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| Nationality    = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian
 
| Nationality    = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian
 
| Years          = 10 (2002-2011)
 
| Years          = 10 (2002-2011)
| Team(s)        = [[Mommark]], [[EIRE]], [[MCR]], [[Stealth]], [[Woods Racing|Woods]], [[Nordsjoen Racing|Nordsjøen]], [[Allen]], [[Constant Racing|Constant]]
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| Team(s)        = [[Mommark]], [[TGM]], [[EIRE]], [[MCR]], [[Stealth]], [[Woods Racing|Woods]], [[Nordsjoen Racing|Nordsjøen]], [[Allen]], [[Constant Racing|Constant]]
 
| Races          = 83
 
| Races          = 83
 
| Championships  = 0
 
| Championships  = 0

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Italy William Ponissi
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Superleague Career
Nationality Italy Italian
Active Years 10 (2002-2011)
Team(s) Mommark, TGM, EIRE, MCR, Stealth, Woods, Nordsjøen, Allen, Constant
Grand Prix 83
Championships 0
Wins 1
Podium finishes    7
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 1
First Grand Prix 2002 Australian Grand Prix
First Win 2008 Italian Grand Prix
Last Win 2008 Italian Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix 2011 South African Grand Prix

William "Will" Wangensteen Ponissi (Milan, Italy 10/05/1983) is a driver, manager, owner and head of the GPVWC.

Ponissi first joined the GPVWC in 2002 and took control of the league, then named F1VWC, by the end of 2003. By the start of 2008, Ponissi brought back the original moniker, GPVWC, ratified by the league's originator, Dan Lawrence when Dan gave his blessing for a revival of the GPVWC brand name.

William introduced his team, E.I.R.E - an acronym which is a play on words relating to his Irish roots - in May of 2002 at the Monaco Grand Prix, driving for the team himself. In 2008 the team was rebranded and became known as Nordsjoen Racing.

Aside from admin and managerial responsibilities Ponissi currently drives for Constant Racing in the Superleague. His most successful season was in 2008 with Nordsjoen. The Italian scored seven podiums that year, including a well earned victory at Monza, where he edged past Jeroen Jansen on the last lap and won by less than a tenth of a second.

Ponissi driving for Constant in 2010.

Early years

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GPVWC Superleague

2002: Mommark, SCUM, TGM, EIRE, MCR

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2003: EIRE, Stealth F1

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2004-2005: Woods Racing

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2008: Nordsjoen Racing

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2009: Allen GP, Constant Racing

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2010-2011: Constant Racing

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Complete GPVWC Superleague results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WDC Points
2002 EIRE EIRE001 Ford AUS

DQ

MAL

10

BRA

Ret

SMR

13

ESP

11

AUT

14

MON

10

CAN

13

EUR

-

GBR

Ret

FRA

11

GER

-

HUN

-

BEL

-

ITA

-

USA

13

JAP

10

28th 8
2003 EIRE EIRE002 Cosworth AUS

Ret

MAL

Ret

BRA

DQ

SMR

-

ESP

Ret

AUT

-

MON

-

CAN

-

EUR

-

FRA

6

GBR

-

GER

-

HUN

-

ITA

-

USA

16

JAP

-

16th 3
2004 Woods Racing ? ? AUS

21

MAL

19

AUT

-

SMR

Ret

ESP

Ret

MON

-

EUR

Ret

CAN

-

USA

-

GBR

-

GER

-

HUN

-

BEL

-

ITA

-

FRA

13

JAP

15

BRA

-

39th 0
2005 Woods Racing ? ? AUS

-

MAL

-

AUT

-

SMR

-

ESP

-

MON

-

EUR

-

CAN

-

USA

-

FRA

-

GBR

-

GER

-

HUN

-

ITA

19

BEL

-

BRA

-

JAP

-

th 0
2008 Nordsjoen Racing NR001 Mercedes AUS

4

MAL

5

BAH

C

ESP

4

TUR

C

MON

2

CAN

4

FRA

-

GBR

2

GER

2

HUN

-

EUR

Ret

BEL

3

ITA

1

AUT

3

JAP

2

BRA

-

th ?
2009 Platform Michelangelo PM001 Ferrari AUS CHN JAP

Ret

FRA

2

IRL

10

MON

7

GBR

9

CZE

8

BAH

5

RSA

Ret

CAN

Ret

MEX

5

BRA

Ret

ITA

7

ESP

6

BEL

Ret

NED

6

SIN

Ret

9th 27
2010 Woods Racing WR005 Mercedes AUS

6

CHN

6

JAP

Ret

UAE

Ret

HUN

5

MON

5

GBR

11

POR

5

BAH

1

TUR

3

CAN

9

MEX

2

BRA

2

ARG

4

ESP

5

ITA

Ret

BEL

Ret

NED

2

SIN

2

3rd 117
2011 Woods Racing WR006 Mercedes AUS

8

UAE

10

JAP

12

CHN

13

RSA

5

AUT

6

FRA

8

MON

13

GBR

DNS

BAH

13

SMR

Ret

TUR

14

MEX

12

CAN

7

BRA

Ret

ITA

5

ESP

Ret

BEL

14

NED

13

 SIN 

Ret

14th 28

Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Driver raced for more than one team that season. The constructor displayed is the team in which most races were driven.