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2021 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	16
Mod base	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape base	F1 based
Engine Supplier(s)	Valiant, Quasar, Reventón 1600cc turbocharged V6
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Superleague Seasons
2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024

The 2021 Superleague season will be the 22st GPVWC Superleague season. Adam Maguire enters the season as defending Drivers' Champion, and Edonis Engineering as the reigning Constructors' Champions.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are due to compete in the 2021 season. All teams use GPVWC brand tyres. As of December 2020, all car numbers are still subject to change.

Entrant	Constructor	Base	Chassis	Power unit	Race Drivers			Test/Reserve Driver(s)
					No.	Driver Name	Rounds
Edonis Engineering	Edonis–Reventón	Pescara	E21E*	Reventón RE-03	4	TBC	1-16	TBC
					7	TBC	1-16
Evolution Motorsports	Evolution–Minotaur	Kirchhain	EMR-04*	Minotaur 21_Alpha	15	TBC	1-16	TBC
					27	TBC	1-16
Scuderia Basilea	Scuderia Basilea–Quasar	Binningen	JPS3*	Quasar QSR-04	66	TBC	1-16	TBC
					89	TBC	1-16
Edge Esports	Edge–Quasar	Zolder	EE04-SLQ*	Quasar QSR-04	21	Collin Spork	1-16	Matteo Keersmaekers
					96	Maciej Mlynek	1-16
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Red Archer–Minotaur	Rethymnos	RA221*	Minotaur 21_Alpha	70	Rait Kilk	1-16	Thomas Harvey
					76	TBC	1-16
Holland Racing Team	HRT–Quasar	Alkmaar	TBC	Quasar QSR-04	8	Laurent Keersmaekers	1-16	Gerrit de Vries
					86	Stephane Rouault	1-16
GSR Simracing Center by VBM	GSRVBM–Valiant	Liverpool	GSRVBM1	Valiant VA21	5	TBC	1-16	TBC
					14	TBC	1-16
GhostSpeed Racing Team	GhostSpeed–Reventón	Perth	TBD	Reventón RE-03	6	Eros Masciulli	1-16	TBC
					9	Michele D Alessandro	1-16
Burst Esport	Burst –Minotaur	Copenhagen	F21-SL*	Minotaur 21_Alpha	17	TBC	1-16	TBC
					33	TBC	1-16
Green Stripes Racing	Green Stripes–Reventón	Niedersachsen	GSR-21*	Reventón RE-03	11	TBC	1-16	TBC
					77	TBC	1-16
Epic Racing Team	Epic – Minotaur	Banbury	ERSL-03*	Minotaur 21_Alpha	10	David Fidock	1-16	Vincent Gutt
					12	Florian Geier	1-16
Cenobite Motorsports	Cenobite – Reventón	Salzburg	CMSL-01*	Reventón RE-03	2	TBC	1-16	TBC
					88	TBC	1-16
Mayor Downard Racing Team	MDR – Reventón	Huntingdon	MD07*	Reventón RE-03	41	TBC	1-16	TBC
					71	TBC	1-16
Powered by RSR	RSR – Minotaur	Stockton-on-Tees	RSRSL1*	Minotaur 21_Alpha	26	TBC	1-16	TBC
					47	TBC	1-16

^*Name is speculative pending confirmation

Team changes

• Red Arrow Racing, Cosmo Seiki Japan left the Superleague after the end of the 2020 season to enter the Supercup and Superleague Lights championship.
• Epic Racing returned as a Superleague entry after already worked together with Madcape racing at the 2020 season.
• Scuderia Basilea lost titlesponsor Burst Esport using the name Scuderia Basilea again.
• Burst Esport joined forces with Flag To Flag Racing for the 2021 season, competiting under the name Burst Esport

New entries

• Cenobite Motorsports, TG Racing Esports, MDR were all promoted from Superleague Lights after a succesful 2020 campaign.

Driver changes

Technical changes

• The number of tyre compounds available during the season was reduced from 5 to 3. As a consequence, teams no longer had to choose which three of the tyre compounds they could use at each Grand Prix.

2021 Calendar

The 2021 calendar follows the 16-round limit introduced in 2019.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Start Time
				GMT	BST
1	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	March 11	19:00	—
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	March 25	19:00	—
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit , China	April 8	18:00	19:00
4	Indian Grand Prix	Buddh International Circuit , India	April 22	18:00	19:00
5	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit, Baku	May 6	18:00	19:00
6	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Racing, Spielberg	May 20	18:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	June 3	18:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	June 17	18:00	19:00
9	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	July 1	18:00	19:00
10	French Grand Prix	Magny Cours, Magny Cours	July 15	18:00	19:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	July 29	18:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	August 26	18:00	19:00
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	September 9	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	September 23	18:00	19:00
15	United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	October 7	18:00	19:00
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	October 21	19:00	—

Testing

Calendar changes

• The Dutch, Turkish and Russian Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.
• The Chinese, Indian and Austrian Grands Prix were reintroduced.

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