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2024 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	16
Mod base	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape base	F1 based
Engine Supplier(s)	Quasar, Reventón, 1600cc turbocharged V6
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Superleague Seasons
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The 2024 Superleague season will be the 25th GPVWC Superleague season. Jake Denehan enters the season as defending Drivers' Champion, and THR as the reigning Constructors' Champions.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are due to compete in the 2024 season. All teams use GPVWC brand tyres. As of December 2023, all car numbers are still subject to change.

Entrant	Constructor	Base	Chassis	Power unit	Race Drivers			Test/Reserve Driver(s)
					No.	Driver Name	Rounds
THR	THR – Viper	Leeds, United Kingdom	TBA	Viper	28	Tom Stevens		Chris Butcher
					34	Adam Maguire
Edge Esports	Edge – Quasar	Zolder, Belgium	TBA	Quasar	24	Marc Schlueter		TBC
					41	Chris Shepherd
Super Venturi	Super Venturi– TBC	Turku, Finland	TBA	TBC	14	Jan Granqvist		Magnus Okkenhaug
					52	Jukkapekka Lalu
Powered by RSR	RSR – Vulcan	Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom	TBA	Vulcan	18	TBC		TBC
					26	TBC
Nocturne	Nocturne – TBC	Hereford, England	TBA	TBC	5	Moritz Kropp		Luke Mitchell
					10	David Fidock
Edonis Engineering	Edonis – Reventón	Groningen, The Netherlands	TBA	Reventón	4	Robin Pansar		TBC
					7	Janos Bracsok
Holland Racing Team	HRT – TBC	Alkmaar, The Netherlands	TBA	TBC	31	Pascal Pohlenz		Alex Lehoux
					76	Matthias Muuss
Epic Racing Team	Epic – TBC	Banbury, United Kingdom	ER5	TBC	9	Fabio Sixta		Alessandro Maggio
					97	Geoffrey Fournier
STAX Racing	STAX – TBC	Halifax, Canada	TBA	TBC	36	Zsolt Szucs		TBC
					37	TBC
Green Stripes Racing	Green Stripes – TBC	Niedersachsen, Germany	TBA	TBC	12	Stijn Handgraaf		TBC
					75	Rouven Meschede
Zortax Racing	MODE – TBC	Oschersleben, Germany	TBA	TBC	22	Matthew Williams		David Wasserman
					61	Philipp Puschke
Pescara ADG	Pescara – TBC	Bucchianico, Italy	TBA	TBC	6	TBC		TBC
					32	TBC
Geekz Simracing	Geekz– TBC	Puebla, Mexico	TBA	TBC	23	TBC		TBC
					42	TBC
Virtualdrivers by TX3	TX3 – TBC	France	TBA	TBC	3	TBC		TBC
					33	TBC
TOP Esports	TOP – TBC	Cheltenham, England	TBA	TBC	27	TBC		TBC
					54	TBC

^*Name is speculative pending confirmation

Team changes

• Red Archer Virtual Racing Team left the GPVWC career ladder after the end of the 2023 season.

New entries

• Geekz Simracing, Virtualdrivers by TX3 and TOP Esports will enter their first season in Superleague.

• MODE Auto Concepts rebranded to Zortax Racing for the 2024 season.
• The name TR Motorsports left GPVWC after a long run in the GPVWC Careerladder, The team rebranded to Geekz Energy for the 2024 season.

Driver changes

Mid-season changes

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2024 Calendar

The 2024 season kept racing Thursday, every two weeks. The 2024 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 Spring and Summer breaks.

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

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Start Time
				GMT	BST
1	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	March 14	19:00	—
2	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah	March 28	19:00	—
3	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	April 11	18:00	19:00
4	Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	April 25	18:00	19:00
5	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	May 9	18:00	19:00
6	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	May 23	18:00	19:00
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	June 20	18:00	19:00
8	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	July 4	18:00	19:00
9	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	July 18	18:00	19:00
10	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	August 1	18:00	19:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	Aug 15	18:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	September 12	18:00	19:00
13	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit, Baku	September 26	18:00	19:00
14	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	October 10	18:00	19:00
15	United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	October 24	18:00	19:00
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	November 7	19:00	—

Testing

The 2024 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	TBC	TBC
Preseason Test #2	TBC	TBC
Preseason Test #3	TBC	TBC
Preseason Test #4	TBC	TBC

Calendar changes

• The Bahrain, Hungarian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.

• The Chinese, Austrian and United States Grands Prix were reintroduced.

• The German Grand Prix venue changed from the Nurburgring to the Hockenheimring for the GPVWC 2024 calendar.