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2019 Formula Challenge season

Competition	Formula Challenge
Title Sponsor	TBA
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	16
Mod Used	TBA
Carshape	TBA
Engine Supplier(s)	TBA
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers	TBD
Teams	TBD
Drivers' Champion	TBD
Teams' Champion	TBD
Formula Challenge Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019· 2020 · 2021

The 2019 Formula Challenge season will be the 8th GPVWC Formula Challenge season.

Teams and drivers

Formula Challenge Team	Team Owner	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
TSA Racing with Apex	Cameron Brewster Stefan McCready	TSA Apex	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD
Crossfire Competition	David Carter	Crossfire	FC-019	G	TBC	Menno Klont		George Whitehouse
					TBC	Craig Patterson
Drillers Motorsport	Joey Vrolijk	Drillers	FC-019	G	TBC	Sandeep Chodha		TBD
					TBC	TBD
DriveGameSeat RT	Tilen Horvat	DGS	FC-019	G	TBC	Simone Iennaco		TBD
					TBC	Francesco Morante
Fair Racing Team	TBD	FRT	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD
GOTeam Racing	Oliver Silva	GOTeam	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD
GPVWC Academy	Menno Klont	GPVWC	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD
KC Racing Esports	Keith Camilleri	KC Racing	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD
Kellamity MTR	Dan Kell Matt Richards	Kellamity MTR	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD
MouseOne Racing	TBD	MouseOne	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD
Orimila Grand Prix	David Rodriguez	Orimila	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD
Positive Energy Racing	TBD	Positive Energy	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD
PZZW Racing Team	TBD	PZZW	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD
Santen Motorsports	TBD	Santen	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD
World of Simracing Team	TBD	WSR	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD
WSL Racing Team	Mateusz Ziubinski	WSL	FC-019	G	TBC	TBD		TBD
					TBC	TBD

Team changes

Only 3 teams remained from the end of 2018 season; Apex, WSL and the GPVWC Academy team.

• Downforce Racing Team, Shift Gear Racing and Torrent Motorsports were promoted to Supercup for 2019.
• 2018 team champions Red Arrow Racing, Cenobite Motorsport, CM-Tech Racing, TR Motorsport, TTF Racing, Idos Motorsport (temporarily Schubert Motorsport Simracing), STAX Racing, Royal Blue Racing and Mayor Downard RT were all promoted directly to the new second-tier championship (tentatively known as "Superleague-2")
• McKinlay Engineering withdrew from the Career Ladder after 2018.

New entries

• Crossfire Competition, DriveGameSeat Racing Team, Fair Racing Team, GOTeam Racing, KC Racing Esports, Kellamity MTR, MouseOne Racing, Orimila Grand Prix, Positive Energy Racing, PZZW Racing Team, Santen Motorsports and World of Simracing Team all joined at the beginning of 2019.

Returning entries

• Drillers Motorsport, having technically merged with Torrent Motorsports from the 2018 Monaco round onwards, reappeared as a separate entry again in 2019.
• A new partnership announced by Apex in December 2018 saw the team re-branded as TSA Racing With Apex, marking the return of the TSA Racing name to the Career Ladder for the first time since 2015.

Technical changes

• To be confirmed

2019 Calendar

For 2019, the Career Ladder schedule has been radically adjusted, with Formula Challenge races moving from Tuesdays to Wednesday nights; furthermore, Formula Challenge races will now take place the week before the rest of the Career Ladder events.

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Start Time
						Track time	GMT	BST
1	Challenge Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—
2	Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—
3	Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—
4	Challenge Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Azerbaijan GP	Baku City Circuit, Baku	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
5	Challenge Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
6	Challenge Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
7	Challenge Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park , Turkey	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
8	Challenge Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
9	Challenge British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
10	Challenge German Grand Prix	German GP	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
11	Challenge Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
12	Challenge Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
13	Challenge Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
14	Challenge Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
15	Challenge United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
16	Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—

Testing

The 2019 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test	TBC	TBD

Calendar changes

The 2019 calendar was reduced from 18 down to 16 rounds.

• The Chinese, French, Austrian, Hungarian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.
• The Malaysian, Bahrain and Turkish Grands Prix made a return after a gap of four and two seasons absent respectively.