2023 NXT Gen Cup season

The 2023 NXT Gen Cup was the first season of NXT Gen Cup, world’s first fully electric junior touring car cup. It began at Falkenbergs Motorbana on 7 July and ended at Mantorp Park on 23 September.

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 Sweden Falkenbergs Motorbana, Bergagård, Sweden 7–9 July TCR Denmark Touring Car Series
V8 Thunder Cars
2 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Germany 28–30 July ADAC Racing Weekend Oschersleben
3 Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 4–6 August Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
ADAC GT4 Germany
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
4 Sweden Karlskoga Motorstadion, Karlskoga, Sweden 17–19 August Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
Porsche Sprint Challenge Scandinavia
5 Sweden Ring Knutstorp, Kågeröd, Sweden 30 August–1 September V8 Thunder Cars
Radical Cup Scandinavia
6 Sweden Mantorp Park, Mantorp, Sweden 21–23 September Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
Porsche Sprint Challenge Scandinavia

Entry list

All of the drivers used the LRT NXT1.

No. Driver Rounds
2 Netherlands Greaham Hofmans[1] All
3 Sweden Linus Granfors[2] All
4 Sweden Theo Jernberg[3] All
5 Sweden Sebastian Kinnmark[4] All
6 Sweden Isak Arvidsson[5] 1–2
Germany Mats Overhoff[6] 3
Denmark Mikkel Njor[7] 4–6
7 Sweden Enzo Hallman[8] All
8 Sweden Elias Adestam[9] All
9 Netherlands Bente Boer[10] 3
Sweden Isak Arvidsson[11] 4, 6
Netherlands Lukas Stiefelhagen[12] 5
11 United States Ellis Spiezia[13] All
12 Czech Republic Filip Bartoš[14] All
14 United Kingdom Katie Turner[15] All
16 Sweden Månz Thalin[16] All
19 Sweden Alexander Gustafsson[17] All
21 Sweden Siri Hökfelt[18] All
26 Sweden Oscar Pedersen[19] 1
27 Sweden Alexzander Kristiansson[20] All
47 Sweden Jonathan Engström[21] All
50 Denmark Victor Nielsen[22] All
51 Sweden Louise Larsson[23] All
91 Romania Sebastian Serban[24] 6
Icon Class
Guest Starter

Results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 R1 Sweden Falkenbergs Motorbana Sweden Elias Adestam United States Ellis Spiezia Sweden Elias Adestam
R2 Sweden Enzo Hallman United States Ellis Spiezia
2 R1 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben United States Ellis Spiezia Sweden Elias Adestam Sweden Elias Adestam
R2 United States Ellis Spiezia United States Ellis Spiezia
3 R1 Germany Nürburgring Sweden Linus Granfors Sweden Theo Jernberg Sweden Linus Granfors
R2 Sweden Linus Granfors Sweden Linus Granfors
4 R1 Sweden Karlskoga Motorstadion Sweden Elias Adestam Sweden Linus Granfors Sweden Elias Adestam
R2 Sweden Jonathan Engström Sweden Linus Granfors
5 R1 Sweden Ring Knutstorp Netherlands Lukas Stiefelhagen Sweden Linus Granfors Sweden Linus Granfors
R2 Sweden Linus Granfors Sweden Elias Adestam
6 R1 Sweden Mantorp Park Sweden Linus Granfors Denmark Mikkel Njor Sweden Elias Adestam
R2 Sweden Jonathan Engström Denmark Mikkel Njor

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th FL
Points 30 25 21 17 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points:

