2016 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season

2016 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series
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The 2016 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season will be the seventh season of the F1RWRS. It will also include the F1RWRS' 100th race in Belgium.

Drivers and teams

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	#	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
/ Virgin Melrose Racing Team	MRT	M7	BMW P90/16		1	Mark Dagnall	1-	Franc Piscine Jason Hamilton Daniel Melrose
					2	Kay Lon	1-
Castrol Jones Ford Team	Jones	CJR-105	Ford Zetec XR8B		3	Rhys Davies	1-	Terry Hawkin
					4	Rosco Vantini	1-
Aeroracing Engineering	Aeroracing	ARE01-2	Audi AF1-4		5	Pippa Mann	1-	Marko Jantscher
					6	Nicolas Steele	1-
Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge	Gillet ENB	ENB116	Gillet GV11		7	Thomas De Bock	1-	Laurent Seron
					8	Aurelien Moll	1-
Foxdale Auto Racing Team	Foxdale	F1-5	Pure-Hart PHRWRS-1		9	Nathanael Spencer	1-	Jordan Davies Peter Port
					10	Ben Fleet	1-
ArrowTech-Acuri Autosport	ArrowTech	AT-06	Gillet GV11		11	Mirko Bosevic	1-	TBA
					12	Phillippe Nicolas	1-
/ Kamaha Motorsports	Kamaha	KM-6B	Suzuki AF1-41		13	Nathan McKane	1-	Ashley Watkinson
					14	Tomo Kazama	1-
Sunshine Daihatsu	Sunshine	SD-02	Daihatsu Zeetec-R1/16		15	Daniel Martins	1-	Yuka Katayama
					16	James Davies	1-
Boxtel Engineering	Boxtel	BOX-016	Ford XR8B		17	Andrea Battani	1-	TBA
					18	Jari Kekkonen	1-
Kingfisher Racing Plus One Racing Engineering	Kingfisher	KR-03	Ford XR8B		19	David Neuberg	1-	Martin van der Maeyede
					20	Brucie Kibbutz	1-
Pemberton Prospec Racing	Prospec	PPR-03	Prospec PRS01		21	Fredo Mestolio	1-	Martyn Rietacher
					22	Ashley Watkinson	1-
Mobil Holden Racing Team	Holden	HRT-006	Holden LSF1-16		23	Frank Zimmer	1-	Carter Simpson Daniel Melville
					24	Douglas Mann	1-
/ People Power presents Holden CR Motorsport	CR	CR PP-A	Holden LSF1-16	File:Goodride Icon.jpg	25	Danny van Rijkens	1-	Tristan Jung Samora Mondlane
					26	Barii Mori	1-
Scuderia Alitalia	IBR	SA-16	Renault RSXXI-16		27	Martin McFry	1-	Darren Older Jr Collin Pratchett Jack Christopherson Giovanni Roda
					28	Ron Mignolet	1-
/ Revolution Engineering	Revolution	HS16	Renault RSXXI-16		29	Shinobu Katayama	1-	Marie Simon
					30	Hagane Shizuka	1-
Mecha Grand Prix	Mecha	FM-16	Pure-Hart PHRWRS-1		31	Renaldo Jiménez	1-	Hendra Naufal Dave Anderson
						Dave Anderson	6-8
					32	Nathan Scott	1-
Gulf Simpson Motorsports	Simpson	GSM-020	Renault RSXXI-16		33	Michael Cameron	1-	Dave Simpson
					34	Dave Simpson	1-2
						Du Lei	3-
/ Red Bull Autodynamics GP	Autodynamics	AGP16	Gillet GV11		35	Jean-Vincent Albertini	1-	Damon Cannon Miko Fäkkinen
					36	Jean-Luc Schiller	1-
Dofasco Lukoil Racing	Dofasco	DR 03	Lanica 016/1		37	Alexey Buyvolov	1-	TBA
					38	Hiroto Tojo	1-
Alstom Equipe Gauthier	Gauthier	G1.16	Pure-Hart PHRWRS-1		39	Jesus Plaza	1-	Benoît Voeckler
					40	Hansuke Shioya	1-

• 1 - Kamaha will run Audi engines after previous suppliers Yamaha were denied an engine entry. They will be rebadged as Suzuki engines for commercial reasons.

