2023 Superlights season

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2023 Superlights season
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Competition Superleague Lights
Title Sponsor N/A
Platform Used 397rFactor2.png rFactor 2
Mod base GPVWC CL modular
Carshape base F1-inspired
Rounds 16
Engine Supplier(s) Martex MX-06L
1600cc turbocharged V6
Tyre Supplier(s) GPVWC brand G
Drivers TBD
Teams 15
Drivers' Champion Owen McGaugie
Teams' Champion Road2Formula Racing
Superleague Lights Seasons
2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 . 2024
GPVWC series in 2023
Career Ladder

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Formula Sprint 1
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The 2023 SuperLights season is the 4th GPVWC Superleague Lights season; the current second tier of the Career Ladder. Jan Granqvist is the reigning Drivers' Champion, whilst reigning 2022 Superleague Lights Teams' Champions THR took the step up to the Superleague series.

With the promotion of THR, Super Venturi and Royal Blue Racing. The team Road2Formula Racing enters the 2023 season as the highest-placed team left from 2022.


Teams and drivers

15 teams are expected to take part in the 2023 season. As in recent seasons every car is powered by a Martex 1600cc turbocharged V6 power unit and use GPVWC brand tyres.

Entrant Base Chassis Race Drivers Test/Reserve Driver(s)
No. Driver Name Rounds
Belgium Road2Formula Racing

Belgium Antwerp, Belgium

SL2-023 11 England Owen McGaugie   TBC
12 India Sandeep Singh
Mexico TR Motorsports

Mexico Puebla, Mexico

SL2-023 17 England Dylan Platt   TBC
37 Estonia Heigo Poom
England Red Arrow Racing

England Camborne, United Kingdom

SL2-023 5   TBC   TBC
52   TBC
England TTF Racing

England London, United Kingdom

TF-03 41 Czech Republic Jan Sykora   TBC
42 Estonia Silver Joffert
Germany MODE Auto Concepts

Germany Oschersleben, Germany

SL2-023 5   TBC   TBC
72   TBC
Italy HG Esport BlueBolt

Italy Imola, Italy

SL2-023 4   TBC   TBC
91   TBC
Wales Draig Racing

England Hirwaun, Wales

SL2-023 47   TBC   TBC
85   TBC
England Nocturne

England Hereford, England

SL2-023 *   TBC   TBC
*   TBC
Netherlands Gallery82 Motorsport

Netherlands Roosendaal, Netherlands

SL2-023 *   TBC   TBC
*   TBC
Poland PZZW Racing Team

Poland Lublin, Poland

SL2-023 *   TBC   TBC
*   TBC
Italy Valle Esports

Italy Italy

SL2-023 *   TBC   TBC
*   TBC
France Virtualdrivers by TX3

France France

SL2-023 * England Michael Eyres   TBC
* Greece Stavros Mouzaidis
England Fusion Racing

England Windsor, England

SL2-023 * Netherlands Liam de Waal   TBC
* Netherlands Remco de Zeeuw
Malta TG Racing eSports

Malta Mtarfa, Malta

SL2-023 *   TBC   TBC
*   TBC
Italy Team Ballas eSport

Italy Emilia Romagna, Italy

SL2-023 *   TBC   TBC
*   TBC

Team changes

New entries

Technical changes

  • To be Announced

2023 Calendar

The 2023 season kept racing Tuesday, every two weeks. The 2023 calendar follows the 16-round limit introduced in 2019. The first round will take place in Imola and the last will take place in Brazil, with each race taking place on a Tuesday, every two weeks. The exception to this will be the customary Spring and Summer breaks.

  • Note 06-12-2022 the following calendar dates are not confirmed, but these are most likely the dates for the 2023 season, these dates are the 2022 racedates changed to 2023 dates.
Round Grand Prix Circuit Date Start Time
GMT BST
1 San Marino Grand Prix San Marino Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola March 7 19:00
2 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir March 21 19:00
3 Australian Grand Prix Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne April 4 18:00 19:00
4 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah April 18 18:00 19:00
5 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku May 2 18:00 19:00
6 German Grand Prix Germany Nurburgring, Nürburg May 16 18:00 19:00
7 Spanish Grand Prix Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló June 13 18:00 19:00
8 Canadian Grand Prix Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal June 27 18:00 19:00
9 British Grand Prix United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire July 11 18:00 19:00
10 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest July 25 18:00 19:00
11 Belgian Grand Prix Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa Aug 8 18:00 19:00
12 Italian Grand Prix Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza September 5 18:00 19:00
13 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore September 19 18:00 19:00
14 Japanese Grand Prix Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka October 3 18:00 19:00
15 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi October 17 18:00 19:00
16 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo October 31 19:00


Testing

The 2023 testing schedule is as follows:

Test Date Venue
Preseason Test #1 TBC   TBC
Preseason Test #2 TBC   TBC

Calendar changes

  • The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix made its debut on the GPVWC 2023 calendar.

Results and Standings

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