Qualifying position 1st 2nd 3rd
Points 4 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver FAL
Sweden
OSC
Germany
NÜR
Germany
KAR
Sweden
KNU
Sweden
MAN
Sweden
Points
1 Sweden Elias Adestam 11 15 1 9 12 3 11 14 22 1 13 4 243
2 Sweden Linus Granfors 23 4 162 6 11 1 4 1 1 9 21 Ret 240
3 United States Ellis Spiezia 4 1 21 1 2 2 17† 7 4 15 4 2 229
4 Sweden Enzo Hallman 5 2 Ret 8 32 8 33 2 6 3 32 8 193
5 Sweden Jonathan Engström 14 7 6 2 4 5 2 4 10 4 9 7 167
6 Sweden Alexzander Kristiansson 7 12 7 3 14†3 13 62 5 8 2 8 3 146
7 Denmark Victor Nielsen 18†2 6 3 4 8 9 5 8 11 6 5 5 138
8 Sweden Alexander Gustafsson 6 5 5 5 6 4 9 9 7 5 12 10 135
9 Sweden Theo Jernberg 8 9 43 7 7 12 7 3 93 11 10 11 120
10 Denmark Mikkel Njor 10 10 3 13 6 1 82
11 Sweden Månz Thalin 11 Ret 12 13 5 7 Ret 11 12 7 11 12 71
12 Netherlands Greaham Hofmans 12 13 14 14 9 14 11 16 Ret 12 7 6 60
13 Sweden Sebastian Kinnmark 13 10 8 10 15† 15 13 12 14 10 16 14 54
14 Sweden Isak Arvidsson 16 11 9 15 8 6 14 9 49
15 Sweden Siri Hökfelt 9 8 10 11 16† 16 12 13 16 Ret 15 15 46
16 Sweden Oscar Pedersen 3 3 42
17 Sweden Louise Larsson 10 14 11 12 Ret Ret 14 17 13 16 13 13 37
18 Czech Republic Filip Bartoš 15 16 13 16 13 10 15 15 15 14 17 16 29
19 Netherlands Lukas Stiefelhagen 51 8 27
20 Germany Mats Overhoff 10 6 19
21 Netherlands Bente Boer 11 11 12
22 United Kingdom Katie Turner 17 17† 15 Ret Ret 17 16 18 WD WD 18 Ret 3
Guest drivers ineligible to score points.
Romania Sebastian Serban 19 17
Pos. Driver FAL
Sweden
OSC
Germany
NÜR
Germany
KAR
Sweden
KNU
Sweden
MAN
Sweden
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

 — Did not finish, but classified

1 4 points for Pole

2 – 2 points for P2

3 – 1 point for P3

References

  1. ^ "14-year-old Dutch electric karting talent Greaham Hofmans joins NXT Gen Cup". NXT Gen Cup. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Newly crowned Formula Nordic champion Linus Granfors set for NXT Gen Cup debut". NXT Gen Cup. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  3. ^ "17-year-old Theo Jernberg joins first NXT Gen Cup season". NXT Gen Cup. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Karting champion Sebastian Kinnmark makes NXT Gen Cup move". NXT Gen Cup. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Sim racer Isak Arvidsson returns from injury to make NXT Gen Cup debut". NXT Gen Cup. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  6. ^ "German karting ace Mats Overhoff makes NXT Gen Cup debut at Nürburgring". NXT Gen Cup. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Danish electric rally ace Mikkel Njor joins remaining NXT Gen Cup season". NXT Gen Cup. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
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  11. ^ "NXT Gen Cup returns to Sweden to kick off second season half". NXT Gen Cup. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Dutch karting champion Lukas Stiefelhagen joins NXT Gen Cup". NXT Gen Cup. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Ellis Spiezia becomes first international NXT Gen Cup driver". NXT Gen Cup. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Young Czech racer Filip Bartos joins NXT Gen Cup". NXT Gen Cup. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
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  16. ^ "14-year-old Månz Thalin joins inaugural NXT Gen Cup season". NXT Gen Cup. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  17. ^ "CrossCar junior champion Alex Gustafsson switches to NXT Gen Cup". NXT Gen Cup. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  18. ^ "16-year-old Siri Hökfelt joins first-ever NXT Gen Cup season". NXT Gen Cup. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  19. ^ "Merited karting youngster Oscar Pedersen steps up to NXT Gen Cup". NXT Gen Cup. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  20. ^ "Experienced Alexzander Kristiansson joins NXT Gen Cup". NXT Gen Cup. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  21. ^ "Single seater winner Jonathan Engström joins NXT Gen Cup". NXT Gen Cup. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  22. ^ "Danish single seater talent Victor Nielsen joins NXT Gen Cup". NXT Gen Cup. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  23. ^ "Louise Larsson becomes the first confirmed driver for NXT Gen Cup". NXT Gen Cup. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  24. ^ "Guest driver Sebastian Serban makes it a record NXT Gen Cup grid at Mantorp". NXT Gen Cup. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.