Robert Dahlgren

Swedish auto racing driver

Robert Dahlgren
Robert Dahlgren in April 2016
NationalitySweden Swedish
Born (1979-12-01) 1 December 1979 (age 44)
Skellefteå, Sweden
V8 Supercars Australia career
Debut season2014
Current teamGarry Rogers Motorsport
Car number34
Starts37
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish25th in 2014
Previous series
1999
2000–01
2002–03
2007–11, 2016		Swedish Formula Ford
British Formula Ford
British F3
WTCC
Championship titles
2001
2010
2017, 2019		British Formula Ford
Scandinavian Touring Car Cup
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

Robert Dahlgren (born 1 December 1979 in Skellefteå) is a Swedish auto racing driver who currently competes for the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship. He previously competed in Australia and New Zealand for a single season in the V8 Supercars Championship for Garry Rogers Motorsport, as well as in the World and for Polestar Racing,[1] making him the longest-serving factory-supported Volvo driver.

Career

In 1998 he won the Nordic and Swedish Formula Ford Championships, before racing in Great Britain with Formula Ford. He won the Formula Ford Championship in 2001. He switched to British Formula 3 in 2002, finishing seventeenth in his first year. In his second year he finished ninth on points in 2003. Since 2004 he has competed in the STCC, every season with Volvo. He has finished as runner-up twice in 2004 and 2007.

The Volvo S60 V8 Supercar of Robert Dahlgren in 2014

For 2014, Dahlgren has been named to drive for Volvo in the International V8 Supercars Championship in Australia for Garry Rogers Motorsport, under the guise of Volvo Polestar Racing Australia.[2] He finished 25th and last among full-season drivers, with no top 10s.

In 2016, Dahlgren joined Polestar Cyan Racing to compete at the 2016 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship with a Volvo S60, ranking second in points. He also entered three rounds of the 2016 World Touring Car Championship with the team, finishing seventh at Qatar race 1.

For the 2017 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, the driver moved to PWR Racing to drive a factory-supported SEAT León, winning the title. In 2019, Dahlgren took his second STCC title for PWR Racing.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2007 Polestar Racing Volvo S60 Flexifuel BRA
1 		BRA
2 		NED
1 		NED
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		FRA
1 		FRA
2 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		SWE
1
10 		SWE
2
8 		GER
1 		GER
2 		GBR
1 		GBR
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		NC† 0†
2008 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA
1 		BRA
2 		MEX
1 		MEX
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		FRA
1 		FRA
2 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		GBR
1
24 		GBR
2
DNS 		GER
1 		GER
2 		EUR
1 		EUR
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		NC† 0†
2009 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA
1 		BRA
2 		MEX
1 		MEX
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		FRA
1 		FRA
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		GBR
1
15 		GBR
2
14 		GER
1 		GER
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		NC† 0†
2010 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA
1 		BRA
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		BEL
1 		BEL
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		GBR
1
12 		GBR
2
Ret 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		JPN
1
8 		JPN
2
5 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		NC† 0†
2011 Polestar Racing Volvo C30 BRA
1
12 		BRA
2
13 		BEL
1
13 		BEL
2
7 		ITA
1
15 		ITA
2
13 		HUN
1
NC 		HUN
2
9 		11th 72
Volvo C30 Drive CZE
1
6 		CZE
2
9 		POR
1
7 		POR
2
16 		GBR
1
8 		GBR
2
6 		GER
1
4 		GER
2
7 		ESP
1
9 		ESP
2
9 		JPN
1
Ret 		JPN
2
5 		CHN
1
9 		CHN
2
9 		MAC
1
DNS 		MAC
2
DNS
2016 Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 FRA
1 		FRA
2 		SVK
1 		SVK
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		RUS
1 		RUS
2 		POR
1
13 		POR
2
Ret 		ARG
1
16 		ARG
2
16 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		QAT
1
7 		QAT
2
Ret 		19th 6

† Not permitted to score points.

Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2011 Polestar Racing Volvo C30 JYL
1 		JYL
2 		KNU
1 		KNU
2 		MAN
1 		MAN
2 		GÖT
1 		GÖT
2 		FAL
1 		FAL
2 		KAR
1 		KAR
2 		JYL
1 		JYL
2 		KNU
1
3 		KNU
2
4 		MAN
1
6 		MAN
2
1 		14th 60
2013 Volvo Polestar Performance Volvo S60 TTA KNU
1
2 		KNU
2
4 		SOL
1
2 		GÖT
1
2 		FAL
1
12 		FAL
2
5 		ÖST
1
2 		KAR
1
2 		KAR
2
6 		TIE
1
Ret 		MAN
1
5 		MAN
2
2 		3rd 160
2016 Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 TTA SKÖ
1
1 		SKÖ
2
2 		MAN
1
5 		MAN
2
1 		AND
1
2 		AND
2
5 		FAL
1
Ret 		FAL
2
Ret 		KAR
1
1 		KAR
2
5 		SOL
1
Ret 		SOL
2
2 		KNU
1
3 		KNU
2
2 		2nd 300
2017 SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing CUPRA León TCR KNU
1
1 		KNU
2
1 		KNU
3
2 		ALA
1
4 		ALA
2
3 		ALA
3
5 		SOL
1
2 		SOL
2
2 		SOL
3
1 		FAL
1
4 		FAL
2
2 		FAL
3
2 		KAR
1
1 		KAR
2
3 		KAR
3
1 		AND
1
3 		AND
2
1 		AND
3
1 		MAN
1
6 		MAN
2
8 		MAN
3
3 		1st 374
2018 SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing CUPRA León TCR KNU
1
2 		KNU
2
2 		AND
1
3 		AND
2
2 		FAL
1
1 		FAL
2
6 		KAR
1
5 		KAR
2
7 		RUD
1
2 		RUD
2
3 		MAN
1
3 		MAN
2
Ret 		2nd 185
2019 PWR Racing CUPRA León TCR KNU
1
2 		KNU
2
6 		AND
1
1 		AND
2
5 		SKE
1
2 		SKE
2
1 		FAL
1
2 		FAL
2
3 		KAR
1
2 		KAR
2
Ret 		JYL
1
1 		JYL
2
3 		MAN
1
3 		MAN
2
4 		1st 252
2020 PWR Racing CUPRA León Competición TCR KAR
1
5 		KAR
2
1 		KAR
3
7 		SKE
1
1 		SKE
2
1 		SKE
3
Ret 		MAN
1
5 		MAN
2
6 		MAN
3
2 		KNU
1
2 		KNU
2
1 		KNU
3
2 		2nd 202
2021 Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing CUPRA León Competición TCR LJU
1
1 		LJU
2
1 		LJU
3
3 		SKE
1
1 		SKE
2
1 		SKE
3
2 		KAR
1
1 		KAR
2
1 		KAR
3
5 		AND
1
1 		AND
2
1 		AND
3
4 		MAN
1
1 		MAN
2
1 		MAN
3
2 		KNU
1
2 		KNU
2
1 		KNU
3
5 		1st 350
2022 Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing CUPRA León Competición TCR LJU
1
1 		SKE
1
DSQ 		SKE
2
7 		SKE
3
1 		KNU
1
1 		KNU
2
1 		KNU
3
1 		KAR
1
2 		KAR
2
8 		KAR
3
1 		AND
1
2 		AND
2
3 		AND
3
2 		MAN
1
3 		MAN
2
4 		MAN
3
3 		1st 266

Complete TTA – Racing Elite League results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2012 Volvo Polestar Black R Volvo S60 TTA KAR
Ret 		AND
2 		GÖT
3 		FAL
7 		KAR
5 		AND
10 		TIE
8 		GÖT
5 		5th 69

Complete V8 Supercar results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Position Points
2014 Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 ADE
R1
21 		ADE
R2
23 		ADE
R3
Ret 		SYM
R4
20 		SYM
R5
16 		SYM
R6
23 		WIN
R7
Ret 		WIN
R8
24 		WIN
R9
24 		PUK
R10
22 		PUK
R11
Ret 		PUK
R12
21 		PUK
R13
23 		BAR
R14
24 		BAR
R15
24 		BAR
R16
21 		HID
R17
23 		HID
R18
18 		HID
R19
Ret 		TOW
R20
19 		TOW
R21
22 		TOW
R22
22 		QLD
R23
23 		QLD
R24
22 		QLD
R25
16 		SMP
R26
19 		SMP
R27
Ret 		SMP
R28
DNS 		SAN
R29
17 		BAT
R30
Ret 		SUR
R31
13 		SUR
R32
17 		PHI
R33
22 		PHI
R34
23 		PHI
R35
21 		SYD
R36
18 		SYD
R37
18 		SYD
R38
Ret 		25th 921

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2014 Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 Mk.2 Australia Greg Ritter DNF 114

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2019 PWR Racing CUPRA León TCR MAR
1 		MAR
2 		MAR
3 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		HUN
3 		SVK
1 		SVK
2 		SVK
3 		NED
1 		NED
2 		NED
3 		GER
1 		GER
2 		GER
3 		POR
1 		POR
2 		POR
3 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		CHN
3 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		JPN
3 		MAC
1
13 		MAC
2
20 		MAC
3
24 		MAL
1 		MAL
2 		MAL
3 		27th 3

References

  1. ^ STCC: Robert Dahlgren, accessed 27 May 2010 (in Swedish)
  2. ^ "Robert Dahlgren Confirmed For Volvo V8 Seat". Speedcafe. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Dahlgren.
  • Official website
  • Robert Dahlgren career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions
Preceded by British Formula Ford Championship
Champion
2001 		Succeeded by
Preceded by TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
Champion
2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
Champion
2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
Champion
2021 - 2022 		Succeeded by
Incumbent