List of Superleague World Drivers' Champions

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The GPVWC Superleague World Drivers' Championship (WDC) is awarded to the most successful Superleague racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. The Drivers' Championship was first awarded in 2000, to Jason Endean. The first driver to win multiple Championships was Mikko Jakonen, in 2002 and 2004. As of January 2020, the current Drivers' Champion is Jannick Bock, who won his first World Championship in 2019.

All seasons prior to 2009 were raced using a system in which drivers competed remotely; submitting files that were verified and compiled in order to produce qualifying and race results. Only since 2009 have Superleague drivers directly competed against each other in single, online meetings.

The GPVWC does not officially declare the Champion until the end of the season, but a driver is said to have "clinched" the Championship after it is no longer possible for another to obtain more points than he has, even if the former driver were to not compete in the remaining races of the season, and the latter to score the maximum number of points possible. The Drivers' Championship has been won in the final race of the season seven times in the twenty seasons it has been awarded, not including the curtailed 2001 season. The earliest in any season that the Drivers' Championship has been clinched was in 2006, when Steve Elencevski secured the title with six races remaining.

Overall, fourteen different drivers have won the Championship, with Australian Steve Elencevski holding the record for most titles, at three. Elencevski also holds the record for most consecutive Drivers' Championships, winning all three of his titles from 2005 to 2007. Germany has produced the most championship-winning drivers, with five; Australia has produced three and Finland two. Only five drivers have won the championship on multiple occasions - Elencevski, Mikko Jakonen, Joe Consiglio, Lukas Euler and David Fidock. As stated before, Elencevski is the only driver to win more than two titles, while Lukas Euler is the only other driver apart from Elencevski to win back-to-back titles.

In terms of dominance, Elencevski's victory in 2006 was not only clinched with the most races remaining, but also was won by the highest percentage margin, and claimed the highest percentage of points available. The highest number of points won in any one season was by Rudy van Buren, however, who in 2017 scored 368 points and in doing so won by the highest points margin; 101.

It is worth noting that the scoring system in Superleague has changed radically over the years. From 20002002, the top 11 finishers scored a maximum of 20 points, with a further bonus point each for Fastest Lap and/or Pole available; these bonuses were removed from 2003 onwards, with then the top 8 scoring a maximum of 10 points; in 2010 this was changed to the top 10 scoring a maximum of 15 points and then in 2013 the present system, where the top 15 score a maximum of 25 points, was introduced.

Shiro Ryong won the 2003 championship by a single point; easily the slimmest margin, regardless of points system. Lukas Euler won his second championship in 2013 by only 3 points. On the subject of slim numbers; the lowest number of wins taken in a championship year is two; as recorded by both David Fidock in 2016 and Christian Neumann back in 2001; although Neumann only had three races that year, compared to Fidock's eighteen. In complete contrast, Janne Tanskanen, who also had eighteen races in 2010, won fourteen of them.

Discounting 2001, only five seasons have seen the champion win half the races or more in that year: Tanskanen in 2010; van Buren winning 12/18 in 2017; Consiglio winning 10/20 in 2011 and Euler winning 9/18 in his other championship year of 2012; the inaugural champion, Endean, won 6/9 in 2000. This was a feat surprisingly not matched by Elencevski, although he does hold the distinction of finishing in the top 3 in every race of 2006. This distinction is also held by Fidock, the only champion to finish every race on the podium whilst competing directly with the rest of the field. Fidock also, ironically, holds the distinction of having the least podiums in a championship year, post-2009; he finished on the podium 10/18 times in his second championship year, 2016.

By season

Season Driver Constructor Engine Tyres Poles Wins Podiums F. Laps Points % Points Clinched Margin % Margin
2000 New Zealand Jason Endean England BA Racing Mercedes B 1 6 8 5 154 77.778 Round 9 of 9 10 6.494
2001 Germany Christian Neumann Australia CVRT BMW B 1 2 2 1 52 78.788 Round 3 of 3 9 17.308
2002 Finland Mikko Jakonen England Mapes-VO Honda M 1 5 9 5 186 49.733 Round 15 of 17 70 37.634
2003 Australia Shiro Ryong Australia SCUM Holden B 1 3 12 1 109 68.125 Round 16 of 16 1 0.917
2004 Finland Mikko Jakonen England Mapes-VO Honda M 0 3 14 2 121 71.176 Round 17 of 17 6 4.959
2005 Australia Steve Elencevski Finland FinOz Racing Ferrari M 4 7 14 2 126 74.118 Round 13 of 17 53 42.063
2006 Australia Steve Elencevski Finland FinOz Racing Ferrari M 8 7 18 6 154 85.556 Round 12 of 18 83 53.896
2007 Australia Steve Elencevski Finland FinOz Racing Ferrari B 6 8 12 7 110 64.706 Round 15 of 17 28 25.455
2008 Romania Laurentiu Albu Romania Belami Racing Renault B 4 6 14 1 121 71.176 Round 14 of 17 43 35.537
2009 Malta Joe Consiglio Italy Nordsjøen Racing Honda B 7 6 12 3 104 57.778 Round 17 of 18 20 19.231
2010 Finland Janne Tanskanen Italy Nordsjøen Racing Mercedes B 15 14 17 11 232 81.404 Round 15 of 18 60 25.862
2011 Malta Joe Consiglio Italy Nordsjøen Racing Mercedes P 11 10 15 10 230 80.702 Round 19 of 20 39 16.957
2012 Germany Lukas Euler England Midnight Motorsport Ferrari P 15 9 15 11 208 72.982 Round 16 of 18 37 17.788
2013 Germany Lukas Euler England Midnight Motorsport Potentia G 9 6 15 5 335 74.444 Round 18 of 18 3 0.896
2014 England David Fidock England CSG Racing Potentia G 3 5 17 4 345 81.176 Round 16 of 17 58 16.812
2015 Germany Philipp Puschke England Vod:Bul Racing Valiant G 5 6 12 5 300 81.176 Round 17 of 17 58 16.812
2016 England David Fidock Norway Nordsjøen Racing Martex G 4 2 10 1 282 62.667 Round 18 of 18 8 2.837
2017 Netherlands Rudy van Buren England Vod:Bul Racing Valiant G 12 12 15 7 368 81.778 Round 14 of 18 101 27.446
2018 Germany Alex Siebel England ACR Zakspeed Valiant G 11 8 13 6 312 69.333 Round 17 of 18 54 17.308
2019 Germany Jannick Bock Germany Evolution Motorsports Valiant G 6 3 12 0 218 70.250 Round 16 of 16 25 8.897
2020 Ireland Adam Maguire Netherlands Edonis Engineering Reventón G 6 4 9 2 245 61.250 Round 16 of 16 3 0.750
Season Driver Team Engine Tyres Poles Wins Podiums F. Laps Points % Points Clinched Margin % Margin

