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2016 Supercup season

Competition	Supercup
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	18
Mod Used	Formula Renault 3.5 2014
Carshape
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers	-
Teams	14
Drivers' Champion	Lars Brugman
Teams' Champion	Team Proline
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The 2016 Supercup season will be the 9th GPVWC Supercup season.

The 2016 Supercup Spotters guide

Teams and drivers

The amount of team slots was reduced from 15 to 14 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.

Supercup Team	Base	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Simtech Enterprise GP	Bromley, England	EGP	SC-016	G	17	Geoffrey Fournier	1	Antonio Hreljanovic Argo Teder
						Rait Tuulikas	2
					23	Scott Berrisford	1-2
Evolution Motorsports	Kirchhain, Germany	Evolution	SC-016	G	47	Dennis Jordan	1-11	TBC
					48	Marcel Rautter	1-4
Fox Racing	Kessel, Belgium	Fox	SC-016	G	31	Matt Richards	1	TBC
					41	Maurice Brackhahn	1-2
GoSport International	Philadelphia, PA, United States	GoSport	SC-016	G	22	Danny Asbury	1-2	TBC
					63	Adrian Holm	1-2
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenberg, Sweden	Ice Cold	SC-016	G	42	Eric Stranne	1-2	TBC
					43	Tobias Olsson	1-2
Karjala Racing	Helsinki, Finland	Karjala	SC-016	G	40	Ari Nieminen	1-2	TBC
					78	Lewis McGlade	1-2
Malta Force GP	Siggiewi, Malta	Malta Force	SC-016	G	44	Jason Muscat	1-2	TBC
					77	Menno Klont	1-2
Measuric Racing	Bennekom, The Netherlands	Measuric	SC-016	G	16	Dino Paolini	1-2	Wopke Hoekstra
					55	Mark Wicks	1-2
Team Proline	Hameln, Germany	Proline	SC-016	G	94	Lars Brugman	1-2	TBC
					97	Niels Brugman	1-2
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, Netherlands	RTS	SC-016	G	29	Teemu Toikka	1-2	Marius Nicolae
					98	Argenis Riera	1-2
Satellite Racing	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	Satellite	SC-016	G	32	Sven de Vries	1-2	TBC
					64	Craig Baxter	1-2
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	SC-016	G	56	Mark Fuller	1-2	TBC
					96	Borja Millán	1-2
Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	SRS	SC-016	G	67	Risto Kappet	1-2	TBC
					68	David Francic	1-2
TG Racing	Mtarfa, Malta	TG	SC-016	G	59	Andrew Waring	1-2	Terence Grech
					60	Edgar Ruiz	1-2

Team changes

• Wauters Automotive and Storm Racing Team were both promoted to the Superleague.
• Smile Power Racing's entry was taken over by Evolution Motorsports, the team nationality being accordingly changed to German.
• Neither Walk Racing, PB Racing or Positive SimRacing continued into the 2016 season.
• TSA Racing, having withdrawn from the 2015 championship mid-season, also did not continue into 2016.
• SimCraft Racing were initially on the entry list, but had a change of management and was rebranded as GoSport International shortly before the first round at Melbourne.

New entries

• Ice Cold Racing, Team Proline and Karjala Racing were all promoted from the Formula Challenge.

Returning entries

• Centurion Grand Prix was also promoted from Formula Challenge, returning to the Supercup following a year's absence. However, during pre-season, team boss Terence Grech completed his takeover of the team following his arrival in February 2015 and renamed the outfit to TG Racing. The nationality of the team was accordingly switched to Maltese.
• Racing Team Schroten was promoted from Formula Challenge, returning to the Supercup after four years of absence.

2016 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Start Time
						Track time	GMT	BST
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	24th February	14:00	19:00	—
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	9th March	18:00	19:00	—
3	Russian Grand Prix	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBC	23rd March	14:00	19:00	—
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	6th April	14:00	18:00	19:00
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	20th April	14:00	18:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	4th May	14:00	18:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	18th May	14:00	18:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	1st June	14:00	18:00	19:00
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	15th June	14:00	18:00	19:00
10	German Grand Prix	German GP	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	TBC	29th June	14:00	18:00	19:00
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	13th July	14:00	18:00	19:00
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	27th July	14:00	18:00	19:00
13	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	31st August	14:00	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	14th September	14:00	18:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	28th September	17:00	18:00	19:00
16	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	12th October	14:00	18:00	19:00
17	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	TBC	26th October	14:00	18:00	19:00
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	9th 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 Grand Prix after a 4 year absence whilst also seeing the first running of the Russian Grand Prix.

