2023 Formula Nordic

2023 Formula Nordic

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Supporting series:
Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia

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 [6]	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 [21]	2–3, 7
FSP Racing	8	Louis Leveau [20]	7
	99	Marius Kristiansen [22]	7
Team Formula Sport	9	Morten Strømsted [23]	3, 7
	21	Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen [24]	2–3, 7
	30	Theodor Jensen [25]	2–3
SD Racing	11	Frederik Stenå [26]	2–3
MP Racing	12	Magnus Pedersen [27]	2–3, 7
LR Racing	13	Lærke Rønn Sørensen [20]	7
Henriksen Racing	15	Michella Rasmussen [28]	2–3
Formula 5 entries
Leerskov Racing	4	Jørgen Leerskov	7
Mads Hoe Motorsport		Mads Hoe	2–3
	47		7
	27	Oliver Kratsch [29]	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. ^[30] 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. ^[31] 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 system

Points are awarded to the top 5 fastest qualifying times. ^[31]

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

Race points system

Points 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. ^[31]

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.

Pos Driver MAN AND1 KAR SKE1 SKE2 RUD JYL Pts 1 Linus Granfors 11 1 1 42 5 11 3 3 11 1 11 1 71 6 15 382 2 Oscar Pedersen 22 3 4 Ret3 Ret 63 8 7 Ret2 3 22 3 11 2 92 12 Ret 238 3 Daniel Varverud 65 5 3 10 8 9 11 11 25 4 33 5 33 4 134 13 9 216 4 Christer Otterstrøm 73 4 2 81 Ret 32 5 4 Ret 7 8 Ret DNS 1 83 5 20 203 5 Olav Vaa 3 7 8 11 11 74 10 14 34 2 4 2 22 3 125 DSQ EX 183 6 Emma Wigroth 5 11 6 95 9 8 13 13 4 6 5 4 45 6 17 17 14 152 7 Peder Saltvedt 12 12 12 5 5 64 Ret 5 5 15 14 11 107 8 Jonathan Engström Ret4 2 5 74 7 Ret5 DNS 10 Ret3 Ret DNS DNS 83 9 Carita Livrud Otterstrøm 4 6 7 12 10 Ret 20 8 6 8 Ret5 Ret 94 10 74 10 Andreas Aichhorn 10 9 Ret 16 15 14 18 Ret 7 8 18 18 12 54 11 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 – Pos Driver MAN AND1 KAR SKE1 SKE2 RUD JYL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) 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.

References

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2. "Archive - Formula Nordic 2019" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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21. Pedersen, Mikkel Gaarde, Med denne hilsen vil jeg ønske jer alle et rigtig godt Nytår. 2022 blev sportsligt et godt år. Nu venter 2023 hvor der er nye planer. (in Danish), Facebook
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23. "Strømsted vender tilbage til Formel 4". Formel 4 Danmark (in Danish). 2023-03-02.
24. "Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen kører Formel 4 med Team FormulaSport". Formel 4 Danmark (in Danish). 2023-01-06.
25. "Theodor Jensen tager en sæson mere hos Team FormulaSport". Formel 4 Danmark (in Danish). 2022-12-28.
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27. "Magnus er tilbage". Formel 4 Danmark (in Danish). 2023-03-28.
28. "Michella har fået blod på tanden til fremgang i 2023". Formel 4 Danmark (in Danish). 2023-01-18.
29. Oliver Kratsch [@oliver.kratsch.racing] (2023-01-09). "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" – via Instagram.
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External links

• Official website