2016 Formula Challenge season

2016 Formula Challenge season

Competition	Formula Challenge
Title Sponsor	VBMotorsport
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	18
Mod Used	Williams JPH1B FIA F2
Carshape
Engine Supplier(s)	Valiant
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Formula Challenge Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019· 2020 · 2021

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 Formula Challenge season will be the 5th GPVWC Formula Challenge season.

Teams and drivers

The amount of team slots was reduced from 20 to 15 for the 2015 season, co-inciding with the move to rFactor 2 for the 2016 Career Ladder series.

Formula Challenge Team	Team Owner	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Armaroli Racing Team	Dethan Rootring	Armaroli	FC-016	G	81	Marcos Riffel		n/a
					82	Stephane Rouault
Arrow International Racing	Sam Jones	AIR	FC-016	G	74	TBC		n/a
					95	TBC
BackMarker Brigade	Simon Smith	BMB	FC-016	G	91	TBC		n/a
					92	TBC
Scuderia Basilea	David Jundt	Basilea	FC-016	G	79	TBC		n/a
					89	TBC
Bastvik Grand Prix	Mikael Tuomaala	Bastvik	FC-016	G	70	TBC		n/a
					71	TBC
Cosmo Autosport	Joshua Anderson	Cosmo	FC-016	G	39	TBC		n/a
					53	TBC
Draig Racing	Ben Willis	Draig	FC-016	G	34	TBC		n/a
					35	TBC
Epic Racing	Lee Davidson	Epic	FC-016	G	38	TBC		n/a
					49	TBC
EVAL Simracing Team	Argo Teder	EVAL	FC-016	G	TBC	Hannes Ross		n/a
					TBC	Toomas Jõgi
MadCape Racing Team	Xavier de Carvalho	MadCape	FC-016	G	61	TBC		n/a
					62	TBC
Magenta WRT	Alexander van der Woude	MWRT	FC-016	G	TBC	Alexander van der Woude		n/a
					TBC	Nicolas Hillebrand
Sportscar Driving Evolution	Tsumasaki Sentan	SDEv	FC-016	G	TBC	TBC		n/a
					TBC	TBC
Tēafor Motorsport	Quintin Plane	Tēafor	FC-016	G	TBC	TBC		n/a
					TBC	TBC
YTF1	Matthew Allington	YTF1	FC-016	G	36	TBC		n/a
					72	TBC
Zedderick Racing	Doug Hilliard	Zedderick	FC-016	G	85	TBC		n/a
					86	TBC

Team changes

• Ice Cold Racing, Team Proline, Centurion Grand Prix, Karjala Racing and Racing Team Schroten were all promoted to the Supercup.
• Deltec Racing Team completed their merger with the Armaroli Racing Team would race under the latter name and with Brazilian nationality in the 2016 season.
• Dogecoin Racing, Downforce iZone Racing, Katana Motorsports, Triple Twenty and Viking Racing all did not continue into the 2016 season.

New entries

• EVAL Simracing Team, Magenta WRT, Sportscar Driving Evolution and Tēafor Motorsport are all rookies to the career ladder in the 2016 season.

2016 Calendar

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

Calendar changes

• The Portuguese and Singapore Grands Prix were both removed from the calendar
• The calendar was extended to 18 events seeing the return of the Mexican and Dutch Grands Prix for the first time since the series' inaugural season in 2012 whilst also seeing the first running of the Russian Grand Prix.

See also

Preceded by: 2015 Formula Challenge season

GPVWC Formula Challenge season 2016

Succeeded by: 2017 Formula Challenge season