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**2012 Superleague season**

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	N/A
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	18
Mod base	Custom (Based on F1RFT 2011)
Carshape base	F1 2011 (F1RFT)
Engine Supplier(s)	Multiple
Tyre Supplier(s)	Pirelli
Drivers
Teams	13
Drivers' Champion	TBC
Teams' Champion	TBC
Superleague Seasons
2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024

The 2012 Superleague season will be the 13th GPVWC Superleague season.

Report

Pre-season

The pre-season schedule is as follows:

09-Jan Contracts open
16-Jan Personnel Bids Round 1
19-Jan Personnel Bids Round 2
23-Jan Sponsors Bids Round 1
26-Jan Sponsors Bids Round 2
30-Jan Engine Bids Round 1
02-Feb Engine Bids Round 2
09-Feb Pre-Season Testing #1
16-Feb Pre-Season Testing #2
23-Feb Pre-Season Testing #3
01-Mar Pre-Season Testing #4

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2012 participation.

Superleague Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, Wales	Nordsjoen	NR005	Mercedes FO-108Y	P	1	Joe Consiglio	Adam Rouse Ben Warren
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, Wales	Nordsjoen	NR005	Mercedes FO-108Y	P	2	Pavel Loknovski	Adam Rouse Ben Warren
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer		Renault RS27-2012	P	3	David Jundt	Dale Stones Nikos Evangelidakis
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer		Renault RS27-2012	P	4	Janne Tanskanen	Dale Stones Nikos Evangelidakis
Draig Racing	Hirwaun, Wales	Draig		Mercedes FO-108X	P	5	Lee Morris
Draig Racing	Hirwaun, Wales	Draig		Mercedes FO-108X	P	6	Ryan Walker
Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	MM-02	Ferrari 056	P	7	Nick Rowland	Alex Cooper Simon Melhuish
Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	MM-02	Ferrari 056	P	8	Lukas Euler	Alex Cooper Simon Melhuish
Woods Racing	Croydon, England	Woods		Honda RA812E	P	9	Kieran Ryan	Boyd Bryson Dan Rusu
Woods Racing	Croydon, England	Woods		Honda RA812E	P	10	Tom Parker	Boyd Bryson Dan Rusu
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye		Renault RS27-2011	P	11	Bart De Vos	Ric Scott
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye		Renault RS27-2011	P	12	Lewis Redshaw	Ric Scott
Synergetic Motorsport	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Synergetic		Toyota RVX-12	P	14	Liam Hatchell	Jon MacLean Georgios Davakos
Synergetic Motorsport	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Synergetic		Toyota RVX-12	P	15	Ojay Clark	Jon MacLean Georgios Davakos
Constant Racing	St.Helens, England	Constant	CR-SL12	Volkswagen VW211	P	16	Mark Stanton	William Ponissi Teemu Toikka
Constant Racing	St.Helens, England	Constant	CR-SL12	Volkswagen VW211	P	17	David Stanton	William Ponissi Teemu Toikka
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST Racing		Holden V82012	P	18	Tom Eley	Scott Bennett
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST Racing		Holden V82012	P	19	Mark Fuller	Scott Bennett
Red 5 Racing	Aberdare, Wales	Red 5	R5R-005	Ferrari 056B	P	20	Ben Morgan	William Tringas
Red 5 Racing	Aberdare, Wales	Red 5	R5R-005	Ferrari 056B	P	21	Gavin Thomas	William Tringas
Nijo Racing	Nantwich, England	Nijo	NR-12	Cosworth CA2012	P	22	Abdel Damghi	Samuli Leinonen Chris Williamson
Nijo Racing	Nantwich, England	Nijo	NR-12	Cosworth CA2012	P	23	Ruud Heesterbeek	Samuli Leinonen Chris Williamson
Kernow Sport	St.Austell, England	Kernow	MW1	Audi AS2012	P	24	Mark Wicks	Jarl Teien Philip Cullen
Kernow Sport	St.Austell, England	Kernow	MW1	Audi AS2012	P	25	Simon Cattell	Jarl Teien Philip Cullen
Green Stripes Racing	Muehlen, Germany	Green Stripes		BMW P867	P	26	Christoph Lichtenstein	Chris Allen Dave Carr-Smith
Green Stripes Racing	Muehlen, Germany	Green Stripes		BMW P867	P	27	Matt Clipp	Chris Allen Dave Carr-Smith

