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2016 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	Stormcharge
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	18
Mod base	Custom
Carshape base	F1 Based
Engine Supplier(s)	Martex, Potentia, Trinity, Valiant
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers	-
Teams	13
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
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The 2016 Superleague season will be the 17th GPVWC Superleague season. Philipp Puschke enters the season as defending Drivers' Champion. CSG Racing, the reigning Constructors' Champions, elected against defending their title.

The 2016 Superleague Spotters guide

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2016 participation.

Superleague Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	E16E	Valiant VA16 V6	G	4	Eros Masciulli		Lars Brugman
						69	Michael Francesconi
Green Stripes Racing	Niedersachsen, Germany	GSR	GSR-16	Valiant VA16 V6	G	11	Ben Horrill		Ben Willis
						20	Dewald Nel
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye	RS-16	Valiant VA16 V6	G	2	Marcos Riffel		Stephane Rouault
						3	Phil Perkins
Kernow Sport	St.Austell, England	Kernow	MW5	Potentia 04 V6	G	12	Bart De Vos		Sven de Vries Mark Wicks
						83	Daniel Brewer
SimCraft Midnight Motorsport 1	Manchester, England	Midnight	MM-06	Potentia 04 V6	G	7	Tom Parker		Nick Rowland
						25	Rudy van Buren
Nijo Racing	Nantwich, England	Nijo	NR-16	Valiant VA16 V6	G	5	Joonas Raivio		Thomas Hinss Terence Grech Chris Williamson
						10	Juha Mäki-Jouppi
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, Wales	Nordsjøen	NR009	Martex MX-04 V6	G	19	David Fidock		David Jundt
						27	Florian Geier
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer	RA216	Valiant VA16 V6	G	6	Michael Teichmann		Mark Hutchinson
						21	Fran Lopez
Storm Racing Team	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Storm	S-One	Valiant VA16 V6	G	75	Adrian McNaughton		Tobias Olsson
						80	Emanuel Gaczella
Torrent Motorsports 2	Columbus, OH, United States	Torrent	TMo-4	Potentia 04 V6	G	88	Jordan Weekes		Petter Kaasa
						99	Mindaugas Klumbis
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	VBMP16	Valiant VA16 V6	G	1 14	Philipp Puschke		David Francic Risto Kappet
						15	Agustin Canapino
Wauters Automotive	Tielrode, Belgium	Wauters	WA-04T	Potentia 04 V6	G	30	Alex Cooper		Niels Brugman
						33	Pedro Melim
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	WR16a	Trinity TRIN004 V6	G	8	Lewis Redshaw		Menno Klont
						9	Roy Schroten

• ¹ Midnight Motorsport withdrew from the series after the Monaco round. Production of the Potentia engine supply was assumed by Wauters Automotive until the end of the season.
• ² Torrent Motorsports withdrew from the series after the Silverstone round.

Team changes

• CSG Racing, the reigning Constructors' Champions, were initially included on the entry list for the 2016 season. However, the team elected to withdraw from the Superleague prior to the start of the season.
• Phoenix F1 chose not to apply for the 2016 season. With the relegation system introduced at the end of 2014 in place, the team would have been demoted to Supercup had they chosen to continue in the Career Ladder.
• Target Racing did not continue in the Superleague, having competed in only the first seven rounds of the 2015 season.

New entries

• Wauters Automotive and Storm Racing Team were both promoted from the Supercup.

2016 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Start Time
						Track time	GMT	BST
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	25th February	14:00	19:00	—
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	10th March	18:00	19:00	—
3	Russian Grand Prix	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBC	24th March	14:00	19:00	—
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	7th April	14:00	18:00	19:00
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	21st April	14:00	18:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	5th May	14:00	18:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	19th May	14:00	18:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	2nd June	14:00	18:00	19:00
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	16th June	14:00	18:00	19:00
10	Dutch Grand Prix	Dutch GP	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	TBC	30th June	14:00	18:00	19:00
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	14th July	14:00	18:00	19:00
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	28th July	14:00	18:00	19:00
13	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	1st September	14:00	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	15th September	14:00	18:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	29th September	17:00	18:00	19:00
16	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	13th October	14:00	18:00	19:00
17	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	TBC	27th October	14:00	18:00	19:00
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	10th November	14:00	19:00	—

Testing

The 2016 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Pre-Season Test 1	28th January	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
Pre-Season Test 2	4th February	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim
Pre-Season Test 3	11th February	Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia
Pre-Season Test 4	18th February	Dubai Autodrome, Dubailand

