2023 Formula Nordic Explained

The 2023 Formula Nordic season was the eleventh season of the Swedish-based single-seater championship, and the fifth 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 6 May at Mantorp Park, and concluded on 1 October at Jyllands-Ringen after 17 races held over seven rounds.^{[3] [4]} This was the third season with Yokohama as the series' tyre supplier.^[5]

Drivers and teams

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
RPC Motorsport	3	Olav Vaa^[6]	All
	23	Lilo Elise Fyrileiv^[7]	1–2
	33	Carita Livrud Otterstrøm^[8]	1–6
	40	Birk August Larsen^[9]	7
	44	Andreas Vaa	All
	55	Christer Otterstrøm^[10]	All
Granforce Racing	16	Linus Granfors^[11]	1–5, 7
Brink Motorsports	26	Oscar Pedersen^[12]	All
WestCoast Racing	41	Emma Wigroth^[13]	All
Ross Racing	47	Jonathan Engström^[14]	1–5
Saltvedt Racing	48	Peder Saltvedt^[15]	3–7
Privateer	70	Daniel Varverud^[16]	All
Aichhorn Racing	87	Andreas Aichhorn^[17]	1–3, 6–7
Project F1	88	Viktor Molander^[18]	All
F4 Danish Championship entries
STEP Motorsport	5	Victor Nielsen^[19]	2–3, 7
	29	Oscar Wurz	7
	37	Leo Robinson^[20]	7
BAR	7	Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen	2–3, 7
FSP Racing	8	Louis Leveau	7
	99	Marius Kristiansen	7
Team Formula Sport	9	Morten Strømsted^[21]	3, 7
	21	Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen^[22]	2–3, 7
	30	Theodor Jensen^[23]	2–3
SD Racing	11	Frederik Stenå	2–3
MP Racing	12	Magnus Pedersen^[24]	2–3, 7
LR Racing	13	Lærke Rønn Sørensen	7
Henriksen Racing	15	Michella Rasmussen^[25]	2–3
Formula 5 entries
Leerskov Racing	4	Jørgen Leerskov	7
Mads Hoe Motorsport		Mads Hoe	2–3
	47		7
	27	Oliver Kratsch^[26]	2–3, 7
	56	Mille Hoe	2–3, 7
Sønderskov Motorsport	39	Line Sønderskov	7
Rytteriet	49	Niels Ejnar Rytter	3, 7

Race calendar and results

The season began on 6 May at Mantorp Park, and concluded on 1 October at Jyllands-Ringen, on a first-time visit to Denmark for the series, after 17 races held over seven rounds.^{[3] [4]} The rounds at Anderstorp, Karlskoga and Jyllands-Ringen were held together with the F4 Danish Championship, after an agreement between the two series was reached in order to have combined grids.^[27] For all stand-alone 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.^[28] The rounds co-hosted with the F4 Danish had particular rules. The Anderstop double-header had the grid for race 1 according to the fastest lap in qualifying and the grid for race 2 according to the fastest lap in race 1. In the Karlskoga triple-header, grids for races 1 and 2 were made according to the fastest and 2nd fastest laps in qualifying respectively, while the grid for race 3 was set according to the fastest lap in race 2. For the Jyllands-Ringen triple-header, the grids for races 1 and 2 were made similarly to Anderstorp, whereas the grid for race 3 was set by a combination of the results in races 1 and 2.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Mantorp Park, Mantorp	6 May	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
	R2		7 May	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
	R3				Oscar Pedersen	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
2	R1	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	13 May	Christer Otterstrøm	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
	R2				Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
3	R1	Gelleråsen Arena, Karlskoga	4 June	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
	R2			Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
	R3				Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
4	R1	Skellefteå Drivecenter Arena, Fällfors	30 June	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
	R2				Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
5	R1		1 July	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
	R2				Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
6	R1	Rudskogen Motorsenter, Rakkestad	5 August	Oscar Pedersen	Oscar Pedersen	Oscar Pedersen	Brink Motorsports
	R2		6 August		Oscar Pedersen	Christer Otterstrøm	RPC Motorsport
7	R1	Jyllands-Ringen, Silkeborg	1 October	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Linus Granfors	Granforce Racing
	R2				Linus Granfors	Christer Otterstrøm	RPC Motorsport
	R3				Daniel Varverud	Daniel Varverud	Privateer

Championship standings

Qualifying points systemPoints are awarded to the top 5 fastest qualifying times.^[28]

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.^[28]

