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2017 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	18
Mod base	TBC
Carshape base	F1 based
Engine Supplier(s)	Martex, Trinity, Valiant, Talos
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers	-
Teams	-
Drivers' Champion	TBC
Teams' Champion	TBC
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The 2017 Superleague season will be the 18th GPVWC Superleague season. David Fidock enters the season as defending Drivers' Champion, and Nordsjoen Racing as the reigning Constructors' Champions.

Teams and drivers

The amount of team slots was reduced from 14 to just 12 in 2017, with the GPVWC Management citing a desire to promote quality over quantity in GPVWC series in 2017.

Team changes

• Midnight Motorsport and Torrent Motorsports, who both withdrew partway through the 2016 season, did not return in 2017.
• Nijo Racing did not return in 2017, marking the end of a 6 year tenure in the series.

New entries

• MadCape Racing Team and Streetfighter Racing Systems were both promoted from Formula Challenge and Supercup respectively.

Technical changes

2017 sees a range of technical changes to the Superleague.

• With the withdrawal of Midnight Motorsport mid-season in 2016, the Potentia line of engines was discontinued for 2017 with Wauters Automotive having become interim manufacturers for the rest of the 2016 season. An engine tender was opened for applications and Hawkeye Racing were granted it to produce the Talos brand of engines.
• R&D and eR&D will see a reduction of concurrent development. In traditional R&D, only two items (from different areas) can be developed at any given time (excluding pit crew training), while only one development area will be allowed in eR&D.
• Engine wear rate will be increased, making engine management a more crucial part of management.
• New tyre compound selection rules will be introduced for 2017. Team managers will be asked to make their selection of three tyre compounds to take to the following race. The choice is free, and each car will be required to use at least two of the compounds during the race.

2017 Calendar

Superleague Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	E17E	Talos 9D-17 V6t	G	4	Laurin Heinrich		Dennis Jordan Oskari Kantonen
						7	Fran Lopez
Green Stripes Racing	Niedersachsen, Germany	GSR	TBA	Trinity TRIN005 V6t	G	20	Matt Varley		Ben Willis
						68	Matt Beavis
Hawkeye Racing	The Lake District, England	Hawkeye	RS-17	Talos 9D-17 V6t	G	2	Alex Cooper		Dino Paolini
						3	Tobias Olsson
Kernow Sport	St.Austell, England	Kernow	MW6	Valiant VA17 V6t	G	12	Bart De Vos		Mark Wicks
						83	Bence Zsupanek
MadCape Racing Team	Cape Town, South Africa	MadCape	MSL-017	Valiant VA17 V6t	G	61	Michel De Jonge		James Johnson
						62
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, Wales	Nordsjøen	NR010	Martex MX-05 V6t	G	1	David Fidock		David Jundt
						27	Florian Geier
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer	TBA	Valiant VA17 V6t	G	6	Thomas Hinss		Jason Muscat
						21	Daniel Benefield
Storm Racing Team	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Storm	SR02	Valiant VA17 V6t	G	75	Adrian McNaughton		Menno Klont Terence Grech
						80	Emanuel Gaczella
Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	SRS	TBA	Valiant VA17 V6t	G	11	Ben Horrill		Douwe Tapper Maciej Mlynek
						67	David Frančić
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	VBMP17	Valiant VA17 V6t	G	14	Rudy van Buren		Tom Parker
						15	Risto Kappet
Wauters Automotive	Zolder, Belgium	Wauters	TBA	Martex MX-05 V6t	G	30	Gergo Baldi		Dennis Lind Alex Siebel
						33	Daniel Cziranku
[[ Woods Racing 1]]	Southampton, England	Woods	WR17	Trinity TRIN005 V6t	G	8	Lewis Redshaw		Matthew Chirgwin Joshua Anderson Ollie Woods
						9	Thomas Jacobs

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	9th March 2017	14:00	19:00	—
2	Russian Grand Prix	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBC	23rd March 2017	14:00	19:00	—
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	TBC	6th April 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia	TBC	20th April 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
5	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	4th May 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	18th May 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	1st June 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	15th June 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
9	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	29th June 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
10	German Grand Prix	German GP	Nurburgring, Nürburg	TBC	27th July 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	10th August 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	24th August 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBC	7th September 2017	20:00	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	21st September 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
15	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	5th October 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
16	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	TBC	19th October 2017	14:00	18:00	19:00
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	2nd November 2017	14:00	19:00	—
18	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	16th November 2017	17:00	19:00	—

Testing

The 2017 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	2nd Feb 2017	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola
Preseason Test #2	9th Feb 2017	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim
Preseason Test #3	16th Feb 2017	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
Preseason Test #4	23th Feb 2017	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
Young Driver Test	23rd Nov 2017	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

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.
• 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.