2016 Superleague season

**2016 Superleague season**

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	Stormcharge
Platform Used	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
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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.

The 2016 Superleague Spotters guide

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2016 participation.

Superleague Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	E16E	Valiant VA16 V6	G	4	Eros Masciulli	Lars Brugman
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	E16E	Valiant VA16 V6	G	69	Michael Francesconi	Lars Brugman
Green Stripes Racing	Niedersachsen, Germany	GSR	GSR-16	Valiant VA16 V6	G	11	Ben Horrill	Ben Willis
Green Stripes Racing	Niedersachsen, Germany	GSR	GSR-16	Valiant VA16 V6	G	20	Dewald Nel	Ben Willis
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye	RS-16	Valiant VA16 V6	G	2	Marcos Riffel	Stephane Rouault
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye	RS-16	Valiant VA16 V6	G	3	Phil Perkins	Stephane Rouault
Kernow Sport	St.Austell, England	Kernow	MW5	Potentia 04 V6	G	12	Bart De Vos	Sven de Vries Mark Wicks
Kernow Sport	St.Austell, England	Kernow	MW5	Potentia 04 V6	G	83	Daniel Brewer	Sven de Vries Mark Wicks
SimCraft Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	MM-06	Potentia 04 V6	G	7	Tom Parker	Nick Rowland
SimCraft Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	MM-06	Potentia 04 V6	G	25	Rudy van Buren	Nick Rowland
Nijo Racing	Nantwich, England	Nijo	NR-16	Valiant VA16 V6	G	5	Joonas Raivio	Thomas Hinss Terence Grech Chris Williamson
Nijo Racing	Nantwich, England	Nijo	NR-16	Valiant VA16 V6	G	10	Juha Mäki-Jouppi	Thomas Hinss Terence Grech Chris Williamson
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, Wales	Nordsjøen	NR009	Martex MX-04 V6	G	19	David Fidock	David Jundt
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, Wales	Nordsjøen	NR009	Martex MX-04 V6	G	27	Florian Geier	David Jundt
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer	RA216	Valiant VA16 V6	G	6	Michael Teichmann	Mark Hutchinson
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer	RA216	Valiant VA16 V6	G	21	Fran Lopez	Mark Hutchinson
Storm Racing Team	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Storm	S-One	Valiant VA16 V6	G	75	Adrian McNaughton	Tobias Olsson
Storm Racing Team	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Storm	S-One	Valiant VA16 V6	G	80	Emanuel Gaczella	Tobias Olsson
Torrent Motorsports	Columbus, OH, United States	Torrent	TMo-4	Potentia 04 V6	G	88	Jordan Weekes	Petter Kaasa
Torrent Motorsports	Columbus, OH, United States	Torrent	TMo-4	Potentia 04 V6	G	99	Mindaugas Klumbis	Petter Kaasa
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	VBMP16	Valiant VA16 V6	G	1 14	Philipp Puschke	David Francic Risto Kappet
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	VBMP16	Valiant VA16 V6	G	15	Agustin Canapino	David Francic Risto Kappet
Wauters Automotive	Tielrode, Belgium	Wauters	WA-04T	Potentia 04 V6	G	30	Alex Cooper	Niels Brugman
Wauters Automotive	Tielrode, Belgium	Wauters	WA-04T	Potentia 04 V6	G	33	Pedro Melim	Niels Brugman
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	WR16a	Trinity TRIN004 V6	G	8	Lewis Redshaw	Menno Klont
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	WR16a	Trinity TRIN004 V6	G	9	Roy Schroten	Menno Klont

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

Wauters Automotive and Storm Racing Team were both promoted from the Supercup.

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	25th February	14:00	19:00	—
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	10th March	18:00	19:00	—
3	Russian Grand Prix	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBC	24th March	14:00	19:00	—
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	7th April	14:00	18:00	19:00
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	21st April	14:00	18:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	5th May	14:00	18:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	19th May	14:00	18:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	2nd June	14:00	18:00	19:00
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	16th June	14:00	18:00	19:00
10	Dutch Grand Prix	Dutch GP	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	TBC	30th June	14:00	18:00	19:00
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	14th July	14:00	18:00	19:00
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	28th July	14:00	18:00	19:00
13	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	1st September	14:00	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	15th September	14:00	18:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	29th September	17:00	18:00	19:00
16	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	13th October	14:00	18:00	19:00
17	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	TBC	27th October	14:00	18:00	19:00
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	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	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
Pre-Season Test 2	4th February	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim
Pre-Season Test 3	11th February	Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia
Pre-Season Test 4	18th February	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	Australian Grand Prix	Rudy van Buren (1:30.452)	Mindaugas Klumbis (1:31.905)	Rudy van Buren	Midnight-Potentia	Report
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Emanuel Gaczella¹ (1:35.210)	Tom Parker (1:35.876)	Mindaugas Klumbis	Torrent-Potentia	Report
3	Russian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
5	Turkish Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
7	Canadian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
8	British Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
9	Austrian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
10	Dutch Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
12	Belgian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
14	Japanese Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
16	United States Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
17	Mexican Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report

