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2023 Formula Sprint 2 season

Competition	Formula Sprint 2
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds
Mod Used	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape	F2-inspired
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC 3400cc turbocharged V6
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers	74
Teams	16
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
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The 2023 Formula Sprint 2 will be the 2st GPVWC Formula Sprint 2 season. The name Formula Sprint 2 was created to replace the GPVWC Formula Challenge Series which did run for 10 seasons from 2012 to 2021.

Teams and drivers

FS2 Team	Manager	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Red VEN Racing	Steven Lexow	VEN	FC-023	G	55	TBC		TBC
					75	TBC
Alfa Sierra Simracing	Tom van der Voort	ASS	FC-023	G	21	TBC		TBC
					41	TBC
Kings Racing	Scott Mitchell	Kings	FC-023	G	29	TBC		TBC
					89	TBC
Scuderia KAP Clay	Mikael Tuomaala	KAP Clay	FC-023	G	7	TBC		TBC
					10	TBC
Deltec Esports	Marius van Wyk	Deltec	FC-023	G	69	TBC		TBC
					77	TBC
Optiminal Esports	Remco de Zeeuw	Optiminial	FC-023	G	2	TBC		TBC
					3	TBC
VMS-SunEdits Racing	Gijs Sonneveld	VMS	FC-023	G	12	TBC		TBC
					46	TBC
ST Racing	Mark Fuller	ST	FC-023	G	9	TBC		TBC
					42	TBC
Team RNG	Antoni Nicpon	RNG	FC-023	G	4	TBC		TBC
					13	TBC
Hut Performance Engineering	Daan Hut	HPE	FC-023	G	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC
Kaizen-Kota Racing	Matthew Mckinnon	KKR	FC-023	G	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC
KV86 Powerhouse	Kristian Vazdar	KV86	FC-023	G	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC
Priority 1 Esports	Craig Patteson	P1	FC-023	G	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC
Reedingame Studios Racing	Tom Dillon	RSR	FC-023	G	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC
Scuderia Freccia Nera	Luca Tizzano	SFN	FC-023	G	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC
GPVWC Academy	Menno Klont	Academy	FC-023	G	100	TBC		TBC
					101	TBC

Calendar

The 2023 calendar follows the 16-round limit introduced in 2019. The first round took place at Imola and the last will take place in Brazil, with each race taking place on a Tuesday.

• Note 06-12-2022 the following calendar dates are not confirmed, but these are most likely the dates for the 2023 season, these dates are the 2022 racedates changed to 2023 dates.

Round	Circuit	Date	Start Time
			GMT	BST
1	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	February 28	19:00	—
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	March 14	19:00	—
3	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	March 28	18:00	19:00
4	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah	April 11	18:00	19:00
5	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit, Baku	April 25	18:00	19:00
6	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring, Nürburg	May 9	18:00	19:00
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	June 6	18:00	19:00
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	June 20	18:00	19:00
9	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	July 4	18:00	19:00
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Budapest	July 18	18:00	19:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	Aug 1	18:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	August 29	18:00	19:00
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	September 12	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	September 26	18:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	October 10	18:00	19:00
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	October 24	19:00	—

Testing

The 2023 testing schedule is as follows:

Calendar changes

• The Portuguese, Monaco, , Austria and Mexican Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.

• The German, Spain and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix were reintroduced.

• The Saudi Arabia Grand Prix made its debut on the GPVWC 2023 calendar.

