2016 Superleague season

2016 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	18
Mod base	Custom
Carshape base	F1 Based
Engine Supplier(s)	Martex, Potentia, Trinity, Valiant
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers	-
Teams	13
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Superleague Seasons
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GPVWC series in 2016
Career Ladder
Superleague Supercup Formula Challenge Open Series
Other series
Masters Series World Sport Series International Touring Cup World GT Vintage Series Atlantic Series

The 2016 Superleague season will be the 17th GPVWC Superleague season. CSG Racing, the reigning Constructors' Champions, elected against defending their title.

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2016 participation.

Superleague Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	E16E	TBC	G	4	TBC		TBC
						69	TBC
Green Stripes Racing	Niedersachsen, Germany	GSR	GSR-16	TBC	G	11	TBC		TBC
						20	TBC
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye	RS-16	TBC	G	2	TBC		TBC
						3	TBC
Kernow Sport	St.Austell, England	Kernow	MW5	TBC	G	12	Bart De Vos		Sven de Vries Mark Wicks
						83	Daniel Brewer
SimCraft Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	MM-06	Potentia	G	7	TBC		TBC
						25	TBC
Nijo Racing	Nantwich, England	Nijo	NR-16	TBC	G	5	TBC		TBC
						10	TBC
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, Wales	Nordsjøen	NR009	Martex	G	19	David Fidock		TBC
						27	Florian Geier
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer	RA216	TBC	G	6	TBC		TBC
						21	TBC
Storm Racing Team	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Storm	TBC	TBC	G	75	TBC		TBC
						80	TBC
Torrent Motorsports	Columbus, OH, United States	Torrent	TMo-4	TBC	G	88	TBC		TBC
						99	TBC
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	VBMP16	Valiant	G	14	TBC		TBC
						15	TBC
Wauters Automotive	Tielrode, Belgium	Wauters	TBC	TBC	G	30	TBC		Gergo Baldi
						33	TBC
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	WR15	Trinity	G	8	TBC		TBC
						9	TBC

Team changes

• CSG Racing, the reigning Constructors' Champions, were initially included on the entry list for the 2016 season. However, the team elected to withdraw from the Superleague prior to the start of the season.
• Phoenix F1 chose not to apply for the 2016 season. With the relegation system introduced at the end of 2014 in place, the team would have been demoted to Supercup had they chosen to continue in the Career Ladder.
• Target Racing did not continue in the Superleague, having competed in only the first seven rounds of the 2015 season.

New entries

• Wauters Automotive and Storm Racing Team were both promoted from the Supercup.

2016 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Start Time
						Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	25th February	14:00	19:00
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	10th March	18:00	19:00
3	Russian Grand Prix	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBC	24th March	20:00	19:00
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	7th April	14:00	19:00
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	21st April	14:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	5th May	14:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	19th May	14:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	2nd June	14:00	19:00
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	16th June	14:00	19:00
10	Dutch Grand Prix	Dutch GP	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	TBC	30th June	14:00	19:00
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	14th July	14:00	19:00
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	28th July	14:00	19:00
13	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	1st September	14:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	15th September	14:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	29th September	17:00	19:00
16	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	13th October	14:00	19:00
17	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	TBC	27th October	14:00	19:00
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	10th November	14:00	19:00

Testing

The 2015 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Pre-Season Test 1	28th January	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
Pre-Season Test 2	4th February	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim
Pre-Season Test 3	11th February	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours
Pre-Season Test 4	18th February	Dubai Autodrome, Dubailand

Calendar changes

• The Portuguese and Singapore Grands Prix were both removed from the calendar
• The calendar was extended to 18 races seeing the return of the Dutch and Mexican Grands Prix after a 3 and 4 year absence respectively whilst also seeing the first running of the Russian Grand Prix.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
3	Russian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
5	Turkish Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
7	Canadian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
8	British Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
9	Austrian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
10	Dutch Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
12	Belgian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
14	Japanese Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
16	United States Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
17	Mexican Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report

Preceded by: 2015 Superleague season

GPVWC Superleague season 2016

Succeeded by: 2017 Superleague season