2018 Superleague season

2018 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds
Mod base	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape base	F1 based
Engine Supplier(s)	Martex, Quasar, Talos, Valiant 1.6L V6 turbo
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers
Teams
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

GPVWC series in 2018
Career Ladder
Superleague Supercup Formula Challenge Academy
Independent Series
International Touring Cup World GT

The 2018 Superleague season will be the 19th GPVWC Superleague season. Rudy van Buren enters the season as defending Drivers' Champion, and Vod:Bul Racing 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	TBA	Valiant VA18	G	14	TBA		TBA
						15	TBA
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	TBA	TBA	G	4	TBA		TBA
						7	TBA
Epic Racing Team	Banbury, England	Epic	TBA	TBA	G	5	TBA		TBA
						97	TBA
EVAL Simracing Team	Tallinn, Estonia	EVAL	TBA	TBA	G	70	TBA		TBA
						71	TBA
Evolution Motorsports	Kirchhain, Germany	Evolution	TBA	TBA	G	17	TBA		TBA
						18	TBA
Flag-to-Flag SimRacing	Guildford, England	FTF	TBA	TBA	G	28	TBA		TBA
						32	TBA
Hawkeye Racing	Lake District, England	Hawkeye	TBA	Talos 9D-18	G	2	TBA		TBA
						3	TBA
MadCape Racing Team	Cape Town, South Africa	MadCape	TBA	TBA	G	61	TBA		TBA
						62	TBA
Measuric Racing	Bennekom, The Netherlands	Measuric	TBA	TBA	G	16	TBA		TBA
						55	TBA
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, Wales	Nordsjøen	TBA	Martex MX-06	G	19	David Fidock		TBA
						27	Alex Cooper
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymnos, Greece	Red Archer	TBA	TBA	G	10	Pedro Gomes		TBA
						52	TBA
Storm Racing Team	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Storm	TBA	TBA	G	8	Liam de Waal		TBA
						9	Menno Klont
Red Bull Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	SRS	TBA	TBA	G	11	Ben Horrill		Bence Zsupanek
						12	Florian Geier
Wauters Automotive	Zolder, Belgium	Wauters	TBA	Quasar QSR-01	G	30	Jarl Teien		Niels Brugman
						33	Petar Brljak

^*Speculative pending confirmation

Team changes

• The defending Constructors' champions, Vod:Bul Racing, merged with Avid Chronic Racing to form ACR Zakspeed ahead of the 2018 season.
• After more than 13 years in the Superleague, Woods Racing withdrew partway during the 2017 season and did not return in 2018.
• Kernow Sport withdrew from the Superleague after 6 years.
• Green Stripes Racing left the Superleague after 6 years and were demoted to Supercup.

New entries

• Epic Racing Team, Evolution Motorsports and Measuric Racing were all promoted from Supercup.
• EVAL Simracing Team and Flag-to-Flag SimRacing entered the Superleague in 2018. Notably, both entered without having progressed through the Career Ladder (albeit EVAL previously completed in Formula Challenge, in 2016).

Technical changes

• Wauters Automotive are to begin production of their own Quasar engines, after winning the engine tender slot held by Trinity that was made free after Woods Racing withdrew from the championship partway through 2017.

2018 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	TBC	TBC	19:00	—
2	Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—
3	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Azerbaijan GP	Baku City Circuit, Baku	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
5	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
6	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
7	French Grand Prix	French GP	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
8	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	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	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
13	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
14	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
16	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—
18	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—

Testing

The 2018 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
Young Driver Test	TBC	TBC

Calendar changes

• The Russian Grand Prix and Mexican Grand Prix were removed from the calendar.
• The location of the Spanish Grand Prix changed from the Valencia Street Circuit to the Circuit de Catalunya, Catalunya hosting the race again after swapping with Valencia in 2017.
• The location of the German Grand Prix likewise changed back from the Nurburgring to the Hockenheimring.
• The French Grand Prix returned to the calendar after a four-year absence, with the Circuit Paul Ricard hosting the event for the first time in 2018.
• The Azerbaijan Grand Prix would be contested for the first time in 2018.