Results and Standings

Grand Prix

Round		Grand Prix	Pole Position	Pole Time	Fastest Lap	F/L Time	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Formula Sprint 2 San Marino Grand Prix	Luke Mitchell	1:33.801	Scott Mitchell	1:34.525	Steven Lexow	Red VEN Racing	Report
	R2				Jack Mayor	1:34.509	Rouven Meschede	Red VEN Racing
2	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Bahrain Grand Prix	Steven Lexow	1:46.961	Maciej Hyla	1:47.679	Jack Mayor	TOP Esports	Report
	R2				Jack Mayor	1:48.003	Steven Lexow	Red VEN Racing
3	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Australian Grand Prix	Scott Mitchell	1:33.862	Steven Lexow	1:34.500	Luke Mitchell	Alfa Sierra Simracing	Report
	R2				Luke Mitchell	1:34.534	Scott Mitchell	Kings Racing
4	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Portuguese Grand Prix	Rouven Meschede	1:31.134	Alex Lehoux	1:31.704	Rouven Meschede	Red VEN Racing	Report
	R2				Rouven Meschede	1:31.734	Alex Lehoux	ST Racing
5	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Rouven Meschede	1:59.838	Jack Mayor	2:00.305	Jack Mayor	TOP Esports	Report
	R2				Jack Mayor	1:59.865	Luca Gray	Spark Racing Team
6	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Monaco Grand Prix	Massimiliano Ribolli	1:20.220	Kenneth Singleton	1:21.276	Massimiliano Ribolli	Alfa Sierra Simracing	Report
	R2				Rouven Meschede	1:21.346	Tommi Koivunen	Scuderia KAP Clay
7	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Canadian Grand Prix	Rouven Meschede	1:26.162	Jack Mayor	1:26.856	Rouven Meschede	Red VEN Racing	Report
	R2				Luke Mitchell	1:26.719	Rouven Meschede	Red VEN Racing
8	R1	Formula Sprint 2 British Grand Prix	Jack West	1:47.462	Steven Lexow	1:48.211	Jack West	Kings Racing	Report
	R2				Luke Mitchell	1:48.596	Jack West	Kings Racing
9	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Austrian Grand Prix	Jack Mayor	1:19.740	Jack Mayor	1:20.461	Steven Lexow	Red VEN Racing	Report
	R2				Rouven Meschede	1:20.532	Rouven Meschede	Red VEN Racing
10	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Hungarian Grand Prix			Steven Lexow	1:30.732	Luke Mitchell	Alfa Sierra Simracing	Report
	R2				Luke Mitchell	1:31.156	Luke Mitchell	Alfa Sierra Simracing
11	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Belgian Grand Prix	Luke Mitchell	2:04.895	Steven Lexow	2:05.488	Rouven Meschede	Red VEN Racing	Report
	R2				Jerry van Bussel	2:05.659	Jerry van Bussel	GPVWC Academy
12	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Italian Grand Prix	Massimiliano Ribolli	1:39.723	Alex Lehoux	1:40.447	Toby Davis	Kings Racing	Report
	R2				Alex Lehoux	1:39.984	Luke Mitchell	Alfa Sierra Simracing
13	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Singapore Grand Prix	Rouven Meschede	1:54.319	Loic Meunier	1:55.666	Alex Lehoux	Rowen GP	Report
	R2				Jack Mayor	1:55.881	Jack Mayor	TOP Esports
14	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Japanese Grand Prix	Luke Mitchell	1:47.088	Steven Lexow	1:48.157	Alex Lehoux	Rowen GP	Report
	R2				Rouven Meschede	1:47.551	Loic Meunier	Rowen GP
15	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Mexican Grand Prix	Steven Lexow	1:28.658	Alex Lehoux	1:29.295	Jack Mayor	TOP Esports	Report
	R2				Alex Lehoux	1:29.502	Luke Mitchell	Alfa Sierra Simracing
16	R1	Formula Sprint 2 Brazilian Grand Prix	Alex Lehoux	1:22.310	Luke Mitchell	1:22.751	Alex Lehoux	Rowen GP	Report
	R2				Jack Mayor	1:22.928	Rouven Meschede	Red VEN Racing

