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2020 Formula Challenge season

Competition	Formula Challenge
Title Sponsor	TBA
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	16
Mod Used	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape	F3-inspired
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC 3400cc NA V6
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers	TBD
Teams	TBD
Drivers' Champion	TBD
Teams' Champion	TBD
Formula Challenge Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019· 2020 · 2021

The 2020 Formula Challenge season will be the 9th GPVWC Formula Challenge season.

Teams and drivers

Formula Challenge Team	Team Owner	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Asombik Esports	Ale Enamorado	ASE	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Downforce Scalextric Racing	Jake Sanson	DOW	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
DriveGameSeat Racing Team	Ezio Gazzola	DGS	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Eight-Six eRacing	Justin Meister	ESE	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Fryslan Racing Team	Gerrit de Vries	FRY	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
GPVWC Academy	Menno Klont	GPVWC	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
HGP	Frank Hamming	HGP	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Neptune Simracing	Rodrigo Carvalho	NEP	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Nova Simracing	Josh Downard	NOV	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
PLS Racing Team	Mateusz Ziubiński	PLS	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Rookie Monsters	Simon Marshall	RMO	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
RBA	Noah Chilla	RBA	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
RTD Simracing	Philipp König	RTD	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Santen Motorsports	Jan Santen	SAN	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Storm Racing Team	Emanuel Gaczella	Storm	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Team Gridline	Rory Rothon	GRI	FC-020	G	TBC	Thomas Harvey		Josh Reid
					TBC	Liam Rance

Team changes

Only 5 teams remained from the end of 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 Supercup for 2020.
• Drillers Motorsports,Enterprise GP, Racing Team Schroten, ShiftGear Racing and Torrent Motorsports withdrew from the Career Ladder after 2019.

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

• Storm Racing Team returned to the Formula Challenge after 6 years.
• Downforce Scalextric Racing returned after spending one year in the Supercup championship in 2019.

Technical changes

• To be confirmed

2020 Calendar

The 2020 calendar follows the 16-round limit introduced in 2019.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Start Time
				GMT	BST
1	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBA	19:00	—
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBA	19:00	—
3	Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul Park , Turkey	TBA	19:00	—
4	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	TBA	18:00	19:00
5	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit, Baku	TBA	18:00	19:00
6	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBA	18:00	19:00
7	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	TBA	18:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBA	18:00	19:00
9	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	TBA	18:00	19:00
10	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBA	18:00	19:00
11	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBA	18:00	19:00
12	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBA	18:00	19:00
13	Russian Grand Prix	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBA	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBA	18:00	19:00
15	United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBA	18:00	19:00
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBA	19:00	—

Testing

The 2019 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test	February 2020	TBA

Calendar changes

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