2012 Formula Challenge season

2012 Formula Challenge season

Competition	Formula Challenge
Title Sponsor	United Networks
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	15
Mod Used	Formula BMW
Carshape	{{{Carshape}}}
Engine Supplier(s)	BMW
Tyre Supplier(s)	Michelin
Drivers	38
Teams	20
Drivers' Champion	TBC
Teams' Champion	TBC
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The 2012 Formula Challenge season is the very first GPVWC Formula Challenge season. United Networks became the title sponsor of the competition in February 2012.

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2012 participation. Team entries are now closed, having reached the limit of 20 teams allowed in the series.

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2012 GPVWC FC spotters guide

Formula Challenge Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	No.†	Race Drivers	Rounds	Reserve Driver(s)
Nijo Racing	Nantwich, England	Nijo	FC-012	M	3	Jon MacLean	1-14
					4
Wicked Fox Racing	Kessel, Belgium	Wicked Fox	FC-012	M	5	Bart De Vos	3-4, 7
					6	Mairo Lille	1-2
						Jason Muscat	3-6
						Nigel Mcnamara	7-8, 11
Water Blue Racing	Athens, Greece	WBR	FC-012	M	7	Dale Stones	1-10, 13-14
					8	Simon Crain	1-12
Arctic GP	Helsinki, Finland	Arctic	FC-012	M	9
					10	Nico Schweinzer	5-6
United Racers Motorsports	USA	URM	FC-012	M	11	Djemel Boukerche	3-10
						Keith Storrie	14
					12	Keith Storrie	3-4
						Marek Skrajnowski	5-14
FA Racing	Lahti, Finland	FA Racing	FC-012	M	14	Gasper Mozek	1-4
						Teemu Toikka	7-8
						Nick Newcombe	9-10
						Riku Sarpila	11-12
					15	Miguel Macedo	1-2, 7-10
						Teemu Toikka	3-6
Velocity Racing	Oxford, England	Velocity	FC-012	M	16	Myles Dixon	1, 3-6, 9-10, 12-14
					17	Wopke Hoekstra	1-4, 7-8
						Josh Webster	5-6
						James Ross	11-12
Constant Racing	St.Helens, England	Constant	FC-012	M	18	Nikos Evangelidakis	1-2, 9-10
					19	William Ponissi	3-4
Red 5 Racing	Aberdare, Wales	Red 5	FC-012	M	20	Lee Massey	1-14
					21	Gavin Thomas	1, 4-6
						Chris Grey	7-14
Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	Streetfighter	FC-012	M	22	Paul Parkinson	7-12
					23	Geoff Meade	7-14
Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	FC-012	M	24	Lee Davidson	1-8
					25	Jack Mace	1-2, 7-8
						Jamez Shepherd	5-6
Tiger Express Motorsports	Swindon, England	TEM	FC-012	M	26	Janne Väänänen	1-4, 7-14
						Tom Parker	5
					27	Lims Chebbi	3-12
Hatchell-Pennine Motorsport	Denton, England	Hatchell-Pennine	FC-012	M	28	Ihab Abbas	1-12
					29	James Charman	1-4
Racing Team Schroten	Zandvoort, Netherlands	RTS	FC-012	M	30	Alistair Brown	1-2
						Roy Schroten	3-4
					31	Roy Schroten	1
						Marcus Sundstrom	2-4
Hene	Bennekom, Netherlands	Hene	FC-012	M	32	Jarl Teien	1-4
					33	Yahia Madiba
						Mike Schroten	2-4
Torrent Motorsports	Ohio, United States	Torrent	FC-012	M	34	Jim Parisis	1-4
					35	Ari Nieminen	1-4
Synergetic FC	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Synergetic	FC-012	M	36	Eurico Marques	2
						Daniel Lovett	4
					37	Andrew Morgan	2
						Wesley Morris	3-4
Woods Racing	Croydon, England	Woods	FC-012	M	38	Ollie Woods	2
						Ryan Walker	4
					39	Scotty Moore	1-4
Innervision	Tartu, Estonia	Innervision	FC-012	M	40	Alex Rolls	1-2, 4
						Pavel Loknovski	3
					41	Gary Allen	1-4
Storm Racing Team	Cluj, Romania	Storm	FC-012	M	42	Emanuel Gaczella	1-4
					43	Adrian McNaughton	1-4

