Revision as of 05:04, 15 September 2021

2021 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	15
Drivers' Champion	TBD
Teams' Champion	TBD
Formula Challenge Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019· 2020 · 2021

The 2021 Formula Challenge season will be the 10th GPVWC Formula Challenge season.

Teams and drivers

Formula Challenge Team	Team Owner	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
THUnderdog	Rienk Hoekstra	Thunderdog	FC-020	G	27	Mateusz Guzowski	2–12	TBC
					65	Dylan Platt	1–14
Downforce Scalextric Racing	Jake Sanson	Downforce	FC-020	G	39	Maciej Sandak	1–14	TBC
					53	Luke Mitchell	1–2, 4–14
Valle eSports	Massimiliano Ribolli	Valle	FC-020	G	16	Adrian Faber		TBC
					36	Chris Gitsov
Scuderia KAP Clay	Mikael Tuomaala	KAP Clay	FC-020	G	7	Tommi Koivunen	1–14	TBC
					10	Mikael Tuomaala	1–8, 10–14
TCS Off Racing	Carter McColman	TCS Off	FC-020	G	23	Jake Denehan	1–14	Sebastian Apostal
					56	Darius Andrei	1–9, 11–14
Deltec Esports	Marius van Wyk	Deltec	FC-020	G	69	Jarrod Vanderweide		Jessica Pelletier
					77	Bruno Sousa Ferreira	1–12
Smile Power Racing	Mike Bell	Smile Power	FC-020	G	4	Mike Bell		TBC
					63	Tom Parker
Alfa Sierra Simracing	Tom van der Voort	ASS	FC-020	G	47	Tom van der Voort	1–14	TBC
					85	Ben Willis	1–14
AlphaDelta Racing	Trevor Thurston	AlphaDelta	FC-020	G	66	Mike Kwint		Stefan Schreieder
					73	Justin van der Smissen
Apstineo Force Polonia	Antoni Nicpon	AFP	FC-020	G	55	Steven Lexow		Antoni Nicpon
					99	Ernest Lapins
Kings Racing	Scott Mitchell	Kings	FC-020	G	29	Jack Nicholls	1–14	TBC
					89	Scott Mitchell	1–14
NOVA Finlandia	Alex Heinonen	NovaFin	FC-020	G	13	Caitlin Penny		Alex Heinonen
					70	Isaac Morris
SRG	Doan Halsall	SRG	FC-020	G	17	Doan Halsall	1–12	TBC
					61	Kevin Morville	1–7, 10–14
Team Ferlič	Marko Ferlič	TF	FC-020	G	5	Dawid Krupa		Cas Rietveld
					6	Guillaume Mas
Valence Simracing	Jacob Reid	Valence	FC-020	G	24	Diogo Moscato		Chris Gitsov
					48	Gijs Sonneveld
GPVWC Academy	Menno Klont	Academy	FC-020	G	100	Damian Skowron		TBC
					101	Stefan Schreieder

Team changes

Only 4 teams remained from the end of 2020 season; THUnderdog, Downforce Scalextric Racing, Valle eSports and the GPVWC Academy team.

• RBA Racing, HGP Motorsports, Nova Simracing, Eight-Six eRacing, Santen and Fryslan Racing Team were promoted to Supercup for 2021.
• Asombik Esports, DriveGameSeat Simracing, Madness Racing, Rookie Monsters, Team Gridline and Geo GrandPrix withdrew from the Career Ladder after 2020.

New & returning entries

• TCS Off Racing and Scuderia KAP Clay moved down from the Superleague Lights Championship to race in the Formula Challenge.
• Deltec Esports and Smile Power Racing both re-entered the career ladder after being out for several years.
• Alfa Sierra Simracing, AlphaDelta Racing, Apstineo Force Polonia, Kings Racing, Nova Finlandia, SRG and Team Ferlič all joined at the beginning of 2021.

