After a successful debut season in Porsche Sprint Challenge Scandinavia, Aksel Lund Svindal now announces that he will change championships next season and compete in Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia.

Aksel Lund Svindal is a sports car enthusiast and Brand Ambassador for Porsche. During a masterful alpine career, he became known as "the King of Speed" and with two Olympic gold medals, five world championship titles and 36 World Cup victories is one of the greatest alpine skiers of all time.
In the 2022 season, the alpine legend swapped ski slopes for racetracks and drove as a teammate of Ingemar Stenmark and Prince Carl Philip in the successful single-type championship Porsche Sprint Challenge Scandinavia.

Success right away
Lund Svindal's entry into the Porsche Sprint Challenge Scandinavia cannot be described as anything other than a success. From six months earlier never sitting in a race car, the Norwegian ski king at the debut race at Scandinavian Raceway drove himself up to first place. After the end of the season, Lund Svindal was able to count on a total of four podiums.

The Norwegian alpine legend now announces that in the 2023 season he will change championships and compete in Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia. The championship change to the series, which is also the Swedish Championship for GT cars, poses major challenges in the form of a completely new car and even tougher competition. Aksel Lund Svindal will continue to be part of the Porsche Experience Racing team run by Mtech Competition.

Great respect
"I am very pleased with my debut season, I have learned a lot and developed incredibly much as a driver," says Aksel Lund Svindal. At the same time, I have high expectations for next season and the championship change. I know the tracks pretty well after this season, but I'm going to learn a whole new car and have a lot of respect for the level of drivers in Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia. It will be a lot of fun and a little nervous," concludes Lund Svindal.

'Very nervous'
In Porsche Sprint Challenge Scandinavia, Lund Svindal drove the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport, a factory-built race car with a mid-mounted 425 hp strong boxer engine and auxiliary system in the form of adjustable ABS and Traction Control / ESC. In Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia, all drivers drive the latest generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, also a factory-built race car, with a rear-mounted boxer engine of as much as 510 hp in combination with the absence of ABS and other auxiliary systems.
In connection with the two championships' races at Rudskogen Motorsenter in September earlier this year, Lund Svindal had the opportunity to try a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, more specifically the car that successful Formula 2 driver Dennis Hauger then drove as a guest car. The seasoned Hauger, despite his young years, instructed the compatriot to the best of his ability.

"In retrospect, I can admit that I was very nervous before I got into the car," says Lund Svindal. More power and no assistance systems, in a car that Dennis would soon afterwards compete with, so nothing had to go wrong. But when I got out of the car, there was only one thought in my head – I'm going to race in a car like this one day!

Talent for racing When Porsche Sweden asked if I wanted to take racing to the next level, I didn't hesitate for a second," concludes Lund Svindal.
"To have Aksel Lund Svindal in the championship 2023 feels absolutely fantastic," says Thomas Johansson, Sporting Director, Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia. Aksel showed in the Sprint Challenge how ambitiously he takes on a challenge like this, but also that he has a talent for racing. It will be incredibly interesting to follow him this coming season and see how far his level of ambition can take him.

Interesting documentary
Aksel Lund Svindal is also current with the documentary "Taming Speed" which premiered on Viaplay on December 8. The documentary follows the alpine legend's racing venture in Porsche Sprint Challange Scandinavia and at the same time asks whether the ability to master speed in one sport gives an edge in another? And is it possible to tame speed?