2023 F4 Danish Championship

The 2023 F4 Danish Championship season is the seventh season of the F4 Danish Championship. The season began at Padborg Park in April and conclude at Jyllandsringen in October.[1] This was the last season of the championship running under the Formula 4 moniker as it was rebranded to the Nordic 4 Championship.[2]

Teams and drivers edit

Formula 4 entries
Team No. Driver Class Rounds
  STEP Motorsport 5   Victor Nielsen[3] 1–3, 6
29   Oscar Wurz R 5–6
37   Leo Robinson[4] R 4–6
  BAR 7   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen[5] R All
  FSP Racing 8   Louis Leveau[4] R 4–6
33   Theodor Jensen 5
99   Marius Kristiansen[6] R 6
  Team Formula Sport 9   Morten Strømsted[7] 1, 3, 5–6
21   Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen[8] R All
30   Theodor Jensen[9] 2–3
33 1
  SD Racing 11   Frederik Stenå[10] 1–5
  MP Racing 12   Magnus Pedersen[11] All
  LR Racing 13   Lærke Rønn Sørensen[4] R 4–6
  Henriksen Racing 15   Michella Rasmussen[12] 1–5
  Mads Hoe Motorsport 56   Mille Hoe 1
Formula 5 entries
  Leerskov Racing 4   Jørgen Leerskov 4–6
  Mads Hoe Motorsport   Mads Hoe 2–3
46 1
47 4–6
27   Oliver Kratsch[13] All
56   Mille Hoe 2–6
  Sønderskov Motorsport 39   Line Sønderskov 1, 4–6
  Rytteriet 49   Niels Ejnar Rytter 1, 3–6
Formula Nordic entries
  RPC Motorsport 3   Olav Vaa[14] 2–3, 6
23   Lilo Elise Fyrileiv[15] 2
33   Carita Livrud Otterstrøm[16] 2–3
40   Birk August Larsen[17] 6
44   Andreas Vaa[14] 2–3, 6
55   Christer Otterstrøm[18] 2–3, 6
  Granforce Racing 16   Linus Granfors[19] 2–3, 6
  Brink Motorsports 26   Oscar Pedersen[20] 2–3, 6
  WestCoast Racing 41   Emma Wigroth[21] 2–3, 6
  Ross Racing 47   Jonathan Engström[22] 2–3
  Saltvedt Racing 48   Peder Saltvedt[23] 3, 6
Privateer 70   Daniel Varverud[24] 2–3, 6
  Aichhorn Racing 87   Andreas Aichhorn[25] 2–3, 6
  Project F1 88   Viktor Molander[26] 2–3, 6
Icon Class
R Rookie

Calendar edit

The championship made two abroad visits to Sweden. For these two rounds as well as the final round in Denmark, the series combined its grid with the Swedish-based Formula Nordic.[27]

Rnd. Circuit/Location Date Supporting
1 R1   Padborg Park, Padborg 29–30 April Super GT Denmark
R2
R3
2 R1   Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp 12–13 May Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
R2
3 R1   Karlskoga Motorstadion, Karlskoga 3–4 June
R2
R3
4 R1   Ring Djursland, Pederstrup 2–3 September
R2
R3
R4
5 R1   Padborg Park, Padborg 15–16 September Super GT Denmark
TCR Denmark
R2
R3
6 R1   Jyllands-Ringen, Silkeborg 30 September–1 October TCR Denmark
R2
R3

Race results edit

Rnd. Circuit Overall Formula 5
Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning driver
1 R1   Padborg Park   Theodor Jensen   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Theodor Jensen   Mads Hoe
R2   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Niels Ejnar Rytter
R3   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Mads Hoe
2 R1   Anderstorp Raceway   Magnus Pedersen   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Magnus Pedersen   Mads Hoe
R2   Magnus Pedersen   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Mads Hoe
3 R1   Karlskoga Motorstadion   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen   Magnus Pedersen   Oliver Kratsch
R2   Magnus Pedersen   Magnus Pedersen   Mads Hoe
R3   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Oliver Kratsch
4 R1   Ring Djursland   Mads Hoe   Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen   Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen   Oliver Kratsch
R2   Mads Hoe   Magnus Pedersen   Mads Hoe
R3   Leo Robinson   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Oliver Kratsch
R4   Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Oliver Kratsch
5 R1   Padborg Park   Theodor Jensen   Theodor Jensen   Theodor Jensen   Mads Hoe
R2   Theodor Jensen   Theodor Jensen   Mads Hoe
R3   Magnus Pedersen   Theodor Jensen   Mads Hoe
6 R1   Jyllandsringen   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen   Magnus Pedersen   Mads Hoe
R2   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen   Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen   Oliver Kratsch
R3   Leo Robinson   Magnus Pedersen   Oliver Kratsch

