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{{Infobox FC season
| Image = [[File:FCLogo2.png|300px]] |
| Sponsor = TBA|
| Platform = [[File:397rFactor2.png|45px]] [[rFactor 2]] |
| Rounds = 16 |
| Mod = GPVWC CL modular |
| Carshape = F3-inspired |
| Engines = [[GPVWC]] 3400cc NA V6 |
| Tyres = [[GPVWC brand]] {{GPVWC tyres}} |
| Drivers =  TBD
| Teams =  TBD
| Drivers_Champion =  TBD
| Teams_Champion =  TBD
}}
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The '''2019 Formula Challenge season''' will be the 8th [[Grand Prix Virtual World Championship|GPVWC]] [[Formula Challenge]] season.

==Teams and drivers==

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size: 85%;"
!Formula Challenge Team
!Team Owner
!Abbreviation
!Chassis
!Tyre
!{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}
!Race Drivers
!Rounds
!Test/Reserve Driver(s)
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|WSL Racing Team|POL|WSL||
{{POL}} [[Mateusz Ziubinski]]
| 81 | {{POL}} [[Mateusz Ziubinski]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{POL}} [[Krzysztof Pieczykolan]]
| 82 | {{POL}} [[Bartlomiej Maciaszczyk]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|TSA Racing with Apex|ENG|TSA Apex||
{{ENG}} [[Cameron Brewster]]<br>{{ENG}} [[Stefan McCready]]
| 83 | {{ENG}} [[Adrian Campfield]] {{!!}}
|tdstyle={{n/a2}}
|td=TBD
| 84 | {{MAL}} [[Terence Grech]] {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|Crossfire Competition|ENG|Crossfire||
{{ENG}} [[David Carter]]
| 26 | {{GGY}} [[Jonathan Holmes]] {{!!}}
|td= {{ENG}} [[Daniel Hurlock]]
| 28 | {{NED}} [[Menno Klont]] {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|DriveGameSeat Racing Team|ITA|DGS||
{{ITA}} [[Ezio Gazzola]]
| 02 | {{ITA}} [[Simone Iennaco]] {{!!}} 
|tdstyle={{n/a2}}
|td=TBD
| 15 | {{ITA}} [[Francesco Morante]] {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|Fair Racing Team|NED|FRT||
{{NED}} [[Tonnie Jansen]]
| 38 | {{NED}} [[Tonnie Jansen]] {{!!}}
|tdstyle={{n/a2}}
|td=TBD
| 39 | {{NED}} [[Paul Holt]] {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|GOTeam Racing|SWE|GOTeam||
{{COL}} [[Oliver Silva]]
| 24 | {{NED}} [[Arjan van Putten]] {{!!}}
|td= {{COL}} [[Oliver Silva]]
| 25 | {{ENG}} [[James Pinsker]] {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|GPVWC Academy|LIE|GPVWC||
{{NED}} [[Menno Klont]]
| 0 | {{BRA}} [[Rodrigo Carvalho]] {{!!}}
|tdstyle={{n/a2}}
|td=TBD
| 00 | {{ITA}} [[Giuseppe Saracino]]  {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|KC Racing Esports|MAL|KC Racing||
{{MAL}} [[Keith Camilleri]]<br>{{MAL}} [[Brandon Tabone]]
| 95 | {{IND}} [[Sandeep Chodha]] {{!!}}
|tdstyle={{n/a2}}
|td=TBD
| 67 | {{PER}} [[Miguel De Los Rios]] {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|Kellamity MTR|ENG|Kellamity MTR||
{{ENG}}[[Dan Kell]] <br> {{WAL}}[[Matt Richards]]
| 04 | {{NED}} [[Gerrit de Vries]]  {{!!}}
|td= {{ENG}} [[Dan Kell]]
| 89 | {{ENG}} [[George Whitehouse]] {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|MouseOne Racing|ENG|MouseOne||
{{ENG}} [[Liam Rance]]
| 21 | {{DEN}} [[Martin Hemmingsen]]  {{!!}}
|td={{ENG}} [[Samuel Bentley]] 
| 07 | {{POL}} [[Dawid Krupa]]  {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|PZZW Racing Team|POL|PZZW||
{{POL}} [[Kacper Michalak]]
| 16 | {{POL}} [[Kacper Michalak]] {{!!}}
|tdstyle={{n/a2}}
|td=TBD
| 48 | {{POL}} [[Aleksander Rogoza]] {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|Razor GP|GER|Razor||
{{GER}} [[Bastian Paisler]]
| 50 | {{GER}} [[Steven Lexow]]  {{!!}}
|td= {{GER}} [[Jannis Wollborn]]
| 12 | {{GER}} [[Jannik Maleika]] {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|Santen Motorsports|NED|Santen||
{{NED}} [[Jan Santen]]
| 80 | {{ENG}} [[Alastair Khan]]  {{!!}}
|td= {{ITA}} [[Giuseppe Saracino]]
| 90 | {{GRE}} [[Dionysis Faraos]] {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|Namaco Racestars|NED|NAM||
{{NED}} [[Tom Vos]]
| 19 | {{NED}} [[Frank Hamming]]  {{!!}}

