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
Championship standings Points system 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 20151210864321
5 points were awarded to any driver who took part in qualifying. Results in Race 1 decide the Race 2 grid. 7 results from 9 are valid for the championship Double Points in the final meeting.
Drivers championship Pos. Driver MAN KAR FAL KNU KIN Pts 1 Jan Nilsson 1 1 1 1 (9) 1 (5) 9 1169 (179) 2 Thomas Johansson Ret 3 (4) 3 1 2 2 4 3143 (153) 3 Mikael Dahlgren 5 (6) Ret 5 2 3 1 3 4132 (138) 4 Jan Brunstedt 3 4 6 2 Ret Ret 3 6 2122 5 Eric Persson 4 (8) 3 7 3 4 Ret 2 Ret103 (106) 6 Hasse Berglund Ret DNS DSQ Ret 8 Ret DNS 1 584 7 Georg Bakajev Ret 9 8 4 4 DSQ DSQ 5 673 8 Elisabeth Nilsson Ret 5 2 Ret 7 Ret 4 Ret 770 9 Thomas Nyström 7 10 5 8 637 10 Jonas Lundberg 6 7 7 9 Ret Ret DNS36 11 Nigel Smith 2 2 DNS35 12 Ulf Palm 8 12 9 Ret Ret 10 927 13 Anders Svensson Ret 11 Ret 7 Ret23 14 Håken Malmborg Ret 8 822 15 Bengt Winqvist 6 519 16 Torbjörn Sällfors 5 619 17 Anders Larsson DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS15 18 Andreas Boström DNS Ret Ret Ret10 19 Thomas Hall Ret 106 20 Torbjörn Holmstedt Ret 115 Pos. Driver MAN KAR FAL KNU KIN PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
References
External links Touring-cars.net 1996 Entry List