Notes

Bold indicates the team also won the Constructors' Championship
The 2001 season saw only 3 of 17 rounds contested.

By driver

Driver Titles Season(s)
Australia Steve Elencevski 3 2005, 2006, 2007
Finland Mikko Jakonen 2 2002, 2004
Malta Joe Consiglio 2009, 2011
Germany Lukas Euler 2012, 2013
England David Fidock 2014, 2016
Australia Jason Endean 1 2000
Germany Christian Neumann 2001
Australia Shiro Ryong 2003
Romania Laurentiu Albu 2008
Finland Janne Tanskanen 2010
Germany Philipp Puschke 2015
Netherlands Rudy van Buren 2017
Germany Alex Siebel 2018
Germany Jannick Bock 2019
Ireland Adam Maguire 2020

Drivers in bold competed in the 2020 World Championship.

By nationality

Country Titles Drivers Seasons Drivers by name (titles)
Germany Germany 6 5 2001, 20122013, 2015, 20182019 Lukas Euler (2)
Christian Neumann (1)
Philipp Puschke (1)
Alex Siebel (1)
Jannick Bock (1)
Australia Australia 5 3 2000, 2003, 20052007 Steve Elencevski (3)
Jason Endean (1)
Shiro Ryong (1)
Finland Finland 3 2 2004, 2006, 2010 Mikko Jakonen (2)
Janne Tanskanen (1)
Malta Malta 2 1 2009, 2011 Joe Consiglio (2)
England England 2 1 2014, 2016 David Fidock (2)
Romania Romania 1 1 2008 Laurentiu Albu (1)
Netherlands Netherlands 1 1 2017 Rudy van Buren (1)
Ireland Ireland 1 1 2020 Adam Maguire (1)

Drivers in bold competed in the 2020 World Championship.

By constructor

Constructor Country Titles
Nordsjøen Racing Italy Italy
Norway Norway
4
FinOz Racing Finland Finland 3
Mapes-VO England England 2
Midnight Motorsport England England 2
Vod:Bul Racing England England 2
BA Racing England England 1
CVRT Australia Australia 1
SCUM Australia Australia 1
Belami Racing Romania Romania 1
CSG Racing England England 1
ACR Zakspeed England England 1
Evolution Motorsports Germany Germany 1
Edonis Engineering Netherlands Netherlands 1

Constructors in bold competed in the 2020 World Championship.

By constructor nationality

Nationality Titles Constructors Constructor name (titles)
England England 9 6 Mapes-VO (2)
Midnight Motorsport (2)
Vod:Bul Racing (2)
BA Racing (1)
CSG Racing (1)
ACR Zakspeed (1)
Finland Finland 3 1 FinOz Racing (3)
Italy Italy 3 1 Nordsjøen Racing (3)
Australia Australia 2 2 CVRT (1)
SCUM (1)
Romania Romania 1 1 Belami Racing (1)
Norway Norway 1 1 Nordsjøen Racing (1)
Germany Germany 1 1 Evolution Motorsports (1)
Netherlands Netherlands 1 1 Edonis Engineering (1)

Constructors in bold competed in the 2020 World Championship.

By engine

The following list only includes championships since 2013, which saw the introduction of the present engine-development system, and league-based engine manufacturers.

Engine Titles Constructors Constructor name (titles)
Valiant 4 3 England Vod:Bul Racing (2)
England ACR Zakspeed (1)
Germany Evolution Motorsports (1)
Potentia 2 2 England Midnight Motorsports (1)
England CSG Racing (1)
Martex 1 1 Norway Nordsjøen Racing (1)
Reventón 1 1 Netherlands Edonis Engineering (1)

Engine manufacturers and constructors in bold competed in the 2020 World Championship.
Constructors marked in italics functioned as works-teams.

Superleague Lights

Since 2019, the Superleague Lights series has been run as the direct feeder series into Superleague. The Lights sees similar cars and technical regulations, but is run over a shorter race length and has a single engine manufacturer. The inaugural season was won by Lukas Schmidt.

Season Driver Constructor Engine Tyres Poles Wins Podiums F. Laps Points % Points Clinched Margin % Margin
2019 Switzerland Lukas Schmidt Japan Cosmo Martex G 6 8 13 8 306 76.500 Round 15 of 16 57 18.627
2020 Netherlands Liam de Waal Austria Cenobite Motorsports Martex G 9 10 10 3 250 62.250 Round 10 of 16 47 11.750
Season Driver Constructor Engine Tyres Poles Wins Podiums F. Laps Points % Points Clinched Margin % Margin

See also

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