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 MAN AND1 KAR SKE1 SKE2 RUD JYL valign=middle Pts 1 align=left style="background:#8fcfdf;" Linus Granfors 1^1 1 1 4^2 5 1^1 3 3 1^1 1 1^1 1 7^1 6 15 382 2 align=left style="background:#8fcfdf;" Oscar Pedersen 2^2 3 4 Ret^3 Ret 6^3 8 7 Ret^2 3 2^2 3 1^1 2 9^2 12 Ret 238 3 align=left style="background:#8fcfdf;" Daniel Varverud 6^5 5 3 10 8 9 11 11 2^5 4 3^3 5 3^3 4 13^4 13 9 4 Christer Otterstrøm 7^3 4 2 8^1 Ret 3^2 5 4 Ret 7 8 Ret DNS 1 8^3 5 20 203 5 Olav Vaa 3 7 8 11 11 7^4 10 14 3^4 2 4 2 2^2 3 12^5 DSQ EX 6 align=left style="background:#8fcfdf;" Emma Wigroth 5 11 6 9^5 9 8 13 13 4 6 5 4 4^5 6 17 17 14 152 7 Peder Saltvedt 12 12 12 5 5 6^4 Ret 5 5 15 14 11 107 8 align=left style="background:#8fcfdf;" Jonathan Engström Ret^4 2 5 7^4 7 Ret^5 DNS 10 Ret^3 Ret DNS DNS 83 9 align=left nowrap Carita Livrud Otterstrøm 4 6 7 12 10 Ret 20 8 6 8 Ret^5 Ret 9^4 10 74 10 align=left style="background:#8fcfdf;" Andreas Aichhorn 10 9 Ret 16 15 14 18 Ret 7 8 18 18 12 54 11 align=left style="background:#8fcfdf;" Viktor Molander 11 10 11 17 16 DNS DNS DNS 7 9 9 6 8 9 25 23 23 37 12 Andreas Vaa 9 8 10 Ret 17 13 Ret 15 DNS DNS 7 Ret 6 7 19 Ret Ret 36 13 Birk August Larsen 20 22 22 12 14 Lilo Elise Fyrileiv 8 Ret 9 Ret DNS 6 F4 Danish Championship entries – Magnus Pedersen 1 2 2 1 2 1 8 1 – – Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen 2 1 DNS 9 1 Ret 7 5 – – Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen 5 4 Ret 2 6 26 1 3 – – Victor Nielsen 6 3 4 4 5 2 4 4 – – Leo Robinson 4 3 2 – – Oscar Wurz 5 2 7 – – Mads Hoe 3 6 10 6 DNS 3 Ret 16 – – Oliver Kratsch 19 Ret 5 7 9 11 10 13 – – Marius Kristiansen 6 Ret 6 – – Louis Leveau 14 9 8 – – Lærke Rønn Sørensen 10 11 10 – – Mille Hoe 13 12 11 14 16 21 16 21 – – Frederik Stenå 15 13 15 15 17 – – Michella Rasmussen 14 14 17 16 18 – – Morten Strømsted 16 17 19 16 15 17 – – Niels Ejnar Rytter 18 19 20 23 20 19 – – Jørgen Leerskov 24 21 18 – – Theodor Jensen 18† DNS WD WD WD – – Line Sønderskov 22 19 Ret – valign=middle Pos valign=middle Driver MAN AND1 KAR SKE1 SKE2 RUD JYL 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

† – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 6 February 2019. STCC AB declare bankruptcy, new body to run Swedish series. 11 February 2021. Touring Car Times.
2. Web site: Archive - Formula Nordic 2019. 11 February 2021. Formula Nordic. sv.
3. Web site: Tävlingskalendern för Formula Nordic 2023. Gustavsson. Bengt-Åce. 11 November 2022. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
4. Web site: Inför säsongen 2023. Gustavsson. Bengt-Åce. 19 January 2023. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
5. Web site: Yokohama blir ny däckleverantör i Formula Nordic. 4 December 2020. 27 April 2021. Formula Nordic. sv.
6. Web site: Bröderna Vaa klara för Formula Nordic. 30 January 2023. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
7. Web site: Lilo Fyrileiv klar för Formula Nordic. 11 April 2023. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
8. Web site: Carita Livrud Otterstrøm klar för Formula Nordic. 16 March 2023. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
9. Web site: Final för Formula Nordic. 27 September 2023. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
10. Web site: Christer Otterstrøm til RPC for 2023 - Guld medalje skal til Norge igjen. 24 February 2023. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
11. Web site: Linus Granfors går i brorsans fotspår – siktar mot guld i Formula Nordic. 20 February 2023. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
12. Web site: Oscar Pedersen kör Formula Nordic. 31 March 2023. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
13. Web site: Tredje säsongen för Emma Wigroth i Formula Nordic. 1 May 2023. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
14. Web site: Jonathan Engström klar för ytterligare ett år i Formula Nordic. 8 April 2023. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
15. Web site: Peder Saltvedt klar för Formula Nordic 2023. 23 November 2022. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
16. Web site: Daniel Varverud klar för Formula Nordic 2023. 30 November 2022. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
17. Web site: Andreas Aichhorn klar för Formula Nordic. 17 February 2023. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
18. Web site: 15-årige Viktor Molander klar för Formula Nordic 2023. 9 November 2022. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.
19. Web site: 30 August 2022 . Nielsen commits to second year in Danish F4, rival Jensen to Spanish F4 . Formula Scout.
20. Web site: 2023-08-29 . Formelbrag i vente på Ring Djursland . F4 Danish Championship . da-DK.
21. Web site: 2023-03-02 . Strømsted vender tilbage til Formel 4 . Formel 4 Danmark . da-DK.
22. Web site: 2023-01-06 . Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen kører Formel 4 med Team FormulaSport . Formel 4 Danmark . da-DK.
23. Web site: 2022-12-28 . Theodor Jensen tager en sæson mere hos Team FormulaSport . Formel 4 Danmark . da-DK.
24. Web site: 2023-03-28 . Magnus er tilbage . Formel 4 Danmark . da-DK.
25. Web site: 2023-01-18 . Michella har fået blod på tanden til fremgang i 2023 . Formel 4 Danmark . da-DK.
26. CnNV2OGNV80. oliver.kratsch.racing. I am happy to announce, that I will make my next big step in racing and will compete in the Danish Formula 5 National Series in 2023.. 2023-01-09. Oliver Kratsch.
27. Web site: Wood. Ida. 1 December 2022. Danish F4 pushes forward with FNordic alliance in 2023 calendar. Formula Scout.
28. Web site: Formula Nordic Reglemente, FN Tävlingsreglemente 2023. 20 February 2023. 8 December 2023. Formula Nordic. sv.