Championship standings edit

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

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

Drivers' standings edit

Pos Driver PAD1
 
AND
 
KAR
 
DJU
 
PAD2
 
JYL
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen (R) 3 1 1 2 1 DNS 9 1 3 5 1 1 2 5 3 Ret 7 5 279
2   Magnus Pedersen 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 8 1 4 Ret 6 15 4 1 8 1 275
3   Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen (R) 2 4 Ret 5 4 Ret 2 6 1 11 3 2 5 3 5 25 1 3 217
4   Leo Robinson (R) 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 165
5   Victor Nielsen 5 2 4 6 3 4 4 5 2 4 4 155
6   Mads Hoe (F5) 6 9 3 3 6 10 6 DNS Ret 2 DNS WD 4 4 7 4 Ret 16 134
7   Theodor Jensen 1 5 Ret 18† DNS WD WD WD 1 1 1 112
8   Oliver Kratsch (F5) 8 Ret 7 19 Ret 5 7 9 7 Ret 5 6 10 8 10 11 9 13 87
9   Mille Hoe (F5) 9 6 5 13 12 11 14 16 9 9 7 8 13 11 13 20 16 21 74
10   Frederik Stenå 7 Ret 6 15 13 15 15 17 6 6 DSQ 7 12 10 12 65
11   Lærke Rønn Sørensen (R) 4 4 10† 5 8 7 9 10 10 12 59
12   Oscar Wurz (R) 7 6 8 5 2 7 52
13   Louis Leveau (R) 5 7 9† 4 9 9 6 13 11 8 50
14   Michella Rasmussen 13 11 11 14 14 17 16 18 11 10 8 10 16 14 17 26
15   Niels Ejnar Rytter (F5) 12 8 9 18 19 20 10 8 6 9 Ret 12 14 22 19 19 24
16   Morten Strømsted 10 7 8 16 17 19 11 Ret 11 15 15 17 22
17   Marius Kristiansen (R) 6 Ret 6 16
18   Line Sønderskov (F5) 11 10 10 WD WD WD WD 14 13 15 21 20 Ret 2
19   Jørgen Leerskov (F5) 12 12 Ret WD 15 Ret 16 23 21 18 0
Formula Nordic entries
  Linus Granfors 4 5 1 3 3 7 6 15
  Christer Otterstrøm 8 Ret 3 5 4 8 5 20
  Oscar Pedersen Ret Ret 6 8 7 9 12 Ret
  Jonathan Engström 7 7 Ret DNS 10
  Olav Vaa 11 11 7 10 14 DSQ DSQ EX
  Emma Wigroth 9 9 8 13 13 16 17 14
  Daniel Varverud 10 8 9 11 11 12 13 9
  Carita Livrud Otterstrøm 12 10 Ret 20 8
  Peder Saltvedt 12 12 12 14 14 10
  Andreas Aichhorn 16 15 14 18 Ret 17 18 11
  Andreas Vaa Ret 17 13 Ret 15 19 24 WD
  Viktor Molander 17 16 Ret DNS DNS 24 23 23
  Birk August Larsen 18 22 22
  Lilo Fyrileiv Ret DNS
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
PAD1
 
AND
 
KAR
 
DJU
 
PAD2
 
JYL
 
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

  • † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Notes edit

References edit

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  3. ^ "Nielsen commits to second year in Danish F4, rival Jensen to Spanish F4". Formula Scout. 30 August 2022.
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  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ SK, Racing, Marius kommer til start ved DM Finalen på Jyllandsringen den kommende weekend i Formel 4 hos FSP. (in Danish), Facebook
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  12. ^ "Michella har fået blod på tanden til fremgang i 2023". Formel 4 Danmark (in Danish). 2023-01-18.
  13. ^ 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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  20. ^ "Oscar Pedersen kör Formula Nordic" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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  24. ^ "Daniel Varverud klar för Formula Nordic 2023" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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