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver SMR BAH AUS POR AZE MON CAN GBR AUT HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN MEX BRA Points 1 Jack Mayor 4 14 1 3 2 14 4 6 1 6 7 2 5 5 3 10 2 4 2 11 3 3 6 2 7 1 3 3 1 4 2 19 446 2 Rouven Meschede 9 1 4 13 5 4 1 2 6 2 2 9 1 1 7 4 3 1 1 Ret 2 3 5 21 2 11 4 1 398 3 Luke Mitchell 3 9 5 6 1 2 2 5 2 5 8 6 2 12 5 2 4 Ret 1 1 22 Ret 12 1 3 6 4 4 5 1 19 Ret 387 4 Scott Mitchell 2 2 20 10 6 1 7 8 5 7 4 12 6 3 2 5 184 5 Steven Lexow 1 7 3 1 19 5 3 Ret 4 22 3 Ret 3 13 24 9 152 6 Massimiliano Ribolli 5 4 2 9 4 16 20 7 8 4 1 3 19 Ret 4 14 149 7 Mikael Tuomaala 7 6 8 5 9 6 9 4 10 3 6 4 18 15 120 8 Alex Lehoux 21 5 23 Ret 13 3 5 1 3 16 Ret Ret 4 6 Ret 11 105 9 Jack Nicholls 6 3 6 4 7 Ret 14 3 7 Ret 18 Ret 8 8 99 10 Josh Downard 13 8 14 14 14 8 Ret 13 11 9 16 8 Ret 19 9 8 63 11 Tommi Koivunen Ret 13 18 17 17 11 21 15 Ret 13 14 1 11 Ret 6 6 59 12 Luca Gray 11 19 21 27 11 7 11 20 8 1 Ret Ret 9 Ret 59 13 Daan Hut 8 22 10 2 18 Ret 17 Ret 17 7 14 7 51 14 Jack West 1 1 45 15 Maciej Sandak 14 10 11 19 8 Ret Ret 16 16 Ret 12 4 38 16 Alessandro Valente 12 11 Ret 22 18 8 11 Ret 13 Ret 8 Ret 37 18 Lucas Thylin Ret 15 16 18 22 11 12 DNS 10 2 33 19 Dan Hajek 10 Ret 13 7 12 Ret 12 17 10 Ret 16 15 33 19 George Whitehouse 5 5 22 18 Silver Joffert 8 14 18 12 9 18 20 21 21 19 Remco de Zeeuw 18 Ret 28 16 3 Ret 13 21 Ret Ret 24 16 18 17 19 20 Bryn Evans Ret 25 Ret 24 10 9 Ret 10 19 21 Jakub Kalbarczyk 9 12 Ret 10 17 22 Justin Ruian 15 17 26 21 22 Ret 15 11 20 14 19 10 15 23 Guyon Branten 12 8 Ret 12 24 Adrian Diego Ret 21 29 11 23 9 12 25 Maxime Beaulieu 25 24 17 10 Ret 13 DSQ 13 Ret 12 26 Caitlin Penny 16 26 24 15 21 12 18 19 14 23 20 13 10 28 Maciej Hyla 23 16 7 Ret 10 29 Loic Meunier 6 18 Ret 17 10 30 Scott Sovik 15 10 7 31 Lilian Hillairet 24 23 15 20 26 17 16 12 Ret 15 6 32 Hans van Putten 21 20 23 11 5 33 Stan Vlietstra 17 12 Ret Ret 4 34 Jarrod Vanderweide 16 13 3 35 Tom Eley Ret 18 Ret 14 2 36 Kenneth Singleton Ret Ret 17 Ret 15 Ret 1 37 Jessica Pelletier Ret Ret 25 15 1 38 Seva Panasenko 19 Ret 22 15 1 39 Ben Constantine 15 18 1 40 Mihajlo Vicentijevic 19 Ret 27 25 23 18 22 Ret 24 Ret 26 17 24 Ret 0 41 Alex Hallows 22 Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver SMR BAH AUS POR AZE MON CAN GBR AUT HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN 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