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2020 Formula Challenge season

Competition	Formula Challenge
Title Sponsor	TBA
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	16
Mod Used	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape	F3-inspired
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC 3400cc NA V6
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers	TBD
Teams	TBD
Drivers' Champion	TBD
Teams' Champion	TBD
Formula Challenge Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019· 2020 · 2021

The 2020 Formula Challenge season will be the 9th GPVWC Formula Challenge season.

Teams and drivers

Formula Challenge Team	Team Owner	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Asombik Esports	TBC	ASE	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Downforce Scalextric Racing	TBC	DOW	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
DriveGameSeat Racing Team	TBC	DGS	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Eight-Six eRacing	TBC	ESE	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Fryslan Racing Team	TBC	FRY	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
GPVWC Academy	TBC	GPVWC	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
HGP	TBC	HGP	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Neptune Simracing	TBC	NEP	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Nova Simracing	TBC	NOV	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
PLS Racing Team	TBC	PLS	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Rookie Monsters	TBC	RMO	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
RBA	TBC	RBA	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
RTD Simracing	TBC	RTD	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Santen Motorsports	TBC	SAN	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Storm Racing	TBC	STO	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Team Gridline	Rory Rothon	GRI	FC-020	G	TBC	Thomas Harvey		Josh Reid
					TBC	Liam Rance

Team changes

Only 5 teams remained from the end of 2019 season; DriveGameSeat, RTD, Santen, WSL and the GPVWC Academy team.

• Crossfire, mouseOne Racing, H20 Namaco, Kellamity MTR, Razor GrandPrix, and PZZW Racing were promoted to Supercup for 2020.
• Drillers Motorsports,Enterprise GP, Racing Team Schroten, ShiftGear Racing and Torrent Motorsports withdrew from the Career Ladder after 2019.

New entries

• Asombik Esports, Eight-Six eRacing, Fryslan Racing Team, HGP, Neptune Simracing, Nova Simracing, RBA, and Team Gridline all joined at the beginning of 2020.

Returning entries

• Drillers Motorsport, having technically merged with Torrent Motorsports from the 2018 Monaco round onwards, reappeared as a separate entry again in 2019.
• A new partnership announced by Apex in December 2018 saw the team re-branded as TSA Racing With Apex, marking the return of the TSA Racing name to the Career Ladder for the first time since 2015.

Technical changes

• To be confirmed

2019 Calendar

For 2019, the Career Ladder schedule has been radically adjusted, with Formula Challenge races moving from Tuesdays to Wednesday nights; furthermore, Formula Challenge races will now take place the week before the rest of the Career Ladder events.

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Start Time
						Track time	GMT	BST
1	Challenge Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—
2	Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—
3	Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—
4	Challenge Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Azerbaijan GP	Baku City Circuit, Baku	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
5	Challenge Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
6	Challenge Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
7	Challenge Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park , Turkey	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
8	Challenge Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
9	Challenge British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
10	Challenge German Grand Prix	German GP	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
11	Challenge Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
12	Challenge Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
13	Challenge Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
14	Challenge Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
15	Challenge United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	TBC	TBC	18:00	19:00
16	Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	TBC	TBC	19:00	—

Testing

The 2019 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test	20th February 2019	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai

Calendar changes

The 2019 calendar was reduced from 18 down to 16 rounds.

• The Chinese, French, Austrian, Hungarian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.
• The Malaysian, Bahrain and Turkish Grands Prix made a return after a gap of four and two seasons absent respectively.

Results

2019 Grands Prix

Round		Grand Prix	Pole Position	Pole Time	Fastest Lap	F/L Time	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Challenge Australian Grand Prix	Jonathan Holmes	1:35.800	Dawid Krupa	1:34.312	Sven de Vries	RTD Racing	Report
	R2				Dawid Krupa	1:33.935	Menno Klont	AB Racing
2	R1	Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix	Martin Hemmingsen	1:42.711	Martin Hemmingsen	1:43.959	Martin Hemmingsen	mouseOne	Report
	R2				Dawid Krupa	1:44.074	Terence Grech	TSA Apex
3	R1	Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix	Jonathan Holmes	1:40.460	Martin Hemmingsen	1:41.245	Jonathan Holmes	AB Racing	Report
	R2				Sandeep Singh	1:41.352	Sandeep Singh	KC Racing
4	R1	Challenge Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Martin Hemmingsen	1:52.322	Martin Hemmingsen	1:53.230	Martin Hemmingsen	mouseOne	Report
	R2				Dawid Krupa	1:53.401	George Whitehouse	Kellamity MTR
5	R1	Challenge Spanish Grand Prix	Dawid Krupa	1:27.146	Dawid Krupa	1:28.001	Dawid Krupa	mouseOne	Report
	R2				Martin Hemmingsen	1:28.256	Jonathan Holmes	AB Racing
6	R1	Challenge Monaco Grand Prix	Cristian Pasqual	1:16.595	Martin Hemmingsen	1:17.094	Kuba Brzezinski	WSL	Report
	R2				Kuba Brzezinski	1:17.599	Jannis Wollborn	Razor GP
7	R1	Challenge Turkish Grand Prix	Jonathan Holmes	1:34.698	Dawid Krupa	1:35.746	Jonathan Holmes	AB Racing	Report
	R2				Martin Hemmingsen	1:35.688	James Pinsker	GOTeam
8	R1	Challenge Canadian Grand Prix	Martin Hemmingsen	1:21.126	Martin Hemmingsen	1:22.033	Martin Hemmingsen	mouseOne	Report
	R2				Martin Hemmingsen	1:21.928	Daniel Hurlock	Santen Motorsports
9	R1	Challenge British Grand Prix	Sandeep Singh	1:39.805	Martin Hemmingsen	1:40.949	Sandeep Singh	KC Racing	Report
	R2				Sandeep Singh	1:41.039	George Whitehouse	Kellamity MTR
10	R1	Challenge German Grand Prix	Jonathan Holmes	1:22.711	Martin Hemmingsen	1:23.750	Jonathan Holmes	AB Racing	Report
	R2				Dawid Krupa	1:23.565	Dawid Krupa	mouseOne
11	R1	Challenge Belgian Grand Prix	Jonathan Holmes	2:01.175	Martin Hemmingsen	1:58.309	Martin Hemmingsen	mouseOne	Report
	R2				Stefano Zanrosso	1:57.743	Frank Hamming	Namaco Racestars
12	R1	Challenge Italian Grand Prix	Dawid Krupa	1:33.430	Jonathan Holmes	1:34.175	Jonathan Holmes	AB Racing	Report
	R2				Jannis Wolborn	1:34.148	Terence Grech	TSA Apex
13	R1	Challenge Singapore Grand Prix	Dawid Krupa	1:50.738	Dawid Krupa	1:51.737	Dawid Krupa	mouseOne	Report
	R2				Dawid Krupa	1:52.690	Sandeep Singh	KC Racing
14	R1	Challenge Japanese Grand Prix	Sandeep Singh	1:39.834	Sandeep Singh	1:40.983	Sandeep Singh	KC Racing	Report
	R2				Dawid Krupa	1:41.032	Risto Kappet	AB Racing
15	R1	Challenge United States Grand Prix	Terence Grech	1:45.220	James Dziuba	1:46.497	Terence Grech	TSA Apex	Report
	R2				Martin Hemmingsen	1:46.404	Martin Hemmingsen	mouseOne
16	R1	Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix	Sandeep Singh	1:16.662	Sandeep Singh	1:17.598	Sandeep Singh	KC Racing	Report
	R2				Terence Grech	1:17.685	Sandeep Singh	KC Racing