Difference between revisions of "2014 Supercup season"

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2014 Supercup season

Competition	Supercup
Title Sponsor	None
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	-
Mod Used	Custom
Carshape	-
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers	-
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Supercup Seasons
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The 2014 Supercup season will be the 7th GPVWC Supercup season.

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2014 participation.

Supercup Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Scuderia Basilea	Binningen, Switzerland	Basilea	SC-014	G	0
					2
Malta Force GP	Siggiewi, Malta	Malta Force	SC-014	G	3	Menno Klont
					4	Patrick Gatewood
Satellite Racing	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	Satellite	SC-014	G	5
					6
Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	Streetfighter	SC-014	G	7
					8
PB Racing	Swindon, England	PB	SC-014	G	9
					10
FA Racing	Lahti, Finland	FA	SC-014	G	11
					12
Centurion Grand Prix	Centurion, South Africa	Centurion	SC-014	G	14	Tommi Koivunen
					15	Dan Rusu
Fox Racing	Kessel, Belgium	Fox	SC-014	G	16	Andreas Wauters
					17	Christoph Lichtenstein
Storm Racing Team	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Storm	SC-014	G	18
					19
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	SC-014	G	20	Jason Muscat
					21	Oskari Kantonen
Wauters Automotive	Gent, Belgium	Wauters	SC-014	G	22
					23
SimCraft Racing	Marietta, GA, United States	SimCraft	SC-014	G	24
					25
Measuric Racing	Bennekom, The Netherlands	Measuric	SC-014	G	26
					27
Positive SimRacing	Madrid, Spain	Positive	SC-014	G	28
					29
TheSixthAxis Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	SC-014	G	30	Thomas Jacobs
					31	Cameron Brewster

Team changes

• CSG Racing, Target Racing and Vod:Bul Racing were all promoted to the Superleague for the 2014 season.
• Innervision, despite a strong 2013 and only serving two years in the Supercup, chose not to re-apply for 2014.
• PP Dynamic Motorsport (who entered Supercup at the same time as Innervision) had, by contrast, an awful 2013 finishing second from bottom in the Teams' Championship. They too chose not to re-apply for 2014.

New entries

The number of team entries increased to 15 for the 2014 Supercup season with 7 spots available for new teams. Five of the new teams were directly promoted from Formula Challenge.

• Storm Racing Team entered Supercup with two years experience in Formula Challenge; dominating the 2013 Formula Challenge season Teams' Championship.
• Edonis Engineering were also promoted to the Supercup after a strong campaign in the 2013 Formula Challenge season which saw them take six wins and third in the Teams' Championship.
• Wauters Automotive, Measuric Racing and Positive SimRacing were all accepted on the foundations of good results in Formula Challenge as well as a fundamental ambition to do well in Supercup and beyond.
• SimCraft Racing was accepted as the reformed version of the Multi21 Racing Team which took part in the 2013 Formula Challenge season.
• TheSixthAxis Racing was accepted as the team had established itself well in other categories during the 2013 season; specifically World GT, the Masters Series and the International Touring Cup.

2014 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Start Time
							Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	rFactor v1255	26th February	16:00	19:00
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	TBC	rFactor v1255	12th March	16:00	19:00
3	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	rFactor v1255	26th March	15:00	19:00
4	Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	TBC	rFactor v1255	9th April	15:00	19:00
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	rFactor v1255	23rd April	14:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	rFactor v1255	7th May	14:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	rFactor v1255	21st May	14:00	19:00
8	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	rFactor v1255	4th June	14:00	19:00
9	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	rFactor v1255	18th June	13:00	19:00
10	German Grand Prix	German GP	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	TBC	rFactor v1255	2nd July	14:00	19:00
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	French GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	rFactor v1255	16th July	14:00	19:00
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	rFactor v1255	13th August	14:00	19:00
13	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	rFactor v1255	27th August	14:00	19:00
14	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	rFactor v1255	10th September	13:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	rFactor v1255	24th September	17:00	19:00
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie	TBC	rFactor v1255	8th October	15:00	19:00
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	rFactor v1255	22nd October	14:00	19:00

Calendar changes

• The calender was shortened to 17 races - 1 less than the previous season.
• The Korean, Turkish and French Grands Prix were all removed from the calender
• The location of the German Grand Prix changed from the Nurburgring to the Hockenheimring; the first time the German round of the Supercup was to be held there since 2006.
• The location of the United States Grand Prix also changed. For the first time in Supercup history, the Circuit of the Americas would be used to host the event.
• The Bahrain and Chinese Grands Prix made their return to Supercup calender after a 2 and 1 year absence respectively.

Rule changes

Sporting

• 2014 will see one of the biggest changes to Supercup in the category's history; a move to two races per race evening. Race 1 will be run on a distance of about 175km, with Race 2 roughly 100km (in 2013, the single race was set at 195km). Race 2 will also feature a random reverse grid of the top six to ten drivers from Race 1.