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2015 Supercup season

Competition	Supercup
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	17
Mod Used	Custom
Carshape	Formula Nippon
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers	-
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Supercup Seasons
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The 2015 Supercup season will be the 8th GPVWC Supercup season.

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2015 participation.

Supercup Team	Base	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
SimCraft Racing	Marietta, GA, United States	SimCraft	SC-015	G	22	Tom van der Voort		TBC
					63	Tom Parker
PB Racing	Swindon, England	PB	SC-015	G	37	Maurice Brackhahn		TBC
					73	Philip Cullen
Positive SimRacing	Madrid, Spain	Positive	SC-015	G	17			TBC
					23
Satellite Racing	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	Satellite	SC-015	G	32	Sven de Vries		TBC
					64	Menno Klont
Malta Force GP	Siggiewi, Malta	Malta Force	SC-015	G	44			TBC
					87
Storm Racing Team	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Storm	SC-015	G	75	Adrian McNaughton		TBC
					80	Emanuel Gaczella
Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	SRS	SC-015	G	67			Tommi Ojala
					68
Wauters Automotive	Tielrode, Belgium	Wauters	SC-015	G	30	David Francic		Sandeep Chodha
					33	David Jundt
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	SC-015	G	18	Matt Richards		TBC
					28
Measuric Racing	Bennekom, The Netherlands	Measuric	SC-015	G	16			TBC
					55
Fox Racing	Kessel, Belgium	Fox	SC-015	G	31	Roy Verzijl		TBC
					41
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	SC-015	G	56	Mark Fuller		TBC
					86	Calvin Hermse
Walk Racing	Vaslui, Romania	Walk	SC-015	G	50			TBC
					84
Twitch Enterprise GP	Bromley, England	EGP	SC-015	G	26	Jonathan Holmes		Teemu Valkeejärvi
					52	Morten Wernersen
Smile Power Racing	Bristol, England	Smile Power	SC-015	G	47			TBC
					48

Team changes

• Edonis Engineering was automatically promoted to the Superleague after winning the 2014 Supercup season Teams' Championship.
• FA Racing chose not to apply for 2015 ending a 3-year involvement in the Career Ladder.
• Centurion Grand Prix and Scuderia Basilea were both demoted to Formula Challenge after 2 years in the Supercup.

New entries

• Walk Racing gained automatic promotion through winning the 2014 Formula Challenge season Teams' Championship.
• Enterprise GP and Smile Power Racing were both promoted after strong seasons in Formula Challenge; both teams finishing in the top five of 2014.

2015 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Start Time
							Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	rFactor v1255	25th February	16:00	19:00
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	rFactor v1255	11th March	22:00	19:00
3	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	rFactor v1255	25th March	14:00	19:00
4	Portuguese Grand Prix	Portuguese GP	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	TBC	rFactor v1255	8th April	16:00	19:00
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	rFactor v1255	22nd April	15:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	rFactor v1255	6th May	14:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	rFactor v1255	20th May	14:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	rFactor v1255	3rd June	13:00	19:00
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	rFactor v1255	17th June	14:00	19:00
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	rFactor v1255	1st July	14:00	19:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	rFactor v1255	29th July	14:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	rFactor v1255	12th August	14:00	19:00
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBC	rFactor v1255	26th August	22:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	rFactor v1255	9th September	15:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	rFactor v1255	23rd September	17:00	19:00
16	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	rFactor v1255	7th October	13:00	19:00
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	rFactor v1255	21st October	14:00	19:00

Calendar changes

• The Malaysian, Chinese and German Supercup Grands Prix were all removed from the calender
• The Portuguese, Turkish and Singapore Supercup Grands Prix all made their return to Supercup calender after a 4, 1 and 2 year absence respectively.

Rule changes

Sporting

• A new Team Numbers system was implemented into the Career Ladder for 2015. This meant that all teams across the Ladder held their own numbers instead of having them determined by finishing position of the following year.

See also