Calendar changes

• The Portuguese and Singapore Grands Prix were both removed from the calendar
• The calendar was extended to 18 races seeing the return of the Dutch and Mexican Grands Prix after a 3 and 4 year absence respectively whilst also seeing the first running of the Russian Grand Prix.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Rudy van Buren (1:30.452)	Mindaugas Klumbis (1:31.905)	Rudy van Buren	Midnight-Potentia	Report
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Emanuel Gaczella1 (1:35.210)	Tom Parker (1:35.876)	Mindaugas Klumbis	Torrent-Potentia	Report
3	Russian Grand Prix	Eros Masciulli (1:41.329)	Rudy van Buren (1:42.323)	Eros Masciulli	Edonis-Valiant	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	David Fidock (1:24.430)	Emanuel Gaczella (1:25.109)	David Fidock	Nordsjoen-Martex	Report
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Philipp Puschke (1:31.265)	Eros Masciulli (1:32.419)	Eros Masciulli	Edonis-Valiant	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Rudy van Buren (1:13.481)	Emanuel Gaczella (1:14.586)	Rudy van Buren	Midnight-Potentia	Report
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Philipp Puschke (1:16.105)	Eros Masciulli (1:17.989)	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant	Report
8	British Grand Prix	Emanuel Gaczella (1:35.908)	Eros Masciulli (1:36.600)	Emanuel Gaczella	Storm-Valiant	Report
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Michael Francesconi (1:08.628)	Philipp Puschke (1:09.852)	Michael Francesconi	Edonis-Valiant	Report
10	German Grand Prix	Daniel Brewer (1:16.899)	David Fidock (1:17.955)	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant	Report
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Michael Francesconi (1:21.705)	Michael Francesconi (1:22.666)	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant	Report
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Eros Masciulli (1:50.010)	Florian Geier (1:50.818)	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	Eros Masciulli (1:24.371)	Michael Francesconi (1:25.495)	Florian Geier	Nordsjoen-Martex	Report
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Eros Masciulli (1:35.448)	Eros Masciulli (1:43.566)	Eros Masciulli	Edonis-Valiant	Report
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	David Fidock (1:41.330)	Emanuel Gaczella (1:43.132)	David Fidock	Nordsjoen-Martex	Report
16	United States Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
17	Mexican Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	()	()		-	Report

• ¹ Due to a track extension offence for not only Emanuel Gaczella but many others, though the Romanian achieved pole position it would be Agustin Canapino who started from P1.

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Drivers' Table

Pos Driver AUS BAH RUS ESP TUR MON CAN GBR AUT GER HUN BEL ITA JPN UAE USA MEX BRA Points 1 David Fidock 3 2 7 1 5 6 2 3 2 6 5 3 4 197 2 Eros Masciulli 8 1 2 1 3 3 5 14 3 2 2 3 195 3 Philipp Puschke 11 3 3 2 1 2 7 1 1 1 186 4 Michael Francesconi 9 9 12 4 6 2 10 10 1 2 3 9 5 152 5 Florian Geier 18 5 3 5 11 11 6 7 5 4 6 7 1 135 6 Emanuel Gaczella 5 7 5 6 7 4 Ret 1 6 5 7 7 11 133 7 Mindaugas Klumbis 8 1 Ret 8 3 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 4 5 2 118 8 Lewis Redshaw 2 11 2 9 4 5 7 4 8 Ret 15 9 114 9 Bart De Vos 10 13 6 10 8 7 8 Ret 6 60 10 Rudy van Buren 1 Ret 18† 7 1 59 11 Daniel Brewer Ret 21† 10 5 6 3 Ret Ret 4 Ret 56 12 Adrian McNaughton 20 15 16 12 19 9 15 9 8 10 9 14 Ret 43 13 Tom Parker 7 6 10 16† 11 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 35 14 Ben Horrill 14 14 4 18† 15 12 Ret 16 11 Ret Ret 8 34 15 Gergo Baldi 10 15 14† 12 9 11 8 Ret 33 16 Alex Cooper 6 9 11 9 29 17 Risto Kappet 8 Ret 10 4 27 18 Agustin Canapino 4 4 19† Ret Ret 26 19 David Francic 4 7 22 20 Sven de Vries 12 Ret 8 9 19 21 Daniel Benefield 15 18 Ret 9 Ret 16 15 8 Ret 17 22 Roy Schroten Ret 16 14 Ret Ret 17 Ret 13 10 10 17 23 Douwe Tapper 14 15 13 10 13 15 24 Pedro Melim 13 Ret 15 13 12 13 15 15 25 Deividas Misiulis 11 13 15 Ret 13 12 26 Mark Hutchinson 13 13 13 14 11 27 Niels Brugman 12 11 Ret 9 28 Fran Lopez 19 Ret DSQ 12 12 Ret 8 29 Adam Maguire 10 Ret Ret 6 30 Wopke Hoekstra 18 12 14 6 31 Dewald Nel 17 18 11 Ret 16 Ret 5 32 Thomas Hinss 12 15 4 33 Pedro Gomes 12 20† 4 34 Jason Muscat 12 4 35 Tobias Olsson Ret 12 4 36 Menno Klont 14 14 18 4 37 Phil Perkins 23 17 14 Ret Ret Ret 2 38 Niranjan Kumar 14 2 39 Jordan Weekes 15 Ret Ret 17† Ret Ret Ret 1 40 Morten Wernersen 16 Ret Ret Ret 17 16 Ret 0 41 Joonas Raivio 16 Ret 23† Ret Ret 0 42 Ben Willis 17 16 0 43 Tom van der Voort 17 0 44 Lee Morris 17 0 45 Aidan Polson 21 Ret 0 46 Juha Maki-Jouppi 22† Ret DNS 0 47 Michael Teichmann Ret Ret 22† Ret Ret 0 48 Lars Brugman Ret 0 49 Nick Rowland Ret 19† 0 50 Marius Nicolae Ret 0 51 Gerrit de Vries Ret 0 52 Mike Kwint Ret 0 53 Bence Zsupanek Ret 0 Pos Driver AUS BAH RUS ESP TUR MON CAN GBR AUT GER HUN BEL ITA JPN UAE USA MEX BRA Points

