1996 Swedish Touring Car Championship
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
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Team Valvoline | Mercedes 190E | 4 | ![]() | All |
Marksam Racing AB | Mercedes 190E | 6 | ![]() | 1-4 |
Tomas Nyström | BMW M3 | 7 | ![]() | 1-3 |
Bridgestone Sweden | Volvo 900 | 8 | ![]() | 1-3, 5 |
Anders Svensson | BMW M3 | 9 | ![]() | 1-2, 5 |
Håkan Malmborg | Ford Sierra | 10 | ![]() | 2, 5 |
Etab Data AB | BMW M3 | 21 | ![]() | 3 |
Bohlin Racing | Vauxhall Cavalier GSi | 25 | ![]() | 1-2 |
Lejtorp Racing | Mercedes 190E | 26 | ![]() | All |
Bengt Winberg | Mercedes 190E | 32 | ![]() | 3 |
Bakajev Motorsport | BMW 318is | 55 | ![]() | All |
Anders Larsson | Renault Laguna | 71 | ![]() | 2-3, 5 |
Matador Racing | BMW M3 | 72 | ![]() | All |
Thomas Hall | BMW M3 | 74 | ![]() | 3 |
Sällfors Racing | Ford Sierra | 75 | ![]() | 3-4 |
BMW 318is | 76 | ![]() | 4 | |
BMW Junior Team | BMW 318is | 77 | ![]() | All |
Flash Engineering | Volvo 850 GLT | 79 | ![]() | All |
Ford Mondeo Ghia | 82 | ![]() | All | |
Jan Brunstedt Motorsport | Opel Vectra GT | 81 | ![]() | All |
Race calendar and winners
All rounds were held in Sweden.
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
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1 | R1 | Mantorp Park | 12 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Flash Engineering |
R2 | ![]() | ![]() | Flash Engineering | ||||
2 | R3 | Karlskoga-Gelleråsen | 9 June | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Flash Engineering |
3 | R4 | Falkenberg | 7 July | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Flash Engineering |
R5 | ![]() | ![]() | BMW Junior Team | ||||
4 | R6 | Ring Knutstorp | 4 August | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Flash Engineering |
R7 | ![]() | ![]() | Team Valvoline | ||||
5 | R8 | Kinnekulle | 27 September | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Matador Racing |
R9 | ![]() | ![]() | Flash Engineering |
Championship standings
Points system | ||||||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |||||||||
20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- 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
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Bold – Pole |
References
External links
- Touring-cars.net
- 1996 Entry List