2020 Formula Virtual World Championship
2020 FVA Formula Virtual World Championship | |
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Top tier: FV • eVirtual | |
Second tier: VWRS | |
Third tier: VERS • VARS • VOARS |
The 2020 Formula Virtual World Championship is the eighth season of the Formula Virtual World Championship. The series is a virtual motor racing championship run by Nic Morley. It is competed amongst members formally of the F1 Fanatic/RaceFans website, who have since migrated to Discord servers, and is recognised by the Formula Virtual Association (FVA) governing body as the highest class of competition for virtual motor racing.
Enrique Ruiz started the season as the defending drivers champion after winning his second title at the 2019 Brazilian V-Prix. He was unable to defend his title, as he finished runner up to Nathaniel Powers. Powers won his fourth title at the 2020 Brazilian V-Prix, an all time record.
Downton successfully defended the World Constructors' Championship, becoming the first team to do so since Franklin in 2015. This was the teams third title, putting them level with Franklin for the most Constructors' Championships.
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers are currently scheduled to participate in the eighth season of the Formula Virtual World Championship.
Team changes
- Excelsior left the series after the 2019 Malaysian V-Prix and did not return for 2020.
- Holmqvist left the series after the 2019 Bahrain V-Prix and did not return for 2020.
- Following the 2019 French V-Prix, Franklin announced they would be leaving the series at the end of the season.[44] The day after, it was confirmed that Westwood would be returning in their place.[35] In a surprise about turn just days prior to pre-season testing, Franklin announced they would in fact be back for 2020 after all, albeit now fully funded by team boss Jamie Franklin following the departure of all sponsors.[8]
- Mathershaw announced a split from DS Automobiles after five years.[45] Two weeks later, Phoenix - who had joined up with Mathershaw at the start of 2019 - also announced their split from the French manufacturer.[46] Just over a month later, Mathershaw confirmed a new partnership with Porsche; rebranding the outfit as Porsche Team Mathershaw for the German marquee's first foray into virtual motorsport and also announcing Porsche would supply other teams in 2020.[2] Towards the end of the 2019 season Westwood confirmed that they would be supplied by Porsche for their first season back,[36] while just under two weeks before pre-season testing, it was announced Lopez would also be powered by the German manufacturer[25] having split with Downton at the end of 2019.
- Downton reaffirmed their partnership with DS Automobiles despite Mathershaw ending theirs, also announcing that Phoenix would replace Lopez in their list of supplied teams from 2020.[20] However, DS Automobiles later announced they would completely withdraw from the series at the end of 2019, thrusting Downton's future into uncertainty.[47] This was secured four days later though, when Downton announced a new multi-year deal with McLaren, which would extend to customers Lucas and Phoenix.[5]
- Lamborghini announced that they were to enter the series as an engine supplier from 2020.[48] The day after, Meteor - taken over by Italian owners during 2019 - confirmed the Lamborghini deal was theirs, while also announcing they would switch to a new base in Italy, as well as entering the 2020 season under an Italian license.[15]
- Andromeda were declared bankrupt towards the end of the 2019 season, and were forced to withdraw from the series after just one season of competing.[49] Six days later, it was confirmed by series organiser Nic Morley that four applications had been received, and of those four Arrow had been selected to replace Andromeda.[40]
- Following the announcement that Franklin would leave the series, as the 2019 season neared it's end, their engine supplier Honda confirmed they too would depart, leaving long-time customers Ingram in search of a new provider.[23] In February, it was announced the team had struck a deal with Jaguar to bring the British manufacturer into the series, where they would also power new team Arrow, who will form a partnership with Ingram.[24]
Driver changes
- Jules Simon and Andrey Kerzhakov were both dropped by the new Meteor management, while Mario Juan Lopez returned to Lopez after his loan ended. Lewis Ellington joined the team full-time after competing for them for half a season in 2019 while Felix Beyer was signed from the defect Holmqvist, marking the third separate time Ellington and Beyer have been teammates. Giani Ledesma returned to Meteor as reserve driver after 7 years.[16]
- Hector Draper was promoted from North Star's Protostars program to reserve driver following his maidin VWRS campaign, replacing Niklaus Hölzberg who left the team completely.[18]
- Matteo Zetticci joined Downton as their reserve driver after his impressive debut in VWRS. He replaced Sam Hudson who left after a long partnership with Downton.[7]
- Carson Davenport stayed at Lucas after being loaned midway through 2019. Marcus Thunder was brought back by the team to partner the Portuguese while Arden Hutchinson was demoted to reserve driver. Lucas also signed Maximilian Thunström to partner Hutchinson as reserve driver.[28]
- Tumo Kinnumen was signed by Cheema following Franklin's departure, replacing Diego Campos who moved back to being the team's reserve driver.[30]
- Viktor Östberg joined the Swedish navy after 2019 and so was kept by Lopez as a reserve driver.[27]
- Thierry Xylander moved to Phoenix completely following a one year loan with the team from Mathershaw, who released the Belgian.[21]
- Westwood signed Karl Beckenbauer, who last race in FV with Westwood, just before their initial departure,[37] and Puccio Giodano, who left Ocelot after 4 years with them,[36] as their racing drivers.
