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2025 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	16
Mod base	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape base	F1 based
Engine Supplier(s)	Quasar, Reventón, Viper, Vertex 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 . 2025

The 2025 Superleague season will be the 26th GPVWC Superleague season. Jan Granqvist enters the season as defending Drivers' Champion, and THR as the reigning Constructors' Champions.

Teams and drivers

Entrant	Constructor	Base	Chassis	Power unit	Race Drivers			Test/Reserve Driver(s)
					No.	Driver Name	Rounds
THR	THR – Viper	Leeds, United Kingdom	TBA	Viper	28	Tom Stevens		Luke Mitchell
					34	Jarl Teien
Super Venturi	Super Venturi– Reventón	Turku, Finland	TBA	Reventón	1	Jan Granqvist		Noa Tuomela
					52	Jukkapekka Lalu
TOP Esports	TOP – Vertex	Cheltenham, England	TBA	Vertex	54	Carlos Martin		Owen McGaugie
					74	Szymon Frelik
Edge Esports	Edge – Quasar	Zolder, Belgium	TBA	Quasar	3	TBA TBA		TBA TBA
					24	Marc Schlüter
Edonis Engineering	Edonis – Reventón	Groningen, The Netherlands	TBA	Reventón	4	Robin Pansar		Menno Klont
					7	Matthew Williams
Fraser Tartan Racing	FTR – Viper	Hereford, England	TBA	Viper	5	Sven Schubert		Mike Kwint
					6	Matt Richards
Holland Racing Team	HRT – Vertex	Alkmaar, The Netherlands	TBA	Vertex	86	Stéphane Rouault		Laurent Keersmaekers
					96	Maciej Mlynek
AKA Hero Simracing	AKA Hero– Quasar	Puebla, Mexico	TBA	Quasar	23	Dylan Fisher		TBA TBA
					42	Heigo Poom
Epic Racing Team	Epic – Vertex	Banbury, United Kingdom	ER5	Vertex	91	Dan Brewer		Fabio Sixta
					97	Geoffrey Fournier
Green Stripes Racing	Green Stripes – Quasar	Niedersachsen, Germany	TBA	Quasar	12	Stijn Handgraaf		Federico Russo
					75	Wopke Hoekstra
STAX Racing	STAX – Reventón	Halifax, Canada	TBA	Reventón	27	Zsolt Szűcs		Justin van der Smissen
					37	István Czingel
Road2Formula Racing	R2F – Vertex	Antwerp, Belgium	TBA	Vertex	17	Alex Lehoux		Harry Smith
					18	Tomasz Wach
Spark Racing Team	Spark – Vertex	Kiel, Germany	TBA	Vertex	2	Loïc Meunier		Dawid Krupa
					79	Vincent Gutt
Valle Esports	Valle – Reventón	Rome, Italy	TBA	Reventón	15	Alessandro Maggio		Ruben van den Hudding
					44	Sergio Fletcher
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	RA-VRT– Vertex	Rethymnos, Greece	TBA	Vertex	19	TBA TBA		Michael Falkenhain
					21	TBA TBA

Team changes

• Powered by RSR, Zortax Racing, Virtualdrivers by TX3 and former Supercup Champions Pescara Simracing all chose to withdraw their entry for the 2025 season.

New entries

• Road2Formula Racing, Valle eSports and Spark Racing Team all moved up to the Superleague championship.

• Former champions Red Archer Virtual Racing Team rejoined the Superleague championship after a 1 year hiatus

Driver changes

Mid-season changes

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2025 Calendar

The 2025 season kept racing Thursdays, every two weeks. The 2025 calendar follows the 16-round limit. The first round will take place in Australia and the last will take place in Abu Dhabi, with each race taking place on a Tuesday, every two weeks. The Spring and Summer breaks were maintained.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Start Time
				GMT	BST
1	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	March 13	19:00	—
2	Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbulpark, Istanbul	March 27	19:00	—
3	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	April 10	18:00	19:00
4	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah	April 24	18:00	19:00
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	May 8	18:00	19:00
6	United States Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis	May 22	18:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	June 19	18:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	July 3	18:00	19:00
9	German Grand Prix	Nurburgring, Nurburg	July 17	18:00	19:00
10	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	July 31	18:00	19:00
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Budapest	Aug 14	18:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	September 11	18:00	19:00
13	Mexican Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	September 25	18:00	19:00
14	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	October 9	18:00	19:00
15	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	October 23	18:00	19:00
16	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi	October 6	19:00	—

Testing

The 2025 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	6 February	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Preseason Test #2	13 February	Bahrain International Circuit
Preseason Test #3	20 February	Fuji Speedway
Preseason Test #4	27 February	Baku City Circuit

Calendar changes

• The Chinese, San Marino, Austrian and Azerbaijan Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.

• The Turkish, Hungarian, Mexican and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix were reintroduced.

• The German Grand Prix venue changed from the Hockenheimring to the Nurburgring for the GPVWC 2025 season.

• The United States Grand Prix venue changed from the Circuit of the Americas to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the GPVWC 2025 season.

• The Brazilian Grand Prix venue lost its place as the last round on the calender for the GPVWC 2025 season.

• The German, Belgian and Italian Grand Prix all became paid DLC's tracks. (which were GPVWC's first)