# 2023 Formula Nordic

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 |
| RPC Motorsport | 23 | Lilo Elise Fyrileiv | 1–2 |
| RPC Motorsport | 33 | Carita Livrud Otterstrøm | 1–6 |
| RPC Motorsport | 40 | Birk August Larsen | 7 |
| RPC Motorsport | 44 | Andreas Vaa | All |
| RPC Motorsport | 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 | All |
| F4 Danish Championship entries ||||
| STEP Motorsport | 5 | Victor Nielsen | 2–3, 7 |
| STEP Motorsport | 29 | Oscar Wurz | 7 |
| STEP Motorsport | 37 | Leo Robinson | 7 |
| BAR | 7 | Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen | 2–3, 7 |
| FSP Racing | 8 | Louis Leveau | 7 |
| FSP Racing | 99 | Marius Kristiansen | 7 |
| Team Formula Sport | 9 | Morten Strømsted | 3, 7 |
| Team Formula Sport | 21 | Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen | 2–3, 7 |
| Team Formula Sport | 30 | Theodor Jensen | 2–3 |
| SD Racing | 11 | Frederik Stenå | 2–3 |
| MP Racing | 12 | Magnus Pedersen | 2–3, 7 |
| LR Racing | 13 | Lærke Rønn Sørensen | 7 |
| Henriksen Racing | 15 | Michella Rasmussen | 2–3 |
| Formula 5 entries ||||
| Leerskov Racing | 4 | Jørgen Leerskov | 7 |
| Mads Hoe Motorsport | 4 | Mads Hoe | 2–3 |
| Mads Hoe Motorsport | 47 | Mads Hoe | 7 |
| Mads Hoe Motorsport | 27 | Oliver Kratsch | 2–3, 7 |
| Mads Hoe Motorsport | 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. 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 | 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 |
| 1 | R2 | Mantorp Park, Mantorp | 7 May | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Granforce Racing |
| 1 | R3 | Mantorp Park, Mantorp | 7 May | | Oscar Pedersen | Linus Granfors | Granforce Racing |
| 2 | R1 | Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp | 13 May | Christer Otterstrøm | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Granforce Racing |
| 2 | R2 | Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp | 13 May | | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Granforce Racing |
| 3 | R1 | Gelleråsen Arena, Karlskoga | 4 June | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Granforce Racing |
| 3 | R2 | Gelleråsen Arena, Karlskoga | 4 June | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Granforce Racing |
| 3 | R3 | Gelleråsen Arena, Karlskoga | 4 June | | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Granforce Racing |
| 4 | R1 | Skellefteå Drivecenter Arena, Fällfors | 30 June | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Granforce Racing |
| 4 | R2 | Skellefteå Drivecenter Arena, Fällfors | 30 June | | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Granforce Racing |
| 5 | R1 | Skellefteå Drivecenter Arena, Fällfors | 1 July | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Granforce Racing |
| 5 | R2 | Skellefteå Drivecenter Arena, Fällfors | 1 July | | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Granforce Racing |
| 6 | R1 | Rudskogen Motorsenter, Rakkestad | 5 August | Oscar Pedersen | Oscar Pedersen | Oscar Pedersen | Brink Motorsports |
| 6 | R2 | Rudskogen Motorsenter, Rakkestad | 6 August | | Oscar Pedersen | Christer Otterstrøm | RPC Motorsport |
| 7 | R1 | Jyllands-Ringen, Silkeborg | 1 October | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Linus Granfors | Granforce Racing |
| 7 | R2 | Jyllands-Ringen, Silkeborg | 1 October | | Linus Granfors | Christer Otterstrøm | RPC Motorsport |
| 7 | R3 | Jyllands-Ringen, Silkeborg | 1 October | | 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 | MAN | MAN | AND1 | AND1 | KAR | KAR | KAR | SKE1 | SKE1 | SKE2 | SKE2 | RUD | RUD | JYL | JYL | JYL | Pts |
| 1 | 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 | 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 | Daniel Varverud | 6$^5$ | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2$^5$ | 4 | 3$^3$ | 5 | 3$^3$ | 4 | 13$^4$ | 13 | 9 | 216 |
| 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 | 183 |
| 6 | 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 | Jonathan Engström | Ret$^4$ | 2 | 5 | 7$^4$ | 7 | Ret$^5$ | DNS | 10 | Ret$^3$ | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | 83 |
| 9 | Carita Livrud Otterstrøm | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 20 | 8 | 6 | 8 | Ret$^5$ | Ret | 9$^4$ | 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 | MAN | MAN | AND1 | AND1 | KAR | KAR | KAR | SKE1 | SKE1 | SKE2 | SKE2 | RUD | RUD | JYL | JYL | JYL | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
† – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.