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Weight list for season finale at Mantorp

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The final weight list of the Swedish Touring Car Championship season has been released. BMW and Volkswagen are on top of the list with 1210 kilos ahead of the season finale at Mantorp Park this weekend.

The Volvo C30 remains on maximum weight, 1199 kilos, meaning that all three title contenders are going to be on respective maximum weight for the finale.

Robert Dahlgren (Volvo – 1199 kg)
Richard Göransson (BMW – 1210 kg)
Fredrik Ekblom (VW – 1210 kg)

The Chevrolet Cruze and the Alfa Romeo 156 are back to their base weight, meaning +-0 kg. 1165 for the Chevrolet and 1150 for the Alfa Romeo.

The SEAT Léon of Dick Sahlén and Roger Eriksson has got maximum reduced weight, -20 kilos, and is going to weigh 1130 kilos for the race at Mantorp Park.

Weight list for Mantorp

1210 kilo – BMW 320si E90
1210 kilo – Volkswagen Scirocco (Ekblom, Olsson)
1199 kilo – Volvo C30
1170 kilo – Volkswagen Scirocco (Kristoffersson)
1165 kilo – Chevrolet Cruze
1150 kilo – Alfa Romeo 156 (Andersson, Hoffsten)
1130 kilo – SEAT Léon
1130 kilo – Mercedes C-Class
1120 kilo – BMW 320i E46
1120 kilo – Alfa Romeo 156 (Appelqvist)
1114 kilo – Opel Astra
1110 kilo – Volvo S60

Total time difference for the last three races

+0.0 sec – BMW 320si E90
+0.1 sec – Volvo C30
+0.1 sec – Volkswagen Scirocco (Ekblom, Olsson)
+0.7 sec – Alfa Romeo 156 (Andersson, Hoffsten)
+0.7 sec – Chevrolet Cruze
+1.0 sec – SEAT Léon
+1.5 sec – Volkswagen Scirocco (Kristoffersson)
+2.7 sec – Opel Astra
+3.4 sec – BMW 320i E46
+4.3 sec – Mercedes C-Class
+6.9 sec – Alfa Romeo 156 (Appelqvist)
+7.3 sec – Volvo S60

Details

A total of ten parameters are used for each car model in the calculation of time differences between the car models:

1 – Fastest laptime in qualifying
2 – Second car’s fastest laptime in qualifying
3 – Fastest laptime in the first race
4 – Second fastest laptime in the first race
5 – Second fastest car’s fastest laptime in the first race
6 – Second fastest car’s second fastest laptime in the first race
7 – Fastest laptime in the second race
8 – Second fastest laptime in the second race
9 – Second fastest car’s fastest laptime in the second race
10 – Second fastest car’s second fastest laptime in the second race

If a car model is only represented with one driver, parameters 2, 5, 6, 9 and 10 are not used.

The difference value produced by this calculation then sets the weights for each individual car model. A maximum of 40 kilos can be added and a maximum of 20 kilos can be subtracted.