2016 Formula 2 Rejects World Race Series season

2016 Formula 2 Rejects World Race Series
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The 2016 F2RWRS season will be the third season of the F2RWRS.

It will be the first season in which teams have more freedom over chassis and tyres. In 2015 teams could only use a Lola Chassis with Michelin tyres.

Teams can choose a chassis from Lola, Dallara, Zytek and Reynard as well as a tyre supply from either Michelin or Bridgestone.

Ford joined Lancia, Holden, BMW and Aston Martin as the engine suppliers for 2016. They replaced Audi who left to concentrate on other series.

Teams and drivers

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	#	Driver	Rounds
Aston Martin Motor Racing	Lola	Aston Martin AM88-2		0	Jordan Davies	1-13
					Marco Bizzarri	14-16
				2	Alessandro Marchesi	1-5, 8
					Marie Simon	6-7, 9-16
Scuderia Alitalia	Dallara	Abarth 016/2 6	4	3	Andrej Kremnicky	1-7, 9
					Justin Case	8
					Marcel Agyemang-Badu	10-14
					Olafur Ragnar Hannesson	15-16
				4	Dan Greenlaw	1-2, 4-8, 10, 12-16
					Jack Christopherson Jr	3
					Justin Case	9
					Tomo Kazama	11
Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge	Dallara	BMW P87/16		5	Jean-Vincent Albertini	1-10, 13-16
					Alessandro Lucarelli	11
					Martin van der Maeyede	12
				6	Gregor Pascal	1-8, 10-16
					Alessandro Lucarelli	9
RonDen Racing Engineering	Lola	Zastava 016/2 1		7	Wouter Lamberigts	1-6, 10-12
					Jack Christopherson Jr	7
					Andrej Kremnicky	8
					Dan Greenlaw	9
					Justin Case	13-16
				8	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	1-14, 16
					Dorien Lamberigts	15
Gulf M/Power Racing	Lola	BMW P87/16	3	9	Luc Pellerin	1-6, 12
					Matthias Valsattis	7-11
					Alessandro Lucarelli	13-16
				10	Justin Case	1-3
					Alberto Cara	4-16
Castrol Jones Ford Junior Team	Lola	Ford Zetec XRF2A		11	Gilles Massinion	All
				12	Johannes Rueckert	1-12
					Wouter Lamberigts	13-16
GRM Holden Young Lions	Dallara	Holden LSF2-16		14	Carter Simpson	All
				15	Daniel Melville	1-8, 10-11, 13
					Dean Melville	9
					Ryan Zimmer	12
					Jordan Davies	14-16
Falik Arrows	Zytek	BMW P87/16		16	Yuka Katayama	All
				17	Josh Carlisle	1-2
					Marko Jantscher	3-11, 13, 15-16
					Benoit Voeckler	12, 14
/ Virgin Melrose Racing Team	Reynard	BMW P87/16		18	Jason Hamilton	1-12, 14-16
					Benoit Voeckler	13
				19	Gianluigi Pazzini	All
Licor Beirão Portugal Racing	Lola	BMW P87/16		20	Marko Jantscher	1-2
					Calvin Brooks	3-5
					Justin Case	6
					Laurent Seron	7-11, 13-16
					Nikov Time	12
				21	João António Soares	1-7, 10-12
					Nikov Time	8-9, 13-16
Kingfisher Racing 8	Reynard	Holden LSF2-16		22	Martin van der Maeyede	None
				23	Justin Case	None
					Matthias Valsattis	None
Aeroracing Engineering	Zytek	Alfa Romeo 016/2 6		24	Jack Christopherson Jr 5	1-2, 4-6
					Dan Greenlaw	3
					Wouter Lamberigts	7, 9
					Akira Yamamura	8, 10-11, 13-16
					Andrea Bianchi	12
				25	Marcel Agyemang-Badu	1-9
					Andrej Kremnicky	10-16
Dofasco Lukoil Racing	Dallara	Chrysler 016/2 6		26	Diego Álvarez Torrente	1-4
					Eric Swerts	5-14
				27	Judd McAllister	1-14
Red Bull World Race Team	Dallara	Holden LSF2-16		28	Sebastian Prost	All
				29	Cave Johnson	All
Plus One Racing Engineering 7	Reynard	Maserati 016/2 6		30	Martyn Rietacher	All
				31	Eric Swerts	1-4
					Diego Álvarez Torrente	5-16
Energy T.I. Fusion Motorsports 8	Zytek	Holden LSF2-16		32	Martin van der Maeyede	All
				33	Mitchell Macklin	1-10, 12-16
					Benoit Voeckler	11

