1996 Rejects-1 World Championship season

1996 Rejects-1 World Championship
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The 1996 Rejects-1 World Championship season was the third season of the Rejects-1 World Championship series.

Changes are EuroBrun at the beginning removed from the chassis list as the development team failed to modify the car to go faster. Instead the 1992 Brabham BT60B is added to the chassis choices. While Coloni C3C after GLB switched chassis was declared obsolete too. Then Rockets to Russia asked for exclusive use of the EuroBrun due to tight budget, which the Rejects-1 comission gave permission to it. Engines are also tuned to have 5 extra horsepowers for free. The series also has solved the financial issues that striked during last 1/3 period in 1995. It would be the final year of the current generation of cars.

Chassis

Origin	Constructor	Name	Year
	AGS	JH24	1990
	Andrea Moda	S921	1992
	Brabham	BT60B	1992
	EuroBrun	ER188B	1989
	Fondmetal	GR02	1992
	Life	L190	1990
	Modena	Lambo 291	1991
	Onyx	ORE-1	1989
	Osella	FA1ME	1990
	Rial	ARC-02	1989
	Zakspeed	891	1989

Teams and Drivers

Entrant	Chassis	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Drivers
Great Leap Backward	Brabham BT60B	3	Kim-Jong Sung	1-	Friedl Källström Frederico Angeli
		31	Carlos Marquez	1-
Ursus Racing	Rial ARC-02	5	Fidrik Arnason	1-	Anna Gunnarsdottir
		25	Algernon Bell	1-
Aussie Motorsport	Andrea Moda S921	8	Nic Tooas	1-	Sam Sun
		10	Joe Gaera	1-8
			Sam Sun	9-
Northgate Engineering	Zakspeed 891	11	Satoru Kagawa 1	1, 3
			Massimiliano Patrese	2
			Patrick Boon	4-
		12	Rafael Modena	1-
Caraxl Racing 4	Life L190	14	Petrus Handoyo	1-3, 8-	Ronald Tenpecost James Generic
Rob Lomas Racing	Onxy ORE-1	27	Archibald March	1-	Cletus Brown
		666	Mikhail Karimov	1-
Rockets to Russia	EuroBrun ER188B	35	Danny Ramone	1-
		53	Marky Howard	1-
Hunter Autosport	Fondmetal GR02	36	Deanna McMahon	1-
		37	Natascha Zaugg	1-
Foxhound Life	Lamborghini 291	44	Pjotr Madunochev	1-	Sergej Madunochev
HURT Racing	Zakspeed 891	47	Sam Pritchard	1-
Lotto Racing	Osella FA1ME	70	Cameron Maroon 3	1-3
			Dennis Mignolet	4
			Alik Mori	5-
HTMTRT	Life L190	76	Shigeru Hashimoto	1-6, 12-	Torna Swan
			Jeice Swan	7-11
		78	Jeice Swan 2	1-2, 12-
			Torna Swan	3-11
Blokkmonsta Racing	Andrea Moda S921	79	Vic Sunset	1-
Buoygues Télécom EBL	Fondmetal GR02	84	Bernard Leclerq	1-
		222	Jean-Philippe Henri	1-
Scuderia Asso di Fiori	Zakspeed 891	88	Mark Albertson	1-
Team Sprunk 4	Osella FA1ME	98	Anna Gunnarsdottir	1-3
		99	Goker Peynirci 1	1
			Antonio Bizarri	2-3
Valerian Engineering	Onyx ORE-1	100	Shad Griffith	1-	Rial Cotman Gary Ceara
		200	Sabine Forestiur-Valerian 1	1, 3-8
			Javier Alverez	2
			Anna Gunnarsdottir	9-
V.I.D.A.	AGS JH24	333	Julio Vaca	1-	Cleide do Nascimento Pierre Abblegen
		444	Joaquim Alcântara	1, 3-5, 7-9, 11-
			Cleide do Nascimento	2, 6, 10

Notes:

• 1 - Round 1, Satoru Kagawa injured for 1 race, Goker Peynirci for 2 race, while Sabine Forestiur-Valerian was banned for one race for dangerous manouver over Peynirci. Forestiur-Valerian then replaced by Anna Gunnarsdottir from round 9.
• 2 - Round 2, Jeice Swan was injured for 3 racet but then took 1 extra race rest before returning in #76 car due to Hashimoto moved to Formula Nippon and F3000. Torna Swan continue to drive at #78
• 3 - Round 3, Cameron Maroon was injured for three months.
• 4 - Following financial reason, Team Sprunk withdrew from the series at the conclusion of the Argentinian round, while Caraxl Racing with Petrus Handoyo moved to IndyCar but returned for round 8 and beyond.

