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Björk heads penalty weight list for Sturup

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Thed Björk is for the first time this year topping the ballast weight list of the Swedish Touring Car Championship. This weekend the championship runs at Sturup Raceway and after Björk’s win in Gothenburg his Honda Accord will weigh 1200 kilos. Championship leader Fredrik Ekblom in second heaviest, only five kilos behind. Third is Jan “Flash” Nilsson with 1185 kilos.

Previous championship leader Richard Göransson will have a relatively light BMW at Sturup with 1155 kilos and the eight heaviest car in the championship.

The weight rules of the STCC are quite complicated. First a base weight for each car is decided individually. The BMW 320si E90 for example has a base weight of 1140 with an H-patternd gearbox (+30 kilos for sequential). The Peugeot 308 has the lightest base weight of the championship with 1110 kilos. The base weight is decided by the STCC technical commission.

All cars are then given 20 kilos as base placement weight. Depending on the position in the previous race and in the championship (only top four) this weight is either reduced or increased.

If the car is run with bio-ethanol, the Volvo C30 is the only car using bio-ethanol, 12 kilos is removed. Since STCC is broadcasted live on TV another 5 kilos are added to all cars.

Lost? Here is an example:

Fredrik Ekblom – BMW 320si

Base weight: 1140 kg
Base placement weight: +20 kg
Camera weight: +5 kg
Bio ethanol: 0 kg
Last race weight penalty (3rd): +10 kg
Championship weight penalty (1st): +20 kg

1140+20+5+10+20 = 1195 kilo

Penalty weight list for Sturp

1200 kg – Thed Björk Honda Accord
1195 kg – Fredrik Ekblom BMW 320si
1185 kg – Jan Nilsson BMW 320si
1175 kg – Carl Rosenblad BMW 320si
1170 kg – Thomas Schie Chevrolet Lacetti
1170 kg – Tomas Engström Honda Accord
1165 kg – Robin Rudholm BMW 320si
1155 kg – Richard Göransson BMW 320si
1145 kg – Tommy Kristoffersson Audi A4
1143 kg – Tommy Rustad Volvo C30
1135 kg – Roger Eriksson SEAT Léon
1135 kg – Mattias Andersson Alfa Romeo 156
1123 kg – Robert Dahlgren Volvo C30
1130 kg – Dick Sahlen BMW 320i
1130 kg – Viktor Huggare BMW 320i
1130 kg – Joakim Ahlberg BMW 320i
1120 kg – Tobias Johansson Mercedes C200
1120 kg – Ronnie Brandt Volvo S60
1115 kg – Johan Stureson Peugeot 308