2021 Calendar

The 2021 season changed its raceday from the Wednesday to the Tuesday, every two weeks. The 2021 calendar follows the 16-round limit introduced in 2019. The first round will take place in Australia and the last will take place in Brazil, with each race taking place on a Tuesday, every two weeks. The exception to this will be the customary Summer Break in August,

Round	Circuit	Date	Start Time
			GMT	BST
1	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	2 March	19:00	—
2	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	16 March	19:00	—
3	Shanghai International Circuit , China	30 March	18:00	19:00
4	Buddh International Circuit, India	13 April	18:00	19:00
5	Baku City Circuit, Baku	27 April	18:00	19:00
6	Redbull Ring, Spielberg	11 May	18:00	19:00
7	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	25 May	18:00	19:00
8	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	8 June	18:00	19:00
9	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	22 June	18:00	19:00
10	Magny Cours, Magny Cours	6 July	18:00	19:00
11	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	20 July	18:00	19:00
12	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	17 August	18:00	19:00
13	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	31 August	18:00	19:00
14	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	14 September	18:00	19:00
15	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	28 September	18:00	19:00
16	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	12 October	18:00	19:00

Testing

The 2021 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	2nd February	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello

Calendar changes

• The Dutch, Turkish and Russian Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.
• The Chinese, Indian and Austrian Grands Prix were reintroduced.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round		Grand Prix	Pole Position	Pole Time	Fastest Lap	F/L Time	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Challenge Australian Grand Prix	Tom Parker*	1:36.031	Darius Andrei	1:37.065	Darius Andrei	TCS Off Racing	Report
	R2				Dylan Platt**	1:37.046	Jack Nicholls	Kings Racing
2	R3	Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix	Adrian Faber	1:43.802	Jake Denehan	1:44.510	Scott Mitchell	Kings Racing	Report
	R4				Jake Denehan**	1:44.404	Isaac Morris	NOVA Finlandia
3	R5	Challenge Chinese Grand Prix	Ernests Lapins	1:55.505	Jake Denehan	1:44.510	Isaac Morris	NOVA Finlandia	Report
	R6				Jake Denehan	1:44.153	Jake Denehan	TCS Off Racing
4	R7	Challenge Indian Grand Prix	Darius Andrei	1:38.095	Isaac Morris	1:39.243	Darius Andrei	TCS Off Racing	Report
	R8				Jake Denehan**	1:39.627	Andrew Waring	Valle eSports
5	R9	Challenge Azerbaidzhan Grand Prix	Fabian Rüth	1:55.913	Isaac Morris	1:56.874	Isaac Morris	NOVA Finlandia	Report
	R10				Darius Andrei**	1:56.858	Jake Denehan	TCS Off Racing
6	R11	Challenge Austrian Grand Prix	Fabian Rüth	1:17.793	Fabian Rüth	1:18.525	Fabian Rüth	Team Ferlic	Report
	R12				Mika Hakimi	1:18.620	Scott Mitchell	Kings Racing
7	R13	Challenge Canadian Grand Prix	Andrew Waring	1:25.678	Andrew Waring	1:24.693	Andrew Waring	Valle eSports	Report
	R14				Darius Andrei	1:24.881	Adrian Faber	Valle eSports
8	R15	Challenge British Grand Prix	Dylan Platt	1:44.618	Dylan Platt	1:45.729	Dylan Platt	THUnderdog	Report
	R16				Dylan Platt	1:45.877	Mike Kwint	AlphaDelta Racing
9	R17	Challenge German Grand Prix	Darius Andrei	1:26.182	Darius Andrei	1:26.809	Darius Andrei	TCS Off Racing	Report
	R18				Darius Andrei**	1:27.540	Jake Denehan	TCS Off Racing
10	R19	Challenge French Grand Prix	Jake Denehan	1:23.828	Jake Denehan	1:24.435	Jake Denehan	TCS Off Racing	Report
	R20				Damian Skowron	1:24.865	Damian Skowron	Team Ferlic
11	R21	Challenge Belgian Grand Prix	Dylan Platt	2:00.953	Jake Denehan	2:02.019	Darius Andrei	TCS Off Racing	Report
	R22				Damian Skowron	2:02.747	Mike Kwint	AlphaDelta Racing
12	R23	Challenge Italian Grand Prix	Jake Denehan	1:36.576	Darius Andrei	1:37.204	Darius Andrei	TCS Off Racing	Report
	R24				Darius Andrei	1:37.259	Jake Denehan	TCS Off Racing
13	R25	Challenge Singapore Grand Prix	Darius Andrei	1:51.856	Darius Andrei	1:52.984	Jake Denehan	TCS Off Racing	Report
	R26				Darius Andrei	1:53.496	Darius Andrei	TCS Off Racing
14	R27	Challenge Japanese Grand Prix	Dylan Platt	1:47.138	Damian Skowron	1:46.431	Damian Skowron	Team Ferlic	Report
	R28				Darius Andrei	1:47.623	Kenny Singleton	Valence Simracing
15	R29	Challenge United States Grand Prix							Report
	R30
16	R31	Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix							Report
	R32

(*= Grid penalty, didn't start from pole. ** = Didn't finish in top 15.)

