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===New entries===
 
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*[[Chaos Engineering]], [[Cosmo Seiki Japan]], [[Holland Racing Team]] and reigning champions [[Red Arrow Racing]] were all promoted from Superleague Lights.
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*[[Cenobite Motorsports]], [[TG Racing Esports]], [[MDR]] were all promoted from Superleague Lights after a succesful 2020 campaign.
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*Despite appearing on the grid since {{SL|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.
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*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 Cosmo's entry came under the management of [[YTF1]], who had initally withdrawn from Superleague at the end of 2019: the team was rebranded as ''Cosmo Team YTF1'' and the team's base moved to YTF1's HQ in England.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.
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===Driver changes===
 
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*[[Maciej Mlynek]] moved from [[Scuderia Basilea]] to [[Edge Esports]], replacing [[Petar Brljak]], who had chosen to focus elsewhere in 2020.
 
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*[[Rait Kilk]] moved from the now-defunct [[Epic Racing Team]] to [[Red Archer Virtual Racing Team]] for 2020, replacing [[Fabio Sixta]], who moved to [[Streetfighter Racing Systems]] and replaced [[Robin Pansar]].
 
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*Pansar and [[Jernej Simoncic]] moved from [[Streetfighter Racing Systems]] and [[Green Stripes Racing]] respectively to [[Burst Esport powered by Scuderia Basilea]]. Simoncic was replaced at Green Stripes by debutant [[Mirko Lucchini]]
 
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*Double World Champion [[David Fidock]] moved from [[Hawkeye Racing]] to debutants [[Red Arrow Racing]].
 
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*[[Tobias Olsson]], having done a part-season for [[YTF1]] in 2019, moved back to [[MadCape Racing Team]], for whom he had previously driven in 2018.
 
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*[[Abruzzi Esports]] opted for a completely changed lineup in 2020: [[Christian Pasqual]], who drove some races for [[Edge Esports]] in 2019, and rookie [[Fabrizio Gobbi]] replaced [[Stephane Rouault]] and 2018 champion [[Alex Siebel]]. Rouault moved to debutants [[Holland Racing Team]] whilst Siebel took up a test/reserve driver role with defending champions [[Evolution Motorsports]].
 
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*[[Matthew Williams]], having driven some races in 2019 for [[Storm Racing]], moved to [[Flag-to-Flag SimRacing]]. Team manager [[Cameron Rodger]] would be promoted to a full-time seat at the team to partner Williams. The pair replaced [[Sergi Heras]] and what was a rotating cast of drivers in the other seat.
 
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*[[Chris Butcher]] and [[Laurent Keersmaekers]], having driven some races in 2019 as substitutes for [[Streetfighter Racing Systems]] and [[Scuderia Basilea]] respectively, became full-time drivers for debutants [[Red Arrow Racing]] and [[Holland Racing Team]] respectively.
 
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*[[Adam Maguire]] makes his full-time debut for [[Edonis Engineering]], replacing [[Germano Zappala]], who moved to [[Cosmo Seiki Japan|Cosmo Team YTF1]].
 
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*[[Alari Algpeus]] makes his full-time debut for [[Cosmo Seiki Japan|Cosmo Team YTF1]].
 
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*[[Luca D'Amelio]] and [[Tom Satherley]] make their full-time debuts in 2020, both driving for debutants [[Chaos Engineering|Ghostspeed Racing Team]].
 
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*After [[Luke Maguire]]'s impressive outing for [[MadCape]] at the Turkish Grand Prix, [[Cameron Rodger]] stepped down from the driver's seat at [[Flag-to-Flag]] and was superceeded by the Irishman. From the French Grand Prix, Maguire was replaced by returnee [[Sergi Heras]], but returned to Flag-to-Flag one race later, this time replacing [[Matthew Williams]].
 
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*For the Hungarian Grand Prix, [[Sandeep Singh]] took over from [[Alari Algpeus]] in the [[Cosmo Team YTF1]] car. Singh continued in the car until driving in the last of 4 races permissable under his reserve driver contract, after which he was superceeded by [[Sven de Vries]] for four races, commencing at the British Grand Prix.
 
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*[[MadCape]] utilised several drivers before its new management took over from the Canadian Grand Prix, after which the team settled on [[Fabio Sixta]], who moved from [[Streetfighter]], and debutant [[Vincent Gutt]].
 