2012 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Time
Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	Sunny	rFactor v1255	8th March	???	19:00
2	Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	Sunny	rFactor v1255	22nd March	???	19:00
3	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	Sunny	rFactor v1255	5th April	???	19:00
4	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	Sunny	rFactor v1255	19th April	???	19:00
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	Sunny	rFactor v1255	3rd May	???	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	Sunny	rFactor v1255	17th May	???	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	Sunny	rFactor v1255	31st May	???	19:00
8	Korean Grand Prix	Korean GP	Korean International Circuit, Yeongam	Sunny	rFactor v1255	14th June	???	19:00
9	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	Sunny	rFactor v1255	28th June	???	19:00
10	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	Sunny	rFactor v1255	12th July	???	19:00
11	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	Sunny	rFactor v1255	26th July	???	19:00
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	Sunny	rFactor v1255	9th August	???	19:00
13	Dutch Grand Prix	Dutch GP	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Sunny	rFactor v1255	23rd August	???	19:00
14	Indian Grand Prix	Indian GP	Buddh International Circuit	Sunny	rFactor v1255	6th September	???	19:00
15	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	TBA	Sunny	rFactor v1255	20th September	???	19:00
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	Sunny	rFactor v1255	4th October	???	19:00
17	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie	Sunny	rFactor v1255	18th October	???	19:00
18	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	Sunny	rFactor v1255	1st November	???	19:00

Calendar changes

The calendar has been reduced to just 18 Grand Prix for 2012 - 2 less than the previous season. This was allow races to be spaced two weeks apart in order to guarantee enough time for an increased amount of coverage to the events.

Rule changes

Research & Development

A new area was introduced in the R&D system for 2012 - fuel efficiency. As different engines have far different fuel consumption rates, teams would be able to devote some RD energies to improving theirs in an attempt to give their drivers an extra advantage come race day. In addition, fuel efficiency values were made known to managers when bidding for engines - one more factor to keep into account when making a balanced choice.
Changes were also made to the development system to allow greater variations in both the cost and pace of development at the discretion of each individual manager in order to make the system much more flexible.

Team Personnel

The biggest new feature of 2012, however, was to be the GPVWC Team Personnel. Teams were able to hire key personnel members before the start of the season - namely the Chief Designer, the Commercial Manager and the Chief Mechanic. Each individual, for whom teams would need to outbid their rivals, possessed hidden statistics relative to his or her quality - statistics that were only partially disclosed to the teams. Each of their abilities have a repercussion on the team's ability to improve certain areas.

The Chief Designer improves R&D by decreasing (or increasing!) the number of RD points necessary for any given update, or the time needed to develop it. Each Designer has some strong points and weak points in any of the areas, and will thus influence the way a car is developed.
The Commercial Manager is able to lower the marketing requirements needed when seeking sponsors and/or increase the amount of money the latter bring in.
The Chief Mechanic influences the speed of the team's pitstops and the likeliness of problems/random delays appearing.

Testing

The 2012 season saw the introduction of a new in-season testing system - tests were reduced in length to two hours and the maximum number of laps was lowered to 40 with each lap yielding more RD points. Furthermore, the number of in-season tests was reduced to just two - one in the early stages of the season and one halfway through it - with more importance given to Free Practice.

