1996 Swedish Touring Car Championship

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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
	Mercedes 190E	4		All
	Mercedes 190E	6		1-4
	BMW M3	7		1-3
	Volvo 900	8		1-3, 5
	BMW M3	9		1-2, 5
	Ford Sierra	10		2, 5
	BMW M3	21		3
	Vauxhall Cavalier GSi	25	Nigel Smith	1-2
	Mercedes 190E	26		All
	Mercedes 190E	32		3
	BMW 318is	55		All
	Renault Laguna	71		2-3, 5
	BMW M3	72		All
	BMW M3	74		3
	Ford Sierra	75		3-4
	BMW 318is	76		4
BMW Junior Team	BMW 318is	77		All
Flash Engineering	Volvo 850 GLT	79	Jan Nilsson	All
	Ford Mondeo Ghia	82		All
Jan Brunstedt Motorsport	Opel Vectra GT	81	Jan Brunstedt	All

Race calendar and winners[]

All rounds were held in Sweden.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Mantorp Park	12 May	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
	R2				Nigel Smith	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
2	R3	Karlskoga-Gelleråsen	9 June	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
3	R4	Falkenberg	7 July	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
	R5				Jan Nilsson		BMW Junior Team
4	R6	Ring Knutstorp	4 August	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
	R7
5	R8		27 September	Jan Nilsson
	R9				Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering

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.

Pos. Driver MAN KAR FAL KNU Pts 1 Jan Nilsson 1 1 1 1 9 1 5 9 1 169 (179) 2 Ret 3 4 3 1 2 2 4 3 143 (153) 3 5 6 Ret 5 2 3 1 3 4 132 (138) 4 Jan Brunstedt 3 4 6 2 Ret Ret 3 6 2 122 5 4 8 3 7 3 4 Ret 2 Ret 103 (106) 6 Ret DNS DSQ Ret 8 Ret DNS 1 5 84 7 Ret 9 8 4 4 DSQ DSQ 5 6 73 8 Ret 5 2 Ret 7 Ret 4 Ret 7 70 9 7 10 5 8 6 37 10 6 7 7 9 Ret Ret DNS 36 11 Nigel Smith 2 2 DNS 35 12 8 12 9 Ret Ret 10 9 27 13 Ret 11 Ret 7 Ret 23 14 Ret 8 8 22 15 6 5 19 16 5 6 19 17 DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS 15 18 DNS Ret Ret Ret 10 19 Ret 10 6 20 Ret 11 5 Pos. Driver MAN KAR FAL KNU Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References[]

External links[]

• Touring-cars.net
• 1996 Entry List