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2016 World Championship Season
2016 World Championship Season | |
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Races | 16 |
Mod | Custom FSR |
Drivers' Champion | Jeroen Kweekel |
Constructors' Champion | Origin Front Row Racing |
The 2016 Season of the Formula SimRacing World Championship is the 16th season of the prestigious championship.
2015 Constructors' Champions Twister 2 Fast 4 You are absent from the championship, as well as Precision Motorsports. Bono Huis and Morgan Morand have also extended their sabbatical. Defending Drivers' Champion Petar Brljak fills a part-time role at both Twister Racing and Musto Racing teams.
Teams and Drivers
Team | No. | Drivers | Occupation |
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Eventa Simracing | 3 | Dian Kostadinov | Regular driver |
4 | Martin Hodas | Regular driver | |
Origin Front Row Racing | 5 | Kuba Brzezinski | Regular driver till Round 12 |
5 | Daniel Brewer | Regular driver from Round 13 | |
6 | Jeroen Kweekel | Regular driver | |
GhostSpeed Racing Team | 7 | Jernej Simoncic | Regular driver |
8 | James Sadler | Regular driver | |
Thrustmaster Twister Racing | 9 | Daniel Kiss | Regular driver |
10 | Francisco Bigazzi | Regular driver till Round 10 | |
10 | Muhammed Patel | Reserve for 3 rounds | |
10 | Petar Brljak | Regular driver from Round 11 | |
Avid Chronic Racing | 11 | John-Eric Saxen | Moved team after Round 3 |
11 | Michi Hoyer | Regular driver from Round 12 | |
12 | Left after Round 2 | | ::: | 12 | [[Mike Partington | Regular driver from Round 2 to 9 | |
12 | Martin Stefanko | Regular driver from Round 9 | |
GhostSpeed Engineering | 14 | Blair Disley | Regular driver |
15 | Did first 2 races | | ::: | 15 | [[Kamil Lyzwa | Regular driver from Round 4 | |
NetRex Grand Prix | 16 | Michele D'Alessandro | Regular driver |
17 | David Greco | Regular driver | |
17 | Danny Van Der Niet | Reserve driver | |
Scuderia Basilea | 18 | David Jundt | Regular driver till Round 6 |
19 | Daniel Brewer | Did Round 1 | |
19 | Chris De Jong | Did Round 4 | |
VBMadCape | 20 | Jim Parisis | Regular driver |
21 | George Manousakis | Regular driver | |
Eventa-Pescara SHS | 22 | Eros Masciulli | Regular driver |
23 | Victor Ivanov | Regular driver | |
Musto Racing | 24 | Muhammed Patel | Regular driver |
25 | Giordano Valeriano | Regular driver | |
Born2Win | 26 | John-Eric Saxen | Regular driver from Round 4 |
27 | Michael Antochowski | Regular driver from Round 4-7 | |
27 | Adam Maguire | Regular driver from Round 11 | |
Brehm Grand Prix | 28 | Mike Partington | Regular driver from Round 9 |
29 | Carlos Martin | Regular driver from Round 9 |
Team Changes
- Precision Motorsports loaned its license to VBMadCape.
- GhostSpeed Engineering races under the Ash Racing license.
- Scuderia Basilea buys the Faster-Than-Speed license. They later loan the license to Brehm GP.
Calendar
2016 features 16 circuits, many of which have not been visited for a few years.
Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Australian Grand Prix | Melbourne Park Circuit | March 13 2016 |
2 | Bahrain Grand Prix | Bahrain International Circuit | April 3 2016 |
3 | Spanish Grand Prix | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | April 10 2016 |
4 | Canadian Grand Prix | Circuit Gilles Villenueve | April 24 2016 |
5 | British Grand Prix | Silverstone Circuit | May 8 2016 |
6 | Austrian Grand Prix | Red Bull Ring | May 22 2016 |
7 | German Grand Prix | Hockenheimring‡ | June 5 2016 |
8 | Belgian Grand Prix | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | June 26 2016 |
9 | Turkish Grand Prix | Istanbul Park Circuit | August 21 2016 |
10 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Hungaroring | September 11 2016 |
11 | Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | September 25 2016 |
12 | Singapore Grand Prix | Marina Bay Street Circuit | October 9 2016 |
13 | Japanese Grand Prix | Suzuka Circuit | October 23 2016 |
14 | Malaysian Grand Prix | Sepang International Circuit | November 6 2016 |
15 | United States Grand Prix | Circuit of the Americas | November 20 2016‡ |
16 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace | November 27 2016 |
‡ Hockenheimring Classic version was scheduled to be run. It was replaced by the modern version.
‡ US GP was moved to November 13.
Calendar Changes
- Spain, Turkey, and Hungary are all new circuits for 2016.
- China was dropped from the calendar.