2011 Race of Champions

The GPVWC is delighted to announce the launch of a special event to commemorate the 2011 Season. The new event, was intended to be held in partnership with Grand Prix Online (GPO) but due to availablity problems for several has subsequently become a GPVWC based event. It will be held on November 30th and December 7th and has been baptised the Race of Champions as it will feature the best talent from the Superleague and Supercup competitions competing for the coveted title of Champion of Champions.

Format

The invitational competition will include 32 drivers - selected from last season's top drivers - organised in pairs. 16 top drivers in the Superleague and 16 top drivers in the Supercup have been selected subject to availability. To promote greater competition, the pairings will be formed by one driver for each of the leagues; in addition, to guarantee a fair and balanced competition, the pairs will be organised in inverted ranking orders, where possible, with the top ranked Superleague drivers pairing with the lower ranked Supercup drivers and vice versa. The teams will be organised in a knock-out format, with the qualifiers taking place on November 30th and the final rounds on December 7th. All the competition will be broadcast live.

Match-up Format

Each 'match-up' will be comprised of a maximum of five, one 'full-lap' - twice over the line - races in a best-of-five format. This gives each driver in the pairing the opportunity to race both opponents. If a tie-break is required then the driver from each team with the least wins will go head to head to decide which team progresses to the next stage of the competition. For example;

Driver 1 vs Driver 3
Driver 2 vs Driver 4
Driver 1 vs Driver 4
Driver 2 vs Driver 3
- Tie Break if Required -

Timetable

Preliminary Rounds - Wednesday 30th November

18:30 HDV & GDB Files Released
19:00 Practice
19:20 Race of Champions 2011

Finals - Wednesday 7th December

18:30 HDV Files Released
19:00 Practice
19:20 Race of Champions 2011

Driver Pairings

The driver pairings that will be invited to take part in this event will be as follows. In case of a driver being eligible for both series, the highest placement will be considered; likewise, any driver declining the invitation will be replaced by the next eligible driver.