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

Nations Cup

Nations' Cup Team	Drivers	2023 series
France	Sébastien Loeb	World Rally-Raid Championship
	Adrien Tambay	FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup
Germany[2]	Sebastian Vettel[2]	none
	Mick Schumacher	Formula One[a]
Finland	Mika Häkkinen[2]	none
	Valtteri Bottas	Formula One
Norway	Oliver Solberg[4]	World Rally Championship-2
	Petter Solberg[4]	none
Sweden	Johan Kristoffersson[2]	Extreme E
	Mattias Ekström	Extreme E
Nordic	Tom Kristensen	none
	Felix Rosenqvist	IndyCar
United Kingdom	Jamie Chadwick[4]	Indy NXT
	David Coulthard	none
United States	Tanner Foust	Extreme E
	Travis Pastrana	Nitro RallyCross
All Stars	Felipe Drugovich	Formula One[b]
	Thierry Neuville	World Rally Championship
eROC	Lucas Blakeley[6]	Formula One eSports Series
	Jarno Opmeer[6]	Formula One eSports Series

Winners

Race of Champions		Nations' Cup Winners				Other Trophies
Winner	Runner-up	Nation (winners)	Winning Drivers	Nation (runner-up)	Runner Up Drivers
Mattias Ekström	Mick Schumacher	Norway	Petter Solberg Oliver Solberg	All Stars	Felipe Drugovich Thierry Neuville	Lucas Blakeley (eROC)

Draw

Drivers

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

	Preliminaries				1/8 Final
	Adrien Tambay	1^[a]
	David Coulthard	1
					Adrien Tambay	0
					Mick Schumacher	2
	Felix Rosenqvist	0
	Mick Schumacher	2

• ^a Tambay wins on combined time, 6.840s faster

Main Draw

	1/8 Finals				Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
	Mika Häkkinen	0
	Felipe Drugovich	2
					Felipe Drugovich	1
					Mick Schumacher	1^[b]
	Adrien Tambay	0
	Mick Schumacher	2
									Mick Schumacher	2
									Sebastian Vettel	0
	Valtteri Bottas	0
	Tom Kristensen	2
					Tom Kristensen	0
					Sebastian Vettel	2
	Sebastian Vettel	2
	Jamie Chadwick	0
													Mick Schumacher	0
													Mattias Ekström	2
	Sébastien Loeb	1
	Thierry Neuville	1^[a]
					Thierry Neuville	1^[c]
					Oliver Solberg	1
	Petter Solberg	0
	Oliver Solberg	2
									Thierry Neuville	0
									Mattias Ekström	2
	Johan Kristoffersson	2
	Tanner Foust	0
					Johan Kristoffersson	0
					Mattias Ekström	2
	Travis Pastrana	0
	Mattias Ekström	2

• ^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

1. He will compete in Formula One in the 2023 season as a Reserve Driver for Mercedes.^[3]
2. He will compete in Formula One in the 2023 season as a Reserve Driver for Aston Martin.^[5]

References

1. "Vettel, Hakkinen among first names for 2023 Race of Champions in Sweden". www.autosport.com. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
2. Champions, Race Of (2022-09-14). "Race Of Champions returns to Sweden's snow and ice in 2023". Race Of Champions. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
3. Collantine, Keith (15 December 2022). "Mick Schumacher joins Mercedes as reserve driver after exit from Ferrari · RaceFans". RaceFans. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
4. "Drivers - SWEDEN 2023". Race Of Champions. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
5. "F2 champion Drugovich becomes Aston Martin reserve as part of Driver Development Programme | Formula 1". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
6. "2023 Race of Champions: Lucas Blakeley wins eROC, runs it back with Opmeer in Nations Cup". The Checkered Flag. 2023-01-27.

External links

• Official website