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

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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

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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

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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)

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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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