2020 AutoReject World Series season

2020 AutoReject World Series season
Season
Races	18
Start date	8 March 2020
Start Event	Template:AUS Jooky Australian Grand Prix
End date	25 October 2020
End Event	Macau Chinese Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	None
Constructor's Champion	None
Pre-Qualifying Cup Driver's Champion	None
Pre-Qualifying Cup Team's Champion	None
Harvey Jones Memorial Trophy winner	None
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2019	2021 (AutoGP)
Development Categories
Tier 1	2020 AutoReject 3.5 season
Tier 2	2020 AutoReject 2.0 season

The 2020 AutoReject World Series season was the 11th season of ARWS competition, and the third since the rebrand from the former F1RWRS moniker. Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen and Kjellerup entered the season as reigning Driver's and Constructor's champions respectively after dominating 2019.

The season was suspended on March 16th 2020 after just two races had been run, due to the ownership group of ARWS was found to be financially insolvent and placed in the hands of administrators. The season was formally cancelled on June 3rd, 2020 and all assets put up for sale as a result of being embroiled in the Leonhard von Gottorp scandal. The assets of the series were purchased by a consortium of ARWS team owners, leading to the formation of the AutoGP World Series from 2021 onwards.

Drivers and Teams

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	#	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
Template:DEN/Template:FRA Kjellerup by Écurie Prenois [?]	Kjellerup-Renault	020	RSXXII-20	Template:Goodyear	1	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	1-2
					2	Template:GBR Mark Dagnall	1-2
Template:FRA Voeckler Renault [?]	Voeckler-Renault	VGP4	RSXXII-20	Template:Dunlop	3	Template:FRA Phillippe Nicolas	1-2	Shinobu Katayama Kyösti Pykälistö
					4	Template:USA Dan Greenlaw	1-2
Template:AUS/ Jooky Melrose Racing Team [?]	MRT-BMW	M11	P92/20	Template:Goodyear	5	Alberto Cara	1-2	Jean-Vincent Albertini Evgeny Restov
					6	Akira Yamamura	1-2
Template:BEL Fusion Lotto Racing [?]	Fusion-Renault	FL1/20	RSXXII-20	Template:Bridgestone	7	Template:GBR Terry Hawkin	1-2	Matthias Valsattis Template:SUI Gregor Pascal
					8	Template:AUT Marko Jantscher	1-2
/ BASF Nurminen Grand Prix [?]	Nurminen-BMW	NRE Type 03	P92/20	Template:Goodyear	9	Alessandro Lucarelli	1-2
					10	Anu Võsu	1-2
Template:AUS Simpson Motorsports [?]	Simpson-Yamaha	SM-060	OX64B	Template:Goodyear	11	Alexey Buyvolov	1-2
					12	Mineiro	1-2
Template:AUT Union Saver Developments [?]	USD-Daihatsu	KS-03	Zeetec-R2/20	Template:Goodyear	13	Naoki Shinjo	1-2	Template:GBR Ashley Watkinson
					14	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	1-2
Template:GBR Jones Racing [?]	Jones-Ford	118	XR8E	Template:Goodyear	15	Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron	1-2
						Template:USA Ashley Cassidy	5
					16	Nick Nurmester	1-2
Team Mecha Racing [?]	Mecha-Pure Hart	FM-20	PHWS-2-20	Template:Goodyear	17	Nino Barlini	1-2	1-2
					18	Template:GBR John Bean	1-2
Best In The World Kahama Motor Sport [?]	Kahama-Yamaha	KARWS-Λ	OX64B	Template:Bridgestone	19	Du Lon	1-2	Zaituni Dileita Template:GBR Darren Older, Jr.
					20	Carmen Álvarez Torrente	1-2
Template:GBR Eric Vincent Racing [?]	Vixen-Daihatsu	FA.3	Zeetec-R2/20	Template:Goodyear	21	Tommi Hämäläinen	1-2
					22	Gary Pacer	1-2
Template:BEL Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge [?]	Gillet ENB	ENB120	GV12C	Template:Pirelli	23	Template:USA Shane Walsh	1-2	Template:BEL Wouter Lamberigts
					24	Template:BEL Alexandre Dorval	1-2
RUF Blokkmonsta Grand Prix Team [?]	Blokkmonsta-Pure Hart	GPR-03	PHWS-2-20	Template:Dunlop	25	Hansuke Shioya	1-2	Daniel Martins
					26	Template:GBR Martin McFry	1-2
Euromotor International [?]	Euromotor-Holden	EU2	LSW-19B	Template:Goodyear	27	Template:FRA Benoît Voeckler	1-2	Timmy O'Toole
					28	Takuma Taki	1-2
						Timmy O'Toole	3-
/ GA Squadron Racing [?]	GASR-Yamaha	von Richter Mk1	OX64B	Template:Goodyear	29	Fredo Mestolio	1-2	Martyn Rietacher
					30	Gianluigi Pazzini	1-2
						Ryan McReynolds	5
Scuderia Adriatica [?]	Adriatica-Pure Hart	SAF20-01	PHWS-2-20		31	Jesús Plaza	1-2	Template:AUS Seamus Belcher
					32	Template:GBR Thomas Butler	1-2
Mediterranean Motorsports [?]	Mediterranean-BMW	MeMo-Uno	P92/20	Template:Goodyear	33	Brucie Kibbutz	1-2	Miguel Silva
					34	Template:FRA Adélaïde Voeckler	1-2

