Hope that it gets better over the next few races. Hope that they were just taking it easy for the first race and taking care of the equipment and not wanting to risk anything
The Scandinavian Touring Car Championship and TTA Racing Elite League will unite next year after operating as two separate championships in the 2012 season. The championship will continue under the name STCC, but adopt the technical regulations of the breakaway TTA series.
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After a season which has damaged what was perhaps one of the most competitive national touring car championships in the world just one year prior in 2011, the two series have decided to put their differences aside and merge for the 2013 motorsport season.
The championship's official title will be STCC - Elitserien I Racing, and the regulations used will be that which the TTA introduced this year, silhouette chassis built by Solution F with 3.5 litre V6 engines, which will eventually be phased across to the World engine formula of 1.6 turbocharged units as used in the FIA WTCC and World Rally Championship.