2020 Superleague season

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2020 Superleague season
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Competition Superleague
Title Sponsor
Platform Used 397rFactor2.png rFactor 2
Rounds 16
Mod base GPVWC CL modular
Carshape base F1 based
Engine Supplier(s) Valiant, Quasar, Reventón 1600cc turbocharged V6
Tyre Supplier(s) GPVWC brand G
Drivers
Teams 15
Drivers' Champion Ireland Adam Maguire
Teams' Champion Netherlands Edonis Engineering
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The 2020 Superleague season will be the 21st GPVWC Superleague season. Jannick Bock enters the season as defending Drivers' Champion, and Evolution Motorsports as the reigning Constructors' Champions.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are due to compete in the 2020 season. All teams use GPVWC brand tyres. As of December 2019, all car numbers are still subject to change.

Entrant Constructor Base Chassis Power unit Race Drivers Test/Reserve Driver(s)
No. Driver Name Rounds
Germany Evolution Motorsports EvolutionQuasar

Germany Kirchhain

EMR-03* Quasar QSR-03 15 Germany Jannick Bock 1-8 Germany Alex Siebel
27 Germany Dennis Jordan 1-8
England Abruzzi Esports AbruzziValiant

England Liverpool

ABMP-20* Valiant VA20 5 Italy Cristian Pasqual 1-4 England Mike Bell
Hungary Daniel Cziranku
Italy Giuseppe Ragusa 5-8
14 Italy Fabrizio Gobbi 1-8
Greece Red Archer Virtual Racing Team Red ArcherQuasar

Greece Rethymnos

RA220* Quasar QSR-03 70 Estonia Rait Kilk 1-8 England Chris Shepherd
76 Germany Matthias Muuss 1-8
Belgium Edge Esports EdgeQuasar

Belgium Zolder

EE03-SLQ* Quasar QSR-03 91 England Daniel Brewer 1-8 England Jack Mayor
96 Poland Maciej Mlynek 1-8
Netherlands Flag-to-Flag SimRacing FTFReventón

England Guildford

F20-SL* Reventón RE-02 32 England Matthew Williams 1-7 Scotland Cameron Rodger
Spain Sergi Heras 8
57 Scotland Cameron Rodger 1-3
Ireland Luke Maguire 4-6, 8
Spain Sergi Heras 7
Switzerland
Scuderia Basilea
Burst Basilea Quasar
Switzerland
Binningen
JPS2 Quasar QSR-03 66 Slovenia Jernej Simoncic 1-6, 8
Switzerland
David Jundt
Poland Dawid Mroczek 7
89 Sweden Robin Pansar 1-8
Netherlands Pescara Edonis Engineering EdonisReventón

Italy Pescara

E20E* Reventón RE-02 4 Ireland Adam Maguire 1-8 Netherlands Menno Klont
Netherlands Liam de Waal
7 Italy Eros Masciulli 1-7
Netherlands Liam de Waal 8
Germany Green Stripes Racing Green StripesReventón

Germany Niedersachsen

GSR-20* Reventón RE-02 11 Italy Mirko Lucchini 1-8 England Ben Horrill
77 England Alex Cooper 1-5
Italy Alessandro Fantinati 7-8
South Africa MadCape Racing Team MadCapeQuasar

South Africa Cape Town

MSL-020* Quasar QSR-03 19 Sweden Tobias Olsson 1-2 Italy Alessandro Ottaviani
England Ryan Elliott
Ireland Luke Maguire 3
Sweden Michael Haflidason 4
Austria Fabio Sixta 6-8
21 Netherlands Danny van der Niet 1-3
Germany Lukas Kreuzer 6
Germany Vincent Gutt 7-8
Australia Streetfighter Racing Systems SRSReventón

Australia Sydney

SRS-20* Reventón RE-02 12 Germany Florian Geier 1-2, 4, 6 Netherlands Ruben Van den Hudding
Netherlands Ruben Van den Hudding 5
Italy Giuseppe Saracino 8
95 Austria Fabio Sixta 2-4
England Alex Cooper 6-8
England Red Arrow Racing Red ArrowReventón

England England

RA-004 Reventón RE-02 10 England David Fidock 1-8 England George Sutton
65 England Chris Butcher 1-6
England George Sutton 7-8
Japan Cosmo Team YTF1 CosmoReventón

England Bath

220C Reventón RE-02 6 Finland Alari Algpeus 1-3 India Sandeep Singh
India Sandeep Singh 4-7
United States Sven de Vries 8
9 Italy Germano Zappala 1-8
Netherlands Holland Racing Team HRTReventón

Netherlands Alkmaar

TBC Reventón RE-02 8 Belgium Laurent Keersmaekers 1-8 Germany Jannis Wollborn
86 Netherlands Stéphane Rouault 1-8
New Zealand GhostSpeed Racing Team GhostSpeedReventón

Australia Australia

TBD Reventón RE-02 71 New Zealand Tom Satherley 1-4 England George Whitehouse
Argentina Agustin Canapino 6-8
98 Italy Luca D'Amelio 1, 4-5
Finland Jukkapekka Lalu 2-3
England George Whitehouse 6-7
Italy Eros Masciulli 8

*Name is speculative pending confirmation

Team changes

Mid-season changes

  • Prior to the Canadian Grand Prix, MadCape Racing Team came under new management: that of the former Epic Racing Team. The team continued to compete under the MadCape name for the duration of the 2020 season.

