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2015 Formula Challenge season

Competition	Formula Challenge
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	17
Mod Used	Custom
Carshape
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers
Teams	20
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Formula Challenge Seasons
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The 2015 Formula Challenge season will be the 4th GPVWC Formula Challenge season.

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2015 participation.

Formula Challenge Team	Team Owner	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Arrow International Racing	Sam Jones	AIR	FC-015	G	74	TBA		n/a
					95	TBA
Backmarker Brigade	Simon Smith	BMB	FC-015	G	91	Simon Smith		n/a
					92	TBA
Scuderia Basilea	David Jundt	Basilea	FC-015	G	79	TBA		n/a
					89	TBA
Bastvik Grand Prix	Mikael Tuomaala	Bastvik	FC-015	G	70	Rasmus Salo		n/a
					71	Tobias Olsson
Centurion Grand Prix	Tommi Koivunen	Centurion	FC-015	G	59	TBA		n/a
					60	TBA
Cosmo Autosport	Joshua Anderson	Cosmo	FC-015	G	39	Hansko Mebius		n/a
					53	Richard Coxon
Deltec Racing Team	Marius van Wyk	Deltec	FC-015	G	81	Denis Mitchell		Klaidas Vareika
					82	Adam Ozgur
Dogecoin Racing	Lewis Redshaw	Dogecoin	FC-015	G	76	Ben Warren		n/a
					93	Thomas Jacobs
Fanatec Draig Racing	Ben Willis	Draig	FC-015	G	34	Balint Hammer		n/a
					35	James Kirk
Epic Racing	Lee Davidson	Epic	FC-015	G	38	Mike Schroten		Rob Mason
					49	Wopke Hoekstra
Ice Cold Racing	Eric Stranne	Ice Cold	FC-015	G	42	Eric Stranne		n/a
					43	Jesper Nielsen
Katana Motorsports	Tom van der Voort	Katana	FC-015	G	65	TBA		n/a
					90	TBA
Karjala Racing	Ari Nieminen	Karjala	FC-015	G	40	Ari Nieminen		n/a
					78	Lewis McGlade
MadCape Racing Team	Xavier de Carvalho	MadCape	FC-015	G	61	TBA		n/a
					62	TBA
Team Proline	Maurice Brackhahn	Proline	FC-015	G	94	Sandeep Chodha		n/a
					97	Bence Zsupanek
Racing Team Schroten	Roy Schroten	RTS	FC-015	G	29	Scott Berrisford		n/a
					98	Tommi Ojala
Triple Twenty	Ilija Brekalo	TT	FC-015	G	54	Jayden Wright		Andreas Roodhooft
					57	Arjan Zijlstra
Viking Racing	Morten Wernersen	Viking	FC-015	G	51	TBA		n/a
					58	TBA
YTF1	Matthew Allington	YTF1	FC-015	G	36	TBA		n/a
					72	TBA
Zedderick Racing	Doug Hilliard	Zedderick	FC-015	G	85	Andrejs Pestovs		n/a
					86	Ben Willis

Team Changes

• Walk Racing, Enterprise GP and Smile Power Racing were all promoted to Supercup.
• Tanskanen Racing, Royal Blue Racing, JRT, Velocity Racing, THR and Knight Racing all chose not to reapply for 2015.
• Centurion Racing and Scuderia Basilea were both demoted from Supercup.

New Entries

• Karjala Racing, Epic Racing and Ice Cold Racing all returned to the series following a 1-year absence in 2014.
• Dogecoin Racing, Triple Twenty, Arrow International Racing, MadCape Racing Team and Deltec Racing Team are all rookies to the Career Ladder this season.
• Draig Racing returned to the Career Ladder following a 2-year absence with Fanatec as leading sponsor. This was the first time they had taken part in a GPVWC single-seater series following their dismissal from the 2012 Superleague season.

2015 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Start Time
							Track time	GMT
1	Challenge Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	rFactor v1255	24th February	16:00	19:00
2	Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	rFactor v1255	10th March	22:00	19:00
3	Challenge Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	rFactor v1255	24th March	14:00	19:00
4	Challenge Portuguese Grand Prix	Portuguese GP	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	TBC	rFactor v1255	7th April	16:00	19:00
5	Challenge Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	rFactor v1255	21st April	15:00	19:00
6	Challenge Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	rFactor v1255	5th May	14:00	19:00
7	Challenge Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	rFactor v1255	19th May	14:00	19:00
8	Challenge British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	rFactor v1255	2nd June	13:00	19:00
9	Challenge Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	rFactor v1255	16th June	14:00	19:00
10	Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	rFactor v1255	30th June	14:00	19:00
11	Challenge Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	rFactor v1255	28th July	14:00	19:00
12	Challenge Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	rFactor v1255	11th August	14:00	19:00
13	Challenge Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBC	rFactor v1255	25th August	22:00	19:00
14	Challenge Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	rFactor v1255	8th September	15:00	19:00
15	Challenge Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	rFactor v1255	22nd September	17:00	19:00
16	Challenge United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	rFactor v1255	6th October	13:00	19:00
17	Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	rFactor v1255	20th October	14:00	19:00

Calendar changes

• The Challenge Malaysian, Chinese and German Grands Prix were all removed from the calender
• The Challenge Turkish Grand Prix will make its return to the Formula Challenge calender after a 1-year absence.
• The Challenge Singapore Grand Prix will be run for the first time in 2015. Though the event was scheduled to make its début in the inaugural season of Formula Challenge in 2012, it was ultimately cancelled.
• Like Singapore, the Challenge Portuguese Grand Prix was also due to be run in 2012 but problems with the Circuito da Boavista led to the event being dropped. In 2015 the event will make its proper début, although the venue has changed to the Algarve International Circuit.

Rule changes

Sporting

• A new Team Numbers system was implemented into the Career Ladder for 2015. This meant that all teams across the Ladder held their own numbers instead of having them determined by finishing position of the following year.

See also