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2017 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	18
Mod base	TBC
Carshape base	F1 based
Engine Supplier(s)	Martex, Trinity, Valiant, TBA
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers	-
Teams	-
Drivers' Champion	TBC
Teams' Champion	TBC
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The 2017 Superleague season will be the 18th GPVWC Superleague season. David Fidock enters the season as defending Drivers' Champion, and Nordsjoen Racing as the reigning Constructors' Champions.

Teams and drivers

The amount of team slots was reduced from 14 to just 12 in 2017, with the GPVWC Management citing a desire to promote quality over quantity in GPVWC series in 2017.

Superleague Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	TBA	TBA	G	4	Laurin Heinrich
						TBA	Fran Lopez
Green Stripes Racing	Niedersachsen, Germany	GSR	TBA	TBA	G	TBA
						TBA
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye	TBA	TBA	G	TBA
						TBA
Kernow Sport	St.Austell, England	Kernow	MW6	TBA	G	12
						83
MadCape Racing Team	Cape Town, South Africa	MadCape	TBA	TBA	G	TBA
						TBA
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, Wales	Nordsjøen	TBA	Martex MX-05 V6t	G	TBA
						TBA
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer	TBA	TBA	G	TBA
						TBA
Storm Racing Team	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Storm	TBA	TBA	G	75	Adrian McNaughton
						80	Emanuel Gaczella
Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	SRS	TBA	TBA	G	TBA
						TBA
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	TBA	Valiant VA17 V6t	G	TBA
						TBA
Wauters Automotive	Tielrode, Belgium	Wauters	TBA	TBA	G	TBA
						TBA
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	TBA	Trinity TRIN005 V6t	G	TBA
						TBA

Team changes

• Midnight Motorsport and Torrent Motorsports, who both withdrew partway through the 2016 season, did not return in 2017.
• Nijo Racing did not return in 2017, marking the end of a 6 year tenure in the series.

New entries

• MadCape Racing Team and Streetfighter Racing Systems were both promoted from Formula Challenge and Supercup respectively.

2017 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Start Time
						Track time	GMT	BST
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	9th March 2017	14:00	19:00	—
2	Russian Grand Prix	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBC	23rd March 2017	14:00	19:00	—
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	TBC	6th April 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia	TBC	20th April 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
5	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	4th May 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	18th May 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	1st June 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	15th June 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
9	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	29th June 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
10	German Grand Prix	German GP	Nurburgring, Nürburg	TBC	27th July 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	10th August 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	24th August 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBC	7th September 2017	20:00	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	21st September 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
15	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	5th October 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
16	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	TBC	19th October 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	2nd November 2017	14:00	19:00	—
18	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	16th November 2017	17:00	19:00	—

Testing

The 2017 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	2nd Feb 2017	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola
Preseason Test #2	9th Feb 2017	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim
Preseason Test #3	16th Feb 2017	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
Preseason Test #4	23th Feb 2017	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
Young Driver Test	23rd Nov 2017	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

Calendar changes

• The Bahrain Grand Prix, Turkish Grand Prix and Dutch Grand Prix were removed from the calendar, the Dutch round having been replaced with the German Grand Prix in 2016.
• The location of the Spanish Grand Prix changed from the Circuit de Catalunya to the Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia hosting the Spanish Grand Prix for the first time since 2009.
• The location of the German Grand Prix changed from the Hockenheimring to the Nurburgring.
• The Singapore Grand Prix and Chinese Grand Prix returned to the calendar after being removed in 2016 and 2015 respectively.
• The season-ending race was changed from the Brazilian Grand Prix to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.