¹ Due to a track extension offence for not only Emanuel Gaczella but many others, though the Romanian achieved pole position it would be Agustin Canapino 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' Table

Pos	Driver	AUS	BAH	RUS	ESP	TUR	MON	CAN	GBR	AUT	TBC	HUN	BEL	ITA	JPN	UAE	USA	MEX	BRA	Points
1	David Fidock	3	2																	36
2	Mindaugas Klumbis	8	1																	33
3	Agustin Canapino	4	4																	26
4	Rudy van Buren	1	Ret																	25
5	Lewis Redshaw	2	11																	25
6	Philipp Puschke	11	3																	21
7	Emanuel Gaczella	5	7																	20
8	Tom Parker	7	6																	19
9	Michael Francesconi	9	9																	14
10	Florian Geier	18	5																	11
11	Alex Cooper	6																		10
12	Bart De Vos	10	13																	9
13	Eros Masciulli		8																	8
14	Gergo Baldi		10																	6
15	Sven de Vries	12																		4
16	Pedro Gomes		12																	4
17	Ben Horrill	14	14																	4
18	Pedro Melim	13	Ret																	3
19	Jordan Weekes	15	Ret																	1
20	Adrian McNaughton	20	15																	1
21	Joonas Raivio	16	Ret																	0
22	Roy Schroten	Ret	16																	0
23	Dewald Nel	17	18																	0
24	Phil Perkins	23	17																	0
25	Fran Lopez	19	Ret																	0
26	Aidan Polson	21																		0
27	Juha Maki-Jouppi	22^†	Ret																	0
28	Lars Brugman	Ret																		0
29	Michael Teichmann	Ret	Ret																	0
30	Daniel Brewer		Ret																	0
Pos	Driver	AUS	BAH	RUS	ESP	TUR	MON	CAN	GBR	AUT	TBC	HUN	BEL	ITA	JPN	UAE	USA	MEX	BRA	Points

Constructors' standings

Pos	Constructor	Car No.	AUS	BAH	RUS	ESP	TUR	MON	CAN	GBR	AUT	TBC	HUN	BEL	ITA	JPN	UAE	USA	MEX	BRA	Points
1	Nordsjoen-Martex	19	3	2																	47
1	Nordsjoen-Martex	27	18	5																	47
2	Vod:Bul-Valiant	1	11	3																	47
2	Vod:Bul-Valiant	15	4	4																	47
3	Midnight-Potentia	7	7	6																	44
3	Midnight-Potentia	25	1	Ret																	44
4	Torrent-Potentia	88	15	Ret																	34
4	Torrent-Potentia	99	8	1																	34
5	Woods-Trinity	8	2	11																	25
5	Woods-Trinity	9	Ret	16																	25
6	Edonis-Valiant	4	Ret	8																	22
6	Edonis-Valiant	69	9	9																	22
7	Storm-Valiant	75	20	15																	21
7	Storm-Valiant	80	5	7																	21
8	Wauters-Potentia	30	6	10																	19
8	Wauters-Potentia	33	13	Ret																	19
9	Kernow-Potentia	12	10	13																	13
9	Kernow-Potentia	83	12	Ret																	13
10	Hawkeye-Valiant	2	21	12																	4
10	Hawkeye-Valiant	3	23	17																	4
11	Green Stripes-Valiant	11	14	14																	4
11	Green Stripes-Valiant	20	17	18																	4
12	Nijo-Valiant	5	16	Ret																	0
12	Nijo-Valiant	10	22^†	Ret																	0
13	Red Archer-Valiant	6	Ret	Ret																	0
13	Red Archer-Valiant	21	19	Ret																	0
Pos	Constructor	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)