2016 Supercup season

2016 Supercup season

Competition	Supercup
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	18
Mod Used	Formula Renault 3.5 2014
Carshape
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers	-
Teams	14
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Supercup 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 Supercup season will be the 9th GPVWC Supercup season.

Teams and drivers

The amount of team slots was reduced from 15 to 14 for the 2016 season, co-inciding with the move to rFactor 2 for the 2016 Career Ladder series.

The following teams have confirmed their 2016 participation.

Supercup Team	Base	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Simtech Enterprise GP	Bromley, England	EGP	SC-016	G	17	Rait Tuulikas		Antonio Hreljanovic Argo Teder
					23	Scott Berrisford
Evolution Motorsports	Kirchhain, Germany	Evolution	SC-016	G	47	Dennis Jordan		TBC
					48	Marcel Rautter
Fox Racing	Kessel, Belgium	Fox	SC-016	G	31	Matt Richards		TBC
					41	Maurice Brackhahn
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenberg, Sweden	Ice Cold	SC-016	G	42	Eric Stranne		TBC
					43	Tobias Olsson
Karjala Racing	Helsinki, Finland	Karjala	SC-016	G	40	Ari Nieminen		TBC
					78	Lewis McGlade
Malta Force GP	Siggiewi, Malta	Malta Force	SC-016	G	44	Jason Muscat		TBC
					77	Menno Klont
Measuric Racing	Bennekom, The Netherlands	Measuric	SC-016	G	16	Dino Paolini		Wopke Hoekstra
					55	Mark Wicks
Team Proline	Hameln, Germany	Proline	SC-016	G	94	Lars Brugman		TBC
					97	Niels Brugman
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, Netherlands	RTS	SC-016	G	29	Teemu Toikka		Marius Nicolae
					98	Argenis Riera
Satellite Racing	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	Satellite	SC-016	G	32	Sven de Vries		TBC
					64	Craig Baxter
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	SC-016	G	56	Mark Fuller		TBC
					96	Borja Millán
Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	SRS	SC-016	G	67	Risto Kappet		TBC
					68	David Francic
TG Racing	Mtarfa, Malta	TG	SC-016	G	59	Andrew Waring		TBC
					60	Edgar Ruiz
TBA	TBA	TBA	SC-016	G	TBA	TBA		TBC
					TBA	TBA

Team changes

• Wauters Automotive and Storm Racing Team were both promoted to the Superleague.
• Smile Power Racing's entry was taken over by Evolution Motorsports, the team nationality being accordingly changed to German.
• Neither Walk Racing, PB Racing or Positive SimRacing continued into the 2016 season.
• TSA Racing, having withdrawn from the 2015 championship mid-season, also did not continue into 2016.
• SimCraft Racing were initially on the entry list, but withdrew prior to the first round at Melbourne.

New entries

• Ice Cold Racing, Team Proline and Karjala Racing were all promoted from the Formula Challenge.

Returning entries

• Centurion Grand Prix was also promoted from Formula Challenge, returning to the Supercup following a year's absence. However, during pre-season, team boss Terence Grech completed his takeover of the team following his arrival in February 2015 and renamed the outfit to TG Racing. The nationality of the team was accordingly switched to Maltese.
• Racing Team Schroten was promoted from Formula Challenge, returning to the Supercup after four years of absence.

2016 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Start Time
						Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
3	Russian Grand Prix	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBC	TBC	20:00	19:00
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
10	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
13	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	TBC	17:00	19:00
16	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
17	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00

Calendar changes

• The Portuguese and Singapore Grands Prix were both removed from the calendar
• The calendar was extended to 18 events 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.

Testing

The 2016 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Pre-Season Test #1	9th February 2016	Template:MLY Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
Pre-Season Test #2	16th February 2016	Dubai Autodrome, Dubailand

Rule changes

Technical

• For the first time since 2009, the simulator of choice for the Career Ladder was upgraded from rFactor to its sequel, rFactor 2.
• With a change in simulator came a change in vehicle as the Formula Renault 3.5 2014 car was utilised for the first time.

Sporting

• Multiple dry tyre compounds were removed from the series with one single Dry compound replacing the previous Soft and Hard options.
• Due to this change, an enforced pit stop was brought into action for the Feature race of an event's evening.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round		Grand Prix	Pole Position	Pole Time	Fastest Lap	F/L Time	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Supercup Australian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
2	R1	Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
3	R1	Supercup Russian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
4	R1	Supercup Spanish Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
5	R1	Supercup Turkish Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
6	R1	Supercup Monaco Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
7	R1	Supercup Canadian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
8	R1	Supercup British Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
9	R1	Supercup Austrian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
10	R1	Supercup Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
11	R1	Supercup Hungarian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
12	R1	Supercup Belgian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
13	R1	Supercup Italian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
14	R1	Supercup Japanese Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
15	R1	Supercup Abu Dhabi Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
16	R1	Supercup United States Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
17	R1	Supercup Mexican Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-
18	R1	Supercup Brazilian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver AUS BAH RUS ESP TUR MON CAN GBR AUT TBC HUN BEL ITA JPN UAE USA MEX BRA Points 1 Template 0 Pos Driver AUS BAH RUS ESP TUR MON CAN GBR AUT TBC HUN BEL ITA JPN UAE USA MEX BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos Team Car No. AUS BAH RUS ESP TUR MON CAN GBR AUT TBC HUN BEL ITA JPN UAE USA MEX BRA Points 1 Satellite Racing 32 0 64 2 Malta Force GP 44 0 77 3 Simtech Enterprise GP 17 0 23 4 Measuric Racing 16 0 55 5 Streetfighter Racing Systems 67 0 68 6 Evolution Motorsports 47 0 48 7 Fox Racing 31 0 41 8 ST Racing 56 0 96 9 Ice Cold Racing 42 0 43 10 Team Proline 26 0 72 11 TG Racing 59 0 60 12 Karjala Racing 40 0 78 13 Racing Team Schroten 29 0 98 14 Template:Black TBC TBC 0 TBC Pos Team Car No. AUS BAH RUS ESP TUR MON CAN GBR AUT TBC HUN BEL ITA JPN UAE USA MEX BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Preceded by: 2015 Supercup season

GPVWC Supercup season 2016

Succeeded by: 2017 Supercup season