2017 Superleague season
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Competition | Superleague |
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Title Sponsor | TBC |
Platform Used | rFactor 2 |
Rounds | 18 |
Mod base | TBC |
Carshape base | F1 based |
Engine Supplier(s) | Martex, Trinity, Valiant, Talos |
Tyre Supplier(s) | GPVWC brand G |
Drivers | - |
Teams | - |
Drivers' Champion | TBC |
Teams' Champion | TBC |
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 2017 |
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Career Ladder |
Superleague |
Independent Series |
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.
Contents
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) |
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Edonis Engineering | Edonis | E17E | Talos 9D-17 V6t | G | 4 | Laurin Heinrich | Dennis Jordan Oskari Kantonen | ||
7 | Fran Lopez | ||||||||
Green Stripes Racing | GSR | TBA | Trinity TRIN005 V6t | G | 20 | Matt Varley | Ben Willis | ||
68 | Matt Beavis | ||||||||
Hawkeye Racing | Hawkeye | RS-17 | Talos 9D-17 V6t | G | 2 | Alex Cooper | Dino Paolini | ||
3 | Tobias Olsson | ||||||||
Kernow Sport | Kernow | MW6 | Valiant VA17 V6t | G | 12 | Bart De Vos | Mark Wicks | ||
83 | Bence Zsupanek | ||||||||
MadCape Racing Team | MadCape | MSL-017 | Valiant VA17 V6t | G | 61 | Michel De Jonge | James Johnson | ||
62 | |||||||||
Nordsjøen Racing | Nordsjøen | NR010 | Martex MX-05 V6t | G | 1 | David Fidock | David Jundt | ||
27 | Florian Geier | ||||||||
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team | Red Archer | TBA | Valiant VA17 V6t | G | 6 | Thomas Hinss | Jason Muscat | ||
21 | Daniel Benefield | ||||||||
Storm Racing Team | Storm | SR02 | Valiant VA17 V6t | G | 75 | Adrian McNaughton | Menno Klont Terence Grech | ||
80 | Emanuel Gaczella | ||||||||
Streetfighter Racing Systems | SRS | TBA | Valiant VA17 V6t | G | 11 | Ben Horrill | Douwe Tapper Maciej Mlynek | ||
67 | David Frančić | ||||||||
Vod:Bul Racing | Vod:Bul | VBMP17 | Valiant VA17 V6t | G | 14 | Rudy van Buren | Tom Parker | ||
15 | Risto Kappet | ||||||||
Wauters Automotive | Wauters | TBA | Martex MX-05 V6t | G | 30 | Gergo Baldi | Dennis Lind Alex Siebel | ||
33 | Daniel Cziranku | ||||||||
Woods Racing | Woods | WR17 | Trinity TRIN005 V6t | G | 8 | Lewis Redshaw | Matthew Chirgwin Joshua Anderson Ollie Woods | ||
9 | Thomas Jacobs |
Round | Race Title | Grand Prix | Circuit | Conditions | Date | Start Time | ||
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Track time | GMT | BST | ||||||
1 | Australian Grand Prix | Australian GP | Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne | TBC | 9th March 2017 | 14:00 | 19:00 | —
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2 | Russian Grand Prix | Russian GP | Sochi Autodrom, Sochi | TBC | 23rd March 2017 | 14:00 | 19:00 | —
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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 | —
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18 | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | Abu Dhabi GP | Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island | TBC | 16th November 2017 | 17:00 | 19:00 | —
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Testing
The 2017 testing schedule is as follows:
Test | Date | Venue |
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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.