2021 Superleague Lights season
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| Competition | Superleague Lights |
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| Title Sponsor | N/A |
| Platform Used |  rFactor 2
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| 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 | 70 |
| Teams | 15 |
| Drivers' Champion |  Matthew Williams
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| Teams' Champion |  Pescara ADG
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| Superleague Lights Seasons | |
| 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 . 2024 | |
| GPVWC series in 2021 |
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| Career Ladder |
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Superleague |
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 promotion of Mayor Downard Racing Team and Powered by RSR, plus the withdrawal TG Racing Esports and CM-Tech over the winter, Zedderick Racing enters the 2021 season as the highest-placed team left from 2020.
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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.
Team changes
- Cenobite Motorsports, MDR and Powered by RSR were all promoted up to Superleague for the 2021 season. TG Racing Esports had also been promoted to Superleague for 2021 but pulled out of the Career Ladder before the start of the season, leading to their place being taken by RSR.
- Cosmo Powerworks resumed under its original management and re-entered the championship after spending the 2020 season in the Superleague run by YTF1 management as Cosmo Team YTF1.
- TCS Off Racing, Scuderia Clay Kap were dropped down to Formula Challenge after the 2020 season.
- CM-Tech Racing, Draig Racing and Fusion Racing all withdrew from GPVWC after the end of the 2020 season.
Name changes
- MouseOne Racing changed their name to Revo Racing for the 2021 season.
- Cosmo Team YTF1 changed their name to Cosmo PowerWorks for the 2021 season.
New entries
- HM Engineering, Razor GP, V12 Crossfire, PLS Racing Team , and the reigning FC and SC champions Neptune Simracing and Pescara ADG were all promoted from Supercup for the SLL 2021 season.
- HG Esports Bluebolt entered the 2021 season as a new team. The team previously had worked together with TTF Racing for the 2020 Superleague Lights campaign.
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 | |
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| GMT | BST | |||
| 1 |  Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne
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9th of March | 19:00 | —
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| 2 |  Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
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23rd of March | 19:00 | —
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| 3 |  Shanghai International Circuit , China
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6th of April | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 4 |  Buddh International Circuit, India
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20th of April | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 5 |  Baku City Circuit, Baku
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4th of May | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 6 |  Redbull Ring, Spielberg
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18th of May | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 7 |  Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal
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1st of June | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 8 |  Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire
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15th of June | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 9 |  Hockenheimring, Hockenheim
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29th of June | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 10 |  Magny Cours, Magny Cours
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13th of July | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 11 |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa
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27th of July | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 12 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza
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24th of August | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 13 |  Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore
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7th of September | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 14 |  Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka
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21th of September | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 15 |  Circuit of the Americas, Austin
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5th of October | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 16 |  Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo
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19th of October | 18:00 | 19:00 |
Testing
The 2021 testing schedule is as follows:
| Test | Date | Venue |
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| Preseason Test #1 | 9th February | Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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| Preseason Test #2 | 23th February |  Buriram International Circuit
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Calendar changes
- The Dutch, Turkish and Russian Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.
- The Chinese, Indian and Austrian Grands Prix were reintroduced.
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