The 2020 Formula Nordic season was the eighth season of the single-seater championship, and the second independent of the STCC branding, following the formation of the series' own association in the wake of the STCC promoter's bankruptcy in 2018.[1][2] Formula Nordic continued 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 19 July at Falkenbergs Motorbana and concluded on 10 October at Ring Knutstorp after six rounds, with Joel Granfors taking both Nordic Cup and JSM titles.[3][4]

Drivers and teams edit

Team No. Drivers Rounds
  Granforce Racing 5   Joel Granfors 2–6
  Team Greenpower 7   Ella Benje All
21   Håvard Hallerud All
  NIKA Racing 16   Calle Bergman All
44   William Karlsson All
  Winsth Racing 17   William Winsth All
  Philips Racing Team 23   Philip Zielinski 1–2, 5–6
  WestCoast Racing 37   Maja Hallén Fellenius All
55   Philip Victorsson All
Privateer 82   Isak Sjökvist 5
101   Charlie Andersen 1–4
111   Elias Adestam 6
121   Mille Johansson 2
Source:[3]

Race calendar and results edit

The season started on the 19 July at Falkenbergs Motorbana and concluded on 10 October at Ring Knutstorp after six rounds, often supported by the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia and the TCR Scandinavia, the successor to the STCC, as well as various GT series.[3] Like the previous season, the use of reversed grid races for the final race of the weekend, where the top 6 were inverted, was continued.[3][4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting travel restrictions put in place, this was the first season since 2016 that Rudskogen would not feature on the calendar.[3]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 R1   Falkenbergs Motorbana, Bergagård 19 July   Håvard Hallerud   Håvard Hallerud   Håvard Hallerud
R2   Håvard Hallerud   Håvard Hallerud
R3   William Winsth   Philip Victorsson
2 R1   Gelleråsen Arena, Karlskoga 14 August   Joel Granfors[N 1]   Joel Granfors   Joel Granfors
R2 15 August   Håvard Hallerud   Joel Granfors
R3 16 August   Joel Granfors   Calle Bergman
3 R1   Skellefteå Drivecenter Arena, Fällfors 29 August   Håvard Hallerud   Joel Granfors   Joel Granfors
R2   Joel Granfors   Joel Granfors
R3   Joel Granfors   Joel Granfors
4 R1   Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp 18 September   William Winsth   Håvard Hallerud   William Winsth
R2 19 September   Philip Victorsson   Charlie Andersen
R3   Joel Granfors   Joel Granfors
5 R1   Mantorp Park, Mantorp 3 October   Joel Granfors   Håvard Hallerud   William Winsth
R2   Joel Granfors   William Karlsson
6 R1   Ring Knutstorp, Kågeröd 10 October   Håvard Hallerud   Håvard Hallerud   Joel Granfors
R2   Philip Victorsson   Philip Victorsson

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Hallerud recorded the fastest time but was disqualified, with Granfors recording the second fastest time being promoted to pole sitter.

Championship standings edit

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.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

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.

Formula Nordic Drivers' Championship (Nordic Cup and JSM) edit

Pos Driver FAL KAR SKE AND MAN KNU Pts
1   Joel Granfors 1 1 3 1 1 1 DNS 4 1 1 7 1 4 264
2   Håvard Hallerud 1 1 Ret Ret 4 2 8 4 3 2 7 5 2 2 3 3 234
3   Philip Victorsson 2 5 1 6 5 4 2 3 2 5 2 8 4 4 9 1 221
4   William Winsth Ret 2 2 4 3 7 3 2 4 1 6 4 5 6 5 Ret 201
5   William Karlsson 3 4 3 7 Ret 11 9 5 5 3 5 3 3 1 2 2 199
6   Calle Bergman 6 7 7 3 7 1 4 7 7 4 8 2 8 5 10 9 145
7   Charlie Andersen DSQ 3 4 2 2 6 5 6 6 DNS 1 6 137
8   Maja Hallén Fellenius 4 6 5 5 Ret 5 6 8 Ret 6 3 7 Ret 3 6 6 128
9   Philip Zielinski 5 8 6 9 8 9 6 8 4 5 64
10   Ella Benje 7 9 8 10 9 10 7 9 8 7 9 9 9 10 8 8 49
11   Mille Johansson 8 6 8 16
12   Elias Adestam 7 7 12
13   Isak Sjökvist 7 9 8
Pos Driver FAL KAR SKE AND MAN KNU 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

References edit

  1. ^ "STCC AB declare bankruptcy, new body to run Swedish series". Touring Car Times. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Archive - Formula Nordic 2019" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Archive - Formula Nordic 2020" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b Wood, Elliot (21 December 2020). "2020 Formula Renault season review". Formula Scout. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

External links edit