Ståle Øivind Røsbjørgen
Ståle Øivind Røsbjørgen (b. 19th November 1990 in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway) is a Norwegian racing driver. He made his Reject Motorsport debut for Zeroforce in both the 2016 RTCC season and the inaugural season of the Rejects Rallycross Championship. Before that he had gained a reputation as a good ice racer in his native Norway, winning a few national championships.
Rejects Rallycross Championship
Røsbjørgen was the last new signing in the series, as all other teams had already finalized their lineups by the time he entered negotiations with Zeroforce to drive their Opel Astra. It is rumoured that his sizeable backing from Statoil and Helly Hansen played a crucial role in him getting the seat.
However, he proved everyone's suspicions wrong at the season opener International Rallycross, where he went all the way through to the A Final, scoring 19 points and putting himself 4th in the championship in the process.
Rejects Touring Car Championship
Zeroforce also needed a driver in the RTCC after being one of the last new teams to join the 2016 season with a single Opel Vectra. With little alternatives, the team decided that Røsbjørgen would be their driver in this category as well, after it was made sure that the calendars between the two series won't clash.
In the first race at Bathurst, it was evident that the Vectra was off the pace of the competitors, as Røsbjørgen only managed a 19th place finish. The same result was repeated at the first Brands Hatch start, before a slightly chaotic second start allowed him to grab 11th place and his first points in the series.
Complete Results
Rejects Rallycross Championship
| Season | Team | Car | Number | Points | DC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Zeroforce | Opel Astra | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 19* | 4th* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| INT | SOS | MID | CHA | BLY | BRA | SPA | LYD | CRO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| H | Q | S | F | H | Q | S | F | H | Q | S | F | H | Q | S | F | H | Q | S | F | H | Q | S | F | H | Q | S | F | H | Q | S | F | H | Q | S | F | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rejects Touring Car Championship
| Season | Team | Car | Class | # | Points | DC | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Zeroforce | Opel Vectra | I | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5* | =17th* | |||||
| AUS | ENG | AUT | SCO | FRA | GER | NED | USA | BEL | TBA | JAP | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||||||
| 19 | 19 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||