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I loved the old regulation cars, but this is shaping up to be a fantastic debut season with the new regulations.

Stalwart Mattias Andersson returns with Honda Racing Sweden! (no affiliation with Thomas Engström's old team AFAIK).

https://www.stcc.se/2017/03/21/mattias- ... med-honda/

5(!) cars from Finnish LMS Racing, but not all at once except for the Alastaro round. A mix of Seats and Audis. Two more Finnish teams are due to announce their STCC plans for 2017.

Could that really mean 20 cars?!

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2017/03/ ... 2017-stcc/

Brovallen Design back with Kia! It's TeamA Teknik, a family run team it seems, that have hired them to help out:

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2017/03/ ... 2017-stcc/

2017 Clio Cup runner-up Nicklas Oscarsson will be driving.

Lestrup Racing to field a 2nd VW Golf, Dennis Strandberg to drive at Ring Knutstorp. Unclear who will drive for the rest of the year. He's the 18th driver so far confirmed for at least a partial STCC schedule!

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2017/03/ ... knutstorp/

Micke Ohlsson – Audi RS 3 – Brink Motorsport - FULL SEASON
Tobias Brink – Audi RS 3 – Brink Motorsport - FULL SEASON
Marcus Annervi – Honda Civic – Rent A Wreck Racing - FULL SEASON
Albin Wärnelöv – Volkswagen Golf – Lestrup Racing - FULL SEASON
Dennis Strandberg – Volkswagen Golf – Lestrup Racing - Car entered for the full season, Strandberg round 1 only so far
Poker Wallenberg JR – SEAT León – PWR Racing - FULL SEASON
Robert Dahlgren – SEAT León – PWR Racing - FULL SEASON
Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky – Audi RS 3 LMS – PWR Racing - 5 out of 7 rounds, unclear if she will be replaced at the missed rounds
Fredrik Blomstedt – Volkswagen Golf – Kristoffersson Motorsport - FULL SEASON
Johan Kristoffersson – Volkswagen Golf – Kristoffersson Motorsport - Alastaro, Solvalla, Falkenberg, Karlskoga only, car expected at all rounds
Andreas Ahlberg – Volkswagen Golf – Micke Kågered Racing - FULL SEASON
Peter Möller – Volkswagen Golf – Micke Kågered Racing - FULL SEASON
Mattias Andersson – Honda Civic – Team Honda Racing - FULL SEASON
Kari-Pekka Laaksonen – SEAT León – LMS Racing - FULL SEASON
Olli Parhankangas – SEAT León – LMS Racing - FULL SEASON
Antti Buri – Audi RS 3 – LMS Racing - Expected to miss Falkenberg and Mantorp Park
Niko Kankkunen – Audi RS 3 – LMS Racing - Alastaro only, more races might be added
Nicklas Oscarsson – Kia Cee’d – TeamA Teknik - FULL SEASON
TBA – SEAT León – LMS Racing - FULL SEASON(?)
TBA – SEAT León – PWR Racing - FULL SEASON
TBA – Honda Civic – TBA - FULL SEASON(?)

That's at least 17 cars expected for the full season, 20 for most rounds, plus another one at Alastaro.

I'm pleased. Kinda sucks that there are no races, except for Solvalla, that's realistic for me to attend until August.

Kristoffersson Motorsport

Fredrik Ekblom returns to KMS and VW, at least for Knutstorp. May continue doing the other rounds which Kristoffersson will miss.

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2017/04/ ... olkswagen/

Ruben Kreussner returns with Brovallen Design.

https://www.stcc.se/2017/04/19/reuben-k ... en-design/

The team has bought two Audi RS3's, don't know if that means they will field a 2nd car eventually.

17 cars for the full season, not bad.

18 with Kreussner, I believe. Could be even more to come.

Official test at Ring Knutstorp 26-27th of April.

As much as I dislike the TCR cars(mainly from a sound standpoint), this season should be fantastic.

Also, is there a curfew for the Solvalla races? If not, the third race really should be run under the lights, if feasible.


EDIT:// Just realized the race takes place in June and you probably don't have any true night at that point.

That'd mean green flag at around 11PM, heh. It is in the middle of Solna, a suburb of Stockholm, which is used to other noisy events like horse trotting, concerts and football games, so if the race were later in the year, I guess it would be no problem. Football games are many times louder than what racing events ever are allowed to be, anyway.

Ginetta GT5 champion Andreas Andersson will run one the LMS Racing Seat Leons. Full season not confirmed yet, but they are working on it.

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2017/04/ ... ms-racing/

Åhlin-Kottulinsky's Audi:

One more Audi: Joonas Lappalainen, Audi TT Cup champion 2016, will race for Cart In Club Driving Academy. Will miss round 1, but seem to race in the rest of the races.

https://www.stcc.se/2017/04/24/mastersk ... -satsning/

That makes it 5 Finnish drivers confirmed for at least a partial campaign.

Test day today: http://www.motorsport-events.se/racemonstcc1/#

First test day results:

STCC-test Ring Knutstorp 26 april.

