2016 FV2 Series season

2016 FV2 Series season
Drivers' Champion: Klaas van Snelheid
Teams' Champions: Formation Competition
Rookie Champion: Rodolfo de la Fuente
Previous: 2015	Next: 2017
Top tier: Formula Virtual
Second tier: FV2 • VWRS
Third tier: FV3 • VERS • VARS • VOARS

The 2016 FV2 Series season will be fourth season of FV2.

For the first time in the series' history the car will change, with the new Ford FV2/2 chassis set to be used as replacement for the Ford FV2/1 from 2016 through to 2018, as it begins it's three year stint.

Kiara Thunder will be the reigning Drivers' Champion but will not defend her title as she will step up to Formula Virtual with Holmqvist.

Formation Competition are the reigning Teams' Champions.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Status Rounds Formation Competition 1 Klaas van Snelheid All 2 Nikolajis Christodoulou All Signature Performance 3 Ikram Aliyev R All 4 Yrjänä Vähäsöyrinki All Johansson Motorsport 5 Viktor Östberg All 6 James Vasquez R All Swallow Racing Team 7 Rodolfo de la Fuente R All 8 Thierry Xylander R All American Engineering 9 Brittany Johnson All 10 Keith Murphy All Sunrise Necromancer 11 Ellenør Haugland All 12 Alva Askew All Smart Racing 13 Hilario Bull All 14 Sergio Álvarez R All Morley Development Racing 15 Daniel Bruner All 16 Hunter Ryan R All Phoenix Motorsport 17 Callum Brandon All 18 Luke Stokey All Kannan GP 19 Felix Pérez R All 20 Oleksandr Zozulya All Bronislav Competition 21 Ivan Fyodorov All 22 Dmytro Kovalenko R All Asia-Pacific Racing 23 Lowell Hamm All 24 Henri Aliagas R All Hawks Motorsport 25 Jamie Gerrard All 26 Drake Davies R All

Icon Meaning R Tier rookie for 2016

Team changes

• North Star Racing, FIRST Motorsport and Team Holmqvist all left the series at the end of 2015 as they were granted spots in Formula Virtual. They were replaced by Kannan GP, Bronislav Competition and Johansson Motorsport.
• Asia-Pacific Racing also joined the series as the much anticipated thirteenth team.
• Sizza Racing left after just one season, and were replaced by Hawks Motorsport.

Calendar

On 16 April 2016, the full calendar was revealed with twelve rounds taking place.

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Feature	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	9 July	2016 French V-Prix
	Sprint		10 July
2	Feature	Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	23 July	2016 Spanish V-Prix
	Sprint		24 July
3	Feature	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	6 August	2016 British V-Prix
	Sprint		7 August
4	Feature	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	13 August	2016 German V-Prix
	Sprint		14 August
5	Feature	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	3 September	2016 Dutch V-Prix
	Sprint		4 September
6	Feature	Circuit Spa Francorchamps, Francorchamps	10 September	2016 Belgian V-Prix
	Sprint		11 September
7	Feature	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	17 September	2016 Italian V-Prix
	Sprint		18 September
8	Feature	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	24 September	2016 Turkish V-Prix
	Sprint		25 September
9	Feature	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	29 October	none (stand-alone event)
	Sprint		30 October
10	Feature	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	5 November	2016 Canadian V-Prix
	Sprint		6 November
11	Feature	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis	12 November	2016 United States V-Prix
	Sprint		13 November
12	Feature	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	19 November	2016 Mexican V-Prix
	Sprint		20 November

Calendar changes

• The series made its début at Istanbul Park in support of the Turkish V-Prix, one of two new rounds on the FV calendar. This came at the expense of the Portuguese round in Estoril, which lost its place after just one season.
• Kyalami in South Africa also lost its round, though this was replaced by Mexico City after the FV races were grouped together by geographical location. Due to this, there were also significant revisions to the order of the calendar.