Calendar

Testing

	Date	Track	Fastest Driver	Fastest Team
1	February 17-18	Sebring International Raceway, Florida, USA	Mikhail Karimov	Rob Lomas Racing

Championship Races

Each race was scheduled to last approximately 65 minutes, with the exceptions of sprint races and SuperPrix, which the latter will have longer race around 120 minutes. Sprint races maximum time are 21 minutes.

	Date	Title	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
NC	March 2	Rejects-1 Budweiser 100 Miles Challenge	Daytona International Speedway Oval, Daytona Beach, Florida	Archibald March*	Rafael Modena	Jeice Swan	HTMTRT
1	March 3	Rejects-1 Budweiser Florida Grand Prix	Daytona International Speedway Road Course, Daytona Beach, Florida	Archibald March	Archibald March	Mikhail Karimov	Rob Lomas Racing
2	March 16	Rejects-1 Grande Prêmio 240k do Brazil	Autódromo de Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archibald March	Archibald March	Archibald March	Rob Lomas Racing
3	March 24	Rejects-1 Gran Premio de Argentina	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez No. 12, Buenos Aires, Argentine	Petrus Handoyo	Sam Pritchard	Pjotr Madunochev	Foxhound Life
4	April 14	Rejects-1 Kiwi New Zealand Grand Prix	Teretonga Park, Invercargill, New Zealand	Archibald March	Vic Sunset	Julio Vaca	V.I.D.A.
5	April 21	Rejects-1 Australian Grand Prix	Eastern Creek Raceway, Sydney, Australia	Natascha Zaugg	Kim-Jong Sung	Vic Sunset	Blokkmonsta Racing
6	May 5	Rejects-1 PIAA 日本グランプリー	Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan	Mikhail Karimov	Mikhail Karimov	Archibald March	Rob Lomas Racing
7	May 18	Rejects-1 Magneti Marelli 240k Gran Premio d’Italia	Autodromo di Pergusa, Sicily, Italy	Archibald March	Algernon Bell	Algernon Bell	Ursus Racing
8	June 12	Rejects-1 Total SuperPrix de France - Sprint 50 km	Circuit de La Sarthe, Le Mans, France	Archibald March	Archibald March	Archibald March	Rob Lomas Racing
9	June 14	Rejects-1 Total SuperPrix de France - SuperPrix 400 km		Mikhail Karimov	Natascha Zaugg	Bernard Leclercq	Buoygues Telecom EBL
10	June 30	Rejects-1 British Grand Prix	Donington Park, Leicestershire, England	Natascha Zaugg	Vic Sunset	Natascha Zaugg	Hunter Autosport
11	July 14	Rejects-1 Bosch Großer Preis von Deutschland	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany	Natascha Zaugg	Marky Howard	Marky Howard	Rockets to Russia
12	July 21	Rejects-1 Artic Circle Norge Grand Prix	Artic Circle Raceway, Mo I Rana, Norway	Natascha Zaugg	Vic Sunset	Vic Sunset	Blokkmonsta Racing
13	August 4	Rejects-1 Gillet Grand Prix de Belgique	Circuit National de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium	Fidrik Arnason	Archibald March	Fidrik Arnason	Ursus Racing
14	August 18	Rejects-1 A1 Großer Preis von Österreich	A1 Ring, Spielberg, Austria	Archibald March	Shad Griffth	Bernard Leclercq	Buoygues Telecom EBL
15	August 24	Rejects-1 Groot Prys van Suid-Afrika	Kyalami Circuit, Gauteng, South Africa	Natascha Zaugg	Bernard Leclercq	Natascha Zaugg	Hunter Autosport
16	September 8	Rejects-1 Grand Prix of Canada	Shannonville Motorsport Park, Ontario, Canada
17	September 22	Rejects-1 Garuda Grand Prix Indonesia	Sirkuit Internasional Sentul, Bogor, Indonesia

Notes:

• 1. Budweiser Challenge is an exhibition race non-points counted race. The field will be chosen from the top 12 of qualifying. The equipments needed are all specially-prepared only for the exhibition race.
• 2. Sprint races point system are: 6-5-4-3-2-1. Pole position and fastest lap is still same for each race. French SuperPrix point system is: 30-25-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

Results

Points system: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Pole and fastest lap both rewarded 1 point except the aforementioned ones.