Driver and team changes

Teams

• DGNgineering announced that they would be leaving F1RWRS to form a team in F1.
• Equipe Gauthier took DGNgineering's place, signing Jesus Plaza and Hansuke Shioya.
• CR Motorsport reverted back to their orignal name after Tropico ended sponsorship links with the theam. The full team name is People Power presents Holden CR Motorsport.

Drivers

New drivers

• Kamaha have signed Nathan McKane, who finished 2nd in the 2015 Rejects of LFS season and current F2RWRS champion Tomo Kazama.
  
• Tropico have signed current F2RWRS driver Alberto Cara. Due to his ban recieved in the F2RWRS Indianapolis event, Cara will not be allowed to race for the first 3 events of 2016, and will be replaced by Yuka Katayama for the first two rounds, and an unannounced driver for the next one. The team was supposed to run fellow Tropican Renaldo Jiménez but he was signed to Mecha Grand Prix.
• Because Jiménez is participating in the Siemens Ausdauer Reject Series, Dave Anderson will replace Jiménez during the Canadian and the American rounds, in which Jiménez cannot participate due to scheduling conflicts.

Retirements

• Barii Mori, announced his retirement but has been entered as a reserve driver for Kamaha.
  
• Sammy Jones retired after the 2015 Italian GP.
  
• Saeed Al Faisal after being the only driver so far to qualify the Simpson car was offered a year contract. However he is still undecided.
• John Zimmer, and David Koczo will retire at the end of 2015.
  
• Free agents, Darren Older Jr, Jack Christopherson have not announced their retirements from F1RWRS but their ages mean they are unlikely to get a seat.

Testing

#	Date	Venue	Teams Present	Fastest Driver	Fastest Team	Fastest Time	Main Article
Pre-Season Tests
1	20-21 January	Kyalami	All teams except Tropico	Martin McFry	Foxdale Auto Racing Team	1:22.882	2016 RWRS Pre-Season Test 1
2	3-4 February	Circuito de Jerez	All teams	Nathan McKane	/ Kamaha Motorsports	1:25.491	2016 RWRS Pre-Season Test 2
3	8-9 February	Circuit Paul Ricard	All teams except HRT	Ben Fleet	Foxdale Auto Racing Team	1:09.474	2016 RWRS Pre-Season Test 3
Private Tests
4	10 February	Sandown Raceway	Holden Racing Team	Douglas Mann	Holden Racing Team	0:52.151	10th February 2016 Sandown Test
5	13-14 February	Nurburgring	/ Melrose Racing Team	Gianluigi Pazzini	/ Melrose Racing Team	1:44.592	13th-14th February 2016 Nurburgring Test

Races

The provisonal calendar was annouced on the 15 September 2015 with the current version being announced on the 22 January 2016. This year will see the 100th race in the history of the Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series which is to be held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Reject of the Race	Driver of the Race
Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	20 March
New South Wales Grand Prix	Mount Panorama Circuit	27 March
British Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	17 April
Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	1 May
Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring	15 May
Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	29 May
Southern US Grand Prix	Long Beach Street Circuit	5 June
Northern US Grand Prix	Road America	19 June
German Grand Prix	Norisring	10 July
North Sea Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	24 July
Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	4 September
Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	18 September
Mexican Grand Prix	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	2 October
Argentine Grand Prix	Autodromo Juan y Oscar Galvez	9 October
Chinese Grand Prix	Guia Circuit	30 October
Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	6 November

Standings

Driver's Championship

Pos Driver AUS NSW GBR ITA AUT CAN SUS NUS GER NSE MON BEL MEX ARG CHN JPN Pts

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

Constructor's Championship

Pos	Constructor	#	AUS	NSW	GBR	ITA	AUT	CAN	SUS	NUS	GER	NSE	MON	BEL	MEX	ARG	CHN	JPN	Pts

Pre-Qualifying Cup

Pos	Team	AUS	NSW	GBR	ITA	AUT	CAN	SUS	NUS	GER	NSE	MON	BEL	MEX	ARG	CHN	JPN	Pts

Harvey Jones Memorial Trophy

Pos	Tyre Manufacturer	AUS	NSW	GBR	ITA	AUT	CAN	SUS	NUS	GER	NSE	MON	BEL	MEX	ARG	CHN	JPN	Pts