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. 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. This was the third season with Yokohama as the series' tyre supplier.

Drivers and teams

Team No. Drivers Rounds RPC Motorsport 3 Olav Vaa All 23 Lilo Elise Fyrileiv 1–2 33 Carita Livrud Otterstrøm 1–6 40 Birk August Larsen 7 44 Andreas Vaa All 55 Christer Otterstrøm All Granforce Racing 16 Linus Granfors 1–5, 7 Brink Motorsports 26 Oscar Pedersen All WestCoast Racing 41 Emma Wigroth All Ross Racing 47 Jonathan Engström 1–5 Saltvedt Racing 48 Peder Saltvedt 3–7 Privateer 70 Daniel Varverud All Aichhorn Racing 87 Andreas Aichhorn 1–3, 6–7 Project F1 88 Viktor Molander AllF4 Danish Championship entries STEP Motorsport5 Victor Nielsen2–3, 729 Oscar Wurz737 Leo Robinson7 BAR7 Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen2–3, 7 FSP Racing8 Louis Leveau799 Marius Kristiansen7 Team Formula Sport9 Morten Strømsted3, 721 Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen2–3, 730 Theodor Jensen2–3 SD Racing11 Frederik Stenå2–3 MP Racing12 Magnus Pedersen2–3, 7 LR Racing13 Lærke Rønn Sørensen7 Henriksen Racing15 Michella Rasmussen2–3Formula 5 entries Leerskov Racing4 Jørgen Leerskov7 Mads Hoe Motorsport Mads Hoe2–347727 Oliver Kratsch2–3, 756 Mille Hoe2–3, 7 Sønderskov Motorsport39 Line Sønderskov7 Rytteriet49 Niels Ejnar Rytter3, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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 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 6F4 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 PtsBold – 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

External links

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