Rydell with his SEAT in the STCC

[JMeissner]

Rickard is at Mantorp this weekend making a guest apperance with his SEAT in the STCC. Check the qualifying report out here below:

Mantorp Qualifying

Rickard Rydell certainly stood up to the expectations and took pole position today in his guest appearance in the STCC. He took pole 0.05 seconds ahead of championship leader Richard Göransson who wasn't too impressed: "Let's see if you can keep up in the start with me." Despite pole Rickard wasn't too pleased with the new Dunlop tyres that he has do drive on in the STCC compared to his usual Michelin tyres in the ETCC. "It is a bigger difference than we thought. It requires bigger changes and there is more to do," Rickard said.

Rickard's old team mate Janne "Flash" Nilsson took third position in his Volvo S60 and was pleased: "I am pleased keeping in mind that I haven't driven on this circuit before this year." His team mate took fourth despite problems with a steering wheel and fifth took last year's champion Fredrik Ekblom who certainly was not pleased despite a new engine. "Now I'm tired to qualify fifth, which I have done in all of the races this year," Fredrik said. "The new engine isn't a great step forward at least." Stay tuned for the race later today!


1 Richard Rydell SEAT Toledo 1:22.711
2 Richard Göransson BMW 320i 1:22.765
3 Jan Nilsson Volvo S60 1:22.983
4 Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 1:23.001
5 Fredrik Ekblom Audi A4 1:23.259
6 Tomas Engström Honda Civic 1:23.518
7 Johan Sturesson Peugeot 307 1:23.714
8 Mattias Andersson Alfa Romeo 156 1:23.861
9 Tommy Kristoffersson Audi A4 1:23.910
10 Tommy Rustad Opel Astra 1:23.955