Results and standings

Summary

Round		Circuit		Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Winning rookie	Report
1	F		Circuit Paul Ricard	Klaas van Snelheid	Rodolfo de la Fuente	Oleksandr Zozulya	Kannan GP	Sergio Álvarez	Report
	S				Viktor Östberg	Nikolajis Christodoulou	Formation Competition	Rodolfo de la Fuente
2	F		Circuito Permanente de Jerez	Klaas van Snelheid	Klaas van Snelheid	Klaas van Snelheid	Formation Competition	Drake Davies	Report
	S				Klaas van Snelheid	Rodolfo de la Fuente	Swallow Racing Team	Rodolfo de la Fuente
3	F		Silverstone Circuit	Felix Pérez	Oleksandr Zozulya	Klaas van Snelheid	Formation Competition	Felix Pérez	Report
	S				Klaas van Snelheid	Keith Murphy	American Engineering	Rodolfo de la Fuente
4	F		Hockenheimring	Thierry Xylander	Klaas van Snelheid	Keith Murphy	American Engineering	Thierry Xylander	Report
	S				Klaas van Snelheid	Klaas van Snelheid	Formation Competition	James Vasquez
5	F		Circuit Park Zandvoort	Klaas van Snelheid	Klaas van Snelheid	Klaas van Snelheid	Formation Competition	James Vasquez	Report
	S				Klaas van Snelheid	Klaas van Snelheid	Formation Competition	Drake Davies
6	F		Circuit Spa Francorchamps	Oleksandr Zozulya	Viktor Östberg	Viktor Östberg	Johansson Motorsport	Felix Pérez	Report
	S				Hunter Ryan	Hunter Ryan	Morley Development Racing	Hunter Ryan
7	F		Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Hunter Ryan	Klaas van Snelheid	Klaas van Snelheid	Formation Competition	Hunter Ryan	Report
	S				Klaas van Snelheid	Thierry Xylander	Swallow Racing Team	Thierry Xylander
8	F		Istanbul Park	Klaas van Snelheid	Klaas van Snelheid	Klaas van Snelheid	Formation Competition	Ikram Aliyev	Report
	S				James Vasquez	Sergio Álvarez	Smart Racing	Sergio Álvarez
9	F		Anderstorp Raceway	James Vasquez	Oleksandr Zozulya	James Vasquez	Johansson Motorsport	James Vasquez	Report
	S				Klaas van Snelheid	Dmytro Kovalenko	Bronislav Competition	Dmytro Kovalenko
10	F		Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Klaas van Snelheid	Klaas van Snelheid	Klaas van Snelheid	Formation Competition	Hunter Ryan	Report
	S				Felix Pérez	Felix Pérez	Kannan GP	Felix Pérez
11	F		Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Rodolfo de la Fuente	Thierry Xylander	Thierry Xylander	Swallow Racing Team	Thierry Xylander	Report
	S				Nikolajis Christodoulou	Drake Davies	Hawks Motorsport	Drake Davies
12	F		Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	Klaas van Snelheid	Sergio Álvarez	Klaas van Snelheid	Formation Competition	Sergio Álvarez	Report
	S				Drake Davies	Drake Davies	Hawks Motorsport	Drake Davies

Drivers' championship

Points are awarded to the top twelve classified finishers in the feature, and top ten in the sprint race using the following structures. Feature race pole also awards three points for pole, while both races award one point for fastest lap.

Feature Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Pole	F Lap
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	3	1