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver AUS BAH CHN IND AZE AUT CAN GBR GER FRA BEL ITA SIN JPN USA BRA Points 1 Jake Denehan 12 14 4 23 6 1 2 20 5 1 6 3 8 3 5 6 2 1 1 4 2 9 2 1 1 2 DNS 6 371 2 Darius Andrei 1 7 6 3 21 3 1 7 3 Ret 3 7 2 6 4 2 1 20 1 Ret 1 4 5 1 3 20 351 3 Mike Kwint Ret Ret 15 11 2 Ret 3 3 7 4 5 Ret 4 5 6 1 3 Ret Ret 8 5 1 4 2 2 5 4 4 286 4 Scott Mitchell 11 2 1 13 10 7 5 Ret 6 Ret 7 1 23 Ret 8 Ret 4 13 13 2 4 3 10 11 3 Ret 7 8 231 5 Dylan Platt 23 20 7 8 8 17 22 15 4 8 9 5 3 7 1 3 18 8 3 10 Ret 11 3 7 190 6 Isaac Morris 9 Ret 2 1 1 Ret 7 Ret 1 3 4 4 5 Ret 9 Ret 168 7 Jack Nicholls 10 1 11 2 DNS 14 6 2 23 15 16 22 24 Ret 9 4 7 14 5 3 12 8 23 14 Ret 20 149 8 Fabian Rüth 5 9 4 6 4 5 22 6 1 6 11 DNS 2 Ret 136 9 Joseph Hurlock 11 5 17 11 18 2 10 5 5 Ret 2 9 6 4 Ret 10 124 10 Luke Mitchell Ret Ret 10 4 8 13 16 10 11 8 Ret 10 12 10 9 3 4 Ret 11 21 13 5 119 11 Tom van der Voort 5 Ret Ret 14 14 2 18 6 Ret Ret 13 13 6 9 7 Ret 8 10 7 Ret 9 6 20 29 114 12 Damian Skowron 20 3 10 6 11 1 3 2 8 Ret 99 13 Adrian Faber 4 Ret 3 Ret 9 Ret 25 Ret 12 1 3 9 6 11 98 14 Andrew Waring 16 1 2 2 1 Ret 83 15 Mikael Tuomaala 14 18 24 15 Ret 18 10 18 8 11 21 18 7 19 15 Ret 6 7 10 Ret 11 3 77 16 Tom Parker 6 Ret 8 5 7 10 9 12 12 2 Ret DNS 76 17 Guillaume Mas 3 5 18 Ret 3 8 14 11 15 5 11 75 18 Maciej Sandak 8 4 14 6 Ret Ret 23 Ret Ret 19 23 16 13 11 13 13 20 12 9 Ret 25 10 12 25 68 19 Rouven Meschede 11 4 10 Ret 8 9 26 12 19 20 22 12 6 9 66 20 Kevin Morville 21 16 16 16 16 9 24 8 19 18 19 14 16 20 15 6 7 5 5 29 59 21 Mateusz Guzowski 9 10 Ret 13 12 4 DNS 18 23 10 Ret 14 19 19 16 8 Ret 8 Ret 19 17 55 22 Tom Vos 9 8 12 2 7 12 49 23 Mike Bell 25 10 26 25 18 20 15 9 25 13 20 25 14 4 17 9 Ret 17 18 8 46 24 Adam Rainey 12 5 Ret Ret Ret 2 19 Ret Ret 11 17 11 Ret Ret 45 25 Tommi Koivunen Ret 15 23 22 23 Ret 30 19 26 Ret 29 24 19 14 23 16 25 18 10 5 14 14 14 6 20 15 37 26 Ben Willis Ret 19 Ret 17 DNS 19 13 17 Ret 20 30 15 Ret 13 20 7 22 15 12 14 16 7 23 20 32 27 Massimiliano Ribolli 11 14 13 14 14 12 14 7 27 16 29 28 Steven Lexow 2 9 17 Ret 27 29 Gijs Sonneveld 17 Ret 21 20 Ret 15 26 Ret 13 4 20 18 16 13 17 30 Guyon Branten 7 8 Ret Ret 22 Ret 19 Ret 12 Ret 19 31 Wouter de Bruijn 12 7 28 16 13 15 17 32 Teun Louer 9 7 Ret 22 16 33 Jarrod van der Weide 19 6 20 Ret 21 Ret 14 17 24 21 25 15 26 23 13 34 Mika Hakimi 15 10 Ret Ret 16 11 13 35 Ernests Lapins 5 16 11 36 Stefan Schreieder 28 12 17 10 27 Ret 21 17 18 Ret 20 22 15 19 11 37 Bruno Sousa Ferreira 22 13 20 21 24 Ret 20 Ret 24 Ret 25 26 15 Ret 22 12 24 19 DNS DNS 15 19 26 22 9 38 Patrekur Magnusson 16 17 19 19 15 9 20 16 18 Ret 22 Ret 8 39 Diogo Moscato 13 Ret 25 12 15 Ret Ret 8 40 Sean Jones 28 20 28 8 8 41 Jan Granqvist 10 17 7 42 Chris Gitsov 13 Ret 13 22 Ret 17 Ret 6 43 Caitlin Penny 18 21 17 11 29 21 23 15 6 44 Justin van der Smissen 27 11 27 Ret 19 21 21 22 5 45 Doan Halsall 24 DNS Ret 24 Ret Ret Ret DNS 17 12 26 Ret 21 17 25 18 27 23 24 DNS 19 Ret 22 26 4 46 Jessica Pelletier Ret 19 12 23 Ret 29 Ret 4 47 Max Huss Ret 12 4 48 Owen Kvilhaugsvik 17 13 3 49 Joshua Lopes 18 13 Ret 18 3 50 Kevin Vooijs 24 15 14 Ret 3 51 Alessandro Valente 22 Ret 27 14 16 25 21 Ret 2 52 Roy Verzijl 15 Ret 1 53 Remco de Zeeuw 26 Ret 20 21 21 21 26 22 DNS Ret 24 18 21 15 1 54 Dan Hajek 15 17 1 55 Bradley Leenards Ret 16 0 56 Maximilian Junger 23 18 18 16 17 Ret Ret Ret 0 57 Kenney Lybeer Ret 16 0 58 Max Hamelink 17 0 59 Phil Morby 27 18 0 60 Stan Vlietstra 23 21 0 61 Bradley Sellars Ret 20 0 62 Jeff Klose 27 Ret Ret Ret 22 Ret 0 63 Lorenz Dougherty 21 Ret 0 64 Fabrice Morelato 28 24 0 65 Josh Diggles 29 Ret 0 66 Bryn Evans Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver AUS BAH CHN IND AZE AUT CAN GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN USA BRA 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

