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2005 Swedish Touring Car Championship

International automotive racing competition

Summary

International automotive racing competition

The 2005 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 10th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total eight racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising three races, making a twenty-four round competition in total.

Changes for 2005

  • The race format of qualifying and two races per weekend were removed. Instead two short sprints would be raced, and the combined results of those two races would determine the grid for the third, longer race.
  • Points were awarded to the top six grid positions for the long race (the six drivers that succeeded the most in the qualification races): 6-5-4-3-2-1.
  • The longer race gave points by the system 20-17-14-11-9-7-5-3-2-1.
  • Grid positions for the first qualification race was decided by randomly drawing the driver's starting numbers from a cup. This grid was then reversed for the second qualification race. The drawings were later replaced by a one-lap shootout for the quickest time after teams put pressure on the organisation.
  • Extra ballast weight were given to the top four drivers of the championship and the top four long race winners by the system 1st: +20 kg, 2nd: +15 kg, 3rd: +10 kg and 4th: +5 kg. Maximum extra weight was set to 40 kg. Weight gained from the long race stayed for one weekend after the gaining of the weight and was then removed from the car.
  • Tyres were limited to 20 slick tyres per weekend, whereof 8 of these 20 were allowed to be new tyres.
  • TV coverage was extended, with Viasat Sport/ZTV covering three and a half hours live action from each race weekend
  • STCC AB had a board change. Mike Luff, Sven-Göte Svensson, Håkan Junfors and Lars Frisell were replaced by Tommy Theorin, Joakim Wiedesheim and Christer Johansson.

Teams and drivers

TeamCarNo.DriversDrivers' ChampionshipSTCC Challenge
West Coast RacingBMW 320i1SWE Richard Göransson
11SWE Thed Björk
Polestar RacingVolvo S602SWE Robert Dahlgren
7SWE Edward Sandström
Kristoffersson MotorsportAudi A43SWE Fredrik Ekblom
8SWE Tommy Kristoffersson
Flash EngineeringBMW 320i4SWE Jan Nilsson
Opel Team SwedenOpel Astra5NOR Tommy Rustad
Engström MotorsportHonda Accord6SWE Tomas Engström
Honda Civic Type-R9SWE Jens Hellström
Team AgrolHonda Civic Type-R10SWE Daniel Haglöf
Mercedes-Benz SportMercedes C20012SWE Tobias Johansson
14SWE Hans Simonsson
Team Italienska BilAlfa Romeo 15620SWE Mattias Andersson
IPS MotorsportPeugeot 40721SWE Johan Stureson
Budda RacingVolvo S6093SWE Patrik Andersson
Gellerstedt MotorsportBMW 320i94SWE Christer Gellerstedt
Johansson MotorsportBMW 320 D E4695SWE Håkan Johansson
JN RacingBMW 320i97SWE Johan Nilsson
Team GustavssonVolvo S6098SWE Joakim Gustavsson
MälarpowerVolvo S40 Evo 599SWE Ronnie Brandt

Race calendar and winners

RoundCircuitDateWinning driverWinning team1
23
45
67
89
1011
1213
1415
16
SWE Ring Knutstorp22 MayTommy RustadThed BjörkOpel Team Sweden
West Coast Racing
SWE Karlskoga Motorstadion6 JuneJan Nilsson
Tomas EngströmFlash Engineering
Engström Motorsport
SWE Anderstorp19 JuneJohan SturesonEdward SandströmIPS Motorsport
Polestar Racing
SWE Falkenbergs Motorbana10 JulyRobert Dahlgren
Robert DahlgrenPolestar Racing
Polestar Racing
SWE Ring Knutstorp7 AugustRobert Dahlgren
Johan SturesonPolestar Racing
IPS Motorsport
SWE Karlskoga Motorstadion21 AugustFredrik Ekblom
Thed BjörkKristoffersson Motorsport
West Coast Racing
NOR Våler4 SeptemberTomas Engström
Richard GöranssonEngström Motorsport
West Coast Racing
SWE Mantorp18 SeptemberRichard Göransson
Richard GöranssonWest Coast Racing
West Coast Racing

Championship results

Championship standings

Pos.DriverKNU
SWEGEL
SWEAND
SWEFAL
SWEKNU
SWEGEL
SWEGEL
NORMAN
SWEPts1169214131174975876737718679491041113012251321142150160170180190200210
SWE Richard Göransson28823211
SWE Thed Björk1336DNS123
SWE Johan Stureson1022111972
SWE Edward Sandström49145DNSRet4
SWE Tomas Engström716311487
SWE Fredrik Ekblom5510543Ret17
SWE Robert Dahlgren1311Ret127Ret6
NOR Tommy Rustad3RetRet10105Ret5
SWE Jan Nilsson9414761048
SWE Tommy Kristoffersson6105988311
SWE Daniel Haglöf1174129Ret510
SWE Mattias Andersson8Ret78146109
SWE Jens Hellström1269Ret711612
SWE Ronnie BrandtRetRet161614916
SWE Johan Nilsson141311171213
SWE Christer Gellerstedt14
SWE Joakim Gustavsson1513151515
SWE Tobias JohanssonRet1313DNSRetRet
SWE Håkan JohanssonRet13DNS
SWE Hans Simonsson121412DNSRetDNS
SWE Patrik Andersson12

Driver's championship

PositionDriverPoints1234567891011121314
Richard Göransson169
Thed Björk141
Johan Stureson117
Edward Sandström97
Tomas Engström87
Fredrik Ekblom73
Robert Dahlgren71
Tommy Rustad67
Jan Nilsson49
Tommy Kristoffersson41
Daniel Haglöf30
Mattias Andersson25
Jens Hellström21
Ronnie Brandt2

STCC Challenge

PositionDriverPoints123456
Johan Nilsson168
Ronnie Brandt124
Joakim Gustavsson97
Christer Gellerstedt44
Håkan Johansson26
Patrik Andersson22

Manufacturer's championship

PositionManufacturerPoints123456
BMW159
Peugeot120
Volvo120
Honda115
Audi104
Alfa Romeo68

References

References

  1. (19 May 2025). "TouringCars.Net » Database » STCC 2005 » Round 7 Results".
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