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 France Sébastien Loeb World Rally-Raid Championship
France Adrien Tambay FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup
Germany[2] Germany Sebastian Vettel[2] none
Germany Mick Schumacher Formula One[lower-alpha 1]
Finland Finland Mika Häkkinen[2] none
Finland Valtteri Bottas Formula One
Norway Sweden Oliver Solberg[4] World Rally Championship-2
Norway Petter Solberg[4] none
Sweden Sweden Johan Kristoffersson[2] Extreme E
Sweden Mattias Ekström none
Nordic Denmark Tom Kristensen none
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist IndyCar
United Kingdom United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick[4] Indy NXT
United Kingdom David Coulthard none
United States United States Tanner Foust Extreme E
United States Travis Pastrana Nitro RallyCross
All Stars Brazil Felipe Drugovich Formula One[lower-alpha 2]
Belgium Thierry Neuville World Rally Championship
eROC United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley[6] Formula One eSports Series
Netherlands 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
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

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
 
Preliminaries1/8 Final
 
      
 
 
 
 
France Adrien Tambay1[a]
 
 
 
United Kingdom David Coulthard1
 
France Adrien Tambay0
 
 
 
Germany Mick Schumacher2
 
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist0
 
 
Germany Mick Schumacher2
 
  • ^a Tambay wins on combined time, 6.840s faster

Main Draw
 
1/8 FinalsQuarter-FinalsSemi-FinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Finland Mika Häkkinen0
 
 
 
Brazil Felipe Drugovich2
 
Brazil Felipe Drugovich1
 
 
 
Germany Mick Schumacher1[b]
 
France Adrien Tambay0
 
 
 
Germany Mick Schumacher2
 
Germany Mick Schumacher2
 
 
 
Germany Sebastian Vettel0
 
Finland Valtteri Bottas0
 
 
 
Denmark Tom Kristensen2
 
Denmark Tom Kristensen0
 
 
 
Germany Sebastian Vettel2
 
Germany Sebastian Vettel2
 
 
 
United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick0
 
Germany Mick Schumacher0
 
 
 
Sweden Mattias Ekström2
 
France Sébastien Loeb1
 
 
 
Belgium Thierry Neuville1[a]
 
Belgium Thierry Neuville1[c]
 
 
 
Sweden Oliver Solberg1
 
Norway Petter Solberg0
 
 
 
Sweden Oliver Solberg2
 
Belgium Thierry Neuville0
 
 
 
Sweden Mattias Ekström2
 
Sweden Johan Kristoffersson2
 
 
 
United States Tanner Foust0
 
Sweden Johan Kristoffersson0
 
 
 
Sweden Mattias Ekström2
 
United States Travis Pastrana0
 
 
Sweden Mattias Ekström2
 
  • ^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.
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