- Will Hoskins was signed by FIRST, after also doing a single race cameo for them in the 2019 Spanish V-Prix. He replaced Oleksandr Zozulya, who was dropped after being with FIRST since 2015.[13]
Calendar
The following sixteen V-Prix's are due to be run as part of the 2020 season.[50]
Round | V-Prix | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Japanese V-Prix | ![]() |
5 April |
2 | Malaysian V-Prix | ![]() |
12 April |
3 | Australian V-Prix | ![]() |
26 April |
4 | South African V-Prix | ![]() |
10 May |
5 | British V-Prix | ![]() |
24 May |
6 | French V-Prix | ![]() |
31 May |
7 | Spanish V-Prix | ![]() |
14 June |
8 | German V-Prix | ![]() |
12 July |
9 | United States V-Prix | ![]() |
16 August |
10 | Canadian V-Prix | ![]() |
23 August |
11 | Bahrain V-Prix | ![]() |
6 September |
12 | Turkish V-Prix | ![]() |
13 September |
13 | Belgian V-Prix | ![]() |
20 September |
14 | Italian V-Prix | ![]() |
4 October |
15 | Mexican V-Prix | ![]() |
18 October |
16 | Brazilian V-Prix | ![]() |
8 November |
Calendar changes
- The South African V-Prix returned for the first time since 2015, remaining at Kyalami.
- The Chinese V-Prix and Austrian V-Prix were discontinued, leaving the amount of races at 16.
- Prior to the opening race of the season, it was announced Japan would host the season opener for the first time as opposed to Australia, which became the third round.[51]
Rule changes
Season report
Results and standings
V-Prix's
Drivers' standings
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Constructors' standings
Pos | Constructor | Car No. |
JPN![]() |
MAL![]() |
AUS![]() |
RSA![]() |
GBR![]() |
FRA![]() |
ESP![]() |
GER![]() |
USA![]() |
CAN![]() |
BHR![]() |
TUR![]() |
BEL![]() |
ITA![]() |
MEX![]() |
BRA![]() |
Points |
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1 | ![]() |
13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 10 | 475 |
14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
2 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 14 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 424 |
2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
3 | ![]() |
73 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 5 | 304 |
74 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | |||
4 | ![]() |
9 | 20 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 106 |
10 | 25 | 9 | 20 | Ret | 8 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 23 | |||
5 | ![]() |
37 | 10 | 8 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 98 |
38 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 23 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |||
6 | ![]() |
25 | Ret | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 16 | Ret | 17 | 67 |
26 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 24 | 16 | Ret | 19 | 14 | 8 | |||
7 | ![]() |
69 | 14 | 15 | 14 | DNQ | 13 | 9 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 20 | 43 |
70 | 16 | 22 | 18 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 11 | 14 | |||
8 | ![]() |
81 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 41 |
82 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 21 | |||
9 | ![]() |
41 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 13 | 9 | 37 |
42 | 11 | Ret | 16 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 15 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 13 | Ret | 9 | 17 | 22 | |||
10 | ![]() |
15 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 16 | Ret | DNQ | 10 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 15 | 16 |
16 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 8 | 5 | 13 | |||
11 | ![]() |
11 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 24 | Ret | 15 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 3 |
12 | 23 | 19 | 17 | Ret | 10 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 17 | 19 | 15 | Ret | 20 | 20 | 11 | |||
12 | ![]() |
17 | 13 | Ret | DNQ | 18 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 9 | Ret | 21 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
18 | 15 | 12 | DNQ | Ret | 18 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 19 | |||
13 | ![]() |
3 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 14 | DNQ | 25 | 18 | 21 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
4 | DNQ | DNQ | 25 | 17 | DNQ | 17 | 12 | 23 | Ret | 20 | 25 | DNQ | 16 | 18 | Ret | DNQ | |||
14 | ![]() |
