Difference between revisions of "2016 Supercup season"

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2016 Supercup season

Competition	Supercup
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	18
Mod Used	Formula Renault 3.5 2014
Carshape
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers	-
Teams	14
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Supercup Seasons
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The 2016 Supercup season will be the 9th GPVWC Supercup season.

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2016 participation.

Supercup Team	Base	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
TG Racing	Mtarfa, Malta	TG	SC-016	G	59	TBA		TBC
					60	TBA
Simtech Enterprise GP	Bromley, England	EGP	SC-016	G	26	Rait Tuulikas		Antonio Hreljanovic Argo Teder
					52	Scott Berrisford
Evolution Motorsport	Kirchhain, Germany	Evolution	SC-016	G	47	Dennis Jordan		TBC
					48	Marcel Rautter
Fox Racing	Kessel, Belgium	Fox	SC-016	G	31	TBA		TBC
					41	TBA
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenberg, Sweden	Ice Cold	SC-016	G	42	TBA		TBC
					43	TBA
Karjala Racing	Helsinki, Finland	Karjala	SC-016	G	40	Ari Nieminen		TBC
					78	Lewis McGlade
Malta Force GP	Siggiewi, Malta	Malta Force	SC-016	G	44	TBA		TBC
					87	TBA
Measuric Racing	Bennekom, The Netherlands	Measuric	SC-016	G	16	TBA		TBC
					55	Wopke Hoekstra
Team Proline	Hameln, Germany	Proline	SC-016	G	94	TBA		TBC
					97	TBA
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, Netherlands	RTS	SC-016	G	29	Pedro Gomes		TBC
					98	Argenis Riera
Satellite Racing	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	Satellite	SC-016	G	32	TBA		TBC
					64	TBA
SimCraft Racing	Marietta, GA, United States	SimCraft	SC-016	G	22	TBA		TBC
					63	TBA
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	SC-016	G	56	TBA		TBC
					96	TBA
Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	SRS	SC-016	G	67	TBA		TBC
					68	TBA

Team changes

• Wauters Automotive and Storm Racing Team were both promoted to the Superleague.
• Smile Power Racing's entry was taken over by Evolution Motorsport
• Neither Walk Racing, PB Racing or Positive SimRacing continued into the 2016 season.
• TSA Racing, having withdrawn from the 2015 championship mid-season, also did not continue into 2016.

New entries

• Ice Cold Racing, Team Proline and Karjala Racing were all promoted from the Formula Challenge.

Returning entries

• Centurion Grand Prix was also promoted from Formula Challenge, returning to the Supercup following a year's absence. However, during pre-season, team boss Terence Grech completed his takeover of the team following his arrival in 2015 and renamed the outfit to TG Racing. The nationality of the team was accordingly switched to Maltese.
• Racing Team Schroten was promoted from Formula Challenge, returning to the Supercup after four years of absence.

2016 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Start Time
						Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
3	Russian Grand Prix	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBC	TBC	20:00	19:00
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
10	Dutch Grand Prix	Dutch GP	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
13	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	TBC	17:00	19:00
16	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
17	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	TBC	14:00	19:00

Calendar changes

• The Portuguese and Singapore Grands Prix were both removed from the calendar
• The calendar was extended to 18 events seeing the return of the Dutch and Mexican Grands Prix after a 3 and 4 year absence respectively whilst also seeing the first running of the Russian Grand Prix.