The 2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the tenth overall season of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship and the fourth under the internationally recognised TCR formula. It was also the third time the championship has run under the STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship banner. Originally due to start on 15 May at Ring Knutstorp and end on 4 October at Mantorp Park, the season start was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A revised calendar was due to be published sometime after Easter.
Robert Dahlgren and Brink Motorsport are the reigning Drivers' and Teams' champions respectively.
Entrants The following teams and drivers are set to compete in the 2020 season: EntrantCarRace driversNo.Driver nameRounds PWR Racing Racing for Charity CUPRA Leon Competición TCR 1 Robert Dahlgren All 19 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky All 37 Daniel Haglöf 4 59 Peter "Poker" Wallenberg 1−3 Lestrup RacingVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR 7 Oliver Söderström All 12 Robert Huff All Brovallen DesignAudi RS3 LMS TCR 9 Kevin Engman 4 91 Magnus Gustavsen 1−3 Honda Racing Sweden Honda Civic Type-R TCR (FK2) 20 Mattias Andersson All Kågered RacingVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR 21 Andreas Ahlberg All 45 Emil Persson All 48 Mikael Karlsson All Experion Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR 22 Albin Wärnelöv All Brink MotorsportAudi RS3 LMS TCR 51 Hannes Morin All 71 Tobias Brink All Isac's RacingVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR 70 Isac Aronsson 1, 3−4Sources: Driver changes 2019 V8 Thunder Cars champion Emil Persson is set to join Kågered Racing, alongside championship runner-up Mikael Persson. Fredrik Blomstedt, who debuted in the series in 2017, was set to join Brink Motorsport but was forced to leave due to financial difficulties. William Nyberg is set to debut with his father's team, TPR Motorsport, at the season opener. Robert Huff is set to debut with Lestrup Racing. Casper Elgaard is set to debut with TPR Motorsport. Isac Aronsson is set to debut with his family team, Isac's Racing.
Team changes Kågered Racing is set to expand their operation to three cars. PWR Racing is set to replace the Cupra León TCR with the Cupra Leon Competición TCR. Experion Racing Team is set to replace their Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR with a Hyundai i30 N TCR.
Calendar changes Two rounds are scheduled to be held in Denmark alongside the inaugural season of the TCR Denmark Touring Car Series. Anderstorp Raceway was removed from the calendar. Bellahøj Park was added to the calendar. The opening round at Ring Knutstorp was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new, four-round, calendar was released on 15 June 2020.
Changes General changes In October 2019, SNB-Events AB took over as promoter for the series. In December 2019, Spring Media took over the distribution rights of the series. The independents' cup is set to return. Any driver over the age of 26, that haven't taken part in STCC TCR Scandinavia before, and are driving cars older than three years will be eligible to compete in the cup.
Race calendar and results The following 4 rounds are scheduled to take place in 2020: Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Race winner Winning team 1 R1 Karlskoga Motorstadion Karlskoga, Örebro 15–16 August Oliver Söderström Robert Huff Oliver Söderström Lestrup Racing R2 Tobias Brink Tobias Brink Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing R3 Andreas Ahlberg Andreas Ahlberg Kågered Racing 2 R1 Drivecenter Arena Skellefteå, Västerbotten 28–29 August Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing R2 Robert Dahlgren Tobias Brink Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing R3 Tobias Brink Mikael Karlsson Kågered Racing 3 R1 Mantorp Park Mantorp, Östergötland 2–3 October Tobias Brink Emil Persson Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport R2 Tobias Brink Tobias Brink Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport R3 Robert Dahlgren Hannes Morin Brink Motorsport 4 R1 Ring Knutstorp Kågeröd, Skåne 9-10 October Robert Dahlgren Robert Huff Robert Huff Lestrup Racing R2 Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing R3 Robert Dahlgren Robert Huff Lestrup RacingSource:
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship PosDriverGELDRIMANKNUPts RD1 RD2 RD1 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD31 Robert Huff 43 2 3 23 3 8 23 2 4 14 2 12092 Robert Dahlgren 52 1 7 11 1 Ret 5 6 2 21 1 22023 Tobias Brink 21 9 6 32 2 2 11 1 5 72 3 41904 Hannes Morin 6 7 8 6 4 3 6 8 1 65 8 71095 Oliver Söderström 1 3 4 5 5 4 DNS2 Ret 9 33 Ret Ret1086 Mattias Andersson 8 5 2 7 DNS 5 85 5 6 10 5 3977 Emil Persson 35 6 5 9 9 7 44 3 8 6 10 6948 Andreas Ahlberg 7 8 1 44 6 Ret 12 Ret 7 4 12 5859 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Ret4 4 10 85 10 Ret 3 7 3 5 4 Ret7910 Mikael Karlsson 10 9 9 DNS 7 1 7 4 Ret 11 Ret Ret5311 Magnus Gustavsen DNS 12 12 10 8 6 9 11 131512 Albin Wärnelöv 9 11 11 Ret DNS DNS 11 10 10 13 9 81013 Kevin Engman 9 7 10914 Isac Aronsson Ret 13 13 10 9 11 14 11 9515 Daniel Haglöf 12 8 Ret416 Peter "Poker" Wallenberg 11 DNS DNS 11 11 DSQ 13 12 120
Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Race 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Qualifying (Race 1) 5 4 3 2 1Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
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