5 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 19 | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 23 | DNQ | 23 | 21 | 24 | 0 |
6 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 21 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 22 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||
15 | ![]() |
91 | DNQ | DNQ | 26 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
92 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 14 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 23 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 25 | |||
Pos | Constructor | Car No. |
JPN![]() |
MAL![]() |
AUS![]() |
RSA![]() |
GBR![]() |
FRA![]() |
ESP![]() |
GER![]() |
USA![]() |
CAN![]() |
BHR![]() |
TUR![]() |
BEL![]() |
ITA![]() |
MEX![]() |
BRA![]() |
Points |
References
- ↑ Coca-Cola become Title Sponsor of the Porsche Team Mathershaw Formula Virtual Team
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Porsche enter Formula Virtual
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The World Champion arrives at Porsche
- ↑ Adrien Simon will drive for Porsche Team Mathershaw
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Downton announce surprise McLaren deal
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Powers and van Snelheid remain at Downton for 2020
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Downton confirm Zetticci appointment
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Franklin return to Formula Virtual
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Franklin confirm line-up for 'comeback' campaign
- ↑ Enzo to miss Silverstone V-Prix
- ↑ Felix Pérez retained for 2020
- ↑ FIRST Retain Stefan Klien as Test Driver
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 FIRST Motorsport confirm Will Hoskins
- ↑ Meteor detail further 2020 plans
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Meteor confirm new base, sponsor and engine supplier
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Meteor announce 2020 line up
- ↑ Ellington dropped for Malaysia
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 North Star 2020 driver lineup unveiled
- ↑ Phoenix to part ways with DS
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Downton confirm 2020 engine supply
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Phoenix confirm their 2020 driver lineup
- ↑ Thompson to stand in for Xylander in Brazil"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Honda announce split with Ingram
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.6 A new Ingram
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Porsche's second Customer Racing Team in Formula Virtual
- ↑ Elroy confirmed for 2020 on Twitter
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Viktor Östberg to jump ship in 2020
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 Lucas announce 2020 driver changes
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 VWRS Champion Zvironas to join Ryan at Ocelot
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 Cheema confirm their drivers for 2020
- ↑ He's Back
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 AMR Confirm Schnyder and Kovalenko
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Palou loaned to AMR (Twitter)
- ↑ Palou to Replace Kovalenko at AMR for Final Rounds
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Westwood returns to Formula Virtual
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 Westwood Racing Technology to race with Porsche Customer Racing for 2020
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Karl Beckenbauer will be racing with us!
- ↑ Westwood Racing Technology unveil 2020 contender
- ↑ Inman replaces Beckenbauer for Belgium
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Arrow Mechanics join Formula Virtual
- ↑ Arrow confirm De La Fuente as first driver
- ↑ Arrow and Scuderia Meteor reach agreement over British Driver Ellington
- ↑ Arrow confirm Takahashi as second driver
- ↑ And so, the end is near...
- ↑ Mathershaw Technology announce DS Automobiles departure
- ↑ Phoenix Motorsport to part with DS Automobiles
- ↑ DS Automobiles to exit Formula Virtual
- ↑ Lamborghini to join Formula Virtual
- ↑ Andromeda pull out of Formula Virtual
- ↑ 2020 race schedule confirmed
- ↑ Japan confirmed to host opening race of 2020
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