|td= {{NED}} [[Rick Wiersma]]
| 34 | {{NED}} [[Sem Wong]]  {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|RTD Racing|GER|RTD||
{{GER}} [[Philipp Konig]]
| 94 | {{GER}} [[Philipp Konig]]  {{!!}}
|tdstyle={{n/a2}}
|td=TBD
| 93 | {{GER}} [[Patrick Wannemuller]]  {{!!}}
}}
|-
{{FCteam|19|2|1|1|madotter iSimRS Racing|ENG|madotter||
{{ENG}}[[Iain Berryman]]
| 03 | {{ENG}} [[Haydn Rhodes]]  {{!!}}
|tdstyle={{n/a2}}
|td=TBD
| 08 | {{NED}} [[Rik van Doorn]]  {{!!}}
}}
|}
<sup>*</sup>[[Neosoft Engineering]] was initially included on the entry list, but removed thier entry prior to the beginning of the season. Their place on the entry list was taken by [[RTD Racing]]
<br>
<sup>*</sup>[[Orimila Grand Prix]] was initially included on the entry list, but removed thier entry prior to the beginning of the season. Their place on the entry list was taken by [[Razor GP Simracing Team]] <br>
<sup>*</sup>[[Drillers Motorsport]] was initially included on the entry list, but were promoted to Supercup before the start of the season.

===Team changes===

Only 3 teams remained from the end of {{FC|2018}} season; [[Apex]], [[WSL]] and the [[GPVWC Academy]] team.
*[[Downforce Racing Team]], [[Shift Gear Racing]] and [[Torrent Motorsports]] were promoted to [[2019 Supercup season|Supercup]] for 2019.
*2018 team champions [[Red Arrow Racing]], [[Cenobite Motorsport]], [[CM-Tech Racing]], [[TR Motorsport]], [[TTF Racing]], [[Idos Motorsport]] (temporarily [[Schubert Motorsport Simracing]]), [[STAX Racing]], [[Royal Blue Racing]] and [[Mayor Downard RT]] were all promoted directly to the new second-tier championship (tentatively known as "Superleague-2")
*[[McKinlay Engineering]] withdrew from the Career Ladder after 2018.

<!--===Mid-Season Changes===


-->===New entries===

*[[Crossfire Competition]], [[DriveGameSeat Racing Team]], [[Fair Racing Team]], [[GOTeam Racing]], [[KC Racing Esports]], [[Kellamity MTR]], [[madotter iSimRS Racing]], [[MouseOne Racing]], [[Positive Energy Racing]], [[PZZW Racing Team]], [[Razor GP Simracing Team]] and [[Santen Motorsports]] all joined at the beginning of 2019.

===Returning entries===
*[[Drillers Motorsport]], having technically merged with [[Torrent Motorsports]] from the 2018 Monaco round onwards, reappeared as a separate entry again in 2019.
*A new partnership announced by [[Apex]] in December 2018 saw the team re-branded as [[TSA Racing With Apex]], marking the return of the [[TSA Racing]] name to the Career Ladder for the first time since 2015.

