2016 Superleague season

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2016 Superleague season
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Competition Superleague
Title Sponsor Stormcharge
Platform Used RFactor2.png rFactor 2
Rounds 18
Mod base Custom
Carshape base F1 Based
Engine Supplier(s) Martex, Potentia, Trinity, Valiant
Tyre Supplier(s) GPVWC
Drivers -
Teams 13
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Superleague Seasons
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GPVWC series in 2016
Career Ladder

Superleague
Supercup
Formula Challenge
Open Series

Other series

Masters Series
World Sport Series
International Touring Cup
World GT
Vintage Series
Atlantic Series

The 2016 Superleague season will be the 17th GPVWC Superleague season. Philipp Puschke enters the season as defending Drivers' Champion. CSG Racing, the reigning Constructors' Champions, elected against defending their title.

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2016 participation.

Superleague Team Base Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No. Race Drivers Rounds Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Netherlands Edonis Engineering

Netherlands Groningen, The Netherlands

Edonis E16E Valiant G 4 Italy Eros Masciulli Netherlands Lars Brugman
69 Italy Michael Francesconi
Germany Green Stripes Racing

Germany Niedersachsen, Germany

GSR GSR-16 Valiant G 11 Wales Ben Horrill England Ben Willis
20 South Africa Dewald Nel
England Hawkeye Racing

England Kendal, England

Hawkeye RS-16 Valiant G 2 Brazil Marcos Riffel Netherlands Stephane Rouault
3 England Phil Perkins
England Kernow Sport

England St.Austell, England

Kernow MW5 Potentia G 12 Belgium Bart De Vos United States Sven de Vries
England Mark Wicks
83 England Daniel Brewer
England SimCraft Midnight Motorsport

England Manchester, England

Midnight MM-06 Potentia G 7 England Tom Parker EnglandNick Rowland
25 Netherlands Rudy van Buren
England Nijo Racing

England Nantwich, England

Nijo NR-16 Valiant G 5 Finland Joonas Raivio Australia Thomas Hinss
Malta Terence Grech
England Chris Williamson
10 Finland Juha Mäki-Jouppi
Norway Nordsjøen Racing

Wales Cardiff, Wales

Nordsjøen NR009 Martex G 19 England David Fidock
Switzerland
David Jundt
27 Germany Florian Geier
Greece Red Archer Virtual Racing Team

Greece Rethymno, Greece

Red Archer RA216 Valiant G 6 Mexico Michael Teichmann Northern Ireland Mark Hutchinson
21 Spain Fran Lopez
Romania Storm Racing Team

Romania Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Storm S-One Valiant G 75 England Adrian McNaughton Sweden Tobias Olsson
80 Romania Emanuel Gaczella
United States Torrent Motorsports

United States Columbus, OH, United States

Torrent TMo-4 Potentia G 88 England Jordan Weekes Norway Petter Kaasa
99 Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis
England Vod:Bul Racing

England Liverpool, England

Vod:Bul VBMP16 Valiant G 1 Germany Philipp Puschke Croatia David Francic
Estonia Risto Kappet
15 Argentina Agustin Canapino
Belgium Wauters Automotive

Belgium Tielrode, Belgium

Wauters WA-04T Potentia G 30 England Alex Cooper Netherlands Niels Brugman
33 Portugal Pedro Melim
England Woods Racing

England Southampton, England

Woods WR15 Trinity G 8 England Lewis Redshaw Netherlands Menno Klont
9 Netherlands Roy Schroten


Team changes

  • CSG Racing, the reigning Constructors' Champions, were initially included on the entry list for the 2016 season. However, the team elected to withdraw from the Superleague prior to the start of the season.
  • Phoenix F1 chose not to apply for the 2016 season. With the relegation system introduced at the end of 2014 in place, the team would have been demoted to Supercup had they chosen to continue in the Career Ladder.
  • Target Racing did not continue in the Superleague, having competed in only the first seven rounds of the 2015 season.

