View source for 2020 Formula Challenge season

{{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 =  15
| Drivers_Champion =  {{DEN}}  [[Martin Hemmingsen]]
| Teams_Champion =  {{BRA}}  [[Neptune Simracing]]
}}
{{2020 series box}}

The '''2020 Formula Challenge season''' will be the 9th [[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|20|2|1|1|Asombik Esports|ESP|Asombik||
{{ESP}} [[Ale Enamorado]]
| 19 | {{ESP}} [[Alejandro Enamorado]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{ESP}} [[David Serra]]
| 29 | {{ESP}} [[Ilias Fernández]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|Downforce Scalextric Racing|ENG|Downforce||
{{ENG}} [[Jake Sanson]]
| 39 | {{ENG}} [[Deagen Fairclough]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{ENG}} [[Sarah Moore]]
| 53 | {{ENG}} [[Ben Caisley]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|DriveGameSeat Racing Team|ITA|DGS||
{{ITA}} [[Ezio Gazzola]]
| 15 | {{ITA}} [[Filippo Caneo]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{TBC}} [[TBC]]
| 18 | {{ITA}} [[Matteo Bolco]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|Eight-Six eRacing|GER|Eight-Six||
{{GER}} [[Justin Meister]]
| 14 | {{GER}} [[Max Reichel]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{GER}} [[Justin Meister]]
| 20 | {{MAL}} [[Luca Flask]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|Fryslan Racing Team|NED|Fryslan||
{{NED}} [[Gerrit de Vries]]
| 84 | {{NED}} [[Gerrit de Vries]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{TBC}} [[TBC]]
| 99 | {{NED}} [[Daan Hut]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|GPVWC Academy|LIE|Academy||
{{NED}} [[Menno Klont]]
| 100 | {{LAT}} [[Ernests Lapins]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{TBC}} [[TBC]]
| 101 | {{ENG}} [[George Whitehouse]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|HGP Motorsport|NED|HGP||
{{NED}} [[Frank Hamming]]
| 10 | {{NED}} [[Tom Vos]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{TBC}} [[TBC]]
| 41 | {{ITA}} [[Emanuele Dellera]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|Madness Racing|GER|Madness||
{{GER}} [[Lukas Lichten]]
| 30 | {{GER}} [[Lukas Lichten]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{TBC}} [[TBC]]
| 31 | {{BEL}} [[Senne Stofmeel]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|Neptune Simracing|BRA|Neptune||
{{BRA}} [[Rodrigo Carvalho]]
| 21 | {{DEN}} [[Martin Hemmingsen]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{TBC}} [[TBC]]
| 22 | {{EST}} [[Paul August Laane]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|Nova Simracing|ENG|Nova||
{{ENG}} [[Josh Downard]]
| 69 | {{WAL}} [[Isaac Morris]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{TBC}} [[TBC]]
| 70 | {{ENG}} [[Sam Holt]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|Rookie Monsters|ENG|Rookie Monsters||
{{ENG}} [[Simon Marshall]]
| 25 | {{ENG}} [[Peter Jones]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{TBC}} [[TBC]]
| 66 | {{ENG}} [[Andrew Quartley]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|RBA Racing|GER|RBA||
{{GER}} [[Noah Chilla]]
| 11 | {{NED}} [[Guyon Branten]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{POL}} [[Szymon Frelik]]
| 37 | {{POL}} [[Patryk Roszak]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|Santen Motorsports|NED|Santen||
{{NED}} [[Jan Santen]]
| 2 | {{ENG}} [[Daniel Hurlock]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{NED}} [[Martijn Everts]]
| 3 | {{ENG}} [[Omari Watson]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|THUnderdog|NED|Thunderdog||
{{NED}} [[Rienk Hoekstra]]
| 67 | {{NED}} [[Rob Roosa]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{NED}} [[Rienk Hoekstra]]
| 95 | {{USA}} [[Sven de Vries]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|Team Gridline|ENG|Gridline||
{{ENG}} [[Rory Rothon]]
| 23 | {{ENG}} [[Thomas Harvey]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{ENG}} [[Josh Reid]]
| 24 | {{ENG}} [[Liam Rance]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
{{FCteam|20|2|1|1|Valle eSports|ITA|Valle||
{{ITA}} [[Massimiliano Ribolli]]
| 12 | {{ITA}} [[Massimiliano Ribolli]] {{!!}} 
|td= {{TBC}} [[TBC]]
| 13 | {{GRE}} [[Dionysis Faraos]] {{!!}} 
}}
|-
}}
|}

===Team changes===

Only 5 teams remained from the end of {{FC|2019}} season; [[DriveGameSeat]], [[RTD]], [[Santen]], [[WSL]] and the [[GPVWC Academy]] team.
*[[Crossfire]], [[mouseOne Racing]], [[H20 Namaco]], [[Kellamity MTR]], [[Razor GrandPrix]], and [[PZZW Racing]] were promoted to [[2020 Supercup season|Supercup]] for 2020.
*[[Drillers Motorsports]],[[Enterprise GP]], [[Racing Team Schroten]], [[ShiftGear Racing]] and [[Torrent Motorsports]] withdrew from the Career Ladder after 2019.