2012 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Time
							Track time	GMT
1	Challenge British Grand Prix	British GP	Brands Hatch Circuit, Kent	Sunny	rFactor v1255	29th February	???	19:00
2	Challenge Dutch Grand Prix	Dutch GP	TT Circuit Assen, Drenthe	Sunny	rFactor v1255	14th March	???	19:00
3	Challenge Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi, Rome	Sunny	rFactor v1255	28th March	???	19:00
4	Challenge Slovenian Grand Prix	Slovenian GP	Motodrom Petrolija, Lendava	Sunny	rFactor v1255	25th April	???	19:00
5	Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Johor Circuit, Pasir Gudang	Sunny	rFactor v1255	9th May	???	19:00
6	Challenge Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	Sunny	rFactor v1255	23rd May	???	19:00
7	Challenge Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin	Sunny	rFactor v1255	20th June	???	19:00
8	Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba, Pinhais	Sunny	rFactor v1255	4th July	???	19:00
9	Challenge Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Parque Fundidora, Monterrey	Sunny	rFactor v1255	18th July	???	19:00
10	Challenge United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington	Sunny	rFactor v1255	1st August	???	19:00
11	Challenge South African Grand Prix	South African GP	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand	Sunny	rFactor v1255	29th August	???	19:00
12	Challenge Irish Grand Prix	Irish GP	Mondello Park, Caragh	Sunny	rFactor v1255	12th September	???	19:00
13	Challenge French Grand Prix	French GP	Circuit de Charade, Clermont-Ferrand	Sunny	rFactor v1255	26th September	???	19:00
14	Challenge Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	Sunny	rFactor v1255	24th October	???	19:00
15	Challenge Portuguese Grand Prix	Portuguese GP	Circuito da Boavista, Porto†	Sunny	rFactor v1255	7th November	???	19:00

^† Subject to change.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole position	Feature Fastest	Feature Winner	Sprint Fastest	Sprint Winner	Report
1	Challenge British Grand Prix	Emanuel Gaczella (1:25.548)	Jim Parisis (1:26.204)	Jim Parisis Torrent Motorsports	Jim Parisis (1:26.194)	Jarl Teien Hene	Report
2	Challenge Dutch Grand Prix	Emanuel Gaczella (1:42.035)	Jarl Teien (1:42.339)	Emanuel Gaczella Storm Racing Team	Jarl Teien (1:42.472)	Jarl Teien Hene	Report
3	Challenge Italian Grand Prix	Emanuel Gaczella (1:37.258)	Jim Parisis (1:37.452)	Jim Parisis Torrent Motorsports	Jim Parisis (1:37.934)	Emanuel Gaczella Storm Racing Team	Report
4	Challenge Slovenian Grand Prix	Emanuel Gaczella (1:37.8)	Emanuel Gaczella (1:38.0)	Jim Parisis Torrent Motorsports	Jim Parisis (1:37.9)	Jarl Teien Hene	Report
5	Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix		(-)		(-)		Report
6	Challenge Japanese Grand Prix		(-)		(-)		Report
7	Challenge Australian Grand Prix		(-)		(-)		Report
8	Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix		(-)		(-)		Report
9	Challenge Mexican Grand Prix		(-)		(-)		Report
10	Challenge United States Grand Prix		(-)		(-)		Report
11	Challenge South African Grand Prix		(-)		(-)		Report
12	Challenge Irish Grand Prix		(-)		(-)		Report
13	Challenge French Grand Prix		(-)		(-)		Report
14	Challenge Spanish Grand Prix		(-)		(-)		Report
15	Challenge Portuguese Grand Prix		(-)		(-)		Report

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	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers standings

