2021 Superleague Lights season

2021 Superleague Lights season

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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

GPVWC series in 2020
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The 2021 Superleague Lights season is the 3rd GPVWC Superleague Lights season; the current second tier of the Career Ladder. Liam de Waal enters the season as the reigning Drivers' Champion, whilst reigning 2020 Superleague Lights Teams' Champions Cenobite Motorsports took the step up to the Superleague series.

With the similar promotion of TG Racing Esports and Mayor Downard Racing Team and the withdrawing of CM-tech at the end of the 2020 season. Powered by RSR enters the 2021 season as the highest-placed team left from 2020.

Teams and drivers

15 teams are expected to take part in the 2021 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
Powered by RSR	Stockton-on-Tees	SLL021	54*	TBC		TBC
			67*	TBC
Zedderick Racing	Vaduz	SLL021	85*	TBC		TBC
			87*	TBC
TR Motorsport	Puebla	SLL021	53*	TBC		TBC
			88*	TBC
Royal Blue Racing	London	SLL021	22*	TBC		TBC
			52*	TBC
mouseOne Racing	Isle of Wight	SLL020	18	James Dziuba		TBC
			49	Danny Robbins
Powered by RSR	Stockton-on-Tees	SLL020	54	Ryan Elliott		Bruno Sousa Ferreira
			67	Sandeep Singh
Scuderia Clay Geeli	Espoo	SLL020	13	Matthew Clipp		TBC
			23	Pascal Schmidt
STAX Racing	Halifax	SLL020	36	Terence Grech		Patryk Roszak
			37	Sebastian Kosmala
TCS Off Racing	Montreal	SLL020	45	Adrian Faber		Mike Kwint
			97	Dawid Krupa
TG Racing eSports	Mtarfa	SLL020	16	Michael Francesconi		Daniel Hurlock
			33	Jason Muscat
TTF BBR Racing	London	TF-02 BB	41	Giuseppe Saracino		Vitale Rosetti
			99	Pedro Moura

Team changes

• Chaos Engineering, Cosmo Seiki Japan, Holland Racing Team and Red Arrow Racing were all promoted up to Superleague after the end of the 2019 season.
• Satellite Racing were dropped down to Supercup after the 2019 season.
• Netrex Grand Prix withdrew from GPVWC after the end of the 2019 season.

New entries

• MouseOne Racing, Powered By RSR, Fusion Racing, TG Racing, TCS Off Racing and reigning champions Zedderick Racing were all promoted from Supercup for 2020.

Technical changes

• To be Announced

2021 Calendar

The 2021 season changed its raceday from the Wednesday to the Tuesday, every two weeks. The 2021 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 Summer Break in August,

Round	Circuit	Date	Start Time
			GMT	BST
1	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBA	19:00	—
2	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBA	19:00	—
3	Shanghai International Circuit , China	TBA	18:00	19:00
4	Buddh International Circuit, India	TBA	18:00	19:00
5	Baku City Circuit, Baku	TBA	18:00	19:00
6	Redbull Ring, Spielberg	TBA	18:00	19:00
7	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBA	18:00	19:00
8	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBA	18:00	19:00
9	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	TBA	18:00	19:00
10	Magny Cours, Magny Cours	TBA	18:00	19:00
11	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBA	18:00	19:00
12	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBA	18:00	19:00
13	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBA	18:00	19:00
14	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBA	18:00	19:00
15	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBA	18:00	19:00
16	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBA	18:00	19:00

Testing

The 2021 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	TBA	TBD
Preseason Test #2	TBA	TBD

Calendar changes

• The Dutch, Turkish and Russian Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.
• The Chinese, Indian and Austrian Grands Prix were reintroduced.

External Links

• Season report