2020 Formula Challenge season

2020 Formula Challenge season

Competition	Formula Challenge
Title Sponsor	TBA
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	16
Mod Used	GPVWC CL modular
Carshape	F3-inspired
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC 3400cc NA V6
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers	TBD
Teams	TBD
Drivers' Champion	TBD
Teams' Champion	TBD
Formula Challenge Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019· 2020 · 2021

GPVWC series in 2019
Career Ladder
Superleague Superleague Lights Supercup Formula Challenge Academy
Independent Series
World GT

The 2020 Formula Challenge season will be the 9th GPVWC Formula Challenge season.

Teams and drivers

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Formula Challenge Team	Team Owner	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Asombik Esports	TBC	ASE	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Downforce Scalextric Racing	TBC	DOW	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
DriveGameSeat Racing Team	TBC	DGS	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Eight-Six eRacing	TBC	ESE	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Fryslan Racing Team	TBC	FRY	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
GPVWC Academy	TBC	GPVWC	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
HGP	TBC	HGP	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Neptune Simracing	TBC	NEP	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Nova Simracing	TBC	NOV	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
PLS Racing Team	TBC	PLS	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Rookie Monsters	TBC	RMO	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
RBA	TBC	RBA	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
RTD Simracing	TBC	RTD	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Santen Motorsports	TBC	SAN	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Storm Racing	TBC	STO	FC-020	G	TBC	TBC		TBC
					TBC	TBC
Team Gridline	Rory Rothon	GRI	FC-020	G	TBC	Thomas Harvey		Josh Reid
					TBC	Liam Rance

Team changes

Only 5 teams remained from the end of 2019 season; DriveGameSeat, RTD, Santen, WSL and the GPVWC Academy team.

• Crossfire, mouseOne Racing, H20 Namaco, Kellamity MTR, Razor GrandPrix, and PZZW Racing were promoted to Supercup for 2020.
• Drillers Motorsports,Enterprise GP, Racing Team Schroten, ShiftGear Racing and Torrent Motorsports withdrew from the Career Ladder after 2019.

New entries

• Asombik Esports, Eight-Six eRacing, Fryslan Racing Team, HGP, Neptune Simracing, Nova Simracing, RBA, and Team Gridline all joined at the beginning of 2020.

Returning entries

• Storm Racing returned to the Formula Challenge after 6 years.
• Downforce Scalextric Racing returned after spending one year in the Supercup championship in 2019.

Technical changes

• To be confirmed

2020 Calendar

The 2020 calendar follows the 16-round limit introduced in 2019.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Start Time
				GMT	BST
1	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBA	19:00	—
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBA	19:00	—
3	Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul Park , Turkey	TBA	19:00	—
4	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	TBA	18:00	19:00
5	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit, Baku	TBA	18:00	19:00
6	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBA	18:00	19:00
7	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	TBA	18:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBA	18:00	19:00
9	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	TBA	18:00	19:00
10	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBA	18:00	19:00
11	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBA	18:00	19:00
12	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBA	18:00	19:00
13	Russian Grand Prix	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBA	18:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBA	18:00	19:00
15	United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBA	18:00	19:00
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBA	19:00	—

Testing

The 2019 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test	February 2020	TBA

Calendar changes

The 2020 calendar was reduced from 18 down to 16 rounds.

• The Chinese, French, Austrian, Hungarian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix were removed from the calendar.
• The Malaysian, Bahrain and Turkish Grands Prix made a return after a gap of four and two seasons absent respectively.

Preceded by: 2018 Formula Challenge season

GPVWC Formula Challenge season 2019

Succeeded by: 2020 Formula Challenge season