2012 TTA – Racing Elite League season

The 2012 TTA – Racing Elite League season was the first season of the new Racing Elite League run by the Touring Car Team Association. The championship was formed as a breakaway from the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship. Following the season, the two series announced their reunification, under the STCC name but with the TTA technical regulations.^[1] Fredrik Ekblom won the championship, driving for Volvo Polestar Racing.

Teams and drivers

Alx Danielsson at Anderstorp Raceway.

Fredrik Ekblom at Anderstorp Raceway.

Robin Rudholm at Anderstorp Raceway.

Fredrik Larsson at Anderstorp Raceway.

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Flash Engineering[2]	Saab 9–3 TTA[3]	2	Robin Rudholm[4]	All
		20	Mattias Andersson[5]	All
Team Tidö/PWR Racing[6]		3	Linus Ohlsson[6]	All
		37	Daniel Haglöf[7]	All
BMW Dealer Team WCR[8]	BMW M3 TTA[9]	4	Fredrik Larsson[10]	All
		8	Richard Göransson[8]	All
		43	Duncan Huisman[11]	8
WestCoast Racing[8]		66	Martin Öhlin[12]	All
		96	Andreas Ebbesson[13]	1–6
Volvo Polestar Racing[14]	Volvo S60 TTA[15]	11	Fredrik Ekblom[16]	All
		12	Thed Björk[17]	All
Volvo Polestar Black R[14]		14	Robert Dahlgren[18]	All
		15	Tommy Rustad[19]	All
Miele Professional Brovallen	Citroën C5 TTA[20]	13	Markus Nyberg[21]	4
		77	Stefan Söderberg[22]	1–3, 5–8
		78	Viktor Hallrup[23]	All
Brovallen Design		27	Alx Danielsson[24]	2–8
		54	Markus Nordenström[25]	2
		76	Jocke Mangs[26]	5–8
		79	Jan Brunstedt[27]	1, 3–4
		80	Mark Miller[28]	1

Race calendar and results

Rnd	Date[29]	Circuit[29]	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Full results
1	12 May	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Linus Ohlsson	Fredrik Ekblom	Linus Ohlsson	Team Tidö/PWR Racing	[30]
2	2 June	Anderstorp Raceway	Robert Dahlgren	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Polestar Racing	[31]
3	16 June	Göteborg City Race	Alx Danielsson	Fredrik Ekblom	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing	[32]
4	7 July	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Richard Göransson	Fredrik Larsson	Richard Göransson	BMW Dealer Team WCR	[33]
5	18 August	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Fredrik Ekblom	Linus Ohlsson	Fredrik Ekblom	Volvo Polestar Racing	[34]
6	1 September	Anderstorp Raceway	Fredrik Larsson	Richard Göransson	Fredrik Larsson	BMW Dealer Team WCR	[35]
7	15 September	Tierp Stockholm Arena[36]	Jocke Mangs	Richard Göransson	Linus Ohlsson	Team Tidö/PWR Racing	[37]
8	29 September	Göteborg City Race	Thed Björk	Fredrik Larsson	Thed Björk	Volvo Polestar Racing	[38]

Points standings

^[39]

Drivers championship

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Points are also awarded for the top 3 in qualifying.

The driver who sets the fastest lap will also receive 1 extra point.

Pos.	Driver	KAR	AND	GÖT	FAL	KAR	AND	TIE	GÖT	Points
1	Fredrik Ekblom	22	12	5	4	11	22	2	43	151
2	Linus Ohlsson	11	7	9	22	43	4	12	32	126
3	Thed Björk	4	Ret	12	6	2	33	4	11	121
4	Fredrik Larsson	5	3	Ret	3	Ret	11	3	12	85
5	Robert Dahlgren	Ret	21	33	73	5	10	8	5	69
6	Richard Göransson	33	5	Ret	11	12	9	11	Ret	58
7	Martin Öhlin	7	10	12	9	32	5	10	6	45
8	Alx Danielsson		6	21	Ret	7	6	DNS	DNS	43
9	Tommy Rustad	Ret	4	6	8	11	8	6	7	42
10	Daniel Haglöf	8	DNS	4	10	10	14	123	2	37
11	Robin Rudholm	6	Ret3	11	5	9	7	7	Ret	33
12	Andreas Ebbesson	10	8	7	11	6	Ret			19
13	Mattias Andersson	11	11	8	12	Ret	13	5	Ret	14
14	Stefan Söderberg	9	9	10		8	12	13	Ret	9
15	Duncan Huisman								8	4
16	Viktor Hallrup	Ret	12	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	9	9	4
17	Jocke Mangs					Ret	11	DSQ1	10	4
	Jan Brunstedt	12		Ret	Ret					0
	Markus Nyberg				Ret					0
	Markus Nordenström		13							0
	Mark Miller	DNS								0
Pos.	Driver	KAR	AND	GÖT	FAL	KAR	AND	TIE	GÖT	Points

Notes:

• ^{1 2 3} refers to the classification of the drivers in qualifying, where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1 for the fastest three drivers.
• italics signifies fastest lap.

Teams championship

Pos.	Team	No.	KAR	AND	GÖT	FAL	KAR	AND	TIE	GÖT	Points
1	Volvo Polestar Racing	11	22	12	5	4	11	22	2	43	272
		12	4	Ret	12	6	2	33	4	11
2	Team Tidö/PWR Racing	3	11	7	9	22	43	4	12	32	163
		37	8	DNS	4	10	10	14	123	2
3	BMW Dealer Team WCR	4	5	3	Ret	3	Ret	11	3	12	143
		8	33	5	Ret	11	12	9	11	Ret
4	Volvo Polestar Black R	14	Ret	21	33	73	5	10	8	5	111
		15	Ret	4	6	8	11	8	6	7
5	WestCoast Racing	66	7	10	12	9	32	5	10	6	68
		96	10	8	7	11	6	Ret
6	Brovallen Design	27		6	21	Ret	7	6	DNS	DNS	47
		54		13
		76					Ret	11	DSQ1	10
		79	12		Ret	Ret
		80	DNS
7	Flash Engineering	2	6	Ret3	11	5	9	7	7	Ret	47
		20	11	11	8	12	Ret	13	5	Ret
8	Miele Professional Brovallen	13				Ret					13
		77	9	9	10		8	12	13	Ret
		78	Ret	12	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	9	9
Pos.	Team	No.	KAR	AND	GÖT	FAL	KAR	AND	TIE	GÖT	Points

Notes:

• ^{1 2 3} refers to the classification of the drivers in qualifying, where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1 for the fastest three drivers.

Manufacturers championship

References

External links

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