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The 2000 Superleague season was the first GPVWC Superleague season.

2000 turned out to be another year in which the reigning Champion, Finnish Janne Tanskanen, would not be defending his title. Tanskanen announced his retirement officially in a press statement just before Christmas, on the 23rd of December, 2010.

While the league clearly loses out on one hand, on another hand some people considered that both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships to be thrown wide open. New talent had emerged at the end of the previous season and the rumour was that the league would be losing another of its top racing drivers and previous champion, Joe Consiglio, through retirement.

In the event, Consiglio didn't retire - signing another contract with Nordsjoen was surely going to keep the teams hopes high for consolidating a record-equalling three consecutive Constructors' titles in a row.

Pre-season

Testing

Report

Teams and drivers

Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Silver Angels		Silver Angels		BMW	B	??	Thomas Kimmich		Twan Verweij
						??	Miroslav Polacek
							Twan Verweij
A-Racing		A-Racing		Renault	B	??	Richard Dickson
						??	Chris Connolly
Millennium		Millennium		Ferrari	B	??	Micke Fang
						??	Rudolf Lofgren
Devils		Devils		Ferrari	B	??	Athanasios Brinias		Peter Knif
						??	Simon White
							Peter Knif
Britten		Britten		Britten	B	??	Jason Smith
						??	Darren White
BA Racing		BA Racing		Mercedes	B	??	Dan Pyrik		Jason Endean
						??	Gabriel Nogueira
							Jason Endean
TBA		TBA		Rolls-Royce	B	??	Ruud Nanne		Jonas Lindberg
						??	Chaz Charlton
							Jonas Lindberg
Goffin Racing		Goffin Racing		Mugen-Honda	B	??	Joost Jonk		Roald Reurink
						??	Gijs Herpers
							Roald Reurink
Racebase		Racebase		Mercedes	B	??	Peter Visscher		Larry Karam Thomas Floate
						??	Dave Harland
							Larry Karam
							Thomas Floate
Sparshot		Sparshot Racing		Ferrari	B	??	Dan Lawrence
						??	Peter Kent
Red Arrows		Red Arrows		Ferrari	B	??	Kris Pusaka
							Ben Connolly
DL Racing		DL Racing		Ferrari & Peugeot?	B	??	Ian McMah		Glenn Bowen Borje Johansson
						??	Scott Smith
							Glenn Bowen
							Borje Johansson
Pacific Racing		Pacific Racing		Fondmetal	B	??	Harold Iedema
						??	Robert Vukovic
Feilerfuf		Feilerfuf		Ford	B	??	Marcellus Schmidt
						??	Pierluigi Meloni
HawkEye		HawkEye		Audi	B	??	Blair Disley
						??	Alexander Masendycz

^† Mal McKee replaced himself as test/reserve driver with Liam Hatchell after the Japanese grand prix.
^‡ Adam Rouse pulled out of the competition after the Austrian grand prix.

New entries

The first new team to secure a place in the Superleague was Nijo Racing, owned and managed by Chris Williamson. Nijo came straight in from a successful Masters season, bypassing the Supercup, and looking eager to carry that success into the Superleague. Initially having signed Tom Parker and Ashley Walsh, the team underwent many changes in driver line-up in the first half of the season, with Parker pulling out after only a few races.

Triple-Double Racing was the next team to secure a place in the Superleague, founded and initially managed by Ben Warren before Phil Perkins took the reins scant days before the opening race. Driver Jyri Lylykorpi was initially linked with the team, however the team secured GPVWC stalwarts Adam Rouse and Phil Perkins.

The final new team to secure a place was Midnight Motorsport. Driver Nick Rowland's brainchild, the team managed to secure both himself and experienced racing driver and manager Dave Carr-Smith, which seemed to promise a strong team in bid for the Constructors' and Drivers' Championships. Reliability problems and bad luck were the order of the day for the beginning of the season for Midnight, however.

Team changes

Driver changes

2000 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Time
					Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	24th March	???	19:00
2	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	31st March	???	19:00
3	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie	7th April	???	19:00
4	Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit	21st April	???	19:00
5	UPP South African Grand Prix	South African GP	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit	5th May	???	19:00
6	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	A1-Ring	12th May	???	19:00
7	French Grand Prix	French GP	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	19th May	???	19:00
8	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	2nd June	???	19:00
9	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit	16th June	???	19:00
10	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain	23rd June	???	19:00
11	San Marino Grand Prix	San Marino GP	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, San Marino	7th July	???	19:00
12	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park	14th July	???	19:00
13	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City	28th July	???	19:00
14	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	25th August	???	19:00
15	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	1st September	???	19:00
16	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	15th September	???	19:00
17	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	29th September	???	19:00
18	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	6th October	???	19:00
19	Dutch Grand Prix	Dutch GP	Circuit Park Zandvoort	13th October	???	19:00
20	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	20th October	???	19:00