Testing

The 2016 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Pre-Season Test #1	9th February 2016	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
Pre-Season Test #2	16th February 2016	Dubai Autodrome, Dubailand

Rule changes

Technical

• For the first time since 2009, the simulator of choice for the Career Ladder was upgraded from rFactor to its sequel, rFactor 2.
• With a change in simulator came a change in vehicle as the Formula Renault 3.5 2014 car was utilised for the first time.

Sporting

• Multiple dry tyre compounds were removed from the series with one single Dry compound replacing the previous Soft and Hard options.
• Due to this change, an enforced pit stop was brought into action for the Feature race of an event's evening.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round		Grand Prix	Pole Position	Pole Time	Fastest Lap	F/L Time	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Supercup Australian Grand Prix	David Francic	1:31.413	Risto Kappet	1:32.410	Lars Brugman	Team Proline	Report
	R2				Geoffrey Fournier	1:32.676	Scott Berrisford	Simtech Enterprise GP
2	R1	Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix	Sven de Vries 1	1:39.047	Dino Paolini	1:40.040	Sven de Vries	Satellite Racing	Report
	R2				Sven de Vries	1:39.828	Lars Brugman	Team Proline
3	R1	Supercup Russian Grand Prix	Risto Kappet	1:45.570	Risto Kappet	1:46.525	Adrian Holm	GoSport International	Report
	R2				Adrian Holm	1:46.501	Lars Brugman	Team Proline
4	R1	Supercup Spanish Grand Prix	Adrian Holm	1:25.331	Adrian Holm	1:26.666	Sven de Vries	Satellite Racing	Report
	R2				Adrian Holm	1:26.742	Risto Kappet	Streetfighter Racing Systems
5	R1	Supercup Turkish Grand Prix	Lars Brugman	1:37.854	Lars Brugman	1:35.109	Lars Brugman	Team Proline	Report
	R2				Lars Brugman	1:34.955	Maurice Brackhahn	Fox Racing
6	R1	Supercup Monaco Grand Prix	Dino Paolini	1:17.936	Rait Tuulikas	1:19.112	Lars Brugman	Team Proline	Report
	R2				Rait Tuulikas	1:19.312	David Francic	Streetfighter Racing Systems
7	R1	Supercup Canadian Grand Prix	Sven de Vries	1:22.224	Lars Brugman	1:23.121	Eric Stranne	Ice Cold Racing	Report
	R2				Lars Brugman	1:23.189	Lars Brugman	Team Proline
8	R1	Supercup British Grand Prix	Lars Brugman	1:38.852	Lars Brugman	1:39.261	Lars Brugman	Team Proline	Report
	R2				Lars Brugman	1:39.338	Sven de Vries	Satellite Racing
9	R1	Supercup Austrian Grand Prix	Risto Kappet	1:13.664	Risto Kappet	1:14.867	Lars Brugman	Team Proline	Report
	R2				Lars Brugman	1:14.801	Sven de Vries	Satellite Racing
10	R1	Supercup German Grand Prix	Rait Tuulikas	1:21.853	Rait Tuulikas	1:22.475	Sven de Vries	Satellite Racing	Report
	R2				Lars Brugman	1:22.683	Lars Brugman	Team Proline
11	R1	Supercup Hungarian Grand Prix	Dino Paolini	1:24.580	Sven de Vries	1:25.731	Lars Brugman	Team Proline	Report
	R2				Lars Brugman	1:34.776	Lars Brugman	Team Proline
12	R1	Supercup Belgian Grand Prix	Dino Paolini	1:56.851	Lars Brugman	1:57.925	Lars Brugman	Team Proline	Report
	R2				Wopke Hoekstra	1:58.180	Niels Brugman	Team Proline
13	R1	Supercup Italian Grand Prix	Niels Brugman	1:31.962	Lars Brugman	1:32.550	Sven de Vries	Satellite Racing	Report
	R2				Dino Paolini	1:32.720	Lars Brugman	Team Proline
14	R1	Supercup Japanese Grand Prix	Risto Kappet	1:38.461	Dino Paolini	1:39.678	Lars Brugman	Team Proline	Report
	R2				Dino Paolini	1:40.040	Sven de Vries	Satellite Racing
15	R1	Supercup Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Lars Brugman	1:48.705	Risto Kappet	1:49.468	Risto Kappet	Streetfighter Racing Systems	Report
	R2				Risto Kappet	1:49.592	David Francic	Streetfighter Racing Systems
16	R1	Supercup United States Grand Prix	Risto Kappet 2	1:43.168	Risto Kappet	1:44.440	Dino Paolini	Measuric Racing	Report
	R2				Risto Kappet	1:44.717	Risto Kappet	Streetfighter Racing Systems
17	R1	Supercup Mexican Grand Prix	Lars Brugman	1:25.788	Tobias Polotzek	1:26.593	Lars Brugman	Team Proline	Report
	R2				Wopke Hoekstra	1:26.903	Risto Kappet	Streetfighter Racing Systems
18	R1	Supercup Brazilian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R2					-

