Marius Kristiansen secured the Danish championship, while Sebastian Bach can call himself Nordic champion in Nordic 4.
A long season’s battle for points, placings and trophies came to an end at FDM Jyllandsringen on Sunday afternoon. It was a weekend where the judges – unwittingly – played a crucial role in deciding the championships.
Marius Kristiansen took care of Saturday’s timing. With 0.109 seconds to Sebastian Bach, it was the first scalp for the West Jutland driver, while Silas Egedal continued his great development and set the third fastest time ahead of Viktor Snebjørn Poulsen and Magnus Pedersen.
Kristiansen and Bach also pulled away from the rest of the field in Saturday’s race and fought their own battle for victory, while Magnus Pedersen managed to close the gap to Mads Hoe and took third place. Silas Egedal fought a long battle with Viktor Snebjørn Poulsen, who spun on the way out to the crowd and had to work his way forward again. Egedal was given two penalty lanes for the incident – afterwards, however, Poulsen and Egedal agreed that there had been no contact between the two.
Marius Kristiansen won Saturday’s race, but a protest based on the legality of his car was upheld, resulting in the West Jutlander being disqualified and Sebastian Bach promoted to Race 1 winner ahead of Magnus Pedersen and Mads Hoe.
This reduced Kristiansen’s championship lead to four points, and not only that; he was also relegated to the back of the grid, while Bach started Sunday’s first race from eighth place. Kristiansen took this as a challenge, and with a strong effort he managed to drive his way to third place before the chequered flag.
More impressive in Race 2 was that Silas Egedal shot forward from his starting position in third place and took the lead before the first lap was even completed. From there, the driver from North Zealand didn’t look much in the mirrors, but focused forward and took his first victory in only his third race weekend. He took the victory ahead of Casper Nissen.
While Marius Kristiansen fought his way forward, Sebastian Bach struggled to move up from the eighth place he started in. After a few laps he was down to 11th place, but he managed to drive his way back to seventh place.
Magnus Pedersen took care of the last Nordic 4 race of the year. After a good start, the Djurslander took the lead ahead of Casper Nissen, who tried to catch and overtake the experienced driver. Behind him, Sebastian Bach was keen to advance, but under pressure from behind from Silas Egedal, he had to focus on keeping his position.
Once again Marius Kristiansen was able to drive his way through the field and finished in fifth place, but the race didn’t end when the chequered flag was hung out on the straight. Two protests were lodged against Sebastian Bach, who was given a 20-second penalty for not slowing down enough in a double yellow flag zone. This sent the driver from Aalborg down to eighth place, while Silas Egedal inherited third place.
Alexia Danielsson was hit hard by technical problems throughout the weekend. A puncture in qualifying was followed by a gear change problem that kept her out of Saturday’s race. On Sunday, the Swedish F1 Academy graduate struggled with another puncture before finishing the third and final heat in ninth place. A great result considering the challenges of the weekend.
Anton Morsing didn’t get everything he wanted out of the final weekend, but Mads Hoe’s young protégé still delivered good results throughout the weekend. The good results were just enough for the Copenhagen-based Formula 5 driver to call himself Nordic Formula 5 Champion.
With the 2025 season coming to an end, more new champions can be crowned*:
DIF Danish Champion Nordic 4: Marius Kristiansen
DM Rookie Champion: Casper Nissen
DM Formula 5 Champion: Mads Hoe
DM Team Champions: STEP Motorsport
Nordic Champion: Sebastian Bach
NM Rookie Champion: Viktor Snebjørn Poulsen
NM Formula 5: Anton Morsing
NM Team Champion: STEP Motorsport
*The final championship result depends on ongoing cases with DASU’s Amateur and Order Committee.
