1996 Swedish Touring Car Championship season
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 |
Team Valvoline |
Mercedes 190E |
4 |
Mikael Dahlgren |
All |
Marksam Racing AB |
Mercedes 190E |
6 |
Jonas Lundberg |
1-4 |
Tomas Nyström |
BMW M3 |
7 |
Tomas Nyström |
1-3 |
Bridgestone Sweden |
Volvo 900 |
8 |
Ulf Palm |
1-3, 5 |
Anders Svensson |
BMW M3 |
9 |
Anders Svensson |
1-2, 5 |
Håkan Malmborg |
Ford Sierra |
10 |
Håkan Malmborg |
2, 5 |
Etab Data AB |
BMW M3 |
21 |
Torbjörn Holmstedt |
3 |
Bohlin Racing |
Vauxhall Cavaier GSi |
25 |
Nigel Smith |
1-2 |
Lejtorp Racing |
Mercedes 190E |
26 |
Eric Persson |
All |
Benjt Winqvist |
Mercedes 190E |
32 |
Bengt Winqvist |
3 |
Bakajev Motorsport |
BMW 318is |
55 |
Georg Bakajev |
All |
Anders Larsson |
Renault Laguna |
71 |
Anders Larsson |
2-3, 5 |
Matador Racing |
BMW M3 |
72 |
Hasse Berglund |
All |
Thomas Hall |
BMW M3 |
74 |
Thomas Hall |
3 |
Sällfors Racing |
Ford Sierra |
75 |
Andreas Boström |
3-4 |
BMW 318is |
76 |
Torbjörn Sällfors |
4 |
BMW Junior Team |
BMW 318is |
77 |
Thomas Johansson |
All |
Flash Engineering |
Volvo 850 GLT |
79 |
Jan Nilsson |
All |
Ford Mondeo Ghia |
82 |
Elisabeth Nilsson |
All |
Jan Brunstedt Motorsport |
Opel Vectra GT |
81 |
Jan Brunstedt |
All |
Race calendar and winners
Drivers Championship
Points were awarded to the top ten drivers in a race as follows: 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.
Only a driver's best seven results, prior to the final meeting, were valid for the championship - total points scored are shown in brackets.
The final meeting of the year saw double points awarded.
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