Team Norway captured the 2026 Nordic Simracing Championship nations title on Saturday, November 7th 2026, following a full day of live LAN competition at the Otahalli sports center in Espoo, Finland. Organized by the Finnish ASN (AKK-Motorsport) and the Finnish Sim Racing Association (FiSRA) with FIA support, the event brought national squads from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland onto identical rigs on the stage in iRacing.
Two Disciplines: FIA Cross Car and FIA F4
Unlike single-make GT championships, the 2026 Nordic format tested each national roster across two contrasting FIA grass-roots categories in iRacing. Each national federation named a four-driver squad, with three drivers competing in each discipline and two drivers racing across both classes. The opening rounds put drivers into the lightweight FIA Cross Car across qualifying, three heats, two consolation races, and a 12-lap Feature Race on the dirt layout at Daytona International Speedways Rallycross course.
The championship then shifted to the FIA F4 single-seaters at Donington Park Grand Prix for qualifying and three 15-minute sprint races, with the top five finishers from Race 2 reversed on the starting grid for the final race. Five titles were awarded across the day: Overall Nations Champion, Nations Cross Car Champion, Nations FIA F4 Champion, Individual Cross Car Champion, and Individual FIA F4 Champion.
- 1st — Team Norway (228 pts): Timothy Friis Larsen, Theo Johansen, Jakob Behrens, Leander Angeltvedt (135 Cross Car / 93 FIA F4)
- 2nd — Team Finland (178 pts): Matti Kaidesoja, Ilari Lamminsivu, Ossi Peltola, Tuomas Tähtelä (102 Cross Car / 80 FIA F4)
- 3rd — Team Denmark (116 pts): Luke Rhymer, Thomas Poulsen, Morten Bertelsen, Frederik Kirkegaard (57 Cross Car / 59 FIA F4)
- 4th — Team Iceland (79 pts): Gunnar Karl Vignisson, Hákon Jökulsson, Aron Breki Valgeirsson, Patrekur Magnusson (24 Cross Car / 50 FIA F4)
- 5th — Team Sweden (72 pts): Isak Arvidsson, Jesper Ontujeff, Jesper Eriksson, Michael Haflidason (36 Cross Car / 37 FIA F4)
- Individual FIA F4 Podium: 1st Timothy Friis Larsen (45 pts), 2nd Luke Rhymer (39 pts), 3rd Matti Kaidesoja (37 pts), 4th Leander Angeltvedt (32 pts)
- Individual FIA Cross Car Podium: 1st Theo Johansen (60 pts), 2nd Jakob Behrens (56 pts), 3rd Ossi Peltola (42 pts), 4th Morten Bertelsen (33 pts)
- Event Format: FIA Cross Car at Daytona Rallycross & FIA F4 at Donington Park GP
iRacing / Racespot TVNorway Sweeps All Five Titles in Espoo
Fielding the youngest roster in the tournament with an average age under 19 under team manager Hans Jørgensen, Team Norway swept every team and individual trophy on offer in Espoo. In the opening FIA Cross Car rounds at Daytona, 2023 NEZ Junior Cross Car champion Theo Johansen won his heat and led home a Norwegian 1–2 finish in the 12-lap Feature Race ahead of teammate Jakob Behrens. Johansen claimed the Individual FIA Cross Car Championship with 60 points ahead of Behrens (56 points) and Finland's Ossi Peltola (42 points), while Denmark's Morten Bertelsen (33 points) used the joker lap to jump Finnish drivers Tuomas Tähtelä (31 points) and Ilari Lamminsivu (29 points) for fourth. Combined with Leander Angeltvedt in 10th (19 points), Norway secured the Nations Cross Car title on 135 points to build a 33-point cushion over defending champion Finland (102 points).
Norway kept its foot on the gas when the field switched to the FIA F4 cars at Donington Park, winning all three 15-minute races. Sim Racing Nation driver ambassador and Scorpio Esport driver Timothy Friis Larsen started from pole position and clocked the fastest lap in Heat 1, holding off a six-car train separated by less than a second at the line ahead of Finland's Matti Kaidesoja and Tuomas Tähtelä, Denmark's Luke Rhymer, and teammate Leander Angeltvedt. After a race reset in Heat 2, Larsen launched from pole a second time and fended off Tähtelä and Kaidesoja to win by three-tenths of a second.
With the top five reversed for the final race of the day, Denmark's Luke Rhymer started on pole ahead of Leander Angeltvedt. A multi-car pileup at the final hairpin on lap five collected Larsen, Behrens, and the chasing Finnish drivers, leaving Rhymer and Angeltvedt to duel at the front. When Rhymer ran wide at Turn 4, Angeltvedt seized the lead and pulled away to win Race 3 by nearly four seconds over Rhymer, while Iceland's Patrekur Magnusson held off Denmark's Frederik Kirkegaard for third. Larsen's back-to-back victories secured the Individual FIA F4 Championship with 45 points ahead of Rhymer (39 points), Kaidesoja (37 points), and Angeltvedt (32 points), while Norway took the Nations FIA F4 title (93 points) and the overall 2026 Nordic Simracing Championship crown with 228 points—50 points clear of host nation Finland (178 points) after final steward penalties.
Watch the Full Espoo Broadcast
Placed on the FIA international calendar for the first time in 2026, the Espoo LAN showcased the depth of national ASN esports programs across Norway (Norges Bilsportforbund), Finland (AKK-Motorsport), Denmark (DASU), Iceland (AKÍS), and Sweden (Svensk Bilsport). You can watch the full 2026 Nordic Simracing Championship broadcast on YouTube, review the official race results, and follow open qualifiers on our Prize Competitions directory and SRN Esports hub.
