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14 year old Victor Bouveng to race in Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ

admin — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:33:37 +0000

14 year old Swede Victor Bouveng has signed with Trackstar Racing to compete in the Swedish and Northern European Zone Formula Renault 2.0 championship. The young driver will turn 15 before the start of the season but will have to race with an age exemption due to his young age. Bouveng is part of the Swedish motorsport association’s elite junior program and is a part of the Swedish racing’s national team.

2011 will be a learning year but hopes are still high for a top three finish in the championship. Driving coaches and mentors will be 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 UK champion Sebastian Hohenthal and the 2006 World Series by Renault champion Alx Danielsson.

Bouveng’s three year plan includes a seat in either the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup of the British championship for 2012 and a move to GP3 or F3 in 2013.

Preliminary schedule for Swedish Formula Renault 2.0 series

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:53:02 +0000

The preliminary race schedule for the inaugural Swedish Formula Renault 2.0 championship has now been released. The series will consist of five rounds, tow of which will be together with the Finnish championship. There are also plans for a couple of NEZ (Northern European Zone) events.

Preliminary schedule:

Karlskoga – 22-23 May (together with the STCC) + Finnish championship
Falkenberg – 10-11 July (together with the STCC)
Karlskoga – 14-15 August (together with the STCC)
Hämeenlinna, Finland – 5-6 September + Finnish championship
Knutstorp – 11-12 September (together with the STCC)

Swedish single seater racing aims to come back in 2009 with Formula Renault

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:26:19 +0000

2006 was the last season for the Scandinavian Formula Renault 2.0 championship. It was a part of the Swedish Touring Car Championship support class package but in its last season it failed to attract a healthy grid. With the demise of the Swedish Formula Ford series meant that this year there was no real single seater championship in Sweden leaving the young hopefuls coming out of karts no choice than to either get into touringcars, go abroad or just quit.

Hopefully things will change though as the plans are being made for a Swedish Formula Renault 2.0 championship for 2009. The plans are pretty far ahead and several drivers are already confirmed for racing. The only driver who has made it official though is Viktor Hallrup, who has a history of both Formula Fords and Radicals. Viktor will race in the Northern European Championship as well as the Swedish. According to Joakim Wiedesheim, the series coordinator, there are several other drivers confirmed for the championship.

The series will work together with the Finnish Formula Renault 2.0 championship, which will have one of its rounds in Sweden in 2009. The calendar has not yet been confirmed although at least three events will be held together with the STCC.

While these must be the toughest times to launch a new series in, Race Incident really hopes this will mark a proper return of single seater racing in Sweden.