Pos Driver GBR NED ITA SLV MAL JAP AUS BRA MEX USA RSA ROI FRA ESP POR Points 1 Jim Parisis 1 2 3 4 1 4 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 9 292 2 Emanuel Gaczella 2 3 1 2 2 1 4 Ret 1 3 1 6 - - 240 3 Jarl Teien 10 1 2 1 5 - 3 1 3 5 - - - - 175 4 Adrian McNaughton 9 4 4 8 3 11 5 3 7 16 4 10 - 8 161 5 Marek Skrajnowski 4 7 2 5 7 7 5 9 5 3 158 6 Ari Nieminen 5 13 12 13 6 2 17 4 2 2 - - - - 118 7 Janne Väänänen 3 9 8 5 - - 10 7 Ret 14 10 3 Ret 12 104 8 Jon MacLean 14 Ret Ret 6 10 5 25 11 10 Ret 6 7 12 12 91 9 Ihab Abbas 6 7 7 Ret 8 18 11 Ret 18 9 11 16 15 2 89 10 Roy Schroten 4 5 - - Ret 14 Ret Ret - - 3 12 - - 60 11 Geoff Meade 7 Ret 8 11 Ret 8 10 5 59 12 Chris Grey 9 14 11 6 15 5 14 11 53 13 Lims Chebbi 20 11 15 10 16 9 12 4 8 20 - - 52 14 Djemel Boukerche 5 12 9 9 6 Ret Ret - - - - - 50 15 Alex Rolls 7 14 13† 9 - - 19 13 9 13 - - 11 13 47 16 Robin van Brenk 4 1 43 17 Wesley Morris 11 8 13 6 14 17 12 13 Ret Ret 41 18 Lee Massey 20 10 9 27 18 20 15 20 13 8 18 17 8 Ret 38 19 Arron Maspero 3 4 38 20 Giorgos Manousakis 7 19 9 6 34 21 David Gaspers 1 10 31 22 Nick Phillips 14 1 13 17 30 23 Philip Cullen 9 3 - - 30 24 Daniel Lovett 14 8 6 12 - - - - 30 25 Wopke Hoekstra Ret 11 14 7 - - 8 Ret - - - - - - 30 26 Myles Dixon Ret - 21 23 13 3 - - 20 Ret - 11 Ret Ret 28 27 Bart De Vos Ret 3 - - 12 - - - - - - - 28 28 James Charman 8 8 15 18 - - - - - - - - - - 21 29 Nico Schweinzer Ret 6 - - - - - - 14 30 Scotty Moore 19 6 23 26† 16 - Ret Ret - - - - - - 14 31 Riku Sarpila 6 Ret 14 32 Andrew Morgan 6 20 - - - - - - - - - - 14 33 Josh Webster 7 Ret - - - - - - - - 12 34 Benjamin Zerche 7 Ret 12 35 Paul Parkinson 22 17 17 10 13 Ret - - 9 36 Mairo Lille 11 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 37 Lee Davidson Ret 16 19 15 12 12 - - - - - - - - 9 38 Keith Storrie 10 24 - - - - - - - - - 14 8 39 Gasper Mozek 18 Ret Ret 10 - - - - - - - - - - 6 40 Ryan Walker 28† 10 - - - - - - 6 41 Miguel Macedo 15 Ret - - - - 18 12 15 Ret Ret - - - 6 42 Jason Muscat 11 Ret 17 Ret - - - - - - - - 5 43 Gary Allen 12 17 16 22 Ret - 21 Ret Ret - - - - - 4 44 Alistair Brown 13 Ret 18 21 - - - - - - - - - - 3 45 Jamez Shepherd 19 13 - - - - - - - - 3 46 Dale Stones Ret 18 Ret 14 Ret 16 23 Ret 19 15 - - Ret Ret 3 47 Pavel Loknovski DNS 19 - - - - 16 14 - - 2 48 Simon Crain Ret 19 17 25 14 Ret 27 19 16 19 Ret DSQ - - 2 49 Mike Schroten 19 - 15 - 16 - - - - - - 1 50 Nikos Evangelidakis 17 15 - - - - - - Ret Ret - - - - 1 51 Teemu Toikka 22 Ret 20 Ret 20 15 - - - - - - 1 52 Craig Johnston - 15 1 53 James Ross Ret 15 - - 1 54 Gavin Thomas 16 - - 17 Ret Ret - - - - - - - - EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX 0 55 Marcus Sundstrom Ret 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 - - 0 56 Nigel Mcnamara 29 18† - - 17 - - - 0 57 William Ponissi 24 Ret - - - - - - - - - - 0 58 Jack Mace Ret Ret - - - - 24 Ret - - - - - - 0 59 Eurico Marques Ret - - - - - - - - - - - 0 60 Ollie Woods Ret Ret - - - - - - - - - - 0 61 Tom Parker Ret - - - - - - - - - 0 62 Richard Bayes Ret - 0 63 Nick Newcombe 19 Ret - - 0 Pos Driver GBR NED ITA SLV MAL JAP AUS BRA MEX USA RSA ROI FRA ESP POR 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

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

Constructors standings

Pos Constructor Car No. GBR NED ITA SLV MAL JAP AUS BRA MEX USA RSA ROI FRA ESP POR Points 1 Storm 42 2 3 1 2 2 1 215 43 9 4 4 8 3 11 2 Torrent 34 1 2 3 4 1 4 190 35 5 13 12 13 6 2 3 Hene 32 10 1 2 1 5 - 95 33 - - - 19 - 15 4 United Racers 11 5 12 9 9 72 12 10 24 4 7 5 Hatchell-Pennine 28 6 7 7 Ret 8 18 69 29 8 8 15 18 - - 6 TEM 26 3 9 8 5 Ret - 66 27 - - 20 11 15 10 7 Velocity 16 Ret - 21 23 13 3 54 17 Ret 11 14 7 7 Ret 8 RTS 30 13 Ret 18 21 Ret 14 39 31 4 5 Ret 16 Ret 17 9 Nijo 3 14 Ret Ret 6 10 5 38 4 - - - - - - 10 Wicked Fox 5 - - Ret 3 - - 34 6 11 12 11 Ret 17 Ret 11 Synergetic 36 - - Ret - - - 29 37 - - 6 20 11 8 12 Innervision 40 7 14 13† 9 DNS 19 29 41 12 17 16 22 Ret - 13 Woods 38 - - Ret Ret - - 14 39 19 6 23 26† 16 - 14 Arctic GP 9 14 10 Ret 6 15 Red 5 20 20 10 9 27 18 20 14 21 16 - - 17 Ret Ret 16 Midnight 24 Ret 16 19 15 12 12 12 25 Ret Ret - - 19 13 17 FA Racing 14 18 Ret Ret 10 - - 7 15 15 Ret 22 Ret 20 Ret 18 WBR 7 Ret 18 Ret 14 Ret 16 4 8 Ret 19 17 25 14 Ret 18 Constant 18 17 15 - - - - 1 19 - - 24 Ret - - 20 Streetfighter 22 0 23 Pos Constructor Car No. GBR NED ITA SLV MAL JAP AUS BRA MEX USA RSA ROI FRA ESP POR 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: None

2012 Formula Challenge season 2012

Succeeded by: Current Season