Thed Björk

Thed Björk
Björk at Anderstorp Raceway in 2012.
Nationality	Swedish
Born	Thed Björk (1980-12-14) 14 December 1980 Hallsberg, Sweden
World Touring Car Championship and World Touring Car Cup career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Cyan Racing
Car number	11
Starts	43
Wins	3
Poles	1
Fastest laps	5
Best finish	1st in 2017
Previous series
2013-2015 2012 2011 2006 2005 2003 2002 2001, 2004-2010 2001, 2003 2001 2001 2000 1999 1999	STCC TTA Camaro Cup DTM ETCC Formula Renault V6 Eurocup International Formula 3000 STCC (Sweden) Swedish GT Series FIA Sportscar Championship French Formula Three Barber Dodge Pro Series Swedish Formula Three Nordic Formula Three
Championship titles
2017 2013-2015 2011 2006 2003 2001 1999 1999	WTCC STCC Camaro Cup STCC (Sweden) Swedish GT Series FIA Sportscar Championship Swedish Formula Three Nordic Formula Three
Awards
2017	World Champion

Thed Björk Bang-Melchior (born 14 December 1980) is a Swedish racing driver, and 2017 World Touring Car Champion. Other notable titles include the 2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship and the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship. He also finished second in 2005 and 2009, and third in the 2008 STCC and the 2012 TTA – Racing Elite League.

Career

Early career

Björk competing in the 2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship.

After graduating from Karting in 1997 Björk raced in the Swedish and Nordic Formula 3 series, taking both titles in 1999. For 2000 he went to the United States to race in the Barber Dodge Pro Series. Björk took one pole position, lap record at Mid-Ohio and two fastest race laps. His best race finish was a fourth place and had he had one fifth and three sixth places. Björk finished 10th overall.

2001 saw Björk race in several different series; concentrating on the FIA Sportscar Championship SR2 class for Sportscar Racing Team Sweden, taking the title together with American Larry Oberto. Björk finished third in the Swedish GT series, and was on the podium in 11 out of 12 races, and he also made his debut in STCC, filling in for Kristoffersson Motorsport's Roberto Colciago for one weekend. There he showed pace from the start, finishing second in one of the weekend's two races. He also raced in the 24 Hours of Daytona, taking the class pole position and fastest lap but had to retire after gearbox failure while in the lead.

In 2002 Björk raced in the Formula 3000 series for team Nordic but did not score any points and finished 15th overall and 12th in the LMP900 class in the 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans racing for Courage Compétition.

He returned to Sweden in 2003 for another stint of GTR, this time taking the title in a Chrysler Viper GTS-R, winning all of the races he started in - only a single non-start prevented him from winning every single event. GTR however was disbanded by the end of the year, leaving Björk without a seat for 2004.

When Niklas Lovén and the works STCC BMW team WestCoast Racing parted ways midway through the 2004 season, Björk was called in to replace him. He took two podium finishes and ended up 11th overall. He stayed with the team for 2005, winning two races, was on the podium in six out of eight races and finished second overall.

Björk competing in the 2012 TTA-Racing Elite League.

In 2006 he signed for the Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi team, the same team that he raced for in 2001. The move proved to be a successful one; Björk took the championship lead with a win in the first race and kept it for the rest of the season, taking the title ahead of his former teammate Richard Göransson. During the season he took three race wins and finished on the podium on six occasions.

Björk competing in the 2015 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship.

DTM

When the Futurecom TME Audi DTM driver Nicolas Kiesa injured his leg in a motocross accident with two races remaining Björk was called in as a replacement. In an outdated 2004 car he was third on the first free practice - his first run in the car - but then returned to where the older cars were usually seen, further down the field. He was rumored to drive for Audi for the 2007 season, but missed out on a drive.

Racing record

American Open-Wheel racing results

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

Barber Dodge Pro Series

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2000	SEB 10	MIA 5	NAZ 23	LRP 12	DET 10	CLE 4	MDO 11	ROA 6	VAN 6	LAG 8	RAT 6	HMS 19	10th	83

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2002	Courage Compétition	Didier Cottaz Boris Derichebourg	Courage C60-Judd	LMP900	322	15th	11th

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2002	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	INT	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON	NUR	SIL	MAG Ret	HOC 7	HUN 13	SPA 8	MNZ 7	16th	0

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Points
2006	Futurecom TME	Audi A4 DTM 2004	HOC	LAU	OSC	BRH	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	CAT	BUG 14	HOC 15†	22nd	0

^† Driver did not finish, but completed 90% of race distance.

Complete Swedish 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	DC	Points
2001	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4 Quattro	FAL 1	FAL 2	MAN 1 Ret	MAN 2 2	KAR 1	KAR 2	JYL 1	JYL 2	FAL 1	FAL 2	KNU 1	KNU 2	MOI 1	MOI 2							18th	12
	Euroracing	Alfa Romeo 156															KAR 1 Ret	KAR 2 15	KNU 1	KNU 2	MAN 1	MAN 2
2004	West Coast Racing	BMW 320i	KNU 1	KNU 2	FAL 1	FAL 2	KAR 1	KAR 2	MAN 1	MAN 2	FAL 1	FAL 2	KNU 1 Ret	KNU 2 14	ARC 1	ARC 2	KAR 1 4	KAR 2 3	MAN 1 3	MAN 2 4			11th	48
2005	West Coast Racing	BMW 320i	KNU 1	KAR 3	AND 3	FAL 6	KNU DNS	KAR 1	VAL 2	MAN 3													2nd	141
2006	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4	KNU 1	KAR 3	MAN 7	FAL 1	VAL 2	AND 16	KAR 1	KNU 2	MAN 4												1st	59
2007	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4	STU 7	KNU Ret	MAN 3	KAR 3	AND 3	VAL 15	FAL 1	KAR 4	KNU 4	STU Ret	MAN 8										4th	41
2008	Honda Racing	Honda Accord Euro R	KNU 9	STU 3	MAN 1	KAR 6	GÖT 1	STU 3	FAL Ret	KAR 1	KNU 7	VAL 5	MAN 3										3rd	57
2009	Flash Engineering	BMW 320si E90	MAN 1 4	MAN 2 2	KAR 1 4	KAR 2 3	GÖT 1 2	GÖT 2 4	KNU 1 3	KNU 2 Ret	FAL 1 2	FAL 2 3	KAR 1 4	KAR 2 4	VAL 1 2	VAL 2 3	KNU 1 2	KNU 2 11	MAN 1 4	MAN 2 Ret			2nd	94
2010	Flash Engineering	BMW 320si E90	JYL 1 8	JYL 2 4	KNU 1 10	KNU 2 4	KAR 1 15†	KAR 2 4	GÖT 1 DNS	GÖT 2 13†	FAL 1 2	FAL 2 5	KAR 1 3	KAR 2 3	JYL 1 4	JYL 2 1	KNU 1 6	KNU 2 1	MAN 1 13	MAN 2 5			5th	179

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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	DC	Points
2011	Biogas.se	Volkswagen Scirocco	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	KNU 2	MAN 1 7	MAN 2 7	20th	12
2013	Volvo Polestar Racing	Volvo S60 TTA	KNU 1 4	KNU 2 1	SOL 1 1	GÖT 1 1	FAL 1 1	FAL 2 14†	ÖST 1 1	KAR 1 1	KAR 2 1	TIE 1 3	MAN 1 4	MAN 2 1							1st	258
2014	Volvo Polestar Racing	Volvo S60 TTA	KNU 1 7	KNU 2 4	GÖT 1 9	GÖT 2 1	FAL 1 3	FAL 2 9	KNU 1 4	KNU 2 1	SOL 1 5	SOL 2 1	MAN 1 4	MAN 2 2							1st	279
2015	Volvo Polestar Racing	Volvo S60 TTA	VRS 1 1	VRS 2 1	AND 1 1	AND 2 4	MAN 1 1	MAN 2 2	FAL 1 3	FAL 2 11†	KAR 1 1	KAR 2 4									1st	366
	Volvo Cyan Racing												SOL 1 3	SOL 2 6	KNU 1 3	KNU 2 3

^† Driver did not finish, but completed 90% of race distance.

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 Racing	Volvo S60 TTA	KAR 1 4	AND 1 Ret	GÖT 1 1	FAL 1 6	KAR 1 2	AND 1 3	STO 1 4	GÖT 1 1	3rd	121

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	Pos	Pts
2013	Volvo Polestar Racing	Volvo C30 DRIVe	ITA 1	ITA 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	SVK 1	SVK 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	AUT 1	AUT 2	RUS 1	RUS 2	POR 1	POR 2	ARG 1	ARG 2	USA 1	USA 2	JPN 1	JPN 2	CHN 1 DNS	CHN 2 15	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC	0
2016	Polestar Cyan Racing	Volvo S60 Polestar TC1	FRA 1 7	FRA 2 Ret	SVK 1 DSQ	SVK 2 DSQ	HUN 1 15	HUN 2 4	MAR 1 9	MAR 2 10	GER 1 Ret	GER 2 8	RUS 1 Ret	RUS 2 15	POR 1 7	POR 2 6	ARG 1 11	ARG 2 14	JPN 1 6	JPN 2 7	CHN 1 1	CHN 2 7	QAT 1 6	QAT 2 2			10th	117
2017	Polestar Cyan Racing	Volvo S60 Polestar TC1	MAR 1 2	MAR 2 7	ITA 1 5	ITA 2 1	HUN 1 NC	HUN 2 7	GER 1 1	GER 2 4	POR 1 3	POR 2 2	ARG 1 6	ARG 2 3	CHN 1 NC	CHN 2 2‡	JPN 1 4	JPN 2 5	MAC 1 4	MAC 2 5	QAT 1 5	QAT 2 4					1st	283.5

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

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
2018	M Racing - YMR	Hyundai i30 N TCR	MAR 1 2	MAR 2 5	MAR 3 3	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 12	HUN 3 9	GER 1 2	GER 2 Ret	GER 3 1	NED 1 14	NED 2 16	NED 3 15	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 10	POR 3 1	SVK 1 13	SVK 2 10	SVK 3 4	CHN 1 1	CHN 2 7	CHN 3 1	WUH 1 12	WUH 2 Ret	WUH 3 10	JPN 1 Ret	JPN 2 12	JPN 3 8	MAC 1 11	MAC 2 Ret	MAC 3 8	7th	242
2019	Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	MAR 1 2	MAR 2 6	MAR 3 1	HUN 1 7	HUN 2 Ret	HUN 3 5	SVK 1 23	SVK 2 22	SVK 3 11	NED 1 1	NED 2 12	NED 3 1	GER 1 11	GER 2 12	GER 3 Ret	POR 1 8	POR 2 13	POR 3 7	CHN 1 12	CHN 2 4	CHN 3 5	JPN 1 4	JPN 2 5	JPN 3 3	MAC 1 5	MAC 2 2	MAC 3 7	MAL 1 27	MAL 2 23	MAL 3 7	4th	297
2020	Cyan Performance Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	BEL 1 2	BEL 2 Ret	GER 1 4	GER 2 2	SVK 1 19	SVK 2 16	SVK 3 15	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 12	HUN 3 12	ESP 1 Ret	ESP 2 7	ESP 3 1	ARA 1 11	ARA 2 7	ARA 3 6															9th	142
2021	Cyan Performance Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	GER 1 13	GER 2 Ret	POR 1 6	POR 2 7	ESP 1 10	ESP 2 2	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 7	CZE 1 5	CZE 2 15	FRA 1 2	FRA 2 9	ITA 1 12	ITA 2 8	RUS 1 10	RUS 2 11															9th	141
2022	Cyan Performance Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	FRA 1 Ret	FRA 2 9	GER 1 C	GER 2 C	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 11	ESP 1 9	ESP 2 10	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 11	ITA 1 DNS	ITA 2 DNS	ALS 1 WD	ALS 2 WD	BHR 1	BHR 2	SAU 1	SAU 2													17th	35

Complete TCR World Tour 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	DC	Points
2023	Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR	ALG 1 8	ALG 2 2	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 9	VAL 1 3	VAL 2 6	HUN 1 8	HUN 2 1	ELP 1 2	ELP 2 9	VIL 1 Ret	VIL 2 6	SYD 1 9	SYD 2 Ret	SYD 3 15	BAT 1 5	BAT 2 3	BAT 3 2	MAC 1 8	MAC 2 4	7th	320
2024	Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR	VAL 1 6	VAL 2 5	MRK 1 8	MRK 2 9	MDO 1 1	MDO 2 6	SAP 1 5	SAP 2 2	ELP 1 3	ELP 2 1	ZHZ 1 3	ZHZ 2 10	MAC 1 1	MAC 2 8							2nd	312

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series 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	DC	Points
2023	Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR	ALG 1 8	ALG 2 2	PAU 1	PAU 2	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 9	HUN 1 8	HUN 2 1	LEC 1	LEC 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	NC‡	0‡

^‡ Driver was a World Tour full-time entry and was ineligible for points.

External links

• Thed Björk career summary at DriverDB.com