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*[[Fabio Sixta]]'s place at [[Streetfighter]] was taken by [[Alex Cooper]], who moved from [[Green Stripes]], from the Canadian Grand Prix. Cooper's place at Green Stripes was taken by debutant [[Alessandro Fantinati]].
 
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*[[GhostSpeed]] was another team which featured a number of drivers in the early season. From the Canadian Grand Prix, Superleague returnee [[Agustin Canapino]] became a permanent prescence in the GhostSpeed seat.
 
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*Prior to the British Grand Prix, [[Eros Mascuilli]] left [[Edonis]] and joined Canapino at [[GhostSpeed]].
 
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*[[Florian Geier]] announced his retirement from the Superleague following the French Grand Prix. He was replaced at [[Streetfighter]] by Superleague returnee [[Tom Parker]].
 
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Revision as of 04:10, 18 December 2020

2021 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
Teams' Champion
Superleague Seasons
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GPVWC series in 2020
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Superleague
Superleague Lights
Supercup
Formula Challenge
Academy

The 2021 Superleague season will be the 22st GPVWC Superleague season. Adam Maguire enters the season as defending Drivers' Champion, and Edonis Engineering as the reigning Constructors' Champions.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are due to compete in the 2021 season. All teams use GPVWC brand tyres. As of December 2020, all car numbers are still subject to change.

Entrant Constructor Base Chassis Power unit Race Drivers Test/Reserve Driver(s)
No. Driver Name Rounds
Netherlands Edonis Engineering Edonis–Reventón

Italy Pescara

E21E* Reventón RE-03 4*   TBC 1-16   TBC
7*   TBC 1-16
Germany Evolution Motorsports Evolution–engine

Germany Kirchhain

EMR-04* engine version 15*   TBC 1-16   TBC
27*   TBC 1-16
Switzerland
Scuderia Basilea 		Scuderia Basilea–engine
Switzerland
Binningen 		JPS3* engine version 66*   TBC 1-16   TBC
89*   TBC 1-16
Belgium Edge Esports Edge–engine

Belgium Zolder

EE04-SLQ* engine version 91*   TBC 1-16   TBC
96*   TBC 1-16
Greece Red Archer Virtual Racing Team Red Archer–engine

Greece Rethymnos

RA221* engine version 70*   TBC 1-16   TBC
76*   TBC 1-16
Netherlands Holland Racing Team HRT–engine

Netherlands Alkmaar

TBC engine version 8*   TBC 1-16   TBC
86*   TBC 1-16
England Abruzzi Esports Abruzzi–Valiant

England Liverpool

ABMP-21* Valiant VA21 5*   TBC 1-16   TBC
14*   TBC 1-16
Australia Streetfighter Racing Systems SRS–engine

Australia Sydney

SRS-21* engine version 12*   TBC 1-16   TBC
95*   TBC 1-16
New Zealand GhostSpeed Racing Team GhostSpeed–engine

Australia Perth

TBD engine version 71*   TBC 1-16   TBC
98*   TBC 1-16
Denmark
Burst Esport 		Burst –engine
Denmark
Copenhagen 		F21-SL* engine version 32*   TBC 1-16   TBC
57*   TBC 1-16
Germany Green Stripes Racing Green Stripes–engine

Germany Niedersachsen

GSR-21* engine version 11*   TBC 1-16   TBC
77*   TBC 1-16
England Epic Racing Team Epic – engine

England Banbury

ERSL-03* engine version 19*   TBC 1-16   TBC
21*   TBC 1-16
Austria Cenobite Motorsports Cenobite – engine

Austria Salzburg

CMSL-01* engine version 68*   TBC 1-16   TBC
69*   TBC 1-16
Malta TG Racing Esports TG – engine

Malta Mtarfa

TG-SL-01* engine version 16*   TBC 1-16   TBC
33*   TBC 1-16
England Mayor Downard Racing Team MDR – engine

England Huntingdon

MDR-01* engine version 17*   TBC 1-16   TBC
44*   TBC 1-16

*Name is speculative pending confirmation

Team changes

New entries


Driver 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
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2 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir TBA 19:00
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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
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Testing

The 2019 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.

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