Notes

• 4 - Scuderia Lancia Alitalia claim that they will refuse to use the Michelin tyres and will race on the Oz Racing wheels without tyres.
• 5 - Raul Souto Maior was signed to race for the season, but was diagnosed with leukaemia during preseason testing, forcing him to miss the season. Jack Christopherson Jr, returning to motorsport after a forced sabbatical year, returned to the fray to replace him.
• 6 - After Scuderia Lancia Alitalia were found in breach of their contract with engine supplier Lancia in the F1RWRS, Lancia's parent company Fiat ordered that all Lancia branding be removed from the F2RWRS grid, instead opting to rebadge them under the names of other organisations under the Fiat group.
• 7 - Foster's Good Call Racing suffered financial collapse before the start of the season. They were renamed Plus One Racing Engineering after a management buyout.
• 8 - After the shock withdrawal of Kingfisher Racing due to the owner's ill health, the Fusion Motorsports Group took over the team, including all their equipment and the contract of Martin van de Maeyede. Latvian Matthias Valsattis was released however, and replaced with 2014 F2RWRS champion Mitchell Macklin.

Season Calendar

Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Reject of the Race
Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	17-20 March	Wouter Lamberigts	Andrej Kremnicky	Marcel Agyemang-Badu	Aeroracing Engineering	F1 Rejects TV
Pacific Grand Prix	Penrith Speedway	1-3 April	Wouter Lamberigts	Carter Simpson	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	RonDen Racing Engineering	Daniel Melville
British Grand Prix	Brands Hatch Circuit	14-17 April	Wouter Lamberigts	Jason Hamilton	Marko Jantscher	Falik Arrows	Gianluigi Pazzini Judd McAllister
Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	28 April-1 May	Alberto Cara	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Alberto Cara	Gulf M/Power Racing	Gillet ENB
Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring	13-15 May	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Andrej Kremnicky	Mitchell Macklin	Energy T.I. Fusion Motorsports	Alessandro Marchesi
Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul Park	20-22 May	Wouter Lamberigts	Marie Simon	Gregor Pascal	Gillet ENB	Astro Racing Group
United States Grand Prix	Long Beach Street Circuit	3-5 June	Alberto Cara	Marie Simon	Matthias Valsattis	Gulf M/Power Racing	Carter Simpson
German Grand Prix	Norisring	7-10 July	Justin Case	Andrej Kremnicky	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Plus One Racing Engineering	GRM Holden Young Lions
North Sea Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	21-24 July	Nikov Time	Alessandro Lucarelli	Marie Simon	Aston Martin Motor Racing	Diego Álvarez Torrente
Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1-4 September	Wouter Lamberigts	Alberto Cara	Gianluigi Pazzini	/ Virgin Melrose Racing Team	Jean-Vincent Albertini
Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	15-18 September	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Andrej Kremnicky	Alessandro Lucarelli	Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge	Scuderia Alitalia
Mexican Grand Prix	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	29 September-2 October	Nikov Time	Marie Simon	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Plus One Racing Engineering	Alberto Cara's Suspension
Chinese Grand Prix	Zhuhai International Circuit	21-23 October	Alberto Cara	Marie Simon	Dan Greenlaw	Scuderia Alitalia	Gianluigi Pazzini
Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Circuit	3-6 November	Nikov Time	Marcel Agyemang-Badu	Alberto Cara	Gulf M/Power Racing	Marcel Agyemang-Badu
PDVSA Twin 100	Circuito Internacional Daniel Melrose - Marfield Mile	10-13 November	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Carter Simpson	Alessandro Lucarelli	Gulf M/Power Racing	GRM Holden Young Lions
			Alberto Cara	Martyn Rietacher	Carter Simpson	GRM Holden Young Lions	Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge

Standings

Driver's Championship

Pos Driver AUS PAC GBR ITA AUT TUR USA GER NDS MON BEL MEX CHN JPN 100 Points 1 Diego Álvarez Torrente DNPQ DNPQ 2 12 2 DNPQ 4 1 Ret 5 3 1 4 5 16 Ret 64 2 Carter Simpson 4 2 Ret Ret 5 4 12 14 Ret Ret 6 5 Ret 2 15 1 49 3 Gianluigi Pazzini 11 7 8 16 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 1 11 8† 15 Ret Ret 5 40 4 Marko Jantscher DNPQ DNPQ 1 Ret 3 16 Ret 5 4 9 Ret INJ 6 EX 2 6 39 5 Alessandro Lucarelli 2 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 37 6 Dan Greenlaw 14 12 DNPQ DNPQ 6 3 DNPQ 2 Ret 2 EX Ret 1 10 Ret Ret 35 7 Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen 16† 1 Ret 4 Ret 5 Ret 8 7 Ret 2 Ret 14 7 EX Ret 32 8 Alberto Cara EX EX EX 1 DNPQ DNPQ Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret 7† Ret 1 7 8 30 9 Marie Simon 6 Ret 1 Ret 7 3 5 11 9 DNPQ 29 10 Yuka Katayama 6 11 Ret 2 7 8 8 Ret Ret 13 13† Ret 7 6 3 7 28 11 Jason Hamilton Ret 13 6 17† Ret Ret 3 10 5 Ret 12† 2 EX 4 Ret 9 27 12 Jordan Davies 12 5 Ret 13 4 15 14† 13 Ret 3 9 Ret Ret 3 Ret 3 27 13 Marcel Agyemang-Badu 1 Ret DNPQ 7 11 Ret 6 DNPQ DNPQ Ret 15† Ret 3 DSQ EX EX 22 14 Andrej Kremnicky Ret 8 Ret DNPQ 9 14 DNPQ 6 DNPQ DNPQ 4 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 2 21 15 Matthias Valsattis EX 1 Ret 6 4 Ret INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 18 16 Mitchell Macklin 9 DNPQ DNPQ Ret 1 9 Ret Ret 3 Ret EX Ret 10 DNPQ Ret DNPQ 16 17 Alessandro Marchesi 7 15† 3 3 DSQ EX EX 15† EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX 14 18 Gregor Pascal 10 Ret Ret 10 15 1 7 Ret EX 8 Ret Ret 11 Ret 14 Ret 13 19 Jean-Vincent Albertini Ret 3 4 15 13 Ret Ret 7 9 DSQ EX EX 13 12 13 Ret 13 20 Justin Case Ret 4 Ret DNPQ 4 DNPQ 8 Ret Ret 12 12 21 Sebastian Prost DNPQ 6 DNPQ 5 DNPQ DNPQ 13 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 5 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 11 22 Daniel Melville 2 Ret Ret 9 12 7 Ret 12 EX Ret 14† Ret 10 23 Martin van der Maeyede 3 DNPQ DNPQ Ret Ret 11 9 11 Ret 6 DNPQ Ret 9 DNPQ 12 DNPQ 9 24 Wouter Lamberigts 15 Ret 7 14 14 Ret 11 EX DNPQ 11 Ret Ret DNPQ 13 DNPQ 14 7 25 Luc Pellerin 8 14 Ret Ret DNPQ DNPQ 4 6 26 Johannes Rueckert 5 10 Ret DNPQ DNPQ 13 DNPQ DNPQ Ret 7 DNPQ DNPQ 6 27 Cave Johnson DNPQ Ret DNPQ 8 DNPQ DNPQ 5 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 8 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 6 28 Akira Yamamura DNPQ DNPQ 10 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 4 5 29 Olafur Ragnar Hannesson 4 10 5 30 Marco Bizzarri 8 5 DNPQ 5 31 Martyn Rietacher DNPQ DNPQ 5 DNPQ 10 DNPQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 10 13 5 32 Judd McAllister DNPQ DNPQ 9 6 Ret 10 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 3 33 Laurent Seron DNPQ Ret Ret DNPQ DNPQ 12 Ret 6 Ret 3 34 Ryan Zimmer 6 3 35 Nikov Time Ret Ret EX Ret 17 15 11 11 3 36 Gilles Massinion Ret Ret Ret DNPQ DNPQ 12 DNPQ DNPQ 8 12 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret DNPQ Ret 1 37 Eric Swerts DNPQ DNPQ Ret DNPQ 8 Ret DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 1 38 Dorien Lamberigts 8 1 39 Jack Christopherson Jr 13 9 Ret 11 16 Ret 10 0 40 Benoit Voeckler DNPQ Ret 16 14 0 41 Josh Carlisle Ret Ret 0 42 João António Soares DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret 0 43 Dean Melville Ret 0 Tomo Kazama Ret 0 Martin van der Meyde Ret 0 46 Calvin Brooks DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 47 Andrea Bianchi 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

