The 2003 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 8th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total eight racing weekends at four different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, making a sixteen-round competition in total.
Changes for 2003 The Supertouring regulations were removed and replaced with Super2000. The pitstops were also removed Each round were to consist of two races, with one sprint race of 15–25 minutes and one super-race approximately 15–30 minutes longer. Qualifying was conducted by having a standard qualifying session followed by a one-lap Superpole for the 8 fastest drivers. The top 15 finishers were awarded points: 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
Teams and drivers TeamCarDrivers Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 B6/7 1 Tommy Kristoffersson 8 Tobias Johansson 10 Fredrik Ekblom Flash Engineering Volvo S60 2 Jan Nilsson 4 Magnus Krokström WestCoast Racing BMW 320i 3 Mattias Andersson 11 Richard Göransson Engström Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 5 Tomas Engström Crawford Racing BMW 320i 6 Carl Rosenblad Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra 7 Tommy Rustad Podium SEAT Sport Team SEAT Toledo 9 Robin Rudholm 12 Johan Stureson Bakajev Motorsport BMW 320i 15 Patrik Ernstsson 16 Jan Brunstedt Euroracing Alfa Romeo 156 17 Nicklas Karlsson Peugeot Statoil Motorsport Peugeot 307 19 Jens Edman Vic Lee Racing Peugeot 406 Coupé 24 Roger Möen
Race calendar and winners All rounds were held in Sweden. Round Circuit Date Winning driver Winning team 12 Falkenbergs Motorbana 4 May Fredrik EkblomRichard Göransson Kristoffersson MotorsportWest Coast Racing 34 Mantorp Park 18 May Jan NilssonFredrik Ekblom Flash EngineeringKristoffersson Motorsport 56 Karlskoga Motorstadion 9 June Richard GöranssonTomas Engström West Coast RacingEngström Motorsport 78 Falkenbergs Motorbana 6 July Jan NilssonPatrik Ernstsson Flash EngineeringBakajev Motorsport 910 Ring Knutstorp 20 July Richard GöranssonJan Nilsson West Coast RacingFlash Engineering 1112 Karlskoga Motorstadion 17 August Richard GöranssonCarl Rosenblad West Coast RacingCrawford Racing 1314 Ring Knutstorp 31 August Tommy RustadJan Nilsson Opel Team SwedenFlash Engineering 1516 Mantorp Park 18 September Richard GöranssonNicklas Karlsson West Coast RacingEuroracing
Championship results Drivers' championship Pos. Driver FAL MAN GEL FAL KNU GEL KNU MAN Pts 1 Fredrik Ekblom 1 3 2 1 3 4 2 10 2 2 3 8 3 11 2 7224 2 Jan Nilsson 3 2 1 2 5 Ret 1 Ret Ret 1 9 10 2 1 6 2214 3 Tomas Engström 4 7 3 Ret 4 1 5 9 Ret Ret 2 Ret 5 9 3 3168 4 Tommy Rustad Ret 6 4 5 6 2 3 5 6 4 11 7 1 2 Ret DNS161 5 Richard Göransson 8 1 DNS Ret 1 Ret Ret DNS 1 Ret 1 2 6 4 1 Ret148 6 Tobias Johansson 6 4 5 3 9 6 8 Ret 5 5 6 3 8 10 11 Ret140 7 Tommy Kristoffersson 10 DNS Ret 4 7 12 4 4 9 7 5 5 4 5 13 8139 8 Carl Rosenblad Ret DNS Ret 7 11 13 7 3 3 8 4 1 10 12 9 5136 9 Nicklas Karlsson 5 5 Ret DNS 2 3 Ret Ret DNS DNS 7 4 5 1127 10 Patrik Ernstson Ret DNS 10 11 10 5 10 1 Ret 6 DNS 6 12 6 8 6116 11 Johan Stureson 7 8 7 6 12 10 9 6 Ret DNS 8 Ret 9 3 4 Ret106 12 Magnus Krokström Ret Ret 11 8 8 7 DNS 7 7 3 10 9 7 8 10 Ret99 13 Mattias Andersson Ret Ret 6 Ret 14 9 6 2 4 Ret 12 Ret 13 7 12 993 14 Robin Rudholm 11 Ret 9 9 15 11 11 Ret 10 9 13 Ret 11 Ret 7 486 15 Jan Brunstedt 9 9 8 10 13 8 12 8 8 11 Ret Ret 14 1078 16 Jens Edman 2 Ret17 17 Roger Moen DNS DNS DNS 106 Ronnie Brandt Ret DNS0
Manufacturer's championship Position Manufacturer Points 1 Volvo 242 2 Audi 240 3 BMW 229 4 SEAT 184 5 Honda 181
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