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
2005 · 2006 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022

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	Geoffrey Fournier	1	Antonio Hreljanovic Argo Teder
					17	Rait Tuulikas
					23	Scott Berrisford	1
Evolution Motorsports	Kirchhain, Germany	Evolution	SC-016	G	47	Dennis Jordan	1	TBC
Evolution Motorsports	Kirchhain, Germany	Evolution	SC-016	G	48	Marcel Rautter	1	TBC
Fox Racing	Kessel, Belgium	Fox	SC-016	G	31	Matt Richards	1	TBC
Fox Racing	Kessel, Belgium	Fox	SC-016	G	41	Maurice Brackhahn	1	TBC
GoSport International	Philadelphia, PA, United States	GoSport	SC-016	G	22	Danny Asbury	1	TBC
GoSport International	Philadelphia, PA, United States	GoSport	SC-016	G	63	Adrian Holm	1	TBC
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenberg, Sweden	Ice Cold	SC-016	G	42	Eric Stranne	1	TBC
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenberg, Sweden	Ice Cold	SC-016	G	43	Tobias Olsson	1	TBC
Karjala Racing	Helsinki, Finland	Karjala	SC-016	G	40	Ari Nieminen	1	TBC
Karjala Racing	Helsinki, Finland	Karjala	SC-016	G	78	Lewis McGlade	1	TBC
Malta Force GP	Siggiewi, Malta	Malta Force	SC-016	G	44	Jason Muscat	1	TBC
Malta Force GP	Siggiewi, Malta	Malta Force	SC-016	G	77	Menno Klont	1	TBC
Measuric Racing	Bennekom, The Netherlands	Measuric	SC-016	G	16	Dino Paolini	1	Wopke Hoekstra
Measuric Racing	Bennekom, The Netherlands	Measuric	SC-016	G	55	Mark Wicks	1	Wopke Hoekstra
Team Proline	Hameln, Germany	Proline	SC-016	G	94	Lars Brugman	1	TBC
Team Proline	Hameln, Germany	Proline	SC-016	G	97	Niels Brugman	1	TBC
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, Netherlands	RTS	SC-016	G	29	Teemu Toikka	1	Marius Nicolae
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, Netherlands	RTS	SC-016	G	98	Argenis Riera	1	Marius Nicolae
Satellite Racing	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	Satellite	SC-016	G	32	Sven de Vries	1	TBC
Satellite Racing	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	Satellite	SC-016	G	64	Craig Baxter	1	TBC
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	SC-016	G	56	Mark Fuller	1	TBC
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	SC-016	G	96	Borja Millán	1	TBC
Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	SRS	SC-016	G	67	Risto Kappet	1	TBC
Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	SRS	SC-016	G	68	David Francic	1	TBC
TG Racing	Mtarfa, Malta	TG	SC-016	G	59	Andrew Waring	1	Terence Grech
TG Racing	Mtarfa, Malta	TG	SC-016	G	60	Edgar Ruiz	1	Terence Grech

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 had a change of management and was rebranded as GoSport International shortly before 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
Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Track time	GMT	BST
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	24th February	14:00	19:00	—
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	9th March	18:00	19:00	—
3	Russian Grand Prix	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBC	23rd March	14:00	19:00	—
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	6th April	14:00	18:00	19:00
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	20th April	14:00	18:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	4th May	14:00	18:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	18th May	14:00	18:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	1st June	14:00	18:00	19:00
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	15th June	14:00	18:00	19:00
10	Dutch Grand Prix	Dutch GP	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	TBC	29th June	14:00	18:00	19:00
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	13th July	14:00	18:00	19:00
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	27th July	14:00	18:00	19:00
13	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	31st August	14:00	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	14th September	14:00	18:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	28th September	17:00	18:00	19:00
16	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	12th October	14:00	18:00	19:00
17	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	TBC	26th October	14:00	18:00	19:00
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	9th November	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 Mexican Grand Prix after a 4 year absence 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	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	David Francic	1:31.413	Risto Kappet	1:32.410	Lars Brugman	Team Proline	Report
1	R2	Supercup Australian Grand Prix			Geoffrey Fournier	1:32.676	Scott Berrisford	Simtech Enterprise GP	Report
2	R1	Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix	Sven de Vries¹	1:39.047	Dino Paolini	1:40.040	Sven de Vries	Satellite Racing	Report
2	R2	Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix			Sven de Vries	1:39.828	Lars Brugman	Team Proline	Report
3	R1	Supercup Russian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
3	R2	Supercup Russian Grand Prix				-			Report
4	R1	Supercup Spanish Grand Prix		-		-			Report
4	R2	Supercup Spanish Grand Prix				-			Report
5	R1	Supercup Turkish Grand Prix		-		-			Report
5	R2	Supercup Turkish Grand Prix				-			Report
6	R1	Supercup Monaco Grand Prix		-		-			Report
6	R2	Supercup Monaco Grand Prix				-			Report
7	R1	Supercup Canadian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
7	R2	Supercup Canadian Grand Prix				-			Report
8	R1	Supercup British Grand Prix		-		-			Report
8	R2	Supercup British Grand Prix				-			Report
9	R1	Supercup Austrian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
9	R2	Supercup Austrian Grand Prix				-			Report
10	R1	Supercup Grand Prix		-		-			Report
10	R2	Supercup Grand Prix				-			Report
11	R1	Supercup Hungarian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
11	R2	Supercup Hungarian Grand Prix				-			Report
12	R1	Supercup Belgian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
12	R2	Supercup Belgian Grand Prix				-			Report
13	R1	Supercup Italian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
13	R2	Supercup Italian Grand Prix				-			Report
14	R1	Supercup Japanese Grand Prix		-		-			Report
14	R2	Supercup Japanese Grand Prix				-			Report
15	R1	Supercup Abu Dhabi Grand Prix		-		-			Report
15	R2	Supercup Abu Dhabi Grand Prix				-			Report
16	R1	Supercup United States Grand Prix		-		-			Report
16	R2	Supercup United States Grand Prix				-			Report
17	R1	Supercup Mexican Grand Prix		-		-			Report
17	R2	Supercup Mexican Grand Prix				-			Report
18	R1	Supercup Brazilian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
18	R2	Supercup Brazilian Grand Prix				-			Report

