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Revision as of 13:31, 27 January 2018

2018 Superleague season
SLLogo2.png
Competition Superleague
Title Sponsor TBC
Platform Used 397rFactor2.png rFactor 2
Rounds
Mod base GPVWC CL modular
Carshape base F1 based
Engine Supplier(s) Martex, Quasar, Talos, Valiant 1.6L V6 turbo
Tyre Supplier(s) GPVWC brand G
Drivers
Teams
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Superleague Seasons
2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024
GPVWC series in 2018
Career Ladder

Superleague
Supercup
Formula Challenge
Academy

Independent Series

International Touring Cup
World GT

The 2018 Superleague season will be the 19th GPVWC Superleague season. Rudy van Buren enters the season as defending Drivers' Champion, and Vod:Bul Racing as the reigning Constructors' Champions.

Teams and drivers

Superleague Team Base Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No. Race Drivers Rounds Test/Reserve Driver(s)
England ACR Zakspeed

England Liverpool, England

ACR TBA Valiant VA18 G 14   TBA   TBA
15   TBA
Netherlands Edonis Engineering

Netherlands Groningen, The Netherlands

Edonis TBA Talos 9D-18 G 4   TBA   TBA
7   TBA
England Epic Racing Team

England Banbury, England

Epic TBA Martex MX-06 G 5   TBA   TBA
97   TBA
Estonia EVAL Simracing Team

Estonia Tallinn, Estonia

EVAL TBA Valiant VA18 G 70   TBA   TBA
71   TBA
Germany Evolution Motorsports

Germany Kirchhain, Germany

Evolution TBA Valiant VA18 G 17   TBA   TBA
18   TBA
Netherlands Flag-to-Flag SimRacing

England Guildford, England

FTF TBA Martex MX-06 G 28   TBA   TBA
32   TBA
England Hawkeye Racing

England Lake District, England

Hawkeye TBA Talos 9D-18 G 2 Spain Fran Lopez England Chris Butcher
3 Portugal Ricardo Costa
South Africa MadCape Racing Team

South Africa Cape Town, South Africa

MadCape TBA Martex MX-06 G 61 Sweden Eric Stranne Germany Jean-Pierre Helpap
62 Sweden Tobias Olsson
Netherlands Measuric Racing

Netherlands Bennekom, The Netherlands

Measuric TBA Talos 9D-18 G 16   TBA   TBA
55   TBA
Norway Nordsjøen Racing

Wales Cardiff, Wales

Nordsjøen TBA Martex MX-06 G 19 England David Fidock
Switzerland
David Jundt
27 England Alex Cooper
Greece Red Archer Virtual Racing Team

Greece Rethymnos, Greece

Red Archer TBA Martex MX-06 G 10 Portugal Pedro Gomes   TBA
52   TBA
Romania Storm Racing Team

Romania Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Storm TBA Martex MX-06 G 8 Netherlands Liam de Waal   TBA
9 Netherlands Menno Klont
Australia Red Bull Streetfighter Racing Systems

Australia Sydney, Australia

SRS TBA Martex MX-06 G 11 Wales Ben Horrill Hungary Bence Zsupanek
12 Germany Florian Geier
Belgium Wauters Automotive

Belgium Zolder, Belgium

Wauters TBA Quasar QSR-01 G 30 Norway Jarl Teien Netherlands Niels Brugman
33 Croatia Petar Brljak

*Speculative pending confirmation

Team changes

New entries

Technical changes

  • Wauters Automotive are to begin production of their own Quasar engines, after winning the engine tender slot held by Trinity that was made free after Woods Racing withdrew from the championship partway through 2017.

2018 Calendar

Round Race Title Grand Prix Circuit Conditions Date Start Time
Track time GMT BST
1 Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne TBC 1st March 2018 TBC 19:00
2 Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai TBC 15th March 2018 TBC 19:00
3 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Azerbaijan GP Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku TBC 29th March 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
4 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish GP Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona TBC 12th Arpil 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
5 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco GP Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo TBC 26th April 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
6 Canadian Grand Prix Canadian GP Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal TBC 10th May 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
7 French Grand Prix French GP France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet TBC 24th May 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
8 Austrian Grand Prix Austrian GP Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg TBC 7th June 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
9 British Grand Prix British GP United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire TBC 21st June 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
10 German Grand Prix German GP Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim TBC 5th July 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
11 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungarian GP Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest TBC 2nd August 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
12 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa TBC 16th August 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
13 Italian Grand Prix Italian GP Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza TBC 30th August 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
14 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore GP Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore TBC 13th September 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
15 Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka TBC 27th September 2018 TBC 18:00 19:00
16 United States Grand Prix United States GP United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin TBC 11th October TBC 18:00 19:00
17 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian GP Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo TBC 25th October TBC 19:00
18 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island TBC 8th November TBC 19:00

Testing

The 2018 testing schedule is as follows:

Test Date Venue
Preseason Test #1 1st February 2018 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Preseason Test #2 8th February 2018 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia
Preseason Test #3 15th February 2018 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola
Preseason Test #4 22nd February 2018 Mexico Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City
Young Driver Test 22nd November 2018 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island

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