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 is currently the seventh season of the F1RWRS. This season it will also include the F1RWRS' 100th race at Spa in Belgium.

Season Review

The biggest shock in the pre-season was the depearture of the 2013 and the 2014 constructor champion DGNgineering leaving the sport of F1RWRS to put down their main focus on F1 with their replacement being the brand new team of Equipe Gauthier who would eventually compete in Australia. But thinking that would be the only team change, Kingfisher Racing had to be replaced after the sickness of the manager, PORE did replace them but not fully.

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
						Daniel Melrose	2
						Jean-Luc Schiller	3-
Castrol Jones Ford Team	Jones	CJR-105	Ford Zetec XR8B		3	Rhys Davies	1-	Terry Hawkin Nick Nurmester
					4	Rosco Vantini	1-
Aeroracing Engineering	Aeroracing	ARE01-2	Audi AF1-4		5	Pippa Mann	1-	Marko Jantscher
					6	Nicolas Steele	1
						Kay Lon	2-
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
						Martin McFry	2-
					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
						Nathanael Spencer	2-3, 5-
						Daniel Moreno	4
					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, 5-
						Miko Fäkkinen	4
/ Red Bull Autodynamics GP	Autodynamics	AGP16	Gillet GV11		35	Jean-Vincent Albertini	1-	Damon Cannon Miko Fäkkinen
					36	Jean-Luc Schiller	1-2
						Nicolas Steele	3-
Dofasco Lukoil Racing	Dofasco	DR 03	Lancia 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 Calvin Brooks
					40	Hansuke Shioya	1-

Notes

• 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.
  
• 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.
• After their take-over by Plus One, Kingfisher brought in former RoLFS driver Brucie Kibbutz to race the second car, despite the fact Barii Mori was in line to drive.
• Autodynamics picked up Monegasque racer Jean-Vincent Albertini to replace Damon Cannon. He will also continue an F2RWRS program with the Gillet team.
• Having struggled to attract a driver to partner Alexey Buyvolov, Dofasco signed Hiroto Tojo; the Japanese driver was picked up from RoLFS.

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 CR	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
5	5 May	Paul Ricard	Alstom Equipe Gauthier				5th May 2016 Paul Ricard Test
6	10 June	Walt Disney World Speedway	/ People Power presents Holden CR Motorsport				10th June 2016 Disney World 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	Martin McFry	Mark Dagnall	Ron Mignolet	Scuderia Alitalia	RejectSport Commentary	Jean-Luc Schiller
New South Wales Grand Prix	Mount Panorama Circuit	27 March	Mark Dagnall	Mark Dagnall	Phillippe Nicolas	ArrowTech	Daniel Melrose	Phillippe Nicolas
British Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	17 April	Martin McFry	Mark Dagnall	Kay Lon	Aeroracing Engineering	Mark Dagnall	Kay Lon
Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	1 May	Martin McFry	Mark Dagnall	Phillippe Nicolas	ArrowTech	Nathan McKane	Nicolas Steele
Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring	15 May	Nathan McKane	Nathanael Spencer	Jean-Luc Schiller	/ Melrose Racing Team	Mirko Bosevic Rosco Vantini	Douglas Mann
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

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

Pos Driver AUS NSW GBR ITA AUT CAN SUS NUS GER NSE MON BEL MEX ARG CHN JPN Pts 1 Rhys Davies 5 4 3 2 2 24 2 Phillippe Nicolas 4 1 Ret 1 Ret 23 3 Kay Lon Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 15 4 Jean-Luc Schiller 3 DNPQ Ret Ret 1 15 5 Ron Mignolet 1 12 4 Ret 6 14 6 Mirko Bosevic Ret 5 2 3 9 14 7 Pippa Mann 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Thomas De Bock Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 7 9 Nicolas Steele 6 Ret 4 4 7 10 Nathanael Spencer Ret Ret Ret INJ 3 5 11 Jean-Vincent Albertini 9 DNPQ Ret 6 5 3 12 Rosco Vantini 8 Ret Ret 5 10 2 13 Douglas Mann DNPQ 8 5 Ret 11† 2 14 David Neuberg 10 10 6 Ret Ret 1 15 Barii Mori DNPQ 6 DNPQ DNQ DNPQ 1 16 Frank Zimmer DNPQ 11 Ret 8 7 0 17 Daniel Martins 7 13 DNPQ DNPQ Ret 0 18 Andrea Battani Ret 14 7 Ret DNPQ 0 19 Aurelien Moll Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 0 20 Tomo Kazama DNQ Ret Ret 7 Ret 0 21 Jesus Plaza DNPQ DNPQ 9 DNPQ 8 0 22 Martin McFry Ret 17 8 11† Ret 0 23 Brucie Kibbutz Ret 16 DNQ 9 12† 0 24 Danny van Rijkens DNPQ 9 DNPQ Ret DNPQ 0 25 Jari Kekkonen 11† 15 10 10 DNPQ 0 26 Ben Fleet Ret Ret Ret 12† Ret 0 27 James Davies Ret 18† DNPQ DNPQ Ret 0 28 Mark Dagnall Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 29 Nathan McKane Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret 0 30 Michael Cameron Ret DNPQ Ret DNPQ DNPQ 0 31 Hansuke Shioya DNPQ DNPQ Ret DNPQ DNQ 0 32 Alexey Buyvolov Ret DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 Shinobu Katayama DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret DNPQ 0 Nathan Scott DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret 0 35 Dave Simpson Ret DNPQ 0 36 Du Lei Ret INJ DNPQ 0 37 Daniel Melrose Ret 0 Daniel Moreno Ret 0 39 Hiroto Tojo DNQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 Fredo Mestolio DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 Ashley Watkinson DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 Hagane Shizuka DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNPQ 0 Renaldo Jiménez DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ 0 44 Miko Fäkkinen DNPQ 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