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	#	AUS	PAC	GBR	ITA	AUT	TUR	USA	GER	NDS	MON	BEL	MEX	CHN	JPN	100		Points
1	Gulf-BMW	9	8	14	Ret	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	1	Ret	6	4	Ret	4	2	Ret	1	Ret	77
		10	Ret	4	Ret	1	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	9	Ret	10	Ret	7†	Ret	1	7	8
2	Young Lions-Holden	14	4	2	Ret	Ret	5	4	12	14	Ret	Ret	6	5	Ret	2	15	1	74
		15	2	Ret	Ret	9	12	7	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	14†	6	Ret	3	Ret	3
3	MRT-BMW	18	Ret	13	6	17†	Ret	Ret	3	10	5	Ret	12†	2	16	4	Ret	9	67
		19	11	7	8	16	Ret	2	2	3	Ret	1	11	8†	15	Ret	Ret	5
4	Aston Martin	0	12	5	Ret	13	4	15	14†	13	Ret	3	9	Ret	Ret	8	5	DNPQ	63
		2	7	15†	3	3	DSQ	6	Ret	15†	1	Ret	7	3	5	11	9	DNPQ
5	Falik-BMW	16	6	11	Ret	2	7	8	8	Ret	Ret	13	13†	Ret	7	6	3	7	62
		17	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	3	16	Ret	5	4*	9	Ret	Ret	6	14	2	6
6	Plus One-Maserati	30	DNPQ	DNPQ	5	DNPQ	10	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	10	13	60
		31	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	2	DNPQ	4	1	Ret	5	3	1	4	5	16	Ret
7	Alitalia-Abarth	3	Ret	8	Ret	DNPQ	9	14	DNPQ	4	DNPQ	Ret	15†	Ret	3	DSQ	4	10	56
		4	14	12	Ret	DNPQ	6	3	DNPQ	2	DNPQ	2	Ret	Ret	1	10	Ret	Ret
8	Gillet-BMW	5	Ret	3	4	15	13	Ret	Ret	7	9	DSQ	1	Ret	13	12	13	Ret	45
		6	10	Ret	Ret	10	15	1	7	Ret	2	8	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	14	Ret
9	RonDen-Zastava	7	15	Ret	7	14	14	Ret	10	6	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	12	45
		8	16†	1	Ret	4	Ret	5	Ret	8	7	Ret	2	Ret	14	7	8	Ret
10	Aeroracing-Alfa Romeo	24	13	9	DNPQ	11	16	Ret	11	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	10	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	4	34
		25	1	Ret	DNPQ	7	11	Ret	6	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	4	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	2
11	Fusion-Holden	32	3	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	11	9	11	Ret	6	DNPQ	Ret	9	DNPQ	12	DNPQ	25
		33	9	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	1	9	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	10	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ
12	Red Bull-Holden	28	DNPQ	6	DNPQ	5	DNPQ	DNPQ	13	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	5	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	17
		29	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	8	DNPQ	DNPQ	5	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	8	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
13	Dofasco-Chrysler	26	DNPQ	DNPQ	2	12	8	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ			13
		27	DNPQ	DNPQ	9	6	Ret	10	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
14	Jones-Ford	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	12	DNPQ	DNPQ	8	12	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	7
		12	5	10	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	13	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	7	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	13	DNPQ	14
15	Beirao-BMW	20	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	12	Ret	6	Ret	6
		21	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	17	15	11	11

Manufacturers's Championship

Pos	Team	AUS	PAC	GBR	ITA	AUT	TUR	USA	GER	NDS	MON	BEL	MEX	CHN	JPN	100		Points
1	BMW	4	3	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	145
2	Lancia	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	4	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	145
3	Holden	2	2	Ret	4	1	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	2	4	1	101
4	Aston Martin	5	4	3	2	4	4	4†	4	1	3	4	3	3	4	3	DNPQ	91
5	Ford	3	5	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	5	DNPQ	DNPQ	5	5	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	5	DNPQ	4	31