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


-->===New entries===

*[[Asombik Esports]], [[Eight-Six eRacing]], [[Fryslan Racing Team]], [[HGP]], [[Neptune Simracing]], [[Nova Simracing]], [[RBA]],  and [[Team Gridline]] all joined at the beginning of 2020.

===Returning entries===
*[[Downforce Scalextric Racing]] returned after spending one year in the Supercup championship in 2019.

*[[Storm Racing Team]] originaly entered the Formula Challenge, but later withdrew their entry, [[THUnderdog]] entered the Formula Challenge as replacement

==Technical changes==

*To be confirmed

==2020 Calendar==
The 2020 calendar follows the 16-round limit introduced in {{SL|2019}}.

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size: 85%"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Round
!rowspan="2"| [[List of Superleague Grands Prix|Grand Prix]]
!rowspan="2"| [[List of GPVWC circuits|Circuit]]
!rowspan="2"| Date
!colspan="2"| Start Time
|-
! GMT
! {{tooltip|BST|GMT+1}}
|-
! 1
| [[Australian Grand Prix]]
| {{AUS}} [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit]], Melbourne
| TBA
| 19:00
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| {{center|&mdash;}}
|-
! 2
| [[Bahrain Grand Prix]]
| {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Bahrain International Circuit]], Sakhir
| TBA
| 19:00
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| {{center|&mdash;}}
|-
! 3
| [[Turkish Grand Prix]]
| {{TUR}} [[Istanbul Park ]], Turkey
| TBA
| 19:00
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| {{center|&mdash;}}
|-
! 4
| [[Dutch Grand Prix]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Circuit Park Zandvoort]], Zandvoort
| TBA
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 5
| [[Azerbaijan Grand Prix]]
| {{AZE}} [[Baku City Circuit]], Baku
| TBA
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 6
| [[Canadian Grand Prix]]
| {{CAN}} [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]], Montreal
| TBA
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 7
| [[French Grand Prix]]
| {{FRA}} [[Circuit Paul Ricard]], Le Castellet
| TBA
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 8
| [[British Grand Prix]]
| {{UK}} [[Silverstone Circuit]], Northamptonshire
| TBA
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 9
| [[German Grand Prix]]
| {{GER}} [[Hockenheimring]], Hockenheim
| TBA
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 10
| [[Belgian Grand Prix]]
| {{BEL}} [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps]], Spa
| TBA
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 11
| [[Italian Grand Prix]]
| {{ITA}} [[Autodromo Nazionale di Monza]], Monza
| TBA
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 12
| [[Singapore Grand Prix]]
| {{SIN}} [[Marina Bay Street Circuit]], Singapore
| TBA
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 13
| [[Russian Grand Prix]]
| {{RUS}} [[Sochi Autodrom]], Sochi
| TBA
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 14
| [[Japanese Grand Prix]]
| {{JPN}} [[Suzuka Circuit]], Suzuka
| TBA
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 15
| [[United States Grand Prix]]
| {{USA}} [[Circuit of the Americas]], Austin
| TBA
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| 18:00
| 19:00
|-
! 16
| [[Brazilian Grand Prix]]
| {{BRA}} [[Autódromo José Carlos Pace]], São Paulo
| TBA
| 19:00
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| {{center|&mdash;}}
|-
|}

===Testing===

The 2020 testing schedule is as follows:

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size: 85%;"
!Test
!Date
!Venue
|-
! Preseason Test
|align="center"| 19/02
| {{UAE}} Yas Marina Circuit 
|-
|}

===Calendar changes===
*The [[Malaysian Grand Prix|Malaysian]], [[Spanish Grand Prix|Spanish]] and, controversially, [[Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]] Grands Prix were removed from the calendar. The Malaysian round had only been reintroduced in {{SL|2019}}, while the Spanish Grand Prix had been held, at different venues, since {{SL|2002}}. The Monaco Grand Prix, however, had been held every year since the formation of GPVWC, with the only exception of during the curtailed {{SL|2001}} season. 
*The [[Dutch Grand Prix|Dutch]], [[French Grand Prix|French]] and [[Russian Grand Prix|Russian]] Grands Prix were reintroduced. The French race was last held in {{SL|2018}} while Russia had been absent since the end of {{SL|2017}}. The Dutch Grand Prix, together with [[Circuit Park Zandvoort|Zandvoort]], was last held in {{SL|2012}}, despite an aborted attempt to hold the Grand Prix at [[TT Circuit Assen|Assen]] in {{SL|2016}}.

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = [[2019 Formula Challenge season]]
| title = [[Portal:Formula Challenge|GPVWC Formula Challenge season]]
| years= '''2020'''
| after = [[2021 Formula Challenge season]]
}}
{{S-end}}

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