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2023 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	16
Mod base	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape base	F1 based
Engine Supplier(s)	Quasar, Reventón, Minotaur 1600cc turbocharged V6
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers
Teams	14
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
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The 2023 Superleague season will be the 24st 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 2023 season. All teams use GPVWC brand tyres. As of December 2022, all car numbers are still subject to change.

Entrant	Constructor	Base	Chassis	Power unit	Race Drivers			Test/Reserve Driver(s)
					No.	Driver Name	Rounds
Evolution Motorsports	Evolution – TBA	Kirchhain, Germany	TBA	TBA	15	TBC		TBC
					27	TBC
Edge Esports	Edge – Quasar	Zolder, Belgium	TBA	Quasar	23	Jake Denehan		Sandeep Singh
					86	Stephane Rouault
Holland Racing Team	HRT – TBA	Alkmaar, The Netherlands	TBA	TBA	31	TBC		TBC
					94	TBC
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Red Archer – Minotaur	Rethymnos, Greece	TBA	Minotaur	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC
Powered by RSR	RSR – TBA	Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom	TBA	TBA	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC
Burst Esport	Burst –TBA	Copenhagen, Denmark	TBA	TBA	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC
Epic Racing Team	Epic –TBA	Banbury, United Kingdom	ER5	TBA	97	Geoffrey Fournier		David Jundt
					10	Fabio Sixta
Edonis Engineering	Edonis – Reventón	Groningen, The Netherlands	TBA	Reventón	4	TBC		TBC
					7	TBC
STAX Racing	STAX – TBA	Halifax, Canada	TBA	TBA	36	TBC		TBC
					37	TBC
Pescara ADG	Pescara – TBA	Bucchianico, Italy	TBA	TBA	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC
Green Stripes Racing	Green Stripes – TBA	Niedersachsen, Germany	TBA	TBA	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC
THR	THR – TBA	Leeds, United Kingdom	TBA	TBA	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC
Super Venturi	Super Venturi– TBA	Turku, Finland	TBA	TBA	*	Jan Granqvist		Kacper Nizio
					*	Jukkapekka Lalu
Royal Blue Racing	Green Stripes – TBA	London, United Kingdom	TBA	TBA	*	TBC		TBC
					*	TBC

^*Name is speculative pending confirmation

Team changes

• Scuderia Basilea, MDR and Musto GD e-Sports left the GPVWC career ladder after the end of the 2022 season.

New entries

• THR, Super Venturi and Royal Blue Racing will enter their first season in Superleague after all of them competed in Superlights in 2022.

Driver changes

• Geoffrey Fournier switched back to his old team Epic Racing Team after two Seasons at Scuderia Basilea
• Fabio Sixta followed his teammate Fournier and takes the 2nd seat at Epic after he made his comeback at Hungary 2022.
• Superlights 2022 champion Jan Granqvist stayed at Super Venturi to compete for the teams first Superleague season.
• Jukkapekka Lalu moved from Epic Racing Team to Super Venturi to complete their 2023 line-up.
• Jake Denehan makes his full-time debut in Superleague after a successful 2022 FS1 season with a 3rd place overall.

Mid-season changes

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2023 Calendar

The 2023 season kept racing Tuesday, every two weeks. The 2023 calendar follows the 16-round limit introduced in 2019. The first round will take place in Imola 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 Spring and Summer breaks.

• Note 06-12-2022 the following calendar dates are not confirmed, but these are most likely the dates for the 2023 season, these dates are the 2022 racedates changed to 2023 dates.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Start Time
				GMT	BST
1	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	March 9	19:00	—
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	March 23	19:00	—
3	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	April 6	18:00	19:00
4	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah	April 20	18:00	19:00
5	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit, Baku	May 4	18:00	19:00
6	German Grand Prix	Nurburgring, Nürburg	May 18	18:00	19:00
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	June 15	18:00	19:00
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	June 29	18:00	19:00
9	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	July 13	18:00	19:00
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Budapest	July 27	18:00	19:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	Aug 10	18:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	September 7	18:00	19:00
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	September 21	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	October 5	18:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	October 19	18:00	19:00
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	November 2	19:00	—

Testing

The 2023 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	TBC	TBC
Preseason Test #2	TBC	TBC
Preseason Test #3	TBC	TBC
Preseason Test #4	TBC	TBC

Calendar changes

• The Portuguese, Monaco, Austrian and Mexican Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.

• The German, Spain and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix were reintroduced.

• The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix made its debut on the GPVWC 2023 calendar.