Aquila Formula 1000:
Andreas Skatteboe
“In 2023 it will be my turn to win!”
Andreas started in the Aquila Formula 1000 serien 2021 and he got quickly up to speed. Already in the first race there was a podium place and in the 3rd race of the premiere weekend, Andreas actually won!
The great results continued and Andreas finished 3rd in the 2021 series!
Even in 2022, the fine streak continued. A total of 11 podiums, including one victory! This meant that Andreas held 2nd place in the series right up until the last race where he was finally beaten for the silver medal by 2020’s winner, Joel Granfors. Joel who then also competed in British GB3 where he was 2nd for 2022! With such competition, maybe the bronze medal wasn’t so bad?!

SSK-Final at Kinnekulle Ring.
But 2023 could really turn out to be Andrea’s year. There will be an important adjustment to the sporting regulations, which means that Andreas will turn out to be one of the big favorites for the overall victory in the 2023 series!
Last year’s winner, Kevin Suenson and also 2nd Joel Granfors will be moved up to Sportsman according to these rule changes. If you, like Kevin and Joel, have won the Aquila F1000 series and also competed in higher classes, you are automatically promoted to Sportsman.
So Anderas will quite simply find himself in the favorite seat!

SSK & SPVM at Gelleråsen
Andrea’s love for motorsport began with two wheels. The same day he learned to ride a bike, he got his first Motocross!
After training out in the fields for a few years outside his home in Nyköping, Mattias’ father took him to a go-kart competition and Andreas was immediately stuck!
He started out by training in a Cadetti before acquiring a Micro and the actual competition began in 2010, with many podiums as a result.
After three years in Micro, he went to Mini where he fought at the top throughout the season and was one of the winners in a very consistent season. Six different winners in that year’s eight competitions!
The following season it was Rotax junior and RMC and a season in the midfield. Andreas believes that it was mainly the budget that held him back in the intensifying competition and he decided to stop competing before the 2015 season began.
After 2015 there have been some occasional Gokart entries but mostly Sim racing. But according to Andreas, it’s unfortunately not quite the same thing and he missed live racing a lot!
But in 2019, an opportunity appeared to once again geting into the racing action. A close friend of Andreas had acquired a rally car and needed a co-driver. He asked Andreas, who immediately accepted!! And despite the pandemic, they had some great fun competing in 2020 and 2021.

Mattias, Andreas Dad, with the car they bought in 2021
But in 2020, Andreas and his father Mattias, found a post on Facebook, saying that You could test drive the Aquila Formula 1000 at GTR Motorpark in Eskilstuna.
“I didn’t hesitate for a second. I just signed up! Definitely among the best I’ve done!”
The test drive was carried out successfully and a plan started to shape out for the family… First another test drive and then maybe a purchase of a car!
Said and done. The car was acquired and the rest is, as they say, history!
Andreas believes that one of the most important changes he made in 2022 was that this year’s winner Kevin Suenson started driver-coaching Andreas from the beginning of the season. “I firmly claim that coaching can be one of the most effective measures a driver can take to become faster,” says Andreas.
The guys got on really well and also the coaching worked out brilliantly. So Kevin and Andreas agreed to do this on a more regular basis. They should coach a number of the series younger drivers to get faster in the 2023 season!
“Really looking forward to this,” says Andreas. “The goal for 2023 is to make the drivers I’ll coach really fast and then it would be nice to be able to win the championship title as well,” he concludes.
Fingers crossed, Andreas!