Qualifying

For 2012 the 2-phase qualifying system from the previous season had been dropped in favour of a return to a simpler 1 session format. The 2012 qualifying sessions run for just 15 minutes with all drivers able to set as many timed laps as possible. However a limited parc ferme rule is in place and rules on the use of the escape key have been tightened.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Fastest lap	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	(-)	Report
2	Chinese Grand Prix	(-)	Report
3	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	(-)	Report
4	Hungarian Grand Prix	(-)	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	(-)	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	(-)	Report
7	Canadian Grand Prix	(-)	Report
8	Korean Grand Prix	(-)	Report
9	Turkish Grand Prix	(-)	Report
10	British Grand Prix	(-)	Report
11	Italian Grand Prix	(-)	Report
12	Belgian Grand Prix	(-)	Report
13	Dutch Grand Prix	(-)	Report
14	Indian Grand Prix	(-)	Report
15	United States Grand Prix	(-)	Report
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	(-)	Report
17	Japanese Grand Prix	(-)	Report
18	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	CHN	UAE	HUN	ESP	MON	CAN	KOR	TUR	GBR	ITA	BEL	NED	IND	USA	BRA	JPN	SIN	Points
1	Joe Consiglio																			0
2	Pavel Loknovski																			0
3	David Jundt																			0
4	Janne Tanskanen																			0
5	Lee Morris																			0
6	Ryan Walker																			0
7	Nick Rowland																			0
8	Lukas Euler																			0
9	Kieran Ryan																			0
10	Tom Parker																			0
11	Bart De Vos																			0
12	Lewis Redshaw																			0
13	Liam Hatchell																			0
14	Ojay Clark																			0
15	Mark Stanton																			0
16	David Stanton																			0
17	Tom Eley																			0
18	Mark Fuller																			0
19	Ben Morgan																			0
20	Gavin Thomas																			0
21	Abdel Damghi																			0
22	Ruud Heesterbeek																			0
23	Mark Wicks																			0
24	Simon Cattell																			0
25	Christoph Lichtenstein																			0
26	Matt Clipp																			0
Pos	Driver	AUS	CHN	UAE	HUN	ESP	MON	CAN	KOR	TUR	GBR	ITA	BEL	NED	IND	USA	BRA	JPN	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	CHN	UAE	HUN	ESP	MON	CAN	KOR	TUR	GBR	ITA	BEL	NED	IND	USA	BRA	JPN	SIN	Points
1	Red-Archer-Renault	3																			0
1	Red-Archer-Renault	4																			0
2	Nordsjoen-Mercedes	1																			0
2	Nordsjoen-Mercedes	2																			0
3	Draig-Mercedes	5																			0
3	Draig-Mercedes	6																			0
4	Midnight-Ferrari	7																			0
4	Midnight-Ferrari	8																			0
5	Woods-Honda	9																			0
5	Woods-Honda	10																			0
6	Hawkeye-Renault	11																			0
6	Hawkeye-Renault	12																			0
7	Synergetic-Toyota	14																			0
7	Synergetic-Toyota	15																			0
8	Constant-Volkswagen	16																			0
8	Constant-Volkswagen	17																			0
9	ST-Holden	18																			0
9	ST-Holden	19																			0
10	Red 5-Ferrari	20																			0
10	Red 5-Ferrari	21																			0
11	Nijo-Cosworth	22																			0
11	Nijo-Cosworth	21																			0
12	Kernow-Audi	24																			0
12	Kernow-Audi	25																			0
13	Green Stripes-BMW	26																			0
13	Green Stripes-BMW	27																			0
Pos	Constructor	Car No.	AUS	CHN	UAE	HUN	ESP	MON	CAN	KOR	TUR	GBR	ITA	BEL	NED	IND	USA	BRA	JPN	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: 2011 Superleague season	2012 Superleague season 2012	Succeeded by: Current Season

