Swedish Touring Car Championship 1998 standings

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Swedish Touring Car Championship 1998 standings

Championship points standings for the Swedish Touring Car Championship 1998

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Fredrik Ekblom	BMW Dealer Team	BMW 320i	229
2.	Jan “Flash” Nilsson	Volvo Sverige	Volvo S40	207
3.	Per-Gunnar Andersson	BMW Dealer Team	BMW 320i	137
4.	Tommy Kristoffersson	KMS	Audi A4 Quattro	128
5.	Mats Lindén	KMS	Audi A4 Quattro	115
6.	Jan Brunstedt	Opel Motorsport	Opel Vectra 16V	114
7.	Pontus Mörth	Opel Motorsport	Opel Vectra 16V	98
8.	Mattias Ekström	Troberg-Rydell Junior Team	Ford Mondeo Ghia	97
9.	Jens Edman	Volvo Sverige	Volvo S40	85
10.	Carl Rosenblad	Elgh Motorsport	Nissan Primera GT	80
11.	Stefan Lindberg	Team 13	Honda Accord	60
12.	Thomas Johansson	Opel Motorsport	Opel Vectra 16V	55
13.	Stig Blomqvist	Ford Motorsport	Ford Mondeo Ghia	51
14.	Kari Mäkinen	Euroracing AB	Nissan Primera eGT	50
15.	Georg Bakajev	Bakajev Motorsport	BMW 318is	47
16.	Tõnu Soomer	Polaris Auto	BMW 318is	33
17.	Rolf Uhr	Nordic Miltronic Motorsport	Opel Vectra GT	33
18.	Anders Svensson	Anders Svensson	BMW 318is	31
19.	Anders Bergman	Polaris Auto	BMW 318is	30
19.	Kim Esbjug	Kim Esbjug	BMW 318is	30
19.	Lennart Lindqvist	Lennart Lindqvist Racing	BMW 318is	30
22.	Niklas Danielsson	Ikegami Motorsport	BMW 318is	27
23.	Anders Söderberg	Ford Motorsport	Ford Mondeo Ghia	26
24.	Nettan Lindgren-Jansson	Ross Racing	Ford Mondeo Ghia	25
25.	Richard Göransson	Blue Jeans Powerdrink	Ford Mondeo Ghia	21
26.	Patrik Ernstson	Volvo Sverige	Volvo 850 GLT	5
26.	Tord Linnerud	Tord Linnerud	Opel Vectra GT	5
26.	Simen Tvete	Ostfold Fina Olje	BMW 318is	5

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Jan “Flash” Nilsson	5
Most pole positions	Mattias Ekström	2
Most podium positions	Fredrik Ekblom	9
Most podium positions without a win	Mattias Ekström	4
Most fastest race laps	Fredrik Ekblom	5

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
85.7%	Sweden	Richard Göransson, Niklas Danielsson, Lennart Lindqvist, Anders Bergman, Anders Svensson, Georg Bakajev, Kari Mäkinen, Stig Blomqvist, Thomas Johansson, Stefan Lindberg, Carl Rosenblad, Jens Edman, Pontus Mörth, Mats Lindén, Tommy Kristoffersson, Per-Gunnar Andersson, Jan “Flash” Nilsson, Fredrik Ekblom, Patrik Ernstson, Nettan Lindgren-Jansson, Mattias Ekström, Anders Söderberg, Rolf Uhr, Jan Brunstedt	24
10.7%	Norway	Tord Linnerud, Simen Tvete, Kim Esbjug	3
3.6%	Estonia	Tõnu Soomer	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Andersson, Per-Gunnar	40 y/o	12	2	3	0	3
Bakajev, Georg	43 y/o	12	0	0	0	0
Bergman, Anders	n/a	12	0	0	0	0
Blomqvist, Stig	51 y/o	10	0	0	0	0
Brunstedt, Jan	48 y/o	12	0	2	0	0
Danielsson, Niklas	n/a	8	0	0	0	0
Edman, Jens	21 y/o	8	1	2	1	1
Ekblom, Fredrik	27 y/o	12	3	9	1	5
Ekström, Mattias	19 y/o	11	0	4	2	2
Ernstson, Patrik	22 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Esbjug, Kim	n/a	11	0	0	0	0
Göransson, Richard	19 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Johansson, Thomas	33 y/o	10	0	0	0	0
Kristoffersson, Tommy	39 y/o	12	0	3	1	0
Lindberg, Stefan	n/a	12	0	0	0	0
Lindén, Mats	n/a	12	1	4	0	1
Lindgren-Jansson, Nettan	41 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Lindqvist, Lennart	n/a	10	0	0	0	0
Linnerud, Tord	23 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Mäkinen, Kari	41 y/o	11	0	0	0	0
Mörth, Pontus	21 y/o	12	0	1	0	0
Nilsson, Jan “Flash”	37 y/o	12	5	7	1	1
Rosenblad, Carl	29 y/o	12	0	1	0	0
Soomer, Tõnu	30 y/o	12	0	0	0	0
Svensson, Anders	n/a	11	0	0	0	0
Söderberg, Anders	n/a	10	0	0	0	0
Tvete, Simen	20 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Uhr, Rolf	n/a	12	0	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL