title: 2005 Swedish Touring Car Championship
text: # 2005 Swedish Touring Car Championship
  
  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
  
  | Team | Car | No. | Drivers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Drivers' Championship ||||
  | West Coast Racing | BMW 320i | 1 | Richard Göransson |
  | West Coast Racing | BMW 320i | 11 | Thed Björk |
  | Polestar Racing | Volvo S60 | 2 | Robert Dahlgren |
  | Polestar Racing | Volvo S60 | 7 | Edward Sandström |
  | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Audi A4 | 3 | Fredrik Ekblom |
  | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Audi A4 | 8 | Tommy Kristoffersson |
  | Flash Engineering | BMW 320i | 4 | Jan Nilsson |
  | Opel Team Sweden | Opel Astra | 5 | Tommy Rustad |
  | Engström Motorsport | Honda Accord | 6 | Tomas Engström |
  | Engström Motorsport | Honda Civic Type-R | 9 | Jens Hellström |
  | Team Agrol | Honda Civic Type-R | 10 | Daniel Haglöf |
  | Mercedes-Benz Sport | Mercedes C200 | 12 | Tobias Johansson |
  | Mercedes-Benz Sport | Mercedes C200 | 14 | Hans Simonsson |
  | Team Italienska Bil | Alfa Romeo 156 | 20 | Mattias Andersson |
  | IPS Motorsport | Peugeot 407 | 21 | Johan Stureson |
  | STCC Challenge ||||
  | Budda Racing | Volvo S60 | 93 | Patrik Andersson |
  | Gellerstedt Motorsport | BMW 320i | 94 | Christer Gellerstedt |
  | Johansson Motorsport | BMW 320 D E46 | 95 | Håkan Johansson |
  | JN Racing | BMW 320i | 97 | Johan Nilsson |
  | Team Gustavsson | Volvo S60 | 98 | Joakim Gustavsson |
  | Mälarpower | Volvo S40 Evo 5 | 99 | Ronnie Brandt |
  
  ## Race calendar and winners
  
  | Round | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Winning team |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 | Ring Knutstorp | 22 May | Tommy Rustad Thed Björk | Opel Team Sweden West Coast Racing |
  | 3 4 | Karlskoga Motorstadion | 6 June | Jan Nilsson Tomas Engström | Flash Engineering Engström Motorsport |
  | 5 6 | Anderstorp | 19 June | Johan Stureson Edward Sandström | IPS Motorsport Polestar Racing |
  | 7 8 | Falkenbergs Motorbana | 10 July | Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren | Polestar Racing Polestar Racing |
  | 9 10 | Ring Knutstorp | 7 August | Robert Dahlgren Johan Stureson | Polestar Racing IPS Motorsport |
  | 11 12 | Karlskoga Motorstadion | 21 August | Fredrik Ekblom Thed Björk | Kristoffersson Motorsport West Coast Racing |
  | 13 14 | Våler | 4 September | Tomas Engström Richard Göransson | Engström Motorsport West Coast Racing |
  | 15 16 | Mantorp | 18 September | Richard Göransson Richard Göransson | West Coast Racing West Coast Racing |
  
  ## Championship results
  
  ### Championship Standings
  
  | Pos. | Driver | KNU | GEL | AND | FAL | KNU | GEL | GEL | MAN | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Richard Göransson | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 169 |
  | 2 | Thed Björk | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | DNS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 141 |
  | 3 | Johan Stureson | 10 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 117 |
  | 4 | Edward Sandström | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | DNS | Ret | 4 | 97 |
  | 5 | Tomas Engström | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 87 |
  | 6 | Fredrik Ekblom | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 17 | 73 |
  | 7 | Robert Dahlgren | 13 | 11 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 71 |
  | 8 | Tommy Rustad | 3 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 67 |
  | 9 | Jan Nilsson | 9 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 49 |
  | 10 | Tommy Kristoffersson | 6 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 41 |
  | 11 | Daniel Haglöf | 11 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 30 |
  | 12 | Mattias Andersson | 8 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
  | 13 | Jens Hellström | 12 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
  | 14 | Ronnie Brandt | | Ret | Ret | 16 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
  | 15 | Johan Nilsson | 14 | 13 | 11 | | 17 | 12 | | 13 | 0 |
  | 16 | Christer Gellerstedt | | | | | | | | 14 | 0 |
  | 17 | Joakim Gustavsson | 15 | | 13 | 15 | 15 | | | 15 | 0 |
  | 18 | Tobias Johansson | | | Ret | 13 | 13 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 0 |
  | 19 | Håkan Johansson | | | | Ret | | 13 | | DNS | 0 |
  | 20 | Hans Simonsson | | 12 | | 14 | 12 | DNS | Ret | DNS | 0 |
  | 21 | Patrik Andersson | | | | 12 | | | | | 0 |
  
  ### Driver's championship
  
  | Position | Driver | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Richard Göransson | 169 |
  | 2 | Thed Björk | 141 |
  | 3 | Johan Stureson | 117 |
  | 4 | Edward Sandström | 97 |
  | 5 | Tomas Engström | 87 |
  | 6 | Fredrik Ekblom | 73 |
  | 7 | Robert Dahlgren | 71 |
  | 8 | Tommy Rustad | 67 |
  | 9 | Jan Nilsson | 49 |
  | 10 | Tommy Kristoffersson | 41 |
  | 11 | Daniel Haglöf | 30 |
  | 12 | Mattias Andersson | 25 |
  | 13 | Jens Hellström | 21 |
  | 14 | Ronnie Brandt | 2 |
  
  ### STCC Challenge
  
  | Position | Driver | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Johan Nilsson | 168 |
  | 2 | Ronnie Brandt | 124 |
  | 3 | Joakim Gustavsson | 97 |
  | 4 | Christer Gellerstedt | 44 |
  | 5 | Håkan Johansson | 26 |
  | 6 | Patrik Andersson | 22 |
  
  ### Manufacturer's championship
  
  | Position | Manufacturer | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | BMW | 159 |
  | 2 | Peugeot | 120 |
  | 3 | Volvo | 120 |
  | 4 | Honda | 115 |
  | 5 | Audi | 104 |
  | 6 | Alfa Romeo | 68 |
  