Robert Dahlgren

Björn Thomas 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, making him the longest-serving factory-supported Volvo driver.

Career

In 1998, Dahlgren 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.

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. He finished 25th and last among full-season drivers, with no top-tens.

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, Dahlgren moved to PWR Racing to drive a factory-supported SEAT León, winning the title. In 2019, he took his second STCC title for PWR Racing.

In June 2022, Dahlgren won the STCC TCR Scandinavia Championship representing Cupra. He beat Tobias Brink from the Audi team by 2 seconds.

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 BRA1 BRA2 NED1 NED2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 SWE1 SWE2 GER1 GER2 GBR1 GBR2 ITA1 ITA2 MAC1 MAC2 NC† 0† 2008 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 EUR1 EUR2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC† 0† 2009 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC† 0† 2010 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 BRA1 BRA2 MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 BEL1 BEL2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 CZE1 CZE2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC† 0† 2011 Polestar Racing Volvo C30 BRA1 BRA2 BEL1 BEL2 ITA1 ITA2 HUN1 HUN2 11th 72 Volvo C30 Drive CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 2016 Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 FRA1 FRA2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 MAR1 MAR2 GER1 GER2 RUS1 RUS2 POR1 POR2 ARG1 ARG2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 QAT1 QAT2 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 JYL1 JYL2 KNU1 KNU2 MAN1 MAN2 GÖT1 GÖT2 FAL1 FAL2 KAR1 KAR2 JYL1 JYL2 KNU1 KNU2 MAN1 MAN2 14th 60 2013 Volvo Polestar Performance Volvo S60 TTA KNU1 KNU2 SOL1 GÖT1 FAL1 FAL2 ÖST1 KAR1 KAR2 TIE1 MAN1 MAN2 3rd 160 2016 Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 TTA SKÖ1 SKÖ2 MAN1 MAN2 AND1 AND2 FAL1 FAL2 KAR1 KAR2 SOL1 SOL2 KNU1 KNU2 2nd 300 2017 SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing Cupra León TCR KNU1 KNU2 KNU3 ALA1 ALA2 ALA3 SOL1 SOL2 SOL3 FAL1 FAL2 FAL3 KAR1 KAR2 KAR3 AND1 AND2 AND3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 1st 374 2018 SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing Cupra León TCR KNU1 KNU2 AND1 AND2 FAL1 FAL2 KAR1 KAR2 RUD1 RUD2 MAN1 MAN2 2nd 185 2019 PWR Racing Cupra León TCR KNU1 KNU2 AND1 AND2 SKE1 SKE2 FAL1 FAL2 KAR1 KAR2 JYL1 JYL2 MAN1 MAN2 1st 252 2020 PWR Racing Cupra León Competición TCR KAR1 KAR2 KAR3 SKE1 SKE2 SKE3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 KNU1 KNU2 KNU3 2nd 202 2021 Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing Cupra León Competición TCR LJU1 LJU2 LJU3 SKE1 SKE2 SKE3 KAR1 KAR2 KAR3 AND1 AND2 AND3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 KNU1 KNU2 KNU3 1st 350 2022 Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing Cupra León Competición TCR LJU1 SKE1 SKE2 SKE3 KNU1 KNU2 KNU3 KAR1 KAR2 KAR3 AND1 AND2 AND3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 1st 266 2024 Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing Cupra Born e-Racer GBG1 GBG2 LJU1 LJU2 KNU1 KNU2 KNU3 KNU4 MAN1 MAN2 4th 145

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 AND GÖT FAL KAR AND TIE GÖT 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 ADE R2 ADE R3 SYM R4 SYM R5 SYM R6 WIN R7 WIN R8 WIN R9 PUK R10 PUK R11 PUK R12 PUK R13 BAR R14 BAR R15 BAR R16 HID R17 HID R18 HID R19 TOW R20 TOW R21 TOW R22 QLD R23 QLD R24 QLD R25 SMP R26 SMP R27 SMP R28 SAN R29 BAT R30 SUR R31 SUR R32 PHI R33 PHI R34 PHI R35 SYD R36 SYD R37 SYD R38 25th 921

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2014 Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 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 MAR1 MAR2 MAR3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 NED1 NED2 NED3 GER1 GER2 GER3 POR1 POR2 POR3 CHN1 CHN2 CHN3 JPN1 JPN2 JPN3 MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 MAL1 MAL2 MAL3 27th 3