Sprint Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	F Lap
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos Driver FRA ESP GBR GER NED BEL ITA TUR SWE CAN USA MEX Points F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S 1 Klaas van Snelheid 2 4 1 5 1 4 3 1 1 1 4 Ret 1 Ret 1 2 4 2 1 Ret Ret 9 1 8 343 2 Oleksandr Zozulya 1 10 11 6 5 2 2 7 Ret 13 2 8 6 3 Ret 15 5 Ret 2 6 3 7 12 5 180 3 Rodolfo de la Fuente (R) 7 3 13 1 9 3 6 Ret 5 5 8 5 11 2 6 Ret 15 Ret 12 4 4 4 8 6 145 4 Nikolajis Christodoulou 11 1 Ret 18 13 Ret 12 2 7 3 6 4 2 12 10 Ret 3 Ret 8 2 Ret 14 2 7 138 5 Thierry Xylander (R) 13 5 10 2 Ret DNS 4 12 3 14 13 3 10 1 13 Ret 6 7 4 7 1 15 Ret 16 133 6 Hunter Ryan (R) 5 12 12 3 7 Ret 10 4 Ret Ret 11 1 3 9 11 Ret 8 6 3 8 2 11 15 11 124 7 James Vasquez (R) 12 9 Ret 21 12 5 7 3 2 11 12 2 7 7 Ret 10 1 10 6 12 6 Ret 7 9 122 8 Felix Pérez (R) Ret 20 8 4 2 8 8 9 4 8 3 Ret 14 14 4 Ret 7 Ret 13 1 15 10 11 3 121 9 Viktor Östberg 4 2 4 Ret 14 6 Ret 15 Ret 20 1 10 19 10 Ret 13 2 3 9 5 14 12 10 Ret 111 10 Sergio Álvarez (R) 3 6 3 Ret 4 10 14 10 11 Ret Ret 20 17 8 9 1 Ret 11 Ret 16 Ret 18 3 13 89 11 Dmytro Kovalenko (R) 14 Ret 5 9 6 11 Ret 20 18 15 Ret 15 16 18 8 3 12 1 11 Ret 5 8 4 10 79 12 Keith Murphy 8 8 Ret 14 11 1 1 11 13 2 Ret 14 Ret 22 Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 17 Ret 21 9 2 78 13 Drake Davies (R) 15 19 2 13 10 Ret 15 Ret 12 4 14 12 15 16 Ret 18 18 12 17 9 8 1 6 1 76 14 Hilario Bull Ret 23 Ret 12 3 9 5 5 9 6 Ret Ret Ret 20 3 5 9 Ret Ret 18 10 6 Ret 24 75 15 Brittany Johnson 16 13 Ret 20 Ret 16 21 16 6 7 Ret 16 4 13 12 4 14 9 7 10 9 2 Ret 20 58 16 Jamie Gerrard 21 17 14 8 Ret 15 19 13 19 Ret Ret 19 5 11 15 7 10 Ret 10 3 12 5 5 12 50 17 Ellenør Haugland Ret 14 7 7 Ret 18 11 6 Ret 18 5 6 Ret 19 Ret 11 Ret 14 14 13 7 Ret Ret 15 38 18 Daniel Bruner 9 Ret 6 11 18 13 18 19 Ret 22 Ret 13 8 Ret 17 8 11 5 Ret 22 Ret 16 13 4 36 19 Luke Stokey 19 16 16 19 Ret Ret 9 8 8 10 10 9 21 21 7 Ret 16 13 Ret 21 13 3 20 21 34 20 Ikram Aliyev (R) 20 18 15 10 20 17 20 22 Ret Ret 7 11 18 17 2 9 Ret Ret 20 19 Ret 22 16 14 27 21 Alva Askew 18 22 18 16 21 19 17 17 10 9 Ret 18 13 4 14 Ret Ret 15 5 Ret 11 Ret Ret 23 25 22 Ivan Fyodorov 6 7 17 15 8 7 13 Ret 14 12 Ret 17 23 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 15 15 Ret 19 Ret 22 21 23 Yrjänä Vähäsöyrinki Ret 21 Ret 23 15 14 16 14 20 21 Ret Ret 12 5 19 16 13 4 16 11 18 20 17 19 15 24 Henri Aliagas (R) 17 24 Ret 22 17 20 23 21 17 19 16 Ret 20 Ret 5 6 19 17 19 Ret 19 23 18 18 15 25 Lowell Hamm Ret 15 9 Ret 16 12 Ret Ret 15 16 9 7 22 15 16 12 Ret 8 Ret 14 16 13 14 Ret 15 26 Callum Brandon 10 11 19 17 19 Ret 22 18 16 17 15 Ret 9 6 18 17 Ret 16 Ret 20 17 17 19 17 12 Pos Driver F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S Points FRA ESP GBR GER NED BEL ITA TUR SWE CAN USA MEX

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Purple Classified retirement Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD)

