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2019 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds
Mod base	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape base	F1 based
Engine Supplier(s)	Talos, Valiant, Quasar, Reventón 1600cc turbocharged V6
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
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 2019 Superleague season will be the 20th GPVWC Superleague season. Alex Siebel enters the season as defending Drivers' Champion, and ACR Zakspeed as the reigning Constructors' Champions.

Teams and drivers

Superleague Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
ACR Zakspeed	Liverpool, England	ACR	ZAKMP19*	Valiant VA19*	G	1	Alex Siebel		Rudy van Buren
						14	David Fidock
Edge Esports	Zolder, Belgium	Edge	EE02-SLQ*	Quasar QSR-02*	G	30	TBA		TBA
						33	TBA
Evolution Motorsports	Kirchhain, Germany	Evolution	EMR-02*	TBC	G	15	Jannick Bock		Tom Parker
						27	Dennis Jordan
Epic Racing Team	Banbury, England	Epic	ERSL-02*	TBC	G	70	Rait Kilk		Chris Shepherd
						97	Geoffrey Fournier
Hawkeye Racing	Lake District, England	Hawkeye	RS19*	Talos 9D-19*	G	2	TBA		TBA
						3	TBA
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymnos, Greece	Red Archer	RA219*	TBC	G	75	TBA		TBA
						76	TBA
Flag-to-Flag SimRacing	Guildford, England	FTF	F19-SL*	TBC	G	5	TBA		TBA
						57	TBA
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	E19E*	Reventón	G	4	TBA		TBA
						7	TBA
MadCape Racing Team	Cape Town, South Africa	MadCape	MSL-019*	TBC	G	19	TBA		TBA
						21	TBA
Measuric Racing	Bennekom, The Netherlands	Measuric	TBC	TBC	G	16	TBA		TBA
						55	TBA
Storm Racing Team	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Storm	SR04DA*	TBC	G	8	TBA		TBA
						9	TBA
Red Bull Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	SRS	SRS-19*	TBC	G	12	Florian Geier		Ruben Van den Hudding
						95	David Francic
Scuderia Basilea	Binningen, Switzerland	Basilea	TBC	TBC	G	66	TBA		TBA
						89	TBA
YTF1	Bath, England	YTF1	YT08	TBC	G	10	TBA		TBA
						91	Tobias Olsson
Green Stripes Racing	Niedersachsen, Germany	Green Stripes	GSR-19*	TBC	G	11	George Sutton		Ben Horrill
						77	Alex Cooper

^*Name is speculative pending confirmation

Team changes

• After 17 seasons in the Superleague, Nordsjøen Racing closed its doors at the end of the 2018 season.
• EVAL Simracing Team withdrew from the Superleague after a single year in the competition.

New entries

• Scuderia Basilea was promoted from Supercup following a dominant season in the lower series in 2018.
• YTF1 were also promoted from Supercup, having finished 2nd to Basilea in their maiden Supercup season.

Returning entries

• Green Stripes Racing returned to the Suplerleague after a 1-year abscence, having spent that time competing in Supercup instead.

Technical changes

• Adjustable fuel mixture settings were introduced to the championship.
• Other changes include revised tyres and aerodynamics, in addition to power unit adjustments.

2019 Calendar

For 2019, the Career Ladder schedule was reduced from 18 to 16 rounds in the season.

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	TBC	TBC	19:00	—
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—
3	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—
4	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Azerbaijan GP	Baku City Circuit, Baku	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
7	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park , Turkey	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
9	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
10	German Grand Prix	German GP	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
15	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—

Testing

The 2019 testing schedule was as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	TBC	TBD
Preseason Test #2	TBC	TBD
Preseason Test #3	TBC	TBD
Preseason Test #4	TBC	TBD
Young Driver Test	TBC	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo

Calendar changes

The 2019 calendar was reduced from 18 down to 16 rounds.

• The Chinese, French, Austrian, Hungarian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.
• The Malaysian, Bahrain and Turkish Grands Prix made a return after a gap of four (Malaysian) and two (Bahrain, Turkey) seasons absent respectively.