2023 Race of Champions

Annual edition of motorsport event

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.

2023 Race of Champions

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## Participants

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### Nations Cup

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Nations' Cup Team  | Drivers  | 2023 series

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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

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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
Mattias Ekström |  Mick Schumacher |  Norway |  Petter Solberg
Oliver Solberg | All Stars  |  Felipe Drugovich
Thierry Neuville |  Lucas Blakeley (eROC)

## Draw

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### Drivers

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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

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| Preliminaries| | 1/8 Final

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|  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

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| 1/8 Finals| | Quarter-Finals| | Semi-Finals| | Final

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|  Mika Häkkinen| 0

|  Felipe Drugovich| 2|

|  Felipe Drugovich| 1

| |  Mick Schumacher| 1[b]|

|  Adrien Tambay| 0

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|  Mick Schumacher| 2|

|  Mick Schumacher| 2

| |  Sebastian Vettel| 0|

|  Valtteri Bottas| 0

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|  Tom Kristensen| 2|

|  Tom Kristensen| 0

| |  Sebastian Vettel| 2|

|  Sebastian Vettel| 2

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|  Jamie Chadwick| 0|

|  Mick Schumacher| 0

| |  Mattias Ekström| 2

|  Sébastien Loeb| 1

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|  Thierry Neuville| 1[a]|

|  Thierry Neuville| 1[c]

| |  Oliver Solberg| 1|

|  Petter Solberg| 0

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|  Oliver Solberg| 2|

|  Thierry Neuville| 0

| |  Mattias Ekström| 2|

|  Johan Kristoffersson| 2

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|  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

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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

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1. ^ "Vettel, Hakkinen among first names for 2023 Race of Champions in Sweden". www.autosport.com. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
2. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "2023 Race of Champions: Lucas Blakeley wins eROC, runs it back with Opmeer in Nations Cup". The Checkered Flag. 2023-01-27.

## External links

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* Official website

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Race of Champions

Early events|

* Montlhéry 1988
* Nürburgring 1989
* Barcelona 1990
* Madrid 1991

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* ~~Bangkok 2013~~
* London 2015
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* Bushy Park 2014
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