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2017 Supercup season

Competition	Supercup
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	18
Mod Used	TBA
Carshape
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers	-
Teams	13
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Supercup Seasons
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The 2017 Supercup season will be the 10th GPVWC Supercup season.

Teams and drivers

The amount of team slots was reduced from 14 to 13 for the 2017 season, with the GPVWC Management citing a desire to promote quality over quantity in GPVWC series in 2017.

Supercup Team	Base	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Cosmo Autosport	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England	Cosmo	SC-017	G	39	Andrejs Pestovs		TBC
					91	Ben Willis
Deltec Racing Team	Cape Town, South Africa	Deltec	SC-017	G	42	Stephane Rouault		Johan Lindberg
					43	James Johnson
Draig Racing	Hirwaun, Wales	Draig	SC-017	G	34	Antonio Hreljanovic		TBC
					35	Matias Canapino
Epic Racing	Banbury, England	Epic	SC-017	G	38	Geoffrey Fournier		Chris Shepherd
					49	Rob Mason
Evolution Motorsports	Kirchhain, Germany	Evolution	SC-017	G	17	Tobias Polotzek		TBC
					18	Dennis Jordan
Hinss Motorsport	Melbourne, Australia	Hinss	SC-017	G	5	Jordan Weekes		TBC
					10
Malta Force GP	Siggiewi, Malta	Malta Force	SC-017	G	44	Alex Siebel		TBC
					77	Carlos Fernandez
Measuric Racing	Bennekom, The Netherlands	Measuric	SC-017	G	16			TBC
					55
Racing Team Schroten		RTS	SC-017	G	29	Eduard Batalla		TBC
					98	Gerard Batalla
Satellite Racing	West Palm Beach, Florida, United States	Satellite	SC-017	G	32	Matt Strand		TBC
					64	TJ Halsema
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	SC-017	G	56	Mark Fuller		TBC
					96	Dominic Foster
TG Racing	Mtarfa, Malta	TG	SC-017	G	40	Edgar Ruiz		TBC
					69	Borja Millan
Zedderick Racing	Portishead, England	Zedderick	SC-017	G	85	Jason Muscat		TBC
					86	Douwe Tapper

Team changes

• 2016 Teams' Championship winners Team Proline elected not to continue in the Career Ladder in 2017. Subsequently, Streetfighter Racing Systems were promoted to the Superleague.
• Neither Proline, Enterprise GP, GoSport International or Ice Cold Racing continued into the 2017 season.

New entries

• Cosmo Autosport, Deltec Racing Team, Epic Racing, Hinss Motorsport and Zedderick Racing were all promoted from the Formula Challenge.

Returning entries

• Draig Racing made their return to Supercup after a six-year absence.

Technical changes

• A new second dry tyre compound (the "Soft" compound) was added, with the existing 2016 compound becoming the "Hard" compound. Both compounds would need to be used in a race.
• The wet tyres recieved an adjustment to grip levels.
• The downforce package selection was simplified, leaving just one aero package.

2017 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Start Time
						Track time	GMT	BST
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	8th March 2017	14:00	19:00	—
2	Russian Grand Prix	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBC	22nd March 2017	14:00	19:00	—
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	TBC	5th April 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia	TBC	19th April 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
5	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	3rd May 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	17th May 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	31st July 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	14th June 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
9	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	28th June 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
10	German Grand Prix	German GP	Nurburgring, Nürburg	TBC	26th July 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	9th August 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	23rd August 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBC	6th September 2017	20:00	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	20th September 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
15	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	4th October 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
16	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	TBC	18th October 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	1st November 2017	14:00	19:00	—
18	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	15th November 2017	17:00	19:00	—

Testing

The 2017 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	15th Feb 2017	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
Preseason Test #2	22nd Feb 2017	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir

Calendar changes

• The Bahrain Grand Prix, Turkish Grand Prix and Dutch Grand Prix were removed from the calendar, the Dutch round having been replaced with the German Grand Prix in 2016.
• The location of the Spanish Grand Prix changed from the Circuit de Catalunya to the Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia hosting the Spanish Grand Prix for the first time since 2009 and for the first time in Supercup history.
• The location of the German Grand Prix changed from the Hockenheimring to the Nurburgring.
• The Singapore Grand Prix and Chinese Grand Prix returned to the calendar after being removed in 2016 and 2015 respectively.
• The season-ending race was changed from the Brazilian Grand Prix to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.