The 2022 Formula Nordic season was the tenth season of the Swedish-based single-seater championship, and the fourth independent of the STCC branding, following the formation of the series' association in the wake of the STCC promoter's bankruptcy in 2018.[1][2] 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 13 May at Anderstorp Raceway, and concluded on 1 October at Mantorp Park after 15 races held over seven rounds.[3] This was the second season with Yokohama as the series' tyre supplier.[4]

Drivers and teams

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
  Granforce Racing 16   Linus Granfors[5] All
  WestCoast Racing 41   Emma Wigroth[6][7] 2–7
  Ross Racing 47   Jonathan Engström[5] All
  isiRacing 50   Christer Otterstrøm[8] 6
Privateer 55   Philip Victorsson[9] All
  NIKA Racing 66   Benjamin Fuglesang[10] All

Race calendar and results

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The season began on 13 May at Anderstorp Raceway, and concluded on 1 October at Mantorp Park after 15 races held over seven rounds.[3][11] For all 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.[12]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp 14 May   Benjamin Fuglesang   Philip Victorsson   Philip Victorsson Privateer
R2   Philip Victorsson   Philip Victorsson Privateer
2 R1   Falkenbergs Motorbana, Bergagård 8 July   Benjamin Fuglesang   Philip Victorsson   Philip Victorsson Privateer
R2 9 July   Philip Victorsson   Philip Victorsson   Philip Victorsson Privateer
R3   Benjamin Fuglesang   Philip Victorsson Privateer
3 R1   Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp 6 August   Benjamin Fuglesang   Philip Victorsson   Philip Victorsson Privateer
R2   Philip Victorsson   Philip Victorsson Privateer
4 R1   Gelleråsen Arena, Karlskoga 20 August   Linus Granfors   Emma Wigroth   Emma Wigroth   WestCoast Racing
R2   Philip Victorsson   Philip Victorsson Privateer
5 R1   Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp 11 September   Linus Granfors   Benjamin Fuglesang   Philip Victorsson Privateer
R2   Benjamin Fuglesang   Benjamin Fuglesang   NIKA Racing
6 R1   Rudskogen Motorsenter, Rakkestad 17 September   Benjamin Fuglesang   Benjamin Fuglesang   Benjamin Fuglesang   NIKA Racing
R2   Benjamin Fuglesang   Benjamin Fuglesang   NIKA Racing
7 R1   Mantorp Park, Mantorp 1 October   Philip Victorsson   Philip Victorsson   Linus Granfors   Granforce Racing
R2   Benjamin Fuglesang   Jonathan Engström   Ross Racing

Championship standings

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Qualifying points system

Points are awarded to the top 5 fastest qualifying times.[12]

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.[12]

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)

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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 AND1
 
FAL
 
AND2
 
KAR
 
AND3
 
RUD
 
MAN
 
Pts
1   Philip Victorsson 12 1 12 1 1 12 1 32 1 12 2 44 3 21 3 333
2   Benjamin Fuglesang Ret1 2 21 2 4 21 3 43 Ret 44 1 11 1 33 2 259
3   Linus Granfors 23 4 33 3 3 33 2 51 4 21 3 22 4 12 4 247
4   Jonathan Engström 34 3 45 4 2 45 4 25 3 33 4 5 5 45 1 212
5   Emma Wigroth Ret4 Ret 5 54 5 14 2 55 5 65 6 54 5 139
6   Christer Otterstrøm 33 2 36
Pos Driver AND1
 
FAL
 
AND2
 
KAR
 
AND3
 
RUD
 
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
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

References

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  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 Gustavsson, Bengt-Åce (5 November 2021). "Kalendern klar för Formula Nordic 2022" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Yokohama blir ny däckleverantör i Formula Nordic" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Säsongen 2022 är igång" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  6. ^ @ewigroth (2022-05-11). "I can now announce that I will do my second year in Formula Nordic but sadly I will not take part in the season opener at Anderstorp this weekend due to health problems" – via Instagram.
  7. ^ "Trippelseger till Philip Victorsson i Falkenberg" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Christer Otterström debuterar i Formula Nordic" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Philip Victorsson klar för ny säsong i Formula Nordic" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Norske Kartinglöftet Benjamin Fuglesang klar för Formula Nordic debut – kör för NIKA Racing" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  11. ^ Gustavsson, Bengt-Åce (2 May 2022). "Uppdaterad Kalender" (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  12. ^ a b c "Formula Nordic Reglemente, FN Tävlingsreglemente 2022" (PDF) (in Swedish). Formula Nordic. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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