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*Neither [[Walk Racing]], [[PB Racing]] or [[Positive SimRacing]] continued into the 2016 season. | *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*[[TSA Racing]], having withdrawn from the 2015 championship mid-season, also did not continue into 2016. | *[[TSA Racing]], having withdrawn from the 2015 championship mid-season, also did not continue into 2016. | ||
− | *[[SimCraft Racing]] were initially on the entry list, but | + | *[[SimCraft Racing]] were initially on the entry list, but had a change of management and was rebranded as [[GoSport International]] shortly before the first round at Melbourne. |
===New entries=== | ===New entries=== |
Revision as of 04:12, 23 February 2016
Competition | Supercup |
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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 | |
2005 · 2006 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 |
GPVWC series in 2016 |
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Career Ladder |
Superleague |
Other series |
Masters Series |
The 2016 Supercup season will be the 9th GPVWC Supercup season.
Contents
Teams and drivers
The amount of team slots was reduced from 15 to 14 for the 2016 season, co-inciding with the move to rFactor 2 for the 2016 Career Ladder series.
The following teams have confirmed their 2016 participation.
Team changes
- Wauters Automotive and Storm Racing Team were both promoted to the Superleague.
- Smile Power Racing's entry was taken over by Evolution Motorsports, the team nationality being accordingly changed to German.
- 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- TSA Racing, having withdrawn from the 2015 championship mid-season, also did not continue into 2016.
- SimCraft Racing were initially on the entry list, but had a change of management and was rebranded as GoSport International shortly before the first round at Melbourne.
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 February 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
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 Mexican Grand Prix after a 4 year absence whilst also seeing the first running of the Russian Grand Prix.
Testing
The 2016 testing schedule is as follows:
Test | Date | Venue |
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Pre-Season Test #1 | 9th February 2016 | Sepang International Circuit, Sepang |
Pre-Season Test #2 | 16th February 2016 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubailand |
Rule changes
Technical
- For the first time since 2009, the simulator of choice for the Career Ladder was upgraded from rFactor to its sequel, rFactor 2.
- With a change in simulator came a change in vehicle as the Formula Renault 3.5 2014 car was utilised for the first time.
Sporting
- Multiple dry tyre compounds were removed from the series with one single Dry compound replacing the previous Soft and Hard options.
- Due to this change, an enforced pit stop was brought into action for the Feature race of an event's evening.
Results and standings
Grands Prix
Round | Grand Prix | Pole Position | Pole Time | Fastest Lap | F/L Time | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Report | |
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1 |
R1 | Supercup Australian Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
2 |
R1 | Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
3 |
R1 | Supercup Russian Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
4 |
R1 | Supercup Spanish Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
5 |
R1 | Supercup Turkish Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
6 |
R1 | Supercup Monaco Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
7 |
R1 | Supercup Canadian Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
8 |
R1 | Supercup British Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
9 |
R1 | Supercup Austrian Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
10 |
R1 | Supercup Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
11 |
R1 | Supercup Hungarian Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
12 |
R1 | Supercup Belgian Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
13 |
R1 | Supercup Italian Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
14 |
R1 | Supercup Japanese Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
15 |
R1 | Supercup Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
16 |
R1 | Supercup United States Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
17 |
R1 | Supercup Mexican Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - | ||||||||
18 |
R1 | Supercup Brazilian Grand Prix | - | - | Report | ||||
R2 | - |
Drivers' standings
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Bold - Pole |
† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams' standings
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Bold - Pole |
† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Preceded by: 2015 Supercup season |
GPVWC Supercup season 2016 |
Succeeded by: 2017 Supercup season |