1: Fredrik Ekblom, VW Golf, Kristoffersson Motorsport, 1:00.742

2: Micke Ohlsson, Audi RS3 LMS, Brink Motorsport, 1:00.956

3: Dennis Strandberg, VW Golf, Lestrup Racing Team, 1:00:978

4: Robert Dahlgren, SEAT Leon TCR, PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team 1:01.007

5: Fredrik Blomstedt, VW Golf, Kristoffersson Motorsport, 1:01.209

6: Mattias Andersson, Honda Civic, Honda Racing Sweden, 1:01.260

7: Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky, Audi RS3 LMS, PWR Racing – Junior Team, 1:01,276

8: Tobias Brink, Audi RS3 LMS, Brink Motorsport, 1:01.364

9: Daniel Haglöf, SEAT Leon TCR, PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team, 1:01:365

10: Niklas Lilja, Honda Civic Type-R, LMP Engineering, 1:01.478

11: Reuben Kressner, Audi RS3 LMS, Brovallen Design, 1:01.486

12: Albin Wärnelöv, VW Golf, Experion Racing, 1:01.813

13: Andreas Ahlberg, VW Golf, Micke Kågered Racing, 1:01.842

14: Marcus Annervi, Honda Civic Type-R, Rent A Wreck Racing, 1:02.136

15: Nicklas Oscarsson, Kia Cee´d, TeamA Teknik, 1:03.399

16: Olli Kangas, SEAT Leon TCR, LMS Racing, 1:03.402

17: Peter Möller, VW Golf, Micke Kågered Racing, 1:04.227

18: Andreas Andersson, SEAT Leon TCR, LMS Racing, 1:04.689

Entry list STCC 2017

Audi RS3 LMS TCR
Tobias Brink, Brink Motorsport
Micke Ohlson, Brink Motorsport
Reuben Kressner, Brovallen Design
Joonas Lappalainen, Kart In Club Driving Adacemy (6 av 7 delt.)
Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky, PWR Racing Junior Team (5 av 7 delt.)
Antti Buri, LMS Racing (5 av 7 delt.)
Niko Kankkunen, LMS Racing (1-? delt.)

Honda Civic TCR
Marcus Annervi, Rent A Wreck Racing
Mattias Andersson, Honda Racing Sweden
Niklas Lilja, LMP Enginering (1-? delt.)

KIA Cee´d TCR
Nicklas Oscarsson, TeamA Teknik

Seat León TCR
Robert Dahlgren, PWR Racing Seat Dealer Team
Daniel Haglöf, PWR Racing Seat Dealer Team
Peter Wallenberg, PWR Racing Customer Team
Olli Parhankangas, LMS Racing
Kari-Pekka Laaksonen, LMS Racing
Andreas Andersson, LMS Racing (2-? delt.)

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
Fredrik Blomstedt, Kristoffersson Motorsport
Andreas Ahlberg, Micke Kågered Racing
Peter Möller, Micke Kågered Racing
Albin Wärnelöv, Experion Racing Team
Johan Kristoffersson, Kristoffersson Motorsport (4 av 7 delt.)
Fredrik Ekblom, Kristoffersson Motorsport (1-3 delt.)
Dennis Strandberg, Lestrup Racing Team (3-? delt.)

STCC-test Ring Knutstorp 26 april.
1) Fredrik Ekblom, VW Golf, Kristoffersson Motorsport, 1.00.502
2) Mattias Andersson, Honda Civic, Honda Racing Sweden, 1.01.045
3) Dennis Strandberg, VW Golf, Lestrup Racing Team, 1.00,714
4) Fredrik Blomstedt, VW Golf, Kristoffersson Motorsport, 1.00,849
5) Marcus Annervi, Honda Civic Type-R, Rent A Wreck Racing, 1.00,886
6) Niklas Lilja, Honda Civic Type-R, LMP Engineering, 1.00,925
7) Robert Dahlgren, SEAT Leon TCR, PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team 1.00,954
8) Micke Ohlsson, Audi RS3 LMS, Brink Motorsport, 1.00.956
9) Daniel Haglöf, SEAT Leon TCR, PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team, 1.01,004
10) Tobias Brink, Audi RS3 LMS, Brink Motorsport, 1:01.058
11) Andreas Ahlberg, VW Golf, Micke Kågered Racing, 1.01,122
12) Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky, Audi RS3 LMS, PWR Racing – Junior Team, 1:01,247
13) Nicklas Oscarsson, Kia Cee´d, TeamA Teknik, 1.01,392
14) Reuben Kressner, Audi RS3 LMS, Brovallen Design, 1.01,415
15) Albin Wärnelöv, VW Golf, Experion Racing, 1.01.570
16) Andreas Andersson, SEAT Leon TCR, LMS Racing, 1.02,701
17) Olli Parhankangas, SEAT Leon TCR, LMS Racing, 1.02,720
18) Peter Möller, VW Golf, Micke Kågered Racing, 1.03,289



Tävlingsformat
Dag 1
Test 1 60 min
Test 2 60 min
Q1 15 min alla bilar
Q2 10 min Top 10
Q3 5 min Top 5

Dag 2
Warm up (15 min)
Race 1 (max 15 min)
Race 2 (max 20 min)
Race 3 (max 25 min)

Poängskala enligt FIA: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1
Bonuspoäng – 1 poäng för pole position i varje heat
De tre bästa poängplockarna i respektive deltävling får placeringsvikter 30, 20 och 10 kg i sin bil i hela nästkommande deltävling.

Why cant all the races just be 25 minutes.

I wonder that too.

Timetable for Knutstorp for example:

Lördag 6 maj – STCC Race Day!

09:00 Warm Up STCC

09:25 Warm Up Formula STCC

09:45 Warm Up Porsche Carrera Cup

10:05 Warm Up Clio Cup

10:25 Warm Up Swedish GT

11:00 Race 1 STCC

11:40 Hot Laps

12:15 Lunch/pitwalk /Parad/Uppvisning

13:00 Race 2 Formula STCC

13:40 Race 2 STCC

14:20 Race 2 Porsche Carrera Cup

14:45 Race 2 Clio Cup

15:15 Race 2 Swedish GT

16.00 Race 3 STCC