Pos.	Driver	USA	BRA	ARG	NZL	AUS	JAP	ITA		FRAS	FRA		GBR	GER	NOR	BEL	AUT	SAF	CAN	INA	Pts.
1	Vic Sunset	Ret	Ret	14	2	1	Ret	15		3	2		Ret	Ret	1	5	4	2			120
2	Julio Vaca	3	4	18†	1	Ret	7	10		Ret	10†		2	Ret	19	Ret	3	7			86
3	Archibald March	2	1	Ret	13†	Ret	1	Ret		1	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret			81
4	Bernard Leclercq	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret		10	1		Ret	10†	6	Ret	1	3			80
5	Mikhail Karimov	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	3	Ret		2	Ret		Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret			70
6	Natascha Zaugg	7	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2	13		8	Ret		1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1			69
7	Kim-Jong Sung	Ret	Ret	8	6†	Ret	11	Ret		17	8†		Ret	6	4	2	Ret	5			61
8	Shad Griffth	6	8	Ret	5	Ret	9	Ret		11	7†		Ret	Ret	5	8	Ret	4			55
9	Jean-Philippe Henri	Ret	Ret	13	4	5	8	Ret		7	16†		Ret	3	3	Ret	Ret	6			46
10	Pjotr Madunochev	Ret	10	1	12	10	Ret	4		9	11†		Ret	Ret	7	Ret	6	Ret			48
11	Algernon Bell	Ret	5	4	Ret	8	12	1		4	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	10†	10†	Ret			47
12	Sam Pritchard	8	Ret	15†	Ret	9	Ret	2		5	15†		5	Ret	11	3	Ret	Ret			45
13	Danny Ramone	Ret	11	3	9†	7	4	3		13	12†		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret			45
14	Fidrik Arnason	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	5	7		6	Ret		Ret	Ret	13	1	Ret	12			42
15	Joaquim Alcantara	Ret		Ret	3	6		Ret		Ret	6†			5	17	Ret	Ret	Ret			42
16	Marky Howard	5	Ret	6	8	Ret	Ret	11†		Ret	Ret		Ret	1	16†	Ret	DSQ	EX			38
17	Patrick Boon				Ret	Ret	Ret	5		Ret	3		Ret	9	18	6	Ret	Ret			38
18	Deanna McMahon	9	Ret	10	Ret	3	10	12		19	Ret		10†	2	9	Ret	Ret	Ret			34
19	Nic Tooas	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		14	Ret		3	4	8	Ret	Ret	9†			33
20	Shigeru Hashimoto	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	6								10	Ret	5	Ret			30
21	Mark Albertson	Ret	2	9	14	Ret	Ret	8		16	14†		9†	Ret	Ret	Ret	9†	10			28
22	Alik Mori					Ret	Ret	Ret		15	5		Ret	7	Ret	9	7	Ret			28
23	Anna Gunnarsdottir	Ret	Ret	7							9†		4	Ret	15	7	Ret	Ret			26
24	Sam Sun										4		7	Ret	21	Ret	Ret	12			24
25	Carlos Marquez	Ret	Ret	11	10	Ret	Ret	16		18	Ret		8	Ret	20	Ret	2	8			22
26	Rafael Modena	4	Ret	Ret	11	11	Ret	Ret		12	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8†	Ret			13
27	Torna Swan			Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6		Ret	13†		Ret	8							13
28	Cleide do Nascimento		3				Ret						Ret								12
29	Petrus Handoyo	10	Ret	Ret						Ret	Ret		6	Ret	14						8
30	Massimiliano Patrese		7																		4
31	Antonio Bizarri		9†	Ret																	2
32	Sabine Forestiur-Valerian	Ret	EX	16†	Ret	Ret	Ret	9		Ret											2
33	Jeice Swan	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ		Ret		Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret			0
34	Joe Gaera	Ret	Ret	12†	Ret	Ret	Ret	14		20											0
35	Cameron Maroon	Ret	Ret	17†	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ		INJ	INJ		INJ								0
36	Goker Peynirci	Ret	INJ	INJ																	0
37	Satoru Kagawa	Ret	INJ	Ret																	0
38	Dennis Mignolet				Ret																0
39	Javier Alverez		Ret																		0