2016 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season
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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.
Contents
Drivers and teams
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.
Confirmations
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 signed Nathan McKane, who finished 2nd in the 2015 Rejects of LFS season and current F2RWRS champion Tomo Kazama.
- Because Renaldo Jiménez is participating in the Siemens Ausdauer Reject Series, Dave Anderson will replace the Tropican driver for 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. Mori later joined the team after a swap deal with CR Motorsport.
- 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. Tojo later left the team, prompting the Polish team to sign Calvin Brooks.
Retirements
- Barii Mori, announced his retirement but has been entered as a reserve driver for Kamaha. Mori later made a U-turn on this announcement, and raced for CR, Kingfisher, Revolution, Kamaha and Aeroracing during 2016.
- 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, the Saudi Arabian driver set up his own RRT team for 2016.
- John Zimmer retired at the end of 2015.
- David Koczo planned to retire at the end of 2015, but instead decided to stick with Alitalia for 2016. His contract extension was meaningless, as Koczo was sidelined after being caught in an avalanche whilst skiing.
Testing
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
Season Report
Pre Season
The biggest shock in the pre-season was the departure of the 2013 and the 2014 constructors' champion DGNgineering; the British team left F1RWRS to join the Formula 1 circus. To fill the remaining team slot, the F1RWRS commission accepted the bids from French outfit Equipe Gauthier to join the grid; the team made their debut in Australia. Although this was the only new addition to the grid, Kingfisher Racing had to undergo a forced change of management as their principal Michael Alexander fell ill. Luke Knight's PORE outfit were drafted in to run the team in Alexander's absence, and this later led to a co-ownership management strategy for 2017.
In addition, 2016 saw a number of new rules which would change the way teams bought chassis and engines. Instead of buying from the market list of chassis, teams had the option to build their own. The engine regulations had also changed, where each manufacturer could offer a maximum of three teams engine deals. These contracts also had the option of becoming multi-year deals, and each manufacturer also had a berth to accommodate a works deal for one team; works deals had a reduced cost attached to them, but at a contract length of three or more years. The raft of changes led to many publications dubbing 2016 as a must-watch season, since the championship was bound to be blown open.
The first of the three pre-season tests came at Kyalami, in which qualifying and race simulations were mandated for the first and second day respectively. With their new contract to use Pure-Hart engines, Foxdale showed that they had real one-lap pace with their car as Martin McFry drew first blood in testing, as he topped the timesheet ahead of Tomo Kazama; the reigning F2RWRS champion had impressed in her Kamaha. CR Motorsport was the only team to bypass the Kyalami test, although they would join the rest of the field at Jerez. During the race simulations, Kazama went one further and came out on top of the pack, beating reigning champion Mark Dagnall and new Aeroracing recruit Nicolas Steele.
Everyone attended Jerez, and it was the other Kamaha which made it out on top during the qualifying-style runs; Nathan McKane set the fastest time ahead of Alitalia's reserve driver Nathanael Spencer, who later received an eleventh-hour promotion for the Italian team after David Koczo was hospitalised by an avalanche during a winter ski holiday. Spencer went quickest on day two, where Dagnall was again second. ArrowTech managed to also get a good lap in; Phillippe Nicolas managed a time good enough for 3rd as the Canadian team had begun to get some good results out of their new Gillet powerplant.
Before the season began, the teams had one more chance for organised running at Paul Ricard. Holden Racing Team decided to cut their pre-season short and opted not to fly to France. Due to the obvious advantage of the Pure-Hart in qualifying trim Foxdale managed to win out on day one, as Ben Fleet and McFry sat in the first two positions. MRT managed to follow suit on day two; Dagnall was fastest as Kay Lon joined the Brit at the summit. This concluded the pre-season tests, as the teams packed up for Australia.