Changes

Rule changes

Qualifying

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Joe Consiglio	Lee Morris	Lee Morris	Draig Racing-Ferrari	Report
2	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Joe Consiglio	Joe Consiglio	Lee Morris	Draig Racing-Ferrari	Report
3	Japanese Grand Prix	Joe Consiglio	Lee Morris	Lee Morris	Draig Racing-Ferrari	Report
4	Chinese Grand Prix	Jason Muscat	Mark Stanton	Lee Morris	Draig Racing-Ferrari	Report
5	South African Grand Prix	Sam Millar	Sam Millar	Lee Morris	Draig Racing-Ferrari	Report
6	Austrian Grand Prix	Sam Millar	Sam Millar	Jason Muscat	Red Archer-Renault	Report
7	French Grand Prix	Jason Muscat	Joe Consiglio	Joe Consiglio	Nordsjoen-Mercedes	Report
8	Monaco Grand Prix					Report
9	British Grand Prix					Report
10	Bahrain Grand Prix					Report
11	San Marino Grand Prix					Report
12	Turkish Grand Prix					Report
13	Mexican Grand Prix					Report
14	Canadian Grand Prix					Report
15	Brazilian Grand Prix					Report
16	Italian Grand Prix					Report
17	Spanish Grand Prix					Report
18	Belgian Grand Prix					Report
19	Dutch Grand Prix					Report
20	Singapore Grand Prix					Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Drivers standings

Pos Driver AUS UAE JPN CHN RSA AUT FRA MON GBR BHR RSM TUR MEX CAN BRA ITA ESP BEL NED SIN Points 1 Lee Morris 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 97 2 Joe Consiglio 13† 2 2 4 3 2 1 69 3 Jason Muscat 16 3 8 2 2 1 Ret 52 4 David Jundt 4 4 4 6 6 4 5 48 5 Sam Millar 3 Ret 3 Ret 9 8 4 33 6 Ojay Clark 5 5 Ret 8 4 11 6 28 7 Dave Carr-Smith 2 Ret 6 3 DNS Ret Ret 27 8 Mark Wicks 9 7 7 10 8 5 7 24 9 Adam Rouse 6 6 Ret 7 7 7 22 10 Kieran Ryan 8 10 12 13 5 6 8 18 11 Mark Stanton Ret 8 10 5 11 9 Ret 12 12 Bart De Vos 3 10 13 Jyri Lylykorpi 7 9 Ret 14 DNS Ret 12 6 14 Nick Rowland Ret Ret 5 Ret DNS Ret DNS 6 15 Christoph Lichtenstein 12 11 9 9 12 Ret Ret 4 16 Ryan Walker 11 12 15 18 10 10 9 4 17 Ben Morgan 10 Ret 11 Ret Ret DNS DNS 1 18 Abdel Damghi Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 10 0 19 Mark Fuller 15 Ret 16 13 11 0 20 David Stanton Ret 13 13 11 Ret Ret Ret 0 21 Chris Williamson Ret 16 12 0 22 William Ponissi 14 14 Ret 17 Ret 0 23 Phil Perkins Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 0 24 Gavin Thomas Ret Ret 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 25 Tim-Oliver Wagner Ret DNS Ret 15 DNS 0 26 Tom Parker Ret Ret Ret 0 27 Luke McKee Ret DNS 0 28 Ashley Walsh Ret 0 29 Teemu Toikka Ret DNS 0 30 Luis Fernando Laaff Ret Ret 0 31 Ben Warren Ret 0 Pos Driver AUS UAE JPN CHN RSA AUT FRA MON GBR BHR RSM TUR MEX CAN BRA ITA ESP BEL NED SIN Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

^† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Constructors standings

Pos Constructor Car No. AUS UAE JPN CHN RSA AUT FRA MON GBR BHR RSM TUR MEX CAN BRA ITA ESP BEL NED SIN Points 1 Draig Racing-Ferrari 14 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 101 15 11 12 15 18 10 10 9 2 Red Archer 5 16 3 8 2 2 1 Ret 100 6 4 4 4 6 6 4 5 3 Nordsjoen-Mercedes 0 7 9 Ret 14 DNS Ret 12 75 2 13† 2 2 4 3 2 1 4 Woods Racing 3 9 7 7 10 8 5 7 42 4 8 10 12 13 5 6 8 5 Synergetic-Ferrari 9 12 11 9 9 12 Ret Ret 37 10 3 Ret 3 Ret 9 8 4 6 Midnight 24 2 Ret 6 3 DNS Ret Ret 33 25 Ret Ret 5 Ret DNS Ret DNS 7 Triple-Double 22 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 32 23 6 6 Ret 7 7 7 3 8 Williamson 18 Ret DNS Ret 15 DNS Ret DNS 28 19 5 5 Ret 8 4 11 6 9 Constant 7 Ret 8 10 5 11 9 Ret 12 8 14 14 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 10 Computrac 11 Ret Ret 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS 1 12 10 Ret 11 Ret Ret DNS DNS 11 Nijo 20 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 1 21 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 10 12 ST Racing 16 15 Ret Ret 16 DNS 13 11 0 17 Ret 13 13 11 Ret Ret Ret Pos Constructor Car No. AUS UAE JPN CHN RSA AUT FRA MON GBR BHR RSM TUR MEX CAN BRA ITA ESP BEL NED SIN Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.