Team Changes

Pre-season

• After growing frustration with the decisions of the ARWS Commission, Venturi Formula decided to leave the sport at the end of the 2019 season and sold the team to GA Squadron Racing, owned by the eccentric Enrique von Richter. GA Squadron elected to continue to run Yamaha engines.
• Facing financial trouble, Peak Aeroracing Engineering elected to withdraw from ARWS to focus on their junior program.
• Rob Lomas Racing withdrew at the conclusion of the season, in order for team owner Rob Lomas to focus on designing and developing engines.
• Bari-based team Scuderia Adriatica, led by former touring car driver Erica B. Mancino entered ARWS for the first time. The squad had previously run as a privateer team in Formula One during the 1950s. The team signed an expensive contract with Pure-Hart to provide engines, leaving the team with no option but to sign with Goodride as their tyre provider.
• Spain-based Mediterranean Motorsports shocked the motorsport world by announcing a late entry to the series in December 2019. The team signed an engine contract with BMW, but expectations were low as the team had only 3 months to design and build their first chassis.
• Financial and health issues forced Barii Mori to sell enough shares of Kamaha Revolution Motorsports in order for Best In The World to become a 70% shareholder and majority owner. As part of a rebrand, the name change made before the start of the 2013 ARWS season was reversed and the team competed under the Kahama name again.
• After a poor 2019 season and faced with health issues, Sammy Jones elected to take a step back in the running of the Jones Racing. Former Fusion owner Jacques Couteau was brought on board as team principal to turn the team around.

Driver Changes

Pre-season

• 2018 ARWS world champion Terry Hawkin announced that he would be taking a sabbatical in 2020 after a lacklustre title defence. Marko Jantscher, released from Nurminen Grand Prix after two seasons at the team, would take his place at Lotto Fusion Racing.
• Reigning AutoReject 3.5 champion Anu Võsu was signed to replace Jantscher at Nurminen.
• Lotto Fusion Racing elected to replace both drivers for 2020, with Gregor Pascal joining the team after being released from Peak Aeroracing Engineering midway through 2019. Marcel Agyemang-Badu left ARWS for Formula One and Fernando Alonso Speed Team after falling out with the Lotto Fusion team management.
• Salvatore Miccoli left Melrose Racing Team to accept a multi-year contract with Ferrari. After a break-out year in 2019, Akira Yamamura completed a multi-million Euro deal to join the team alongside Alberto Cara.
• RUF Blokkmonsta Grand Prix Team dropped Wouter Lamberigts when his contract expired. Hansuke Shioya moved from Eric Vincent Racing to take his place.

Race Calendar

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Reject of the Race	Driver of the Race	Report
1	Template:AUS Jooky Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	8 March	Alberto Cara	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	Alberto Cara	Template:AUS/ Jooky Melrose Racing Team	Template:GBR Eric Vincent Racing	Gianluigi Pazzini
2	New South Wales Grand Prix	Mount Panorama Circuit	15 March	Alberto Cara	Template:GBR Mark Dagnall	Template:GBR Mark Dagnall	Template:DEN/Template:FRA Kjellerup by Écurie Prenois	Akira Yamamura	Template:USA Dan Greenlaw

Cancelled races

Race	Track	Date
Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina	Autodromo Juan y Oscar Galvez	29 March
Brahma Brazilian Grand Prix	São Paulo Street Circuit	5 April
Template:USA ARWS Indy 500km	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	26 April
Canadian Grand Prix	Toronto Exhibition Place	3 May
Template:GBR British Grand Prix	Birmingham SuperPrix	7 June
Template:BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	14 June
Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	21 June
Barilla Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	5 July
Template:AUT Red Bull Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring	12 July
Visit Bayern German Grand Prix	Norisring	19 July
South African Grand Prix	Phakisa Freeway	6 September
KFC Indonesian Grand Prix	Sentul International Circuit	20 September
Template:MAS Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	27 September
Pacific Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	11 October
JR Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	18 October
Macau ARWS Grand Prix	Guia Circuit	25 October

Note : Pink background denotes a Temporary Circuit, which may not be tested on at any time.
Note : Blue background denotes an Oval Circuit.

