Ahead of the Race of Champions 2023: The drivers, TV times and votes ahead of the racing festival in Piteå

2023-01-24T22:12:42.496Z

Race of Champions is back in Sweden and Piteå. Here is SVT's guide with all the drivers and TV times to keep an eye on before this weekend's racing party.

When and where will the Race of Champions 2023 run:

Pite sea bath, January 28-29.

This is how SVT broadcasts:

Saturday:

11.50 – 15.00, SVT1 and SVT Play.

Nations Cup.

Sunday:

11.50 – 15.00, SVT and SVT Play.

Commentator: Johan Ejeborg.

Expert: Jonas Kruse.

Everything about the Race of Champions in SVT Play >>>

All drivers in Race of Champions:

Oliver Solberg

(Sweden) – Junior World Rally Champion.

Driven WRC.

Jamie Chadwick

(Great Britain) – Three-time W Series champion.

ROC's only woman.

David Coulthard

(Great Britain) – Won 13 F1 races, and two ROCs.

Sebastien Loeb

(France) – Nine-time World Rally Champion.

Won ROC four times.

Mattias Ekström

(Sweden) – Two-time DTM champion.

Won ROC three times.

Johan Kristoffersson

(Sweden) – Five-time world champion in rallycross.

Petter Solberg

(Norway) – Two WC titles in rallycross.

World Rally Champion 2003.

Mika Häkkinen

(Finland) – Two-time World Champion in Formula 1.

Valtteri Bottas

(Finland) – Won ten F1 races.

Sebastian Vettel

(Germany) – Four-time Formula 1 World Champion.

Travis Pastrana

(USA) – Six-time American Rally Champion.

Eleven golds in the X-games.

Mick Schumacher

(Germany) – Formula 2 and Formula 3 star. Michael's son.

Thierry Neuville

(Belgium) – Five World Rally silver medals.

Tanner Foust

(USA) – Three-time American rallycross champion.

Felipe Drugovich

(Brazil) – Formula 2 World Champion.

Tom Kristensen

(Denmark) – Nine-time Le Mans champion.

Adrien Tambay

(France) – ETCR (Electric Touring Car Racing) World Champion.

Felix Rosenqvist

(Sweden) – Formula 3 champion.

Won an Indycar race.

This is how it went in ROC 2022:

The Race of Champions 2022 was also decided in Piteå.

French world star Sebastien Loeb won.

He defeated Mattias Ekström in the semi-finals, snuffing out the Swedish star for his fourth ROC title.

In the final he defeated Sebastian Vettel.

The team competition (Nations Cup) was a Nordic triumph when father and son Solberg (Petter and Oliver) won ahead of the American duo Jamie Johnson and Colin Herta.

Votes for ROC 2023:

"Race of Champions has meant a lot to me over the years.

I'm looking forward to showing my car to European audiences, we usually only drive in the desert in Saudi Arabia and Morocco”.

Mattias Ekström, ROC semi-finalist 2022.

"The track is faster than last year and all drivers drive identical cars, so it's only driver skill that determines who wins," says Johansson.

Fredrik Johansson, president Race of Champions.

“I definitely want to perform better than last year.

Snow and ice are not really our world, so there is a lot that is new.”

Jamie Chadwick, one of the world's fastest racing women.

"It's an event I've followed throughout my childhood, right up to this day and I've actually been there once, at Wembley with my dad a few years ago."

Felix Rosenqvist, Swedish Indycar star about his debut in the Race of Champions.

CLIP: Race of Champions winner Sebastien Loeb (February 6, 2022)

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