New entries

  • Chaos Engineering, Cosmo Seiki Japan, Holland Racing Team and reigning champions Red Arrow Racing were all promoted from Superleague Lights.
  • Despite appearing on the grid since 2018 as part of the now-reversed merger with Vod:Bul Racing, Avid Chronic Racing initially reappeared as an entirely new, separate entity in 2020, before withdrawing their entry prior to the start of the season.
  • Shortly before the beginning of the season, both Chaos Engineering and Cosmo Seiki Japan withdrew from the competition, but both of their entries came under new management and were able to compete in the season. Cosmo's entry came under the management of YTF1, who had initally withdrawn from Superleague at the end of 2019: the team was rebranded as Cosmo Team YTF1 and the team's base moved to YTF1's HQ in England. Chaos Engineering's entry was taken over by Ghostspeed Racing Team, marking the New Zealand-based team's GPVWC debut.

Driver changes

Mid-season changes


Technical changes

  • The number of tyre compounds available during the season was reduced from 5 to 3. As a consequence, teams no longer had to choose which three of the tyre compounds they could use at each Grand Prix.

2020 Calendar

The 2020 calendar follows the 16-round limit introduced in 2019.

Round Grand Prix Circuit Date Start Time
GMT BST
1 Australian Grand Prix Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne TBA 19:00
2 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir TBA 19:00
3 Turkish Grand Prix Turkey Istanbul Park , Turkey TBA 18:00 19:00
4 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest TBA 18:00 19:00
5 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku TBA 18:00 19:00
6 Canadian Grand Prix Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal TBA 18:00 19:00
7 French Grand Prix France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet TBA 18:00 19:00
8 British Grand Prix United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire TBA 18:00 19:00
9 German Grand Prix Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim TBA 18:00 19:00
10 Belgian Grand Prix Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa TBA 18:00 19:00
11 Italian Grand Prix Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza TBA 18:00 19:00
12 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore TBA 18:00 19:00
13 Russian Grand Prix Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi TBA 18:00 19:00
14 Japanese Grand Prix Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka TBA 18:00 19:00
15 United States Grand Prix United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin TBA 18:00 19:00
16 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo TBA 19:00

Testing

The 2020 testing schedule was as follows:

Test Date Venue
Preseason Test #1 13/02 United States Watkins Glen
Preseason Test #2 20/02 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit
Preseason Test #3 27/02 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Preseason Test #4 05/03 Japan Fuji Speedway
Young Driver Test 29/10 United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin

Calendar changes

  • The Malaysian, Spanish and, controversially, Monaco Grands Prix were removed from the calendar. The Malaysian round had only been reintroduced in 2019, while the Spanish Grand Prix had been held, at different venues, since 2002. The Monaco Grand Prix, however, had been held every year since the formation of GPVWC, with the only exception of during the curtailed 2001 season.
  • The Hungarian, French and Russian Grands Prix were reintroduced. The Hungarian and French races were last held in 2018 while Russia had been absent since the end of 2017. The Dutch Grand Prix, last held in 2012, was provisionally set to return to the calendar in 2020 but was replaced by the Hungarian event when issues with the Zandvoort circuit became apparent. This was the second time that a planned reintroduction of the Dutch event was aborted, following the replacement of the proposed 2016 event, at Assen, with the German Grand Prix.

Results and Standings

Grands Prix

Rd. Grands Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning constructor Report
1 Australia Australian Grand Prix Ireland Adam Maguire
(1:21.513)
TBC
(-)
Ireland Adam Maguire Netherlands Edonis–Reventón Report
2 Bahrain Bahrain Grand Prix Ireland Adam Maguire
(1:27.805)
TBC
(-)
Austria Fabio Sixta Australia SRS–Reventón Report
3 Turkey Turkish Grand Prix Ireland Adam Maguire
(1:23.661)
TBC
(-)
Ireland Adam Maguire Netherlands Edonis–Reventón Report
4 Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix Germany Jannick Bock
(1:15.855)
TBC
(-)
Germany Jannick Bock Germany Evolution–Quasar Report
5 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Grand Prix Germany Jannick Bock
(1:39.188)
TBC
(-)
Ireland Adam Maguire Netherlands Edonis–Reventón Report
6 Canada Canadian Grand Prix Italy Fabrizio Gobbi
(1:10.737)
TBC
(-)
Italy Fabrizio Gobbi England Abruzzi–Valiant Report
7 France French Grand Prix England Daniel Brewer
(1:31.398)
TBC
(-)
Germany Jannick Bock Germany Evolution–Quasar Report
8 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Germany Dennis Jordan
(1:27.457)
TBC
(-)
Germany Jannick Bock Germany Evolution–Quasar Report
9 Germany German Grand Prix Slovenia Jernej Simoncic
(1:12.268)
TBC
(-)
Slovenia Jernej Simoncic Switzerland Burst Basilea–Quasar Report
10 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Ireland Adam Maguire
(1:41.115)
TBC
(-)
Germany Dennis Jordan Germany Evolution–Quasar Report
11 Italy Italian Grand Prix Slovenia Jernej Simoncic
(1:19.813)
TBC
(-)
Slovenia Jernej Simoncic Switzerland Burst Basilea–Quasar Report
12 Singapore Singapore Grand Prix Slovenia Jernej Simoncic
(1:36.755)
TBC
(-)
Germany Dennis Jordan Germany Evolution–Quasar Report
13 Russia Russian Grand Prix Slovenia Jernej Simoncic
(1:31.719)
TBC
(-)
Netherlands Liam de Waal Netherlands Edonis–Reventón Report
14 Japan Japanese Grand Prix Slovenia Jernej Simoncic
(1:33.755)
TBC
(-)
Slovenia Jernej Simoncic Switzerland Burst Basilea–Quasar Report
15 United States United States Grand Prix Ireland Adam Maguire
(1:31.545)
TBC
(-)
Ireland Adam Maguire Netherlands Edonis–Reventón Report
16 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix Ireland Adam Maguire
(1:06.555)
TBC
(-)
Italy Germano Zappala Australia SRS–Reventón Report


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