Australia Leg
Europe Leg 1
North America Leg
Europe Leg 2
Fly Away Leg
Standings
Driver's Championship
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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Points | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Constructor's Championship
Pos | Constructor | # | AUS |
NSW |
GBR |
ITA |
AUT |
CAN |
SUS |
NUS |
GER |
NSE |
MON |
BEL |
MEX |
ARG |
CHN |
JPN |
Pts |
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1 | Jones-Ford | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 94 | ||
4 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 6 | |||||
2 | Alitalia-Renault | 27 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | 75 | ||
28 | 1 | 12 | 4 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 1 | 8 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 1 | |||||
3 | Aeroracing-Audi | 5 | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11† | 4 | 1 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 60 | ||
6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||||
4 | Arrowtech-Gillet | 11 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 11 | 8† | 3 | 7 | Ret | 54 | ||
12 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | |||||
5 | / Autodynamics-Gillet | 35 | 9 | DNPQ | Ret | 6 | 5 | Ret | DNQ | DNPQ | DNQ | 1 | Ret | DNP | DNPQ | 9 | 33 | ||
36 | 3 | DNPQ | Ret | 4 | 4 | 9† | 5 | DNPQ | 12 | 2 | Ret | DSQ | DNPQ | Ret | |||||
6 | MRT-BMW | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 22 | ||
2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||
7 | Gillet ENB | 7 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | ||
8 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 11 | |||||
8 | Kamaha-Suzuki | 13 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10† | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | ||
14 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | 1 | 5 | |||||
9 | Gauthier-Pure Hart | 39 | DNPQ | DNPQ | 9 | DNPQ | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 15† | Ret | 7 | ||
40 | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNQ | 2 | 9 | 7 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||
10 | Sunshine-Daihatsu | 15 | 7 | 13 | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | 7 | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 7 | ||
16 | Ret | 18† | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | 4 | DNQ | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||
11 | Holden | 23 | DNPQ | 11 | Ret | 8 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10† | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 7 | ||
24 | DNPQ | 8 | 5 | Ret | 11† | Ret | Ret | 5 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||||
12 | Kingfisher-Ford | 19 | 10 | 10 | 6 | Ret | Ret | DNPQ | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNPQ | 6 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 3 | ||
20 | Ret | 16 | DNQ | 9 | 12† | DNPQ | Ret | 6 | Ret | DNPQ | 7 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | |||||
13 | Foxdale-Pure Hart | 9 | Ret | 17 | 8 | 11† | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14† | 12† | 2 | ||
10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12† | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | |||||
14 | Boxtel-Ford | 17 | Ret | 14 | 7 | Ret | DNPQ | 6 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 6 | DNPQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 2 | ||
18 | 11† | 15 | 10 | 10 | DNPQ | 8 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 7 | DNPQ | Ret | 11 | Ret | |||||
15 | / CR-Holden | 25 | DNPQ | 9 | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 1 | |||
26 | DNPQ | 6 | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||||
16 | Simpson-Renault | 33 | Ret | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 8 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||
34 | Ret | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | |||||
17 | Dofasco-Lancia | 37 | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DSQ | DSQ | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | 9 | DSQ | 0 | ||
38 | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNP | DNP | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | 13† | DNP | |||||
18 | Mecha-Pure Hart | 31 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||
32 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | DNQ | 11† | Ret | 14† | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | |||||
19 | Prospec | 21 | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||
22 | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | |||||
20 | / Revolution-Renault | 29 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||
30 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 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 |
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1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 113 | |||
2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 85 | |||
3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 5† | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 1 | 80 | |||
4 | 4 | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 28 | |||
5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 4† | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | 1 | 3 | 25 | |||
6 | File:Goodride Icon.jpg | DNPQ | 4 | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 3 |
Pre-Qualifying Cup
Pos. | Team | Constructor | Pts | Races |
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1st | / CR Motorsport | CR-Holden | 50 | 1-10 |
2nd | / Red Bull Autodynamics GP | Autodynamics-Gillet | 47 | 1-6, 8, 10 |
3rd | / Kamaha Motorsports | Kamaha-Suzuki | 38 | 2, 4, 9-10 |
4th | Gulf Simpson Motorsports | Simpson-Renault | 32 | 1-10 |
5th | Kingfisher Racing | Kingfisher-Ford | 30 | 6-7, 9-10 |
5th | Mecha Grand Prix | Mecha-Pure Hart | 30 | 1-10 |
7th | Alstom Equipe Gauthier | Gauthier-Pure Hart | 29 | 1-5 |
8th | Gillet ENB | Gillet | 22 | 7-8 |
9th | Mobil Holden Racing Team | Holden | 21 | 1-3 |
10th | Dofasco Lukoil Racing | Dofasco-Lancia | 21 | 1-10 |
11th | Sunshine Daihatsu | Sunshine-Daihatsu | 19 | 3-8 |
12th | Scuderia Alitalia | IBR-Renault | 18 | 1 |
13th | Boxtel Engineering | Boxtel-Ford | 11 | 5-10 |
14th | Foxdale Auto Racing Team | Foxdale-Pure-Hart | 10 | 9 |
15th | / Revolution Engineering | Revolution-Renault | 8 | 1-10 |
16th | Pemberton Prospec Racing | Prospec | 4 | 1-10 |
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