NXT Gen Cup heads to Germany with ADAC Racing Weekend at Oschersleben
NXT Gen Cup heads outside of Sweden for the first time this weekend, racing with the ADAC Racing Weekend in Germany. The strong field of junior talents will tackle the challenging Oschersleben circuit in their 100% electric LRT NXT1 race cars for race weekend two of 2023.
"The Falkenberg world premiere exceeded our expectations with fantastic electric junior racing where our all-new LRT NXT1 race cars performed according to plan," said Fredrik Lestrup, founder of NXT Gen Cup.
"We are now heading from the fast and short Falkenberg circuit to a big international circuit like Oschersleben which will put our drivers and cars to a completely different challenge. And this is what NXT Gen Cup is all about, providing our junior talents with a thorough base of experience for their future professional racing careers."
The first race weekend saw two thrilling races where the lead changed hands several times and plenty of close door-to-door racing.
Swedish ace Elias Adestam wrote history to become the first-ever NXT Gen Cup winner in Race 1 while Ellis Spiezia struck back in Race 2 to win and claim the championship.
The American racer heads the standings on 47 points and is trailed by Linus Granfors, who drove two solid races with a second and fourth place finish, just four points behind.
Enzo Hallman, who performed a daring move in the first Falkenberg race from fourth to first, is fourth overall, eight points from the lead.
Elias Adestam, who claimed pole and the first win, is fifth after receiving a post-race penalty in Race 2 for an unsafe re-entry to the track, trailing points leader Ellis Spiezia by 11 points.
Best of the female drivers was Siri Hökfelt who finished ninth in the first race and eighth in the second race, currently sharing seventh place in the championship standings with Theo Jernberg on 17 points.
The young talents races the 100% electric LRT NXT1 race cars in NXT Gen Cup, cars which are based on the MINI Cooper SE road car model – featuring a 30kWh battery and 230hp with push-to-pass functionality.
The cars, which run on Hankook Ventus TD tyres, are charged in-between track sessions by ABB E-mobility, the official charging partner to NXT Gen Cup.
The NXT Gen Cup field is headed by the MINI Electric Pacesetter throughout the 2023 season, which made its debut as the official Safety Car for the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.
The NXT Gen Cup action in Germany starts already on Friday with testing and qualifying, followed by two races on Saturday which are broadcast LIVE on the NXT Gen Cup YouTube channel.
Schedule
Friday July 28th
09:15-09:35 – Test
14:40-15:00 – Qualifying
Saturday July 29th
12:20 – Race 1 (20 min)
18:15 – Race 2 (29 min)
Times in CEST
Points and results
Drivers' standings
Falkenberg results
2023 NXT Gen Cup entry list
Start no. – Name – Nationality
2 – Greaham Hofmans - Netherlands
3 – Linus Granfors – Sweden
4 – Theo Jernberg – Sweden
5 – Sebastian Kinnmark – Sweden
7 – Enzo Hallman – Sweden
8 – Elias Adestam – Sweden
11 – Ellis Spiezia – USA
12 – Filip Bartoš – Czechia
14 – Katie Turner – United Kingdom
16 – Månz Thalin – Sweden
19 – Alexander Gustafsson – Sweden
21 – Siri Hökfelt – Sweden
27 – Alexzander Kristiansson – Sweden
47 – Jonathan Engström – Sweden
50 – Victor Nielsen – Denmark
51 – Louse Larsson – Sweden
Regulations – Quick overview
The driver with the most points at the end of the season will be crowned the official Swedish Junior Champion by the Swedish Motorsport Federation.
A total of six race weekends are held in Sweden and Germany.
Each race weekend consists of one practice session, one qualifying session and two races of approx. 15 minutes each with standing start.
The grid for the first race is determined by the result of qualifying.
The grid for the second race is determined by the result of Race 1 with the top eight drivers in reversed order.
Qualifying points are awarded to the top 3 drivers through the following scale: 4, 2, 1
Race points are awarded to the top 16 drivers through the following scale: 30, 25, 21, 17, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
All drivers can utilise the push-to-pass functionality during the races which provides them with a burst of extra power. There is a delay of 5 seconds when activating it, so that driver’s can’t use it in a defensive capacity.
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