Roberto Colciago set to defend his STCC title in 2002

[rustyfan]

(freely assembled from a report at STCC.se)

Last years STCC Champion, Roberto Colciago, who claimed the crown while acting as a support driver for the Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi team, has been announced, along with Tommy Kristoffersson and newcomer Marius Erlandsen, to pilot one of three KMS Audis again in 2002.

"That I stay in Sweden has a lot to do with the team, which I like a lot, and they gave me the possibility to win the championship. It's a good championship, with lots of good drivers, and the fans are also very good." says Colciago who elects to race in the STCC ahead of racing in the revamped ETCC, a decision that obviously will add a lot of the flair and excitment we saw last year when Colciago scorched the Swedish tracks en route to the championship.

So far the following teams and drivers are confirmed for the 2002 Swedish Touring Car Championship:

Kristoffersson Motorsports, Audi
Roberto Colciago
Tommy Kristoffersson
Marius Erlandsen

Picko Troberg Racing, Vauxhall
No drivers announced - looking towards a 3-car team

Volvo/Flash Engineering, Volvo
Janne "Flash" Nilsson
Edward Sandstrom

Krokstrom Racing(?), Volvo
Magnus Krokstrom
(note: switches over from Audi after buying a Volvo S40 used by Rickard Rydell in his championship-winning BTCC season in 1998)

Opel Team Sweden, Opel
Mattias Andersson


Some speculations:

Podium Racing, Audi(?)
No driver announced

???, Honda
Reports suggest a press conference to be held February 18th, where it will be announced that two JAS-Hondas, used in the ETCC last year, will be in STCC competition in 2002.


I'll post more news as I get it.