New entries

2016 Calendar

Round Race Title Grand Prix Circuit Conditions Date Start Time
Track time GMT BST
1 Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne TBC 25th February 14:00 19:00
2 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir TBC 10th March 18:00 19:00
3 Russian Grand Prix Russian GP Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi TBC 24th March 20:00 19:00
4 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish GP Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona TBC 7th April 14:00 18:00 19:00
5 Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Turkey Istanbul Park, Istanbul TBC 21st April 14:00 18:00 19:00
6 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco GP Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo TBC 5th May 14:00 18:00 19:00
7 Canadian Grand Prix Canadian GP Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal TBC 19th May 14:00 18:00 19:00
8 British Grand Prix British GP United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire TBC 2nd June 14:00 18:00 19:00
9 Austrian Grand Prix Austrian GP Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg TBC 16th June 14:00 18:00 19:00
10 Dutch Grand Prix Dutch GP Netherlands TT Circuit Assen, Assen TBC 30th June 14:00 18:00 19:00
11 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungarian GP Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest TBC 14th July 14:00 18:00 19:00
12 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa TBC 28th July 14:00 18:00 19:00
13 Italian Grand Prix Italian GP Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza TBC 1st September 14:00 18:00 19:00
14 Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka TBC 15th September 14:00 18:00 19:00
15 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island TBC 29th September 17:00 18:00 19:00
16 United States Grand Prix United States GP United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin TBC 13th October 14:00 18:00 19:00
17 Mexican Grand Prix Mexican GP Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City TBC 27th October 14:00 18:00 19:00
18 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian GP Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo TBC 10th November 14:00 19:00

Testing

The 2016 testing schedule is as follows:

Test Date Venue
Pre-Season Test 1 28th January Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
Pre-Season Test 2 4th February Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim
Pre-Season Test 3 11th February Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia
Pre-Season Test 4 18th February United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome, Dubailand

Calendar changes

  • The Portuguese and Singapore Grands Prix were both removed from the calendar
  • The calendar was extended to 18 races seeing the return of the Dutch and Mexican Grands Prix after a 3 and 4 year absence respectively whilst also seeing the first running of the Russian Grand Prix.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd. Grands Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning constructor Report

1

Australia Australian Grand Prix Netherlands Rudy van Buren
(1:30.452)
Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis
(1:31.905)
Netherlands Rudy van Buren England Midnight-Potentia Report

2

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Russia Russian Grand Prix  
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Spain Spanish Grand Prix  
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Turkey Turkish Grand Prix  
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Monaco Monaco Grand Prix  
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Canada Canadian Grand Prix  
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United Kingdom British Grand Prix  
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Austria Austrian Grand Prix  
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Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix  
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Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix  
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Belgium Belgian Grand Prix  
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Italy Italian Grand Prix  
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Japan Japanese Grand Prix  
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United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Grand Prix  
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United States United States Grand Prix  
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Mexico Mexican Grand Prix  
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Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix  
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Drivers' Table

Pos Driver AUS
Australia
BAH
Bahrain
RUS
Russia
ESP
Spain
TUR
Turkey
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
GBR
United Kingdom
AUT
Austria
TBC
 
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
JPN
Japan
UAE
United Arab Emirates
USA
United States
MEX
Mexico
BRA
Brazil
Points
1 Netherlands Rudy van Buren 1 25
2 England Lewis Redshaw 2 20
3 England David Fidock 3 16
4 Argentina Agustin Canapino 4 13
5 Romania Emanuel Gaczella 5 11
6 England Alex Cooper 6 10
7 England Tom Parker 7 9
8 Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis 8 8
9 Italy Michael Francesconi 9 7
10 Belgium Bart De Vos 10 6
11 Germany Philipp Puschke 11 5
12 United States Sven de Vries 12 4
13 Portugal Pedro Melim 13 3
14 England Jordan Weekes 14 2
15 Wales Ben Horrill 15 1
16 Finland Joonas Raivio 16 0
17 South Africa Dewald Nel 17 0
18 Germany Florian Geier 18 0
19 Spain Fran Lopez 19 0
20 England Adrian McNaughton 20 0
21 Scotland Aidan Polson 21 0
22 Finland Juha Maki-Jouppi 22 0
23 England Phil Perkins 23 0
24 Netherlands Lars Brugman Ret 0
25 Mexico Michael Teichmann Ret 0
26 Netherlands Roy Schroten Ret 0
Pos Driver AUS
Australia
BAH
Bahrain
RUS
Russia
ESP
Spain
TUR
Turkey
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
GBR
United Kingdom
AUT
Austria
TBC
 
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
JPN
Japan
UAE
United Arab Emirates
USA
United States
MEX
Mexico
BRA
Brazil
Points


Preceded by:
2015 Superleague season
GPVWC Superleague season
2016
Succeeded by:
2017 Superleague season