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The 2000 Superleague season was the first GPVWC Superleague season.

The inaugural GPVWC season started late in the year and consisted of just nine races in total. Despite this, 2000 wasn't the shortest season in GPVWC history - strife for the league meant that the 2001 season was even shorter.

Interest in the league was very high in the first year, with no less than fifteen team brands being involved, and well over forty drivers scheduled to take part in race events over the season. None of the team brands survive to the present day and none of the drivers from the first season remained to take part in the GPVWC Superleague competition beyond the 2003 season.

Report

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	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
A-Racing	A-Racing	Renault	B	??	Chris Connolly
Millennium	Millennium	Ferrari	B	??	Micke Fang
Millennium	Millennium	Ferrari	B	??	Rudolf Lofgren
Devils	Devils	Ferrari	B	??	Athanasios Brinias	Peter Knif
				??	Simon White
				??	Peter Knif
Britten	Britten	Britten	B	??	Jason Smith
Britten	Britten	Britten	B	??	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
Sparshot	Sparshot Racing	Ferrari	B	??	Peter Kent
Red Arrows	Red Arrows	Ferrari	B	??	Kris Pusaka
Red Arrows	Red Arrows	Ferrari	B		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
Pacific Racing	Pacific Racing	Fondmetal	B	??	Robert Vukovic
Feilerfuf	Feilerfuf	Ford	B	??	Marcellus Schmidt
Feilerfuf	Feilerfuf	Ford	B	??	Pierluigi Meloni
HawkEye	HawkEye	Audi	B	??	Blair Disley
HawkEye	HawkEye	Audi	B	??	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

All the teams in the first season were new entrants. During the season there were many team changes and a few re-branded team names, with some changing management staff.

Team changes

Sparshot Racing was the first casualty of the season, when it was announced the day after the Hungarian qualifying session that its manager Nick Douglas had resigned. It followed Peter Kent's unexplained resignation from the team after the first race and Samuel Manier's failure to attend the Hungarian qualifying session. GPVWC founder and administrator, Dan Lawrence, who was also the team's lead driver, bought the team. However, Manier withdrew the rights to the team's name and so the outfit was re-branded as Dan Lawrence Racing.

Millennium ironically never actually survived into the new millennium, with 2000 being its first and only year with the GPVWC.

Driver changes

2000 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Time
Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	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.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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
1	Draig Racing-Ferrari	15	11	12	15	18	10	10	9														101
2	Red Archer	5	16	3	8	2	2	1	Ret														100
2	Red Archer	6	4	4	4	6	6	4	5														100
3	Nordsjoen-Mercedes	0	7	9	Ret	14	DNS	Ret	12														75
3	Nordsjoen-Mercedes	2	13^†	2	2	4	3	2	1														75
4	Woods Racing	3	9	7	7	10	8	5	7														42
4	Woods Racing	4	8	10	12	13	5	6	8														42
5	Synergetic-Ferrari	9	12	11	9	9	12	Ret	Ret														37
5	Synergetic-Ferrari	10	3	Ret	3	Ret	9	8	4														37
6	Midnight	24	2	Ret	6	3	DNS	Ret	Ret														33
6	Midnight	25	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS														33
7	Triple-Double	22	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret														32
7	Triple-Double	23	6	6	Ret	7	7	7	3														32
8	Williamson	18	Ret	DNS	Ret	15	DNS	Ret	DNS														28
8	Williamson	19	5	5	Ret	8	4	11	6														28
9	Constant	7	Ret	8	10	5	11	9	Ret														12
9	Constant	8	14	14	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	Ret														12
10	Computrac	11	Ret	Ret	14	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS														1
10	Computrac	12	10	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS														1
11	Nijo	20	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret														1
11	Nijo	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	10														1
12	ST Racing	16	15	Ret	Ret	16	DNS	13	11														0
12	ST Racing	17	Ret	13	13	11	Ret	Ret	Ret														0
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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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.

Preceded by: None	2000 Superleague season 2000	Succeeded by: 2001 Superleague season

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 The '''2000 Superleague season''' was the first [[Grand Prix Virtual World Championship|GPVWC]] [[Superleague]] season.
-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.
+The inaugural GPVWC season started late in the year and consisted of just nine races in total. Despite this, 2000 wasn't the shortest season in GPVWC history - strife for the league meant that the [[2001 Superleague season|2001 season]] was even shorter.
-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.
+Interest in the league was very high in the first year, with no less than fifteen team brands being involved, and well over forty drivers scheduled to take part in race events over the season. None of the team brands survive to the present day and none of the drivers from the first season remained to take part in the GPVWC Superleague competition beyond the [[2003 Superleague season|2003 season]].
-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==
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 ===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.
+All the teams in the first season were new entrants. During the season there were many team changes and a few re-branded team names, with some changing management staff.
-[[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.
+===Team changes===
-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.
+[[Sparshot Racing]] was the first casualty of the season, when it was announced the day after the [[2000 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungarian]] qualifying session that its manager [[Nick Douglas]] had resigned. It followed [[Peter Kent]]'s unexplained resignation from the team after [[2001 Italian Grand Prix|the first race]] and [[Samuel Manier]]'s failure to attend the Hungarian qualifying session. GPVWC founder and administrator, [[Dan Lawrence]], who was also the team's lead driver, bought the team. However, Manier withdrew the rights to the team's name and so the outfit was re-branded as [[Dan Lawrence Racing]].
+[[Millennium]] ironically never actually survived into the new millennium, with 2000 being its first and only year with the GPVWC.
-===Team changes===
 ===Driver changes===

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