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 The '''2012 Superleague season''' will be the 13th [[Grand Prix Virtual World Championship|GPVWC]] [[Superleague]] season.
-==Changes for 2012==
+==Report==
-The calendar will be reduced to 18 events in order to allow races to be spaced two weeks: this will guarantee enough time to devote an increased amount of coverage to the events, teams and drivers to step up the media offer of the GPVWC. In turn, this will increase the relevance and importance of each event in this championship.
-A new area will be introduced in the R&D system - fuel efficiency. As different engines have far different fuel consumption rates, teams will be able to devote some RD energies to improving theirs in an attempt to give their drivers an extra advantage come race day. In addition, fuel efficiency values will be made known to managers when bidding for engines - one more factor to keep into account when making a balanced choice.
-The biggest new feature of 2012, however, is going to be the GPVWC Team Personnel. In the GPVWC, No Team wins Alone. Teams will be able to hire key personnel members before the start of the season - namely the Chief Designer, the Commercial Manager and the Chief Mechanic. Each individual, for whom teams will need to outbid their rivals, possess hidden statistics relative to his quality - statistics that will be only partially disclosed to the teams. Each of their abilities will have a repercussion on the team's ability to improve certain areas.
-The Chief Designer will improve R&D by decreasing (or increasing!) the number of RD points necessary for any given update, or the time needed to develop it. Each Designer will have some strong points and weak points in any of the areas, and will thus influence the way a car is developed. The Commercial Manager will be able to lower the marketing requirements needed when seeking sponsors and/or increase the amount of money the latter bring in. The Chief Mechanic, finally, will influence the speed of the team's pitstops and the likeliness of problems/random delays appearing.
-The GPVWC Team Personnel will be a key to success in 2012 as teams will need to balance their budgets to hire the best and most affordable individuals in their bid for Championship glory: as in real life, having a solid team behind the driver can contribute to winning or losing a title! This is the first step towards a more detailed personnel system which will involve, in future seasons, the possibility to assign increasing numbers of staff (of different quality) to your department Chiefs and to develop structures to enable your team to produce better, faster R&D.
-Finally, the 2012 season will see the introduction of a new in-season testing system - tests will be reduced in length to two hours, the maximum number of laps will be lowered to 40 and each lap will yield more RD points. Furthermore, the number of in-season tests will be reduced to two - one in the early stages of the season and one halfway through it - with more importance given to Free Practice.
 ==Pre-season==
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-===Changes===
+===Calendar changes===
-* The calendar has been reduced to just 18 Grand Prix for 2012 - 2 less than the previous season.
+* The calendar has been reduced to just 18 Grand Prix for 2012 - 2 less than the previous season. This was allow races to be spaced two weeks apart in order to guarantee enough time for an increased amount of coverage to the events.
 ==Rule changes==
+===Research & Development===
+* A new area was introduced in the R&D system for 2012 - fuel efficiency. As different engines have far different fuel consumption rates, teams would be able to devote some RD energies to improving theirs in an attempt to give their drivers an extra advantage come race day. In addition, fuel efficiency values were made known to managers when bidding for engines - one more factor to keep into account when making a balanced choice.
+* Changes were also made to the development system to allow greater variations in both the cost and pace of development at the discretion of each individual manager in order to make the system much more flexible.
+===Team Personnel===
+The biggest new feature of 2012, however, was to be the GPVWC Team Personnel. Teams were able to hire key personnel members before the start of the season - namely the Chief Designer, the Commercial Manager and the Chief Mechanic. Each individual, for whom teams would need to outbid their rivals, possessed hidden statistics relative to his or her quality - statistics that were only partially disclosed to the teams. Each of their abilities have a repercussion on the team's ability to improve certain areas.
+* The Chief Designer improves R&D by decreasing (or increasing!) the number of RD points necessary for any given update, or the time needed to develop it. Each Designer has some strong points and weak points in any of the areas, and will thus influence the way a car is developed.
+* The Commercial Manager is able to lower the marketing requirements needed when seeking sponsors and/or increase the amount of money the latter bring in.
+* The Chief Mechanic influences the speed of the team's pitstops and the likeliness of problems/random delays appearing.
+===Testing===
+The 2012 season saw the introduction of a new in-season testing system - tests were reduced in length to two hours and the maximum number of laps was lowered to 40 with each lap yielding more RD points. Furthermore, the number of in-season tests was reduced to just two - one in the early stages of the season and one halfway through it - with more importance given to Free Practice.
 ===Qualifying===
+For 2012 the 2-phase qualifying system from the previous season had been dropped in favour of a return to a simpler 1 session format. The 2012 qualifying sessions run for just 15 minutes with all drivers able to set as many timed laps as possible. However a limited parc ferme rule is in place and rules on the use of the escape key have been tightened.
 ==Results and standings==