2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship Season - Changes For 2009

Changes For 2009

There were several rule changes for the 2009 season.

Race format changes:

• Two races of approximately 20 minutes were held each race weekend.
• There were no mandatory pitstops in either race.
• The starting grid of the first race was determined by qualifying.
• The starting grid of the second race was determined by the results from the first race with the top eight positions reversed.
• The qualifying was divided into two sessions, where the eight fastest from the first (20 minutes) session moved on to the second (10 minutes) session.
• Both races used rolling starts.

Other changes:

• Yokohama replaced Michelin as tyre supplier.
• Each race weekend, the team that scored most points received a price sum of 100.000 SEK. For this purpose, some of the one-car teams combined together two and two.
• The winner of the team championship was awarded an additional 100.000 SEK.
• The manufacturers' championship was dropped.