Difference between revisions of "2016 Formula Challenge season"

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**2016 Formula Challenge season**

Competition	Formula Challenge
Title Sponsor	VBMotorsport
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	18
Mod Used	Williams JPH1B FIA F2
Carshape
Engine Supplier(s)	Valiant
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Formula Challenge Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019· 2020 · 2021

GPVWC series in 2016
Career Ladder
Superleague Supercup Formula Challenge Open Series
Other series
Masters Series World Sport Series International Touring Cup World GT Vintage Series Atlantic Series

The 2016 Formula Challenge season will be the 5th GPVWC Formula Challenge season.

Teams and drivers

The amount of team slots was reduced from 20 to 15 for the 2016 season, co-inciding with the move to rFactor 2 for the 2016 Career Ladder series.

The following teams have confirmed their 2016 participation.

Formula Challenge Team	Team Owner	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Armaroli Racing Team	Dethan Rootring	Armaroli	FC-016	G	81	Marcos Riffel	Michael Barnard
Armaroli Racing Team	Dethan Rootring	Armaroli	FC-016	G	82	Stephane Rouault	Michael Barnard
Arrow International Racing	Sam Jones	AIR	FC-016	G	26	TBC	n/a
Arrow International Racing	Sam Jones	AIR	FC-016	G	72	TBC	n/a
BackMarker Brigade	Simon Smith	BMB	FC-016	G	91	TBC	n/a
BackMarker Brigade	Simon Smith	BMB	FC-016	G	92	TBC	n/a
Scuderia Basilea	David Jundt	Basilea	FC-016	G	66	TBC	n/a
Scuderia Basilea	David Jundt	Basilea	FC-016	G	89	TBC	n/a
Bastvik Grand Prix	Mikael Tuomaala	Bastvik	FC-016	G	70	TBC	n/a
Bastvik Grand Prix	Mikael Tuomaala	Bastvik	FC-016	G	71	TBC	n/a
Cosmo Autosport	Joshua Anderson	Cosmo	FC-016	G	39	Patrick Wannemuller	n/a
Cosmo Autosport	Joshua Anderson	Cosmo	FC-016	G	53	Philipp König	n/a
Fanatec Draig Racing	Ben Willis	Draig	FC-016	G	34	Matthew Chirgwin	n/a
Fanatec Draig Racing	Ben Willis	Draig	FC-016	G	35	Cameron Brewster	n/a
Epic Racing	Lee Davidson	Epic	FC-016	G	38	Geoffrey Fournier	Mike Schroten
Epic Racing	Lee Davidson	Epic	FC-016	G	49	Rob Mason	Mike Schroten
EVAL Simracing Team	Argo Teder	EVAL	FC-016	G	46	Hannes Ross	n/a
EVAL Simracing Team	Argo Teder	EVAL	FC-016	G	54	Toomas Jõgi	n/a
MadCape Racing Team	Xavier de Carvalho	MadCape	FC-016	G	61	TBC	n/a
MadCape Racing Team	Xavier de Carvalho	MadCape	FC-016	G	62	TBC	n/a
Magenta WRT	Alexander van der Woude	MWRT	FC-016	G	93	Alexander van der Woude	Tommi Ojala
Magenta WRT	Alexander van der Woude	MWRT	FC-016	G	95	Nicolas Hillebrand	Tommi Ojala
Sportscar Driving Evolution	Tsumasaki Sentan	SDEv	FC-016	G	50	TBC	n/a
Sportscar Driving Evolution	Tsumasaki Sentan	SDEv	FC-016	G	51	TBC	n/a
Tēafor Motorsport	Quintin Plane	Tēafor	FC-016	G	28	TBC	n/a
Tēafor Motorsport	Quintin Plane	Tēafor	FC-016	G	76	TBC	n/a
YTF1	Matthew Allington	YTF1	FC-016	G	13	Johan Lindberg	James Kirk
YTF1	Matthew Allington	YTF1	FC-016	G	24	Hansko Mebius	James Kirk
Zedderick Racing	Doug Hilliard	Zedderick	FC-016	G	85	TBC	n/a
Zedderick Racing	Doug Hilliard	Zedderick	FC-016	G	87	TBC	n/a

Team changes

Ice Cold Racing, Team Proline, Karjala Racing, Racing Team Schroten and TG Racing (formerly Centurion Grand Prix) were all promoted to the Supercup.
Deltec Racing Team completed their merger with the Armaroli Racing Team, racing under the latter name and with Brazilian nationality in the 2016 season.
Dogecoin Racing, Downforce iZone Racing, Katana Motorsports, Triple Twenty and Viking Racing all did not continue into the 2016 season.

New entries

EVAL Simracing Team, Magenta WRT, Sportscar Driving Evolution and Tēafor Motorsport are all rookies to the career ladder in the 2016 season.

2016 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Start Time
Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Track time	GMT
1	Challenge Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	23rd February	14:00	19:00
2	Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	8th March	18:00	19:00
3	Challenge Russian Grand Prix	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBC	22nd March	20:00	19:00
4	Challenge Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	5th April	14:00	19:00
5	Challenge Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	19th April	14:00	19:00
6	Challenge Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	3rd May	14:00	19:00
7	Challenge Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	17th May	14:00	19:00
8	Challenge British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	31st May	14:00	19:00
9	Challenge Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	14th June	14:00	19:00
10	Challenge Dutch Grand Prix	Dutch GP	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	TBC	28th June	14:00	19:00
11	Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	12th July	14:00	19:00
12	Challenge Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	26th July	14:00	19:00
13	Challenge Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	30th August	14:00	19:00
14	Challenge Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	13th September	14:00	19:00
15	Challenge Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	27th September	17:00	19:00
16	Challenge United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	11th October	14:00	19:00
17	Challenge Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	TBC	25th October	14:00	19:00
18	Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	8th November	14:00	19:00

Calendar changes

The Portuguese and Singapore Grands Prix were both removed from the calendar
The calendar was extended to 18 events seeing the return of the Mexican and Dutch Grands Prix for the first time since the series' inaugural season in 2012 whilst also seeing the first running of the Russian Grand Prix.