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. TeamCarDriversRounds Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1 Rickard Rydell All 4 Michel Nykjær All Volkswagen Team Biogas Volkswagen Scirocco 2 Jordi Gené All 3 Johan Kristoffersson All IPS Team Biogas 15 Patrik Olsson All 21 Johan Stureson All Honda Racing Sweden Honda Civic 17 Tomas Engström All SEAT Sport Sweden Seat León 22 Robin Appelqvist All 23 Santosh Berggren All MECA Alfa Romeo 156 89 Claes Hoffsten 1 NP Racing Seat León 2.0 TFSI 90 Niclas Olsson All G-Rex Sweden Mercedes-Benz C 200 91 Tony Johansson 2–8 Memphis Racing Opel Astra 92 André Andersson 1–2 BMW 320i 3–8 BMS Event Audi A4 97 Joakim Ahlberg All 98 Andreas Ahlberg All Notes: — 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.
RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team 1 R1 Mantorp Park 5 May Johan Stureson Rickard Rydell Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas R2 Johan Kristoffersson Rickard Rydell Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas 2 R3 Ring Knutstorp 19 May Rickard Rydell Rickard Rydell Rickard Rydell Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden R4 Michel Nykjær Michel Nykjær Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden 3 R5 Sturup Raceway 16 June Tomas Engström Tomas Engström Tomas Engström Honda Racing Sweden R6 Michel Nykjær Tomas Engström Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden 4 R7 Mantorp Park 7 July Rickard Rydell Tomas Engström Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas R8 Michel Nykjær Tomas Engström Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden 5 R9 Airport Race Östersund 11 August Tomas Engström Tomas Engström Tomas Engström Honda Racing Sweden R10 Tomas Engström Tomas Engström Tomas Engström Honda Racing Sweden 6 R11 Jyllands-Ringen 26 August Michel Nykjær Jordi Gené Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden R12 Jordi Gené Johan Kristoffersson Patrik Olsson IPS Team Biogas 7 R13 Ring Knutstorp 9 September Michel Nykjær Michel Nykjær Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden R14 Rickard Rydell Michel Nykjær Rickard Rydell Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden 8 R15 Solvalla Stockholm 22 September Johan Kristoffersson Johan Stureson Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas R16 Patrik Olsson Johan Stureson Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Biogas
Championship standings
Drivers championships Pos Driver MAN KNU STU MAN ÖST JYL KNU SOL Pts Overall 1 Johan Kristoffersson 1 1 2 3 6 2 1 4 2 6 3 3 4 Ret 1 1 264 2 Rickard Rydell 2 2 1 2 5 3 2 3 3 4 2 4 3 1 4 4 258 3 Michel Nykjær 6 4 Ret 1 4 1 4 1 5 5 1 2 1 2 9 8 231 4 Patrik Olsson 5 5 4 6 3 4 6 5 Ret 7 4 1 2 4 3 5 183 5 Tomas Engström Ret DNS 3 4 1 5 3 2 1 1 Ret Ret Ret 6 5 3 178 6 Johan Stureson 3 3 5 5 2 11 5 6 Ret 3 5 Ret 5 5 2 2 167 7 Jordi Gené 4 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 2 6 5 6 3 6 6 147 8 Niclas Olsson 8 7 9 9 8 7 Ret 10 Ret 9 8 6 8 9 8 7 55 9 Santosh Berggren 7 Ret 7 8 10 12† 11† 8 Ret DNS 7 9 7 8 7 10† 46 10 Joakim Ahlberg 10 10† Ret 12† 11 10† 9 Ret 6 12 12† 7 9 10 10 9 25 11 Andreas Ahlberg Ret 9 10 11 9 8 8 11 7 10 9 11† 10 Ret 11† 11† 23 12 Robin Appelqvist Ret 8 8 Ret 13† DNS Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 10† Ret 7 Ret Ret 21 13 André Andersson 11† Ret DNS DNS 12 9 10 12 8 11 11 8 11 11 DNS DNS 11 14 Tony Johansson Ret 10 Ret DNS Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 4 15 Claes Hoffsten 9 Ret 2 Semcon Cup 1 Niclas Olsson 8 7 9 9 8 7 Ret 10 Ret 9 8 6 8 9 8 7 350 2 Andreas Ahlberg Ret 9 10 11 9 8 8 11 7 10 9 11† 10 Ret 11† 11† 241 3 Joakim Ahlberg 10 10† Ret 12† 11 10† 9 Ret 6 12 12† 7 9 10 10 9 224 4 André Andersson 11† Ret DNS DNS 12 9 10 12 8 11 11 8 11 11 DNS DNS 153 5 Tony Johansson Ret 10 Ret DNS Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 45 6 Claes Hoffsten 9 Ret 18 Pos Driver MAN KNU STU MAN ÖST JYL KNU SOL 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