Teams' standings

Pos Team Car No. AUS BAH CHN IND AZE AUT CAN GBR GER FRA BEL ITA SIN JPN USA BRA Points 1 TCS Off Racing 23 12 14 4 23 6 1 2 20 5 1 6 3 8 3 5 6 2 1 1 4 488 56 1 7 6 3 21 3 1 7 3 Ret 3 7 2 6 4 2 1 20 16 15 2 Kings Racing 29 10 1 11 2 DNS 14 6 2 23 15 16 22 24 Ret 9 4 7 14 5 3 294 89 11 2 1 13 10 7 5 Ret 6 Ret 7 1 23 Ret 8 Ret 4 13 13 2 3 Team Ferlic 5 60 6 4 Downforce Scalextric Racing 39 48 53 5 Nova Finlandia 13 47 70 6 Valle eSports 16 47 36 7 Apstineo Force Polonia 55 35 99 8 Smile Power Racing 4 25 10 26 25 33 63 6 Ret 10 5 9 THUnderdog 27 26 65 10 Valence Simracing 24 17 48 11 GPVWC Academy 100 15 101 12 Deltec Esports 69 19 6 Ret 13 77 22 13 21 21 13 Alfa Sierra Simracing 47 5 Ret Ret 14 13 85 14 AlphaDelta Racing 66 Ret Ret 17 11 10 73 13 Scuderia KAP Clay 7 Ret 15 23 22 23 Ret 30 19 26 Ret 29 24 19 14 23 16 25 18 10 5 71 10 14 18 24 15 Ret 18 10 18 8 11 21 18 7 19 15 Ret 21 17 6 7 15 SRG 17 24 DNS Ret 24 Ret Ret Ret DNS 17 12 26 Ret 21 17 25 18 27 23 24 DNS 32 61 21 16 16 16 16 9 24 8 19 18 19 14 16 20 28 24 15 6 Pos Team Car No. AUS BAH CHN IND AZE AUT CAN GBR GER FRA BEL ITA SIN JPN USA BRA 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