Constructors' standings

Pos Constructor Car No. AUS BAH RUS ESP TUR MON CAN GBR AUT GER HUN BEL ITA JPN UAE USA MEX BRA Points 1 Edonis-Valiant 4 Ret 8 1 2 1 3 3 5 14 3 2 2 3 347 69 9 9 12 4 6 2 10 10 1 2 3 9 5 2 Nordsjoen-Martex 19 3 2 7 1 5 6 2 3 2 6 5 3 4 332 27 18 5 3 5 11 11 6 7 5 4 6 7 1 3 Vod:Bul-Valiant 1/14 11 3 8 3 2 10 1 2 7 1 1 1 7 314 15 4 4 19† Ret Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 7 4 5 2 4 Storm-Valiant 75 20 15 16 12 19 9 15 9 8 10 9 14 Ret 176 80 5 7 5 6 7 4 Ret 1 6 5 7 7 11 5 Woods-Trinity 8 2 11 2 9 4 5 7 14 4 8 Ret 15 9 135 9 Ret 16 Ret 14 Ret 14 Ret 17 Ret 18 13 10 10 6 Kernow-Potentia 12 10 13 6 10 8 7 8 8 Ret 9 DNS Ret 6 135 83 12 Ret 21† Ret 10 17 5 6 3 Ret Ret 4 Ret 7 Wauters-Potentia 30 6 10 9 11 9 15 14† 12 9 11 8 Ret Ret 86 33 13 Ret 15 13 12 12 13 15 Ret DNS 11 DNS 15 8 Midnight-Potentia 7 7 6 10 16† Ret 19† WD EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX 84 25 1 Ret 18† 7 17 1 WD EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX 9 Torrent-Potentia 88 15 Ret Ret 17† Ret Ret Ret DNS WD EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX 66 99 8 1 Ret 8 3 8 Ret DNS WD EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX 10 Green Stripes-Valiant 11 14 14 4 18† 15 13 Ret 16 11 16 Ret Ret 8 49 20 17 18 11 Ret 16 11 Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Red Archer-Valiant 6 Ret Ret 22† Ret 13 Ret 11 13 10 Ret 15 8 Ret 47 21 19 Ret 13 15 18 Ret 9 Ret 13 12 14 12 Ret 12 Nijo-Valiant 5 16 Ret 23† DNS Ret DSQ Ret DNS 13 15 10 Ret 13 32 10 22† Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 12 DNS 15 13 12 13 12 13 Hawkeye-Valiant 2 21 12 20† Ret 14 DNS Ret Ret Ret 17 16 Ret DNS 16 3 23 17 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 12 14 DNS Ret 14 Pos Constructor Car No. AUS BAH RUS ESP TUR MON CAN GBR AUT GER HUN BEL ITA JPN UAE USA MEX 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

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.