• ¹ Due to a track extension offence for not only Sven de Vries but many others, though the American achieved pole position it would be Risto Kappet who started from P1.
• ² Despite attaining pole position in America, Risto Kappet did not start from P1 in Race 1 due to a back-of-the-grid penalty picked up from Qualifying in Abu Dhabi. Dino Paolini therefore started from the top spot.

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver AUS BAH RUS ESP TUR MON CAN GBR AUT GER HUN BEL ITA JPN UAE USA MEX BRA Points 1 Lars Brugman 1 4 9 1 5 1 2 5 1 3 1 4 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 Ret 5 1 1 8 2 Ret 7 2 1 5 621 2 Sven de Vries 4 3 1 4 3 2 1 8 3 4 2 16† 17 1 5 1 1 2 3 5 2 2 1 7 7 1 3 5 2 5 7 8 556 3 Risto Kappet 6 5 3 5 2 17† 3 1 4 2 4 5 5 3 2 4 2 11 6 Ret 9 4 1 6 5 1 2 1 397 4 Dino Paolini 16 13 10 12 8 8 13 13 10 8 2 8 9 2 6 5 7 7 5 5 2 9 4 3 2 5 2 5 8 3 1 7 6 4 364 5 Niels Brugman 3 6 16 Ret 10 6 12 7 2 5 7 Ret 4 4 3 6 9 Ret Ret 9 4 2 6 1 Ret DNS 5 3 14 Ret 3 3 290 6 David Francic 2 Ret 8 3 6 Ret 4 2 NC 11 5 1 Ret 9 Ret 15 12 10 9 6 8 6 7 13 8 9 3 6 10 1 15 13 8 11 282 7 Jason Muscat 9 8 4 6 9 14 6 3 5 16 14 14 7 5 12 8 11 8 Ret 13 17 12 4 2 7 Ret 6 4 4 2 237 8 Dennis Jordan 12 Ret 11 9 14 9 14 11 Ret 14 9 2 11 8 14 11 15 20 10 11 9 6 9 4 8 10 6 4 4 6 18 14 191 9 Rait Tuulikas 14 20 4 4 5 6 18 15 3 6 6 12 4 3 3 7 5 17 3 4 184 10 Adrian Holm 5 2 5 2 1 11 7 4 Ret 6 15 10 5 14 Ret DNS 7 3 Ret 10 175 11 Scott Berrisford 10 1 20 13 7 3 9 10 Ret 18 Ret 11 13 12 4 6 10 10 Ret 7 5 5 Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 15 9 Ret 11 12 175 12 Wopke Hoekstra Ret Ret 13 16 16 Ret 9 10 14 14 4 13 7 12 19 9 4 3 4 7 13 8 3 3 149 13 Edgar Ruiz Ret 17 6 7 20 Ret 10 14 7 7 11 Ret Ret 10 8 7 6 3 16 15 6 Ret 15 Ret 15 8 10 Ret 12 Ret 8 11 13 13 148 14 Eric Stranne 7 15 2 10 12 7 1 6 10 9 3 4 Ret DNS 125 15 Lewis McGlade 14 9 23 15 13 Ret Ret 17 11 10 6 3 8 Ret 7 13 8 5 18 11 13 4 14 14 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret 118 16 Menno Klont 19 12 12 8 17 12 21 Ret 16 Ret 8 17 12 13 15 17 10 Ret 13 8 11 15 10 7 7 2 13 11 13 Ret 17 16 Ret Ret 113 17 Borja Millan Ret Ret 13 17 15 Ret 19 18 15 13 16 9 17 13 20 Ret Ret 10 12 Ret 11 6 6 7 11 9 10 9 22 10 93 18 Maurice Brackhahn 11 Ret 7 11 11 10 8 9 8 1 Ret DNS Ret DNS 11 Ret 21 12 Ret 86 19 James Wilson 8 4 12 8 11 8 3 