Constructor's Championship

Pos	Constructor	#	AUS	NSW	GBR	ITA	AUT	CAN	SUS	NUS	GER	NSE	MON	BEL	MEX	ARG	CHN	JPN	Pts
1	Arrowtech-Gillet	11	Ret	5	2	3	9												37
		12	4	1	Ret	1	Ret
2	Jones-Ford	3	5	4	3	2	2												26
		4	8	Ret	Ret	5	10
3	Aeroracing-Audi	5	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret												23
		6	6	3	1	Ret	Ret
4	Alitalia-Renault	27	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3												19
		28	1	12	4	Ret	6
5	/ Autodynamics-Gillet	35	9	DNPQ	Ret	6	5												14
		36	3	DNPQ	Ret	4	4
6	MRT-BMW	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret												10
		2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
7	Gillet ENB	7	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret												7
		8	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret
8	Holden	23	DNPQ	11	Ret	8	7												2
		24	DNPQ	8	5	Ret	11†
9	Kingfisher-Ford	19	10	10	6	Ret	Ret												1
		20	Ret	16	DNQ	9	12†
10	/ CR-Holden	25	DNPQ	9	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ												1
		26	DNPQ	6	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ
11	Boxtel-Ford	17	Ret	14	7	Ret	DNPQ												0
		18	11†	15	10	10	DNPQ
12	Sunshine-Daihatsu	15	7	13	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret												0
		16	Ret	18†	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret
13	Kamaha-Suzuki	13	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret												0
		14	DNQ	Ret	Ret	7	Ret
14	Gauthier-Pure Hart	39	DNPQ	DNPQ	9	DNPQ	8												0
		40	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNQ
15	Foxdale-Pure Hart	9	Ret	17	8	11†	Ret												0
		10	Ret	Ret	Ret	12†	Ret
16	Simpson-Renault	33	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ												0
		34	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ
17	Dofasco-Lancia	37	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ												0
		38	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	/ Revolution-Renault	29	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ												0
		30	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ
	Mecha-Pure Hart	31	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ												0
		32	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret
20	Prospec	21	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ												0
		22	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ

Harvey Jones Memorial Trophy

Pos	Tyre Manufacturer	AUS	NSW	GBR	ITA	AUT	CAN	SUS	NUS	GER	NSE	MON	BEL	MEX	ARG	CHN	JPN	Pts
1		3	1	2	1	1												42
2		2	3	1	3	3												32
3		1	5	3	Ret	2												24
4		4	2	Ret	Ret	Ret												10
5		Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret												7
6	File:Goodride Icon.jpg	DNPQ	4	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ												3

Pre-Qualifying Cup

Pos.	Team	Constructor	Pts	Races
1st	Alstom Equipe Gauthier	Gauthier-Pure Hart	29	1-5
2nd	/ Kamaha Motorsports	Kamaha-Suzuki	28	2, 4
3rd	/ Red Bull Autodynamics GP	Autodynamics-Gillet	25	1-5
4th	Mobil Holden Racing Team	Holden	21	1-3
5th	/ CR Motorsport	CR-Holden	20	1-5
6th	Scuderia Alitalia	IBR-Renault	18	1
7th	Gulf Simpson Motorsports	Simpson-Renault	18	1-5
8th	Dofasco Lukoil Racing	Dofasco-Lancia	12	1-5
9th	Sunshine Daihatsu	Sunshine-Daihatsu	8	3-5
10th	/ Revolution Engineering	Revolution-Renault	8	1-5
11th	Pemberton Prospec Racing	Prospec	4	1-5
12th	Mecha Grand Prix	Mecha-Pure Hart	3	1-5
13th	Boxtel Engineering	Boxtel-Ford	1	5