2022 Formula Nordic Explained

The 2022 Formula Nordic season was the tenth season of the Swedish-based single-seater championship, and the fourth independent of the STCC branding, following the formation of the series' association in the wake of the STCC promoter's bankruptcy in 2018.^[1] ^[2] Formula Nordic continues to use the previous Formula Renault 1.6 chassis and engines, as it used to go under the name of Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic before Renault Sport dropped its support for the 3.5 and 1.6 classes in late 2015. The season began on 13 May at Anderstorp Raceway, and concluded on 1 October at Mantorp Park after 15 races held over seven rounds.^[3] This was the second season with Yokohama as the series' tyre supplier.^[4]

Drivers and teams

Team		Drivers	Rounds
Granforce Racing	16	Linus Granfors^[5]	All
WestCoast Racing	41	Emma Wigroth^[6] ^[7]	2–7
Ross Racing	47	Jonathan Engström	All
isiRacing	50	Christer Otterstrøm^[8]	6
Privateer	55	Philip Victorsson^[9]	All
NIKA Racing	66	Benjamin Fuglesang^[10]	All

Race calendar and results

The season began on 13 May at Anderstorp Raceway, and concluded on 1 October at Mantorp Park after 15 races held over seven rounds.^[3] ^[11] For all rounds, the fastest time in qualifying clinched pole position for the first race, whereas the use of reversed grid races for the final race, where the top 6 were inverted, was continued. In three-race rounds, the 2nd fastest time in qualifying held pole position for the middle race.^[12]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	14 May	Benjamin Fuglesang	Philip Victorsson	Philip Victorsson	Privateer
1	R2	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	14 May		Philip Victorsson	Philip Victorsson	Privateer
2	R1	Falkenbergs Motorbana, Bergagård	8 July	Benjamin Fuglesang	Philip Victorsson	Philip Victorsson	Privateer
	R2		9 July	Philip Victorsson	Philip Victorsson	Philip Victorsson	Privateer
	R3		9 July		Benjamin Fuglesang	Philip Victorsson	Privateer
3	R1	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	6 August	Benjamin Fuglesang	Philip Victorsson	Philip Victorsson	Privateer
3	R2	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	6 August		Philip Victorsson	Philip Victorsson	Privateer
4	R1	Gelleråsen Arena, Karlskoga	20 August	Linus Granfors	Emma Wigroth	Emma Wigroth	WestCoast Racing
4	R2	Gelleråsen Arena, Karlskoga	20 August		Philip Victorsson	Philip Victorsson	Privateer
5	R1	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	11 September	Linus Granfors	Benjamin Fuglesang	Philip Victorsson	Privateer
5	R2	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	11 September		Benjamin Fuglesang	Benjamin Fuglesang	NIKA Racing
6	R1	Rudskogen Motorsenter, Rakkestad	17 September	Benjamin Fuglesang	Benjamin Fuglesang	Benjamin Fuglesang	NIKA Racing
6	R2	Rudskogen Motorsenter, Rakkestad	17 September		Benjamin Fuglesang	Benjamin Fuglesang	NIKA Racing
7	R1	Mantorp Park, Mantorp	1 October	Philip Victorsson	Philip Victorsson	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
7	R2	Mantorp Park, Mantorp	1 October		Benjamin Fuglesang	Jonathan Engström	Ross Racing

Championship standings

Qualifying points systemPoints are awarded to the top 5 fastest qualifying times.^[12]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Points	5	4	3	2	1

Race points systemPoints are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers, no points are offered for fastest lap. The worst result for each driver is dropped from the final standings.^[12]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Formula Nordic Drivers' Championship (Nordic Cup and JSM)

Two championships are held, the Junior Svenskt Mästerskap (JSM) for drivers under 26 years old holding a Swedish driver license, and the Formula Nordic Cup, the latter serving as the overall championship.

valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Driver	AND1		FAL			AND2		KAR		AND3		RUD		MAN		valign=middle	Pts
1	align=left style="background:#8fcfdf;"	Philip Victorsson	1²	1	1²	1	1	1²	1	3²	1	1²	2	4⁴	3	2¹	3
2	align=left nowrap	Benjamin Fuglesang	Ret¹	2	2¹	2	4	2¹	3	4³	Ret	4⁴	1	1¹	1	3³	2	259
3	align=left style="background:#8fcfdf;"	Linus Granfors	2³	4	3³	3	3	3³	2	5¹	4	2¹	3	2²	4	1²	4
4	align=left style="background:#8fcfdf;"	Jonathan Engström	3⁴	3	4⁵	4	2	4⁵	4	2⁵	3	3³	4	5	5	4⁵	1
5	align=left style="background:#8fcfdf;"	Emma Wigroth			Ret⁴	Ret	5	5⁴	5	1⁴	2	5⁵	5	6⁵	6	5⁴	5	139
6	Christer Otterstrøm												3³	2			36
valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Driver	AND1		FAL			AND2		KAR		AND3		RUD		MAN		valign=middle	Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 – 5 Points for Pole
2 – 4 Points for P2
3 – 3 Points for P3
4 – 2 Points for P4
5 – 1 Point for P5

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: 6 February 2019. STCC AB declare bankruptcy, new body to run Swedish series. 11 February 2021. Touring Car Times.
Web site: Archive - Formula Nordic 2019. 11 February 2021. Formula Nordic. sv.
Web site: Kalendern klar för Formula Nordic 2022. Gustavsson. Bengt-Åce. 5 November 2021. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
Web site: Yokohama blir ny däckleverantör i Formula Nordic. 4 December 2020. 27 April 2021. Formula Nordic. sv.
Web site: Säsongen 2022 är igång. 13 May 2022. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
ewigroth. Cdarc3Qt8MC. I can now announce that I will do my second year in Formula Nordic but sadly I will not take part in the season opener at Anderstorp this weekend due to health problems.. 2022-05-11. en.
Web site: Trippelseger till Philip Victorsson i Falkenberg. 9 July 2022. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
Web site: Christer Otterström debuterar i Formula Nordic. 14 September 2022. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
Web site: Philip Victorsson klar för ny säsong i Formula Nordic. 10 March 2022. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
Web site: Norske Kartinglöftet Benjamin Fuglesang klar för Formula Nordic debut – kör för NIKA Racing. 17 March 2022. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
Web site: Uppdaterad Kalender. Gustavsson. Bengt-Åce. 2 May 2022. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
Web site: Formula Nordic Reglemente, FN Tävlingsreglemente 2022. 1 February 2022. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.