2023 Race of Champions
The 2023 Race of Champions was the 32nd running of the Race of Champions, taking place on 28 and 29 January. The race took place in Sweden for the second time in its history, taking place at Pite Havsbad in Piteå, Sweden, 60 miles south of the Arctic Circle, on a circuit of snow and ice on the frozen Baltic Sea.[1]
The race was won by Team Norway (Oliver and Petter Solberg), which marked the team's second consecutive victory.
Participants
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Winners
[edit | edit source]| Race of Champions | Nations' Cup Winners | Other Trophies | ||||
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| Winner | Runner-up | Nation (winners) | Winning drivers | Nation (runner-up) | Runner up Drivers | |
| Sweden Mattias Ekström | Germany Mick Schumacher | Norway Norway | Norway Petter Solberg Sweden Oliver Solberg |
All Stars | Brazil Felipe Drugovich Belgium Thierry Neuville |
United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley (eROC) |
Draw
[edit | edit source]Drivers
[edit | edit source]The Champion of Champions winner was decided by a knockout tournament, split into two halves - one (upper half) consisting of international racing drivers with the other being the rally experts and 'those with more experience of off-road driving'. All rounds were the best of 2 heats, with the final being the best of 3 heats.
Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]| Preliminaries | 1/8 Final | |||||
| France Adrien Tambay | 1[a] | |||||
| United Kingdom David Coulthard | 1 | |||||
| France Adrien Tambay | 0 | |||||
| Germany Mick Schumacher | 2 | |||||
| Sweden Felix Rosenqvist | 0 | |||||
| Germany Mick Schumacher | 2 | |||||
- ^a Tambay wins on combined time, 6.840s faster
Main Draw
[edit | edit source]- ^a Neuville wins on combined time, 0.040s faster
- ^b Schumacher wins on combined time, 1.527s faster
- ^c Neuville wins on combined time, 9.597s faster
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ He will compete in Formula One in the 2023 season as a Reserve Driver for Mercedes.[3]
- ^ He will compete in Formula One in the 2023 season as a Reserve Driver for Aston Martin.[5]
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