The 2019 Formula Nordic season was the seventh season of the single-seater championship, and the first without the STCC branding following the series' promoter's bankruptcy.[1] Instead, the series formed its own association, relaunching under the Formula Nordic brand but continuing 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 3 May at Ring Knutstorp and concluded on 5 October at Mantorp Park after eight rounds, Edward Sander Woldseth took the main (NEZ) title, with Viktor Andersson winning the junior (JSM) crown.[2][3]

Drivers and teams edit

Team No. Drivers Rounds
  Team Greenpower 3   Edward Sander Woldseth All
21   Håvard Hallerud All
78   Glenn Key 6, 8
91   Magnus Gustavsen 1–4
  Trackstar Racing 10   Filip Larsson 5, 8
  Winsth Racing 17   William Winsth All
  MA: GP 20   Viktor Andersson All
Privateer 25   Gustav Brandin 5, 8
74   Gabriel Nord 1–3, 5, 7–8
101   Charlie Andersen All
Source:[2]

Race calendar and results edit

The season started on 3 May at Ring Knutstorp and finished on 5 October at Mantorp Park after eight rounds, often supported by the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia and the TCR Scandinavia, the successor to the STCC, as well as various GT series.[2] This season was the first to use reversed grid races for the final race of the weekend, where the top 6 were inverted.[2][3]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 R1   Ring Knutstorp, Kågeröd 3 May   Viktor Andersson   Viktor Andersson   Edward Sander Woldseth
R2   Viktor Andersson   Viktor Andersson
2 R1   Rudskogen, Rakkestad 18 May   Edward Sander Woldseth   William Winsth   Edward Sander Woldseth
R2   Edward Sander Woldseth   William Winsth[N 1]
3 R1   Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp 2 June   Viktor Andersson   Viktor Andersson   Magnus Gustavsen
R2   Viktor Andersson   William Winsth
4 R1   Skellefteå Drivecenter Arena, Fällfors 14 June   Edward Sander Woldseth   William Winsth   William Winsth
R2 15 June   Edward Sander Woldseth   Edward Sander Woldseth
R3   William Winsth   Viktor Andersson
5 R1   Gelleråsen Arena, Karlskoga 17 August   Viktor Andersson   Edward Sander Woldseth   Edward Sander Woldseth
R2 18 August   Edward Sander Woldseth   Edward Sander Woldseth
R3   William Winsth   Gabriel Nord
6 R1   Rudskogen, Rakkestad 13 September   Viktor Andersson   Viktor Andersson   Edward Sander Woldseth
R2 14 September   Viktor Andersson   Viktor Andersson
R3   Edward Sander Woldseth   William Winsth
7 R1   Gelleråsen Arena, Karlskoga 28 September   Edward Sander Woldseth   Edward Sander Woldseth   Edward Sander Woldseth
R2   Håvard Hallerud   Edward Sander Woldseth
R3   Viktor Andersson   Charlie Andersen
8 R1   Mantorp Park, Mantorp 4 October   Viktor Andersson   Viktor Andersson   Viktor Andersson
R2 5 October   Edward Sander Woldseth   Håvard Hallerud

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Gabriel Nord crossed the line in 1st but was given a 15 second time penalty due to an incident with Edward Sander Woldseth, and so Winsth was awarded the race win.[3]

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.

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 Northern European Zone (NEZ) championship, the latter served as the overall championship, with the JSM points tally excluding round 2.

Formula Nordic Drivers' Championship (NEZ and JSM) edit

Pos Driver KNU
 
RUD1
 
AND
 
SKE
 
KAR1
 
RUD2
 
KAR2
 
MAN
 
Pts
1   Edward Sander Woldseth 1 3 1 5 2 3 Ret 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 5 2 4 401
2   Viktor Andersson 2 1 3 3 5 2 2 3 1 7 5 6 2 1 3 3 2 3 1 3 361
3   William Winsth 3 2 2 1 Ret 1 1 5 3 3 Ret 4 3 6 1 5 6 2 5 7 297
4   Håvard Hallerud 6 4 5 4 3 5 4 2 4 4 4 5 4 3 5 6 3 6 4 1 258
5   Charlie Andersen 7 6 6 7 4 6 3 DNS DNS 2 2 3 5 4 4 4 4 1 Ret 5 218
6   Gabriel Nord 4 Ret 4 6 6 4 5 3 1 2 5 4 3 2 190
7   Magnus Gustavsen 5 5 DNS 2 1 Ret 5 4 5 108
8   Glenn Key 6 5 6 6 6 43
9   Filip Larsson 6 6 7 7 8 32
10   Gustav Brandin Ret 7 8 8 9 16
Pos Driver KNU RUD1 AND SKE KAR1 RUD2 KAR2 MAN 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. ^ a b c d "Archive - Formula Nordic 2019" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Wood, Elliot (23 December 2019). "2019 Formula Renault season review". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

External links edit