¹ Due to a track extension offence for not only Sven de Vries but many others, though the American achieved pole position it would be Risto Kappet who started from P1.

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	AUS		BAH	RUS	ESP	TUR	MON	CAN	GBR	AUT	TBC	HUN	BEL	ITA	JPN	UAE	USA	MEX	BRA	Points
1	Lars Brugman	1	4																		38
2	Scott Berrisford	10	1																		31
3	Adrian Holm	5	2																		31
4	Sven de Vries	4	3																		29
5	Niels Brugman	3	6																		26
6	Risto Kappet	6	5																		21
7	David Francic	2	Ret																		20
8	Andrew Waring	8	7																		17
9	Jason Muscat	9	8																		15
10	Eric Stranne	7	15																		10
11	Lewis McGlade	14	9																		9
12	Marcel Rautter	15	10																		7
13	Craig Baxter	Ret	11																		5
14	Maurice Brackhahn	11	Ret																		5
15	Menno Klont	19	12																		4
16	Dennis Jordan	12	Ret																		4
17	Dino Paolini	16	13																		3
18	Tobias Olsson	13	16																		3
19	Argenis Riera	20	14																		2
20	Edgar Ruiz	Ret	17																		0
21	Geoffrey Fournier	17	21																		0
22	Teemu Toikka	21	18																		0
23	Ari Nieminen	18	19																		0
24	Danny Asbury	Ret	20																		0
25	Mark Wicks	22	Ret																		0
26	Borja Millan	23^†	Ret																		0
27	Mark Fuller	Ret	Ret																		0
28	Matt Richards	Ret	DNS																		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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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	Team Proline	94	1	4																		64
1	Team Proline	97	3	6																		64
2	Streetfighter Racing Systems	67	6	5																		41
2	Streetfighter Racing Systems	68	2	Ret																		41
3	Satellite Racing	32	4	3																		34
3	Satellite Racing	64	Ret	11																		34
4	Simtech Enterprise GP	17	17	21																		31
4	Simtech Enterprise GP	23	10	1																		31
5	GoSport International	22	Ret	20																		31
5	GoSport International	63	5	2																		31
6	Malta Force GP	44	9	8																		19
6	Malta Force GP	77	19	12																		19
7	TG Racing	59	8	7																		17
7	TG Racing	60	Ret	17																		17
8	Ice Cold Racing	42	7	15																		13
8	Ice Cold Racing	43	13	16																		13
9	Evolution Motorsports	47	12	Ret																		11
9	Evolution Motorsports	48	15	10																		11
10	Karjala Racing	40	18	19																		9
10	Karjala Racing	78	14	9																		9
11	Fox Racing	31	Ret	DNS																		5
11	Fox Racing	41	11	Ret																		5
12	Measuric Racing	16	16	13																		3
12	Measuric Racing	55	22	Ret																		3
13	Racing Team Schroten	29	21	18																		2
13	Racing Team Schroten	98	20	14																		2
14	ST Racing	56	Ret	Ret																		0
14	ST Racing	96	23^†	Ret																		0
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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Blank	Did not participate (-)
	Excluded (EX)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)