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos Driver AUS Template:AUS NSW Pts 1 Alberto Cara 1 3 15 2 Template:GBR Mark Dagnall Ret 1 10 3 Akira Yamamura 2 22† 7 4 Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen Ret 2 7 5 Template:AUT Marko Jantscher 3 10 5 6 Template:USA Dan Greenlaw 9 4 3 7 Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier 4 Ret 3 8 Gianluigi Pazzini 5 11 2 9 Alexey Buyvolov Ret 5 2 10 Alessandro Lucarelli 6 13 1 11 Template:GBR Terry Hawkin Ret 6 1 12 Nick Nurmester 7 Ret 0 13 Template:FRA Phillippe Nicolas Ret 7 0 14 Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron 8 12 0 15 Fredo Mestolio Ret 8 0 16 Mineiro 13 9 0 17 Anu Võsu 10 Ret 0 18 Template:USA Shane Walsh 11 14 0 19 Template:GBR John Bean 12 20 0 20 Template:BEL Alexandre Dorval 14 17 0 21 Naoki Shinjo 15 15 0 22 Tommi Hämäläinen 16 16 0 23 Nino Barlini Ret 18 0 24 Template:GBR Thomas Butler Ret 19 0 25 Jesús Plaza DNQ 21 0 26 Gary Pacer Ret Ret 0 27 Carmen Álvarez Torrente Ret DNQ 0 28 Du Lon DNQ DNQ 0 29 Hansuke Shioya DNPQ DNPQ 0 30 Template:GBR Martin McFry DNPQ DNPQ 0 31 Brucie Kibbutz DNPQ DNPQ 0 32 Template:FRA Adélaïde Voeckler DNPQ DNPQ 0 33 Template:FRA Benoît Voeckler DNPQ DNPQ 0 34 Takuma Taki DNPQ DNPQ 0 35 Timmy O'Toole DNA 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

Constructors' Championship

Pos Constructor # AUS Template:AUS NSW ARG BRA 500 Template:USA CAN GBR Template:GBR BEL Template:BEL MON ITA AUT Template:AUT GER SAF IND MAL Template:MAS PAC JPN CHN Pts 1 Template:AUS/ MRT-BMW 5 1 3 22 6 2 22† 2 Template:DEN/Template:FRA Kjellerup-Renault 1 Ret 2 17 2 Ret 1 3 Template:BEL Fusion-Renault 7 Ret 6 6 8 3 10 4 Template:FRA Voeckler-Renault 3 Ret 7 3 4 9 4 5 Template:AUT USD-Daihatsu 13 15 15 3 14 4 Ret 6 / GASR-Yamaha 29 Ret 8 2 30 5 11 7 Template:AUS Simpson-Yamaha 11 Ret 5 2 12 13 9 8 / NRE-BMW 9 6 13 1 10 10 Ret 9 Template:GBR Jones-Ford 15 8 12 0 16 7 Ret 10 Template:BEL Gillet 23 11 14 0 24 14 17 11 Mecha-PURE Hart 17 Ret 18 0 18 12 20 12 Template:GBR Vixen-Daihatsu 21 16 16 0 16 Ret Ret 13 Adriatica-PURE Hart 31 Ret 19 0 32 DNQ 21 14 Kahama-Yamaha 19 DNQ DNQ 0 20 Ret DNQ 15 Blokkmonsta-PURE Hart 25 DNPQ DNPQ 0 26 DNPQ DNPQ 16 Mediterranean-BMW 33 DNPQ DNPQ 0 34 DNPQ DNPQ 17 Euromotor-Holden 27 DNPQ DNPQ 0 28 DNPQ DNPQ Harvey Jones Memorial Trophy Pos Constructor AUS Template:AUS NSW ARG BRA 500 Template:USA CAN GBR Template:GBR BEL Template:BEL MON ITA AUT Template:AUT GER SAF IND MAL Template:MAS PAC JPN CHN Pts 1 Template:Goodyear 1 1 20 2 Template:Bridgestone 2 3 12 3 Template:Dunlop 3 2 12 4 Template:Pirelli 4 4 6 5 Ret 5 2 AutoReject World Series seasons 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 AutoReject sanctioned series Current AutoReject series AutoReject World Series AutoReject World Series Constructors AutoReject World Series Drivers AutoReject World Series Records Past seasons AutoReject 3.5 AutoReject 3.5 Constructors AutoReject 3.5 Drivers AutoReject 3.5 Records Past seasons AutoReject 2.0 AutoReject 2.0 Constructors AutoReject 2.0 Drivers AutoReject 2.0 Records Past seasons Defunct AutoReject series AutoReject Super Touring - AutoReject GTi - AutoReject Nations - AutoReject Nippon