2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship

The 2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the ninth overall season of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season, the third under the internationally recognised TCR formula, and the first with its new promoter. The season started at Ring Knutstorp on 4 May and ended at Mantorp Park on 5 October, after six rounds across Sweden.

2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship

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Robert Dahlgren won the Drivers' championship.

Tobias Brink placed second in the Drivers' championship.

Andreas Wernersson, Tobias Brink's teammate, placed third in the Drivers' championship.

During the off-season, the national governing body of motorsport in Sweden, Svenska Bilsportförbundet (SBF), was informed on 6 February 2019 that promotor Scandinavian touringcar corporation AB, which was responsible for the promotion of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship, declared bankruptcy.^[1] TCR Scandinavian Series AB, in cooperation with the circuits and SBF, took over as promoter of the STCC-series.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
PWR Racing[3][N 1] Poker Racing for Charity[3][N 1]	CUPRA León TCR[3]	2	Robert Dahlgren[3]	All
		19	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[4]	All
		37	Daniel Haglöf	7
		59	Peter "Poker" Wallenberg[5]	1−5, 7
Brovallen Design[6]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[6]	3	Andre Kiil[6]	1−2
		23	Alex Andersson	4
		99	Tobias Johansson	5
Brink Motorsport[7][8]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[7]	4	Andreas Wernersson[9]	All
		51	Hannes Morin[10]	All
		71	Tobias Brink[9]	All
Massive Motorsport[11]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[11]	5	Casper Elgaard[11]	6
Insight Racing[12]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[13]	6	Jonas Lynge[13]	2, 4
	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR[14]	10	Kristian Sætheren[14]	6-7
	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[12]	11	Louise Frost[12]	1−2, 4−5
			Martin Jensen[14]	6
Madbull Racing	SEAT León TCR	7	Kim Lund	2, 6
Team Hyundai Denmark[15]	Hyundai i30 N TCR[15]	8	Marco Gersager[15]	6
Micke Kågered Racing[16]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[16]	17	Tomas Engström[17]	1−2, 4−5, 7
		21	Andreas Ahlberg[16]	All
Honda Racing Sweden[18]	Honda Civic TCR (FK2)[18]	20	Mattias Andersson[18]	All
Experion Racing Team[19]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[19]	22	Albin Wärnelöv[19]	1−2, 4−7
Target Competition[20]	Hyundai i30 N TCR[20]	26	Jessica Bäckman[20]	2

Notes

1. Car No. 2 and 19 entered as PWR Racing and car No. 59 entered as Poker Racing for Charity.

Calendar

On 31 October 2018, a provisional calendar was announced which increased the events from six events to seven. Five events were confirmed with "midnight sun" race confirmed at the Skellefteå Drive Centre which will make its début.^[21][22] Anderstorp Raceway was confirmed as the second round of the championship on 8 November 2018.^[23] Jyllands-Ringen in Denmark was added to the calendar as the sixth round on 26 November 2018.^[24] The series last visited Denmark during the 2012 season at the same venue. With the calendar changes the Rudskogen circuit in Norway was dropped from the calendar.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team
1	R1	Ring Knutstorp	Kågeröd, Skåne	3–4 May	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	PWR Racing
	R2					Robert Dahlgren	Andreas Wernersson	Brink Motorsport
2	R1	Anderstorp Raceway	Anderstorp, Jönköping	1–2 June	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	PWR Racing
	R2					Tobias Brink	Andreas Ahlberg	Micke Kågered Racing
3	R1	Skellefteå Drive Centre	Skellefteå, Västerbotten	14–15 June	Andreas Wernersson	Robert Dahlgren	Andreas Wernersson	Brink Motorsport
	R2					Andreas Wernersson	Robert Dahlgren	PWR Racing
4	R1	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Bergagård, Halland	13–14 July	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Tobias Brink	Brink Motorsport
	R2					Robert Dahlgren	Andreas Wernersson	Brink Motorsport
5	R1	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Karlskoga, Örebro	17–18 August	Robert Dahlgren	Mattias Andersson	Mattias Andersson	Honda Racing Sweden
	R2					Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Tobias Brink	Brink Motorsport
6	R1	Jyllands-Ringen	Silkeborg	7–8 September	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	PWR Racing
	R2					Robert Dahlgren	Andreas Ahlberg	Micke Kågered Racing
7	R1	Mantorp Park	Mantorp, Östergötland	4–5 October	Tobias Brink	Tobias Brink	Mattias Andersson	Honda Racing Sweden
	R2					Andreas Wernersson	Andreas Wernersson	Brink Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver KNU AND SKE FAL GEL JYL MAN Pts 1 Robert Dahlgren 24 6 11 5 22 1 21 3 21 Ret 11 3 32 4 252 2 Tobias Brink 33 4 35 2 55 5 12 4 5 1 23 2 21 Ret 223 3 Andreas Wernersson 55 1 22 7 11 3 5 1 9 4 34 6 5 1 218 4 Andreas Ahlberg 42 2 6 1 33 4 65 5 33 2 45 1 7 11 196 5 Mattias Andersson 7 3 43 6 6 8 44 2 12 5 8 4 13 2 189 6 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 11 Ret 54 10 4 2 33 7 45 3 6 5 65 3 167 7 Tomas Engström 6 5 12 4 7 6 84 Ret 9 6 60 8 Hannes Morin 8 7 13 12 Ret4 6 9 8 7 7 7 10 8 5 59 9 Albin Wärnelöv Ret 9 8 8 8 12 6 6 DSQ 8 10 7 41 10 Peter "Poker" Wallenberg 9 8 11 11 7 7 12 10 11 9 12 10 22 11 Jessica Bäckman 7 3 21 12 Daniel Haglöf 44 9 16 13 Casper Elgaard 52 DSQ 14 14 Kristian Sætheren 9 7 11 8 8 15 Jonas Lynge 9 9 10 9 7 16 Tobias Johansson 10 8 5 17 Louise Frost 10 Ret 10 13 11 13 DNS 10 3 18 Marco Gersager 11 DNS 2 19 Martin Jensen 10 Ret 1 20 Andre Kiil Ret DNS 0 21 Kim Lund 14 14 0 22 Alex Andersson 13 11 0 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 1

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

Pos. Team KNU AND SKE FAL GEL JYL MAN Pts 1 Brink Motorsport 3 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 5 1 2 2 2 1 443 5 4 3 7 5 5 5 4 7 4 3 6 5 5 2 PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team 1 6 1 5 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 3 3 414 2 Ret 5 10 4 2 3 7 4 Ret 6 5 6 4 3 Micke Kågered Racing 4 2 6 1 3 4 6 5 3 2 4 1 7 6 263 6 5 12 4 7 6 8 Ret 9 11 4 Honda Racing Sweden 7 3 4 6 6 8 4 2 1 5 8 4 1 2 193 5 Experion Racing Ret 9 8 8 8 12 6 6 DSQ 8 10 7 46 6 Insight Racing 10 Ret 9 9 10 9 DNS 10 9 7 11 8 35 10 13 11 13 10 Ret 7 Poker Racing for Charity 9 8 11 11 7 7 12 10 11 9 12 10 33 8 SEAT Dealer Team - PWR Racing 4 9 24 9 Target Competition 7 3 21 10 Massive Motorsport 5 DSQ 14 11 Brovallen Design Ret DNS 13 11 10 8 9 12 Team Hyundai Denmark 11 DNS 3 13 Madbull Racing 14 14 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap