2012 Superleague season

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2012 Superleague season
GPVWC logo 2010.gif
Competition Superleague
Title Sponsor N/A
Platform Used RFactor.png rFactor v1.255
Rounds 18
Mod base Custom (Based on F1RFT 2011)
Carshape base F1 2011 (F1RFT)
Engine Supplier(s) TBC
Tyre Supplier(s) Pirelli
Drivers
Teams 13
Drivers' Champion TBC
Teams' Champion TBC
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The 2012 Superleague season will be the 13th GPVWC Superleague season.

Changes for 2012

The calendar will be reduced to 18 events in order to allow races to be spaced two weeks: this will guarantee enough time to devote an increased amount of coverage to the events, teams and drivers to step up the media offer of the GPVWC. In turn, this will increase the relevance and importance of each event in this championship.

A new area will be introduced in the R&D system - fuel efficiency. As different engines have far different fuel consumption rates, teams will be able to devote some RD energies to improving theirs in an attempt to give their drivers an extra advantage come race day. In addition, fuel efficiency values will be made known to managers when bidding for engines - one more factor to keep into account when making a balanced choice.

The biggest new feature of 2012, however, is going to be the GPVWC Team Personnel. In the GPVWC, No Team wins Alone. Teams will be able to hire key personnel members before the start of the season - namely the Chief Designer, the Commercial Manager and the Chief Mechanic. Each individual, for whom teams will need to outbid their rivals, possess hidden statistics relative to his quality - statistics that will be only partially disclosed to the teams. Each of their abilities will have a repercussion on the team's ability to improve certain areas.

The Chief Designer will improve R&D by decreasing (or increasing!) the number of RD points necessary for any given update, or the time needed to develop it. Each Designer will have some strong points and weak points in any of the areas, and will thus influence the way a car is developed. The Commercial Manager will be able to lower the marketing requirements needed when seeking sponsors and/or increase the amount of money the latter bring in. The Chief Mechanic, finally, will influence the speed of the team's pitstops and the likeliness of problems/random delays appearing.

The GPVWC Team Personnel will be a key to success in 2012 as teams will need to balance their budgets to hire the best and most affordable individuals in their bid for Championship glory: as in real life, having a solid team behind the driver can contribute to winning or losing a title! This is the first step towards a more detailed personnel system which will involve, in future seasons, the possibility to assign increasing numbers of staff (of different quality) to your department Chiefs and to develop structures to enable your team to produce better, faster R&D.

Finally, the 2012 season will see the introduction of a new in-season testing system - tests will be reduced in length to two hours, the maximum number of laps will be lowered to 40 and each lap will yield more RD points. Furthermore, the number of in-season tests will be reduced to two - one in the early stages of the season and one halfway through it - with more importance given to Free Practice.

Pre-season

The pre-season schedule is as follows:

  • 09-Jan Contracts open
  • 16-Jan Personnel Bids Round 1
  • 19-Jan Personnel Bids Round 2
  • 23-Jan Sponsors Bids Round 1
  • 26-Jan Sponsors Bids Round 2
  • 30-Jan Engine Bids Round 1
  • 02-Feb Engine Bids Round 2
  • 09-Feb Pre-Season Testing #1
  • 16-Feb Pre-Season Testing #2
  • 23-Feb Pre-Season Testing #3
  • 01-Mar Pre-Season Testing #4

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2012 participation.

Superleague Team Base Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No. Race Drivers Rounds Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Italy Nordsjøen Racing Wales Cardiff, Wales Nordsjoen NR005 Mercedes FO-108Y P 1 Malta Joe Consiglio England Adam Rouse

England Ben Warren

2 Estonia Pavel Loknovski
Greece Red Archer Virtual Racing Team Greece Rethymno, Greece Red Archer P 3 Switzerland David Jundt England Dale Stones

Greece Nikos Evangelidakis

4 Finland Janne Tanskanen
Wales Draig Racing Wales Hirwaun, Wales Draig P 5 England Lee Morris
6 Scotland Ryan Walker
England Midnight Motorsport England Manchester, England Midnight MM-02 Ferrari 056 P 7 England Nick Rowland England Alex Cooper

England Simon Melhuish

8 Germany Lukas Euler
England Woods Racing England Croydon, England Woods Honda RA812E P 9 Ireland Kieran Ryan South Africa Boyd Bryson

Romania Dan Rusu

10 England Tom Parker
England Hawkeye Racing England Kendal, England Hawkeye P 11 Belgium Bart De Vos England Ric Scott
12 England Lewis Redshaw
Northern Ireland Synergetic Motorsport Northern Ireland Belfast, Northern Ireland Synergetic Toyota RVX-12 P 14 England Liam Hatchell Scotland Jon MacLean

Greece Georgios Davakos

15 England Ojay Clark
England Constant Racing England St.Helens, England Constant P 16 England Mark Stanton Italy William Ponissi

Finland Teemu Toikka

17 England David Stanton
England ST Racing England Chandler's Ford, England ST Racing P 18 England Tom Eley England Scott Bennett
19 England Mark Fuller
Wales Red 5 Racing Wales Aberdare, Wales Red 5 Ferrari 056B P 20 Wales Ben Morgan Australia William Tringas
21 Wales Gavin Thomas
England Nijo Racing England Nantwich, England Nijo P 22 Netherlands Abdel Damghi England Chris Williamson
23 Netherlands Ruud Heesterbeek
England Kernow Sport England St.Austell, England Kernow P 24 England Mark Wicks Norway Jarl Teien

Ireland Philip Cullen

25 England Simon Cattell
Germany Green Stripes Racing Germany Muehlen, Germany Green Stripes BMW P867 P 26 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein England Chris Allen

England Dave Carr-Smith

27 England Matt Clipp

2012 Calendar

Round Race Title Grand Prix Circuit Conditions Mod Date Time
Track time GMT
1 Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 8th March  ??? 19:00
2 Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 22nd March  ??? 19:00
3 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 5th April  ??? 19:00
4 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungarian GP Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 19th April  ??? 19:00
5 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish GP Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 3rd May  ??? 19:00
6 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco GP Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 17th May  ??? 19:00
7 Canadian Grand Prix Canadian GP Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 31st May  ??? 19:00
8 Korean Grand Prix Korean GP South Korea Korean International Circuit, Yeongam Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 14th June  ??? 19:00
9 Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Turkey Istanbul Park, Istanbul Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 28th June  ??? 19:00
10 British Grand Prix British GP United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 12th July  ??? 19:00
11 Italian Grand Prix Italian GP Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 26th July  ??? 19:00
12 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 9th August  ??? 19:00
13 Dutch Grand Prix Dutch GP Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 23rd August  ??? 19:00
14 Indian Grand Prix Indian GP India Buddh International Circuit Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 6th September  ??? 19:00
15 United States Grand Prix United States GP United States TBA Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 20th September  ??? 19:00
16 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian GP Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 4th October  ??? 19:00
17 Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 18th October  ??? 19:00
18 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore GP Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore Sunny.png Sunny RFactor.png rFactor v1255 1st November  ??? 19:00

Changes

  • The calendar has been reduced to just 18 Grand Prix for 2012 - 2 less than the previous season.

Rule changes

Qualifying

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd. Grands Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning constructor Report
1 Australia Australian Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
2 China Chinese Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
3 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
4 Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
5 Spain Spanish Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
6 Monaco Monaco Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
7 Canada Canadian Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
8 South Korea Korean Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
9 Turkey Turkish Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
10 United Kingdom British Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
11 Italy Italian Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
12 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
13 Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
14 India Indian Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
15 United States United States Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
16 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
17 Japan Japanese Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report
18 Singapore Singapore Grand Prix    
(-)
    Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers standings

Pos Driver AUS
Australia
CHN
China
UAE
United Arab Emirates
HUN
Hungary
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
KOR
South Korea
TUR
Turkey
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
NED
Netherlands
IND
India
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
JPN
Japan
SIN
Singapore
Points
1 Malta Joe Consiglio 0
2 Estonia Pavel Loknovski 0
3 Switzerland David Jundt 0
4 Finland Janne Tanskanen 0
5 England Lee Morris 0
6 Scotland Ryan Walker 0
7 England Nick Rowland 0
8 Germany Lukas Euler 0
9 Ireland Kieran Ryan 0
10 England Tom Parker 0
11 Belgium Bart De Vos 0
12 England Lewis Redshaw 0
13 England Liam Hatchell 0
14 England Ojay Clark 0
15 England Mark Stanton 0
16 England David Stanton 0
17 England Tom Eley 0
18 England Mark Fuller 0
19 Wales Ben Morgan 0
20 Wales Gavin Thomas 0
21 Netherlands Abdel Damghi 0
22 Netherlands Ruud Heesterbeek 0
23 England Mark Wicks 0
24 England Simon Cattell 0
25 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein 0
26 England Matt Clipp 0
Pos Driver AUS
Australia
CHN
China
UAE
United Arab Emirates
HUN
Hungary
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
KOR
South Korea
TUR
Turkey
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
NED
Netherlands
IND
India
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
JPN
Japan
SIN
Singapore
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

Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Constructors standings

Pos Constructor Car
No.
AUS
Australia
CHN
China
UAE
United Arab Emirates
HUN
Hungary
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
KOR
South Korea
TUR
Turkey
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
NED
Netherlands
IND
India
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
JPN
Japan
SIN
Singapore
Points
1 Greece Red-Archer-TBC 3 0
4
2 Italy Nordsjoen-TBC 1 0
2
3 Wales Draig-TBC 5 0
6
4 England Midnight-TBC 7 0
8
5 England Woods-TBC 9 0
10
6 England Hawkeye-TBC 11 0
12
7 Northern Ireland Synergetic-TBC 14 0
15
8 England Constant-TBC 16 0
17
9 England ST-TBC 18 0
19
10 Wales Red 5-TBC 20 0
21
11 England Nijo-TBC 22 0
21
12 England Kernow-TBC 24 0
25
13 Germany Green Stripes-TBC 26 0
27
Pos Constructor Car
No.
AUS
Australia
CHN
China
UAE
United Arab Emirates
HUN
Hungary
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
KOR
South Korea
TUR
Turkey
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
NED
Netherlands
IND
India
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
JPN
Japan
SIN
Singapore
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

Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


Preceded by:
2011 Superleague season
2012 Superleague season
2012
Succeeded by:
Current Season