2023 Formula Sprint 1 season

2023 Formula Sprint 1 season

Competition	Formula Sprint 1
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	16
Mod Used	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape	F2-inspired
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC 3400cc turbocharged V6
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
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GPVWC series in 2023
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The 2023 Formula Sprint 1 will be the 2nd GPVWC Formula Sprint 1 season. The name Formula Sprint 1 was created to replace the GPVWC Supercup Series which did run for 14 seasons 2006/2021.

Teams and drivers

Entrant	Base	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
TCS Off Racing	Vancouver, Canada	TCS	SC-023	G	9	Loïc Meunier		TBC
					42	Alex Lehoux
HGP Motorsports	Zoetermeer, The Netherlands	HGP	SC-023	G	7	TBC		TBC
					73	TBC
Malta Force GP	Is-Siggiewi , Malta	Malta Force	SC-023	G	11	Mike Kwint		TBC
					14	Menno Klont
AlphaDelta Racing Team	Delta, Canada	ADR	SC-023	G	8	Mirko Lucchini		TBC
					22	Federico Russo
Santen Motorsports	The Netherlands	Santen	SC-023	G	2	Kevin Vooijs		TBC
					3	TBC
Fryslan Racing	Zwaagwesteinde, The Netherlands	Fryslan	SC-023	G	26	Gerrit de Vries		TBC
					90	Philipp König
Buildsim Vulpino Racing	Vancouver BC, Canada	Vulpino	SC-023	G	18	Patryk Roszak		TBC
					67	Maciej Hyla
Hyperion Esports	Leszno, Poland	Hyperion	SC-023	G	82	Mateusz Ziubinski		TBC
					96	Mateusz Guzowski
TOP Esports	Cheltenham, England	TOP	SC-023	G	16	Jack Mayor		TBC
					74	Szymon Frelik
Rowen GP	Gorinchem, Netherlands	RGP	SC-023	G	6	TBC		TBC
					28	TBC
Spark Racing Team	Kassel, Germany	SRT	SC-023	G	41	Josh Downard		Craig Patteson
					79	Vincent Gutt
NetRex Grand Prix	Naples, Italy	NRGP	SC-023	G	5	TBC		TBC
					54	TBC
Buttler Motorsport	Nürburg, Germany	BMO	SC-023	G	68	Emanuele Dellera		TBC
					94	Luca Furia
EPLAB Simracing	Milazzo, Sicily, Italy	EPL	SC-023	G	12	Federico Marino		TBC
					70	Juanma Fuentes
Pixelate Esports	Church Fenton, England	PIX	SC-023	G	23	Loveen Kishore		TBC
					47	Perseus Miram

Team changes

• Nocturne, Gallery82 Motorsports, PZZW Racing Team, Valle eSports, Virtualdrivers with TX3 were all promoted to Superlights.
• Nova Simracing, PB Racing, Smile Power Racing opted not to continued after the 2022 Formula Sprint 1 season.

New & Returning entries

• Hyperion Esports formerly known as PLS Racing team joined the series after being dropped down from the Superleague Lights.
• TOP Esports, Rowen Grand Prix and Spark Racing Team , were all promoted from the Formula Sprint 2
• NetRex Grand Prix returned to the Career Ladder for the first time since 2019.
• Buttler Motorsport and Pixelate Esports joined at the beginning of 2023.
• EPLAB Simracing formerly known as Renegade joined at the beginning of 2023 and changed the name in January.

Technical changes

• To be Announced

2022 Calendar

The 2022 season continued the previous raceday the Supercup had in 2021 the Thursday, every two weeks. The 2022 calendar follows the 16-round limit introduced in 2019. The first round will take place at Imola and the last will take place in Brazil, with each race taking place on a Thursday, every two weeks. The 2022 season saw the first time GPVWC used to have two breaks a Spring and Summer Break.,

• 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 2	19:00	—
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	March 16	19:00	—
3	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	March 30	18:00	19:00
4	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah	April 13	18:00	19:00
5	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit, Baku	April 27	18:00	19:00
6	German Grand Prix	Nurburgring, Nürburg	May 11	18:00	19:00
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	June 8	18:00	19:00
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	June 22	18:00	19:00
9	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	July 6	18:00	19:00
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Budapest	July 20	18:00	19:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	Aug 3	18:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	August 31	18:00	19:00
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	September 14	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	September 28	18:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	October 12	18:00	19:00
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	October 26	19:00	—

Testing

The 2023 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	TBC	TBC

Calendar changes

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

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

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

Results and Standings

Grand Prix

Round		Grand Prix	Pole Position	Pole Time	Fastest Lap	F/L Time	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Formula Sprint 1 San Marino Grand Prix							Report
	R2
2	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Bahrain Grand Prix							Report
	R2
3	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Australian Grand Prix							Report
	R2
4	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix							Report
	R2
5	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix							Report
	R2
6	R1	Formula Sprint 1 German Grand Prix							Report
	R2
7	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Spanish Grand Prix							Report
	R2
8	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Canadian Grand Prix							Report
	R2
9	R1	Formula Sprint 1 British Grand Prix							Report
	R2
10	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Hungarian Grand Prix							Report
	R2
11	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Belgian Grand Prix							Report
	R2
12	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Italian Grand Prix							Report
	R2
13	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Singapore Grand Prix							Report
	R2
14	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Japanese Grand Prix							Report
	R2
15	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix							Report
	R2
16	R1	Formula Sprint 1 Brazilian Grand Prix							Report
	R2

Scoring system

For The Feature race (race 1) the points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	FL
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

For The Sprint race (race 2) the points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	FL
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver SMR BAH AUS SAU AZE GER ESP CAN GBR HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN UAE BRA Points 1 TBC 00 2 TBC 00 3 TBC 00 4 TBC 00 5 TBC 00 6 TBC 00 7 TBC 00 8 TBC 00 9 TBC 00 10 TBC 00 11 TBC 00 12 TBC 00 13 TBC 00 14 TBC 00 15 TBC 00 16 TBC 00 17 TBC 00 18 TBC 00 19 TBC 00 20 TBC 00 21 TBC 00 22 TBC 00 23 TBC 00 24 TBC 00 25 TBC 00 26 TBC 00 27 TBC 00 28 TBC 00 29 TBC 00 30 TBC 00 Pos Driver SMR BAH AUS SAU AZE GER ESP CAN GBR HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN UAE BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

Preceded by: 2021

GPVWC Formula Sprint 1 season 2022

Succeeded by: 2023