Difference between revisions of "2023 Superleague Lights season"

Revision as of 16:59, 11 March 2023

2023 Superleague Lights season

Competition	Superleague Lights
Title Sponsor	N/A
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Mod base	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape base	F1-inspired
Rounds	16
Engine Supplier(s)	Martex MX-06L 1600cc turbocharged V6
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers	TBD
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion	TBD
Teams' Champion	TBD
Superleague Lights Seasons
2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 . 2024

The 2023 SuperLights season is the 4th GPVWC Superleague Lights season; the current second tier of the Career Ladder. Jan Granqvist is the reigning Drivers' Champion, whilst reigning 2022 Superleague Lights Teams' Champions THR took the step up to the Superleague series.

With the promotion of THR, Super Venturi and Royal Blue Racing. The team Road2Formula Racing enters the 2023 season as the highest-placed team left from 2022.

Teams and drivers

13 teams are expected to take part in the 2023 season. As in recent seasons every car will be powered by a Martex 1600cc turbocharged V6 power unit and use GPVWC brand tyres.

Entrant	Base	Chassis	Race Drivers			Test/Reserve Driver(s)
			No.	Driver Name	Rounds
Road2Formula Racing	Antwerp, Belgium	SL2-023	27	Owen McGaugie		TBC
			95	Sandeep Singh
TR Motorsports	Puebla, Mexico	SL2-023	*	Heigo Poom		TBC
			*	Dylan Platt
Red Arrow Racing	Camborne, United Kingdom	SL2-023	10	Joseph Hurlock		Alex Lehoux
			46	Tom Parker
TTF Racing	London, United Kingdom	SL2-023	*	TBC		TBC
			*	TBC
HG Esport BlueBolt	Imola, Italy	SL2-023	*	Flavio Zongoli		Giuseppe Saracino
			*	Lorenzo Cappellini
Draig Racing	Hirwaun, Wales	SL2-023	*	Tom van der Voort		Luke Mitchell
			*	TBC
Gallery82 Motorsport	Roosendaal, Netherlands	SL2-023	*	Damian Kardasz		Noa Tuomela
			*	Aleksander Rogoza
PZZW Racing Team	Lublin, Poland	SL2-023	*	Michael Galka		TBC
			*	Adrian Faber
Valle Esports	Italy	SL2-023	*	Stavros Mouzaidis		Massimiliano Ribolli
			*	Michael Eyres
Virtualdrivers by TX3	France	SL2-023	*	TBC		TBC
			*	TBC
Fusion Racing	Windsor, England	SL2-023	*	Liam de Waal		TBC
			*	Remco de Zeeuw
TG Racing eSports	Mtarfa, Malta	SL2-023	*	Michael Francesconi		Seva Panasenko
			*	Christian Francesconi
Team Ballas eSport	Emilia Romagna, Italy	SL2-023	*	Kilian Guijt		Scott Sovik
			*	Dominique Khoroshavin

Team changes

• MODE Auto Concepts , THR, Super Venturi and Royal Blue Racing were all promoted up to Superleague for the 2023 season.

• Hyperion Esports were dropped down to Formula Sprint 1 after the 2022 season.
• Black Hawk Racing and Ghostspeed withdrew from GPVWC after the end of the 2022 season.

New entries

• Gallery82 Motorsport, PZZW Racing Team, Valle Esports and Virtualdrivers by TX3 were all promoted from FS1 for the SLL 2023 season.

• TG Racing Esports, Fusion Racing both re-entered the series.

• Team Ballas eSport entered the 2023 season as a new team..

Technical changes

• To be Announced

2023 Calendar

The 2023 season kept racing Tuesday, every two weeks. The 2023 calendar follows the 16-round limit introduced in 2019. The first round will take place in Imola 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 Spring and Summer breaks.

• Note 06-12-2022 the following calendar dates are not confirmed, but these are most likely the dates for the 2023 season, these dates are the 2022 racedates changed to 2023 dates.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Start Time
				GMT	BST
1	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	March 7	19:00	—
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	March 21	19:00	—
3	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	April 4	18:00	19:00
4	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah	April 18	18:00	19:00
5	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit, Baku	May 2	18:00	19:00
6	German Grand Prix	Nurburgring, Nürburg	May 16	18:00	19:00
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	June 13	18:00	19:00
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	June 27	18:00	19:00
9	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	July 11	18:00	19:00
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Budapest	July 25	18:00	19:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	Aug 8	18:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	September 5	18:00	19:00
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	September 19	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	October 3	18:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	October 17	18:00	19:00
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	October 31	19:00	—

Testing

The 2023 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	TBC	TBC
Preseason Test #2	TBC	TBC

Calendar changes

• The Portuguese, Monaco, Austrian and Mexican Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.

• The German, Spain and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix were reintroduced.

• The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix made its debut on the GPVWC 2023 calendar.

Results and Standings

External Links

• Season report