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2021 Superleague Lights season

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Competition	Superleague Lights
Title Sponsor	N/A
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Mod base	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape base	F1-inspired
Rounds	16
Engine Supplier(s)	Martex MX-06L 1600cc turbocharged V6
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers	TBD
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion	TBD
Teams' Champion	TBD
Superleague Lights Seasons
2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 . 2024

The 2021 Superleague Lights season is the 3rd GPVWC Superleague Lights season; the current second tier of the Career Ladder. Liam de Waal enters the season as the reigning Drivers' Champion, whilst reigning 2020 Superleague Lights Teams' Champions Cenobite Motorsports took the step up to the Superleague series.

With the similar promotion of TG Racing Esports and Mayor Downard Racing Team and the withdrawing of CM-tech at the end of the 2020 season. Powered by RSR enters the 2021 season as the highest-placed team left from 2020.

Teams and drivers

15 teams are expected to take part in the 2021 season. As in recent seasons every car will be powered by a Martex 1600cc turbocharged V6 power unit and use GPVWC brand tyres.

Entrant	Base	Chassis	Race Drivers			Test/Reserve Driver(s)
			No.	Driver Name	Rounds
Zedderick Racing	Vaduz	SLL021	85	TBC		TBC
			86	TBC
TR Motorsport	Puebla	SLL021	18	Thomas Harvey		TBC
			37	George Whitehouse
Royal Blue Racing	London	SLL021	12	Dino Paolini		Szymon Frelik
			52	Jukkapekka Lalu
TTF Racing	London	TF-03	41	TBC		TBC
			42	TBC
STAX Racing	Halifax	SLL021	7	TBC		TBC
			27	TBC
REVO Racing	Isle of Wight	SLL021	64	TBC		TBC
			75	TBC
Cosmo PowerWorks	Hamamatsu	221C	69	April Carlsvard		Kyran Parkin
			91	James Lambert
Pescara ADG	Bucchianico	SLL021	11	TBC		TBC
			32	TBC
HM Engineering	The Netherlands	SLL021	33	Wopke Hoekstra		Tom Stevens
			73	Frank Hamming
Razor GP	Germany	SLL021	31	TBC		TBC
			94	TBC
V12 Crossfire	O	SLL021	14	TBC		TBC
			87	TBC
PLS Racing Team	Poland	SLL021	82	TBC		TBC
			96	TBC
Neptune Simracing	Sao Paulo	SLL021	2	TBC		TBC
			3	TBC
HG Esport Bluebolt	Imola	SLL021	4	TBC		TBC
			67	TBC
Eight-Six eRacing	Berlin	SLL021	13	TBC		TBC
			20	TBC

Team changes

• Cenobite Motorsports, TG Racing Esports, MDR were all promoted up to Superleague for the 2021 season.
• Cosmo Powerworks resumed under its original management and re-entered the championship after spending the 2020 season in the Superleague run by YTF1 management as Cosmo Team YTF1.
• TCS Off Racing, Scuderia Clay Kap were dropped down to Formula Challenge after the 2020 season.
• CM-Tech Racing, Draig Racing and Fusion Racing all withdrew from GPVWC after the end of the 2020 season.

Name changes

• MouseOne Racing changed their name to Revo Racing for the 2021 season.
• Cosmo Team YTF1 changed their name to Cosmo PowerWorks for the 2021 season.

New entries

• HM Engineering, Razor GP, V12 Crossfire, PLS Racing Team , and the reigning FC and SC champions Neptune Simracing and Pescara ADG were all promoted from Supercup for the SLL 2021 season.
• HG Esports Bluebolt entered the 2021 season as a new team. The team previously had worked together with TTF Racing for the 2020 Superleague Lights campaign.

Technical changes

• To be Announced

2021 Calendar

The 2021 season changed its raceday from the Wednesday to the Tuesday, every two weeks. The 2021 calendar follows the 16-round limit introduced in 2019. The first round will take place in Australia and the last will take place in Brazil, with each race taking place on a Tuesday, every two weeks. The exception to this will be the customary Summer Break in August,

Round	Circuit	Date	Start Time
			GMT	BST
1	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	9th of March	19:00	—
2	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	23rd of March	19:00	—
3	Shanghai International Circuit , China	6th of April	18:00	19:00
4	Buddh International Circuit, India	20th of April	18:00	19:00
5	Baku City Circuit, Baku	4th of May	18:00	19:00
6	Redbull Ring, Spielberg	18th of May	18:00	19:00
7	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	1st of June	18:00	19:00
8	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	15th of June	18:00	19:00
9	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	29th of June	18:00	19:00
10	Magny Cours, Magny Cours	13th of July	18:00	19:00
11	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	27th of July	18:00	19:00
12	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	24th of August	18:00	19:00
13	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	7th of September	18:00	19:00
14	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	21th of September	18:00	19:00
15	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	5th of October	18:00	19:00
16	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	19th of October	18:00	19:00

Testing

The 2021 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	TBA	TBD
Preseason Test #2	TBA	TBD

Calendar changes

• The Dutch, Turkish and Russian Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.
• The Chinese, Indian and Austrian Grands Prix were reintroduced.

External Links

• Season report