==Technical changes==

*To be confirmed

==2019 Calendar==
For 2019, the Career Ladder schedule has been radically adjusted, with Formula Challenge races moving from Tuesdays to Wednesday nights; furthermore, Formula Challenge races will now take place the week ''before'' the rest of the Career Ladder events.

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size: 85%"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Round
!rowspan="2"| Race Title
!rowspan="2"| Grand Prix
!rowspan="2"| [[List of GPVWC circuits|Circuit]]
!rowspan="2"| Conditions
!rowspan="2"| Date
!colspan="3"| Start Time
|-
! Track time
! GMT
! {{tooltip|BST|GMT+1}}
|-
! 1
| [[Challenge Australian Grand Prix]]
| [[2018 Challenge Australian Grand Prix|Australian GP]]
| {{AUS}} [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit]], Melbourne
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
| 19:00
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| {{center|&mdash;}}
|-
! 2
| [[Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix|Malaysian GP]]
| {{flagicon|MYS}} [[Sepang International Circuit]], Sepang
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
| 19:00
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| {{center|&mdash;}}
|-
! 3
| [[Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix|Bahrain GP]]
| {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Bahrain International Circuit]], Sakhir
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
| 19:00
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| {{center|&mdash;}}
|-
! 4
| [[Challenge Azerbaijan Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge Azerbaijan Grand Prix|Azerbaijan GP]]
| {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Baku City Circuit]], Baku
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 5
| [[Challenge Spanish Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge Spanish Grand Prix|Spanish GP]]
| {{ESP}} [[Circuit de Catalunya]], Barcelona
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 6
| [[Challenge Monaco Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco GP]]
| {{MON}} [[Circuit de Monaco]], Monte Carlo
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 7
| [[Challenge Turkish Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge Turkish Grand Prix|Turkish GP]]
| {{TUR}} [[Istanbul Park ]], Turkey
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 8
| [[Challenge Canadian Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge Canadian Grand Prix|Canadian GP]]
| {{CAN}} [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]], Montreal
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 9
| [[Challenge British Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge British Grand Prix|British GP]]
| {{UK}} [[Silverstone Circuit]], Northamptonshire
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 10
| [[Challenge German Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge German Grand Prix|German GP]]
| {{GER}} [[Hockenheimring]], Hockenheim
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 11
| [[Challenge Belgian Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian GP]]
| {{BEL}} [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps]], Spa
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 12
| [[Challenge Italian Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge Italian Grand Prix|Italian GP]]
| {{ITA}} [[Autodromo Nazionale di Monza]], Monza
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 13
| [[Challenge Singapore Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge Singapore Grand Prix|Singapore GP]]
| {{SIN}} [[Marina Bay Street Circuit]], Singapore
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 14
| [[Challenge Japanese Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge Japanese Grand Prix|Japanese GP]]
| {{JPN}} [[Suzuka Circuit]], Suzuka
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 15
| [[Challenge United States Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge United States Grand Prix|United States GP]]
| {{USA}} [[Circuit of the Americas]], Austin
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 16
| [[Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix]]
| [[2019 Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazilian GP]]
| {{BRA}} [[Autódromo José Carlos Pace]], São Paulo
| TBC
| TBC
| TBC
| 19:00
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| {{center|&mdash;}}
|-
|}

===Testing===

The 2019 testing schedule is as follows:

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size: 85%;"
!Test
!Date
!Venue
|-
! Preseason Test
|align="center"| TBC
| {{TBD}}
|-
|}

===Calendar changes===
The 2019 calendar was reduced from 18 down to 16 rounds.
*The [[Challenge Chinese Grand Prix|Chinese]], [[Challenge French Grand Prix|French]], [[Challenge Austrian Grand Prix|Austrian]], [[Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungarian]] and [[Challenge Abu Dhabi Grand Prix|Abu Dhabi]] Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.
*The [[Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix|Malaysian]], [[Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix|Bahrain]] and [[Challenge Turkish Grand Prix|Turkish]] Grands Prix made a return after a gap of four and two seasons absent respectively.

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{{Succession box
| before = [[2018 Formula Challenge season]]
| title = [[Portal:Formula Challenge|GPVWC Formula Challenge season]]
| years= '''2019'''
| after = [[2020 Formula Challenge season]]
}}
{{S-end}}

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