Teams' championship

Pos Team No. FRA ESP GBR GER NED BEL ITA TUR SWE CAN USA MEX Points F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S 1 Formation Competition 1 2 4 1 5 1 4 3 1 1 1 4 Ret 1 Ret 1 2 4 2 1 Ret Ret 9 1 8 481 2 11 1 Ret 18 13 Ret 12 2 7 3 6 4 2 12 10 Ret 3 Ret 8 2 Ret 14 2 7 2 Kannan GP 19 Ret 20 8 4 2 8 8 9 4 8 3 Ret 6 3 Ret 15 5 Ret 2 6 3 7 12 5 301 20 1 10 11 6 5 2 2 7 Ret 13 2 8 14 14 4 Ret 7 Ret 13 1 15 10 11 3 3 Swallow Racing Team 7 7 3 13 1 9 3 6 Ret 5 5 8 5 11 2 6 Ret 15 Ret 12 4 4 4 8 6 278 8 13 5 10 2 Ret DNS 4 12 3 14 13 3 10 1 13 Ret 6 7 4 7 1 15 Ret 16 4 Johansson Motorsport 5 4 2 4 Ret 14 6 Ret 15 Ret 20 1 10 19 10 Ret 13 2 3 9 5 14 12 10 Ret 233 6 12 9 Ret 21 12 5 7 3 2 11 12 2 7 7 Ret 10 1 10 6 12 6 Ret 7 9 5 Smart Racing 13 Ret 23 Ret 12 3 9 5 5 9 6 Ret Ret Ret 20 3 5 9 Ret Ret 18 10 6 Ret 24 164 14 3 6 3 Ret 4 10 14 10 11 Ret Ret 20 17 8 9 1 Ret 11 Ret 16 Ret 18 3 13 6 Morley Development Racing 15 9 Ret 6 11 18 13 18 19 Ret 22 Ret 13 8 Ret 17 8 11 5 Ret 22 Ret 16 13 4 160 16 5 12 12 3 7 Ret 10 4 Ret Ret 11 1 3 9 11 Ret 8 6 3 8 2 11 15 11 7 American Engineering 9 16 13 Ret 20 Ret 16 21 16 6 7 Ret 16 4 13 12 4 14 9 7 10 9 2 Ret 20 136 10 8 8 Ret 14 11 1 1 11 13 2 Ret 14 Ret 22 Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 17 Ret 21 9 2 8 Hawks Motorsport 25 21 17 14 8 Ret 15 19 13 19 Ret Ret 19 5 11 15 7 10 Ret 10 3 12 5 5 12 126 26 15 19 2 13 10 Ret 15 Ret 12 4 14 12 15 16 Ret 18 18 12 17 9 8 1 6 1 9 Bronislav Competition 21 6 7 17 15 8 7 13 Ret 14 12 Ret 17 23 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 15 15 Ret 19 Ret 22 100 22 14 Ret 5 9 6 11 Ret 20 18 15 Ret 15 16 18 8 3 12 1 11 Ret 5 8 4 10 10 Sunrise Necromancer 11 Ret 14 7 7 Ret 18 11 6 Ret 18 5 6 Ret 19 Ret 11 Ret 14 14 13 7 Ret Ret 15 63 12 18 22 18 16 21 19 17 17 10 9 Ret 18 13 4 14 Ret Ret 15 5 Ret 11 Ret Ret 23 11 Phoenix Motorsport 17 10 11 19 17 19 Ret 22 18 16 17 15 Ret 9 6 18 17 Ret 16 Ret 20 17 17 19 17 46 18 19 16 16 19 Ret Ret 9 8 8 10 10 9 21 21 7 Ret 16 13 Ret 21 13 3 20 21 12 Signature Performance 3 20 18 15 10 20 17 20 22 Ret Ret 7 11 18 17 2 9 Ret Ret 20 19 Ret 22 16 14 42 4 Ret 21 Ret 23 15 14 16 14 20 21 Ret Ret 12 5 19 16 13 4 16 11 18 20 17 19 13 Asia-Pacific Racing 23 Ret 15 9 Ret 16 12 Ret Ret 15 16 9 7 22 15 16 12 Ret 8 Ret 14 16 13 14 Ret 30 24 17 24 Ret 22 17 20 23 21 17 19 16 Ret 20 Ret 5 6 19 17 19 Ret 19 23 18 18 Pos Driver No. F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S Points FRA ESP GBR GER NED BEL ITA TUR SWE CAN USA MEX

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Purple Classified retirement Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD)

Rookies' championship

Pos Driver FRA ESP GBR GER NED BEL ITA TUR SWE CAN USA MEX Points F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S 1 Rodolfo de la Fuente 7 3 13 1 9 3 6 Ret 5 5 8 5 11 2 6 Ret 15 Ret 12 4 4 4 8 6 265 2 James Vasquez 12 9 Ret 21 12 5 7 3 2 11 12 2 7 7 Ret 10 1 10 6 12 6 Ret 7 9 252 3 Thierry Xylander 13 5 10 2 Ret DNS 4 12 3 14 13 3 10 1 13 Ret 6 7 4 7 1 15 Ret 16 247 4 Felix Pérez Ret 20 8 4 2 8 8 9 4 8 3 Ret 14 14 4 Ret 7 Ret 13 1 15 10 11 3 245 5 Hunter Ryan 5 12 12 3 7 Ret 10 4 Ret Ret 11 1 3 9 11 Ret 8 6 3 8 2 11 15 11 236 6 Sergio Álvarez 3 6 3 Ret 4 10 14 10 11 Ret Ret 20 17 8 9 1 Ret 11 Ret 16 Ret 18 3 13 196 7 Drake Davies 15 19 2 13 10 Ret 15 Ret 12 4 14 12 15 16 Ret 18 18 12 17 9 8 1 6 1 186 8 Dmytro Kovalenko 14 Ret 5 9 6 11 Ret 20 18 15 Ret 15 16 18 8 3 12 1 11 Ret 5 8 4 10 183 9 Ikram Aliyev 20 18 15 10 20 17 20 22 Ret Ret 7 11 18 17 2 9 Ret Ret 20 19 Ret 22 16 14 121 10 Henri Aliagas 17 24 Ret 22 17 20 23 21 17 19 16 Ret 20 Ret 5 6 19 17 19 Ret 19 23 18 18 95 Pos Driver F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S Points FRA ESP GBR GER NED BEL ITA TUR SWE CAN USA MEX

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Purple Classified retirement Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD)