Per Johan Fredrik Stureson (born 3 August 1973 in

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) is a Swedish

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driver currently racing in

Scandinavian Touring Car Championship The Scandinavian Touring Car Championship (STCC) is a touring car racing series based in Scandinavia. The series took over from the Danish Touringcar Championship The Danish Touringcar Championship (abbreviated as the DTC) was a touring car ra ...

for IPS Team

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in a

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. He is son of the former driver and 1985

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champion

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Racing career

Stureson began his career in Formula BMW Junior in 1992. He is Swedish GT champion for 2002 and he moved to the

Swedish Touring Car Championship Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) was a touring car racing series based in Sweden, but also with rounds in Norway. They began operating in 1996, heavily influenced by the British Touring Car Championship and the success of BTCC racing on ...

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. He raced in

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with

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and with

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. For 2010 season he switched to

BMW 320si The fifth generation of the BMW 3 Series range of compact executive cars is designated under the model codes E90 (saloon), E91 (estate, marketed as 'Touring'), E92 (coupé) and E93 (convertible). The model was introduced in December 2004, and p ...

, after racing with

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since 2004. For the 2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season he will race Volkswagen Scirocco again for his family-run team IPS.

Racing record

Complete German Formula 3 results

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

Complete Swedish GTR Championship results

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

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stureson, Johan 1973 births Living people Swedish racing drivers European Touring Car Championship drivers European Touring Car Cup drivers Sportspeople from Kristianstad