Ret Ret DNS Ret 10 11 12 Ret 77 20 David Jundt 15 12 14 12 10 7 Ret 15 16 9 Ret 11 19 10 10 9 58 21 Tobias Polotzek Ret 19 Ret 18 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 11 14 5 8 12 Ret 5 6 57 22 Argenis Riera 20 14 15 Ret 18 Ret 16 15 9 9 Ret 15 14 Ret Ret Ret 19 15 16 Ret Ret DNS 9 2 16 14 Ret 17 51 23 Ruud Heesterbeek 9 3 8 Ret 6 Ret 41 24 Tom van der Voort 16 5 11 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 31 25 Thomas Hinss 17 Ret Ret 17 13 Ret 11 14 Ret 14 10 13 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 25 26 Maciej Mlynek 14 15 9 7 19 27 Andrew Waring 8 7 Ret Ret Ret DNS 17 28 Tobias Olsson 13 16 19 14 19 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20† Ret Ret Ret 15 9 Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret DNS 13 29 Geoffrey Fournier 17 21 13 7 18 21 12 30 Ari Nieminen 18 19 22 18 23 15 17 16 12 17 Ret 12 17 14 16 18 11 31 Keith Camilleri 18 Ret 13 Ret 12 13 20 19 16 Ret 10 32 Matt Strand 17 Ret 23 23 18 16 16 13 11 8 33 Terence Grech Ret DNS 15 13 Ret 12 8 34 Marcel Rautter 15 10 Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret DNS 7 35 Antonio Hreljanovic 10 Ret 6 36 James Early 21 Ret 18 DNS 14 12 6 37 Rando Muru Ret DNS 14 12 6 38 Craig Baxter Ret 11 Ret Ret 5 39 Mike Kwint 12 16 15 Ret Ret Ret 5 40 Niranjan Kumar 19 16 18 20 Ret 12 18 4 41 Lazaros Filippakos 18 Ret 15 13 4 42 Morten Wernersen 22 13 Ret 19 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 43 Rob Mason 13 Ret 3 44 Oskari Kantonen 14 15 18 Ret Ret 3 45 Mark Fuller Ret Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret 20 Ret 19 20 Ret 19 19 Ret 23 20 22 17 21 21 17 NC 20 15 17† 15 17 17 17 16† 22 17 15 19 3 46 Chris Shepherd 14 15 3 47 Bret Metcalf 16 14 19 16 2 48 Johan Lindberg 16 14 2 49 Mikael Tuomaala 18 Ret 14 Ret 2 50 Carlos Fernandez 15 Ret 1 51 Teemu Toikka 21 18 18 16 25 DNS Ret DNS 0 52 Tommi Ojala 22 22 Ret Ret 19 17 Ret Ret Ret DNS 0 53 Mark Hutchinson 17 19 0 54 Danny Asbury Ret 20 17 Ret 21 Ret 0 55 Mark Wicks 22 Ret 21 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 56 Wesley Stefano 21 Ret 0 57 Adam Hodgkinson Ret Ret 0 58 Alexander van der Woude Ret Ret 0 59 Matt Richards Ret DNS 0 60 Kyran Parkin Ret 0 Pos Driver AUS BAH RUS ESP TUR MON CAN GBR AUT GER HUN BEL ITA JPN UAE USA MEX 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