SEAT Leon Supercopa

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SEAT Leon Supercopa
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Category Touring cars
Country/Region Worldwide
Founder(s) SEAT Sport
Inaugural Season 2016
Engine supplier(s) Flag of Spain svg.png SEAT
Tyre supplier(s) Bridgestone Icon.png
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Pirelli Icon.png
Records
Driver's Champion Flag of Tahiti svg.png Manuarii Vahirua
Team's Champion Flag of France svg.png DScity Voeckler Junior
Motorsport current event.svg.png Current season


The SEAT Leon Supercopa, (formerly known as the Lupo GTI Championship and AutoReject GTi), is a single-make racing series using the SEAT Leon TDi. The series is both a support and a feeder to the RWRS and the other AutoReject series.

History

In mid 2015, a little group of German investors contacted Volkswagen's racing department to to purchase 20 Volkswagen Polos formerly used in the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup. When the offer was rejected, the company instead offered 20 unsold, race-ready Lupo GTIs, including the necessary spare parts, for a modest amount of money, which the investors agreed.

2016 saw the first season of the series, with Laurent Couteau winning the championship ahead of Cecep Sugiharto and Koyomi Setou. After the German Special Final heat qualifying session, all three drivers shared the same number of points. This year was considered rather successful with the highest moment being the Spa Superprix, where 56 cars were entered to race. Unfortunately, the race itself was red flagged after just 9 laps after too many accidents. During this season, the engineers worked a lot on the car to give it more power and more grip for 2017. It resulted in massive modifications on the chassis, suspensions, gearbox and engine. 2017 would see the "B-Spec Lupo" race for the first time. Pedro Renales and his team Scuderia Vittore won the titles after dominating the season and leaving the opposition speechless. At the end of the year, the series joined the AutoReject organization. After 2017, there was a revamp of the series, leaving the AutoReject organization to go solo, and the B-Spec Lupo dropped by the new SEAT Leon, thus being rebranded the SEAT Leon Supercopa.

In 2018, the series had finally found their identity and started to be more stable.

2019 didn't see any major changes in the series for the first time.

Qualifying and Race format

Qualifying sessions runs for 60 minutes and each race runs for 30 minutes. The same format was used for the 2016 German Special Heats and Finale, where the grid was divided into two heats of 10 cars. The top 4 of each heat advanced to the Finale.

2016 Points system

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  FL PP
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1

2017-... Points system

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th  FL PP
Points 50 45 40 36 32 28 25 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 3 5

Car specifications

2016 Volkswagen Lupo GTi

Engine:

  • 1598cc DOHC 16-valve four-cylinder
  • Max. Power : 138 Hp @ 7250 rpm
  • Max. Torque : 162 Nm @ 4500 rpm

Gearbox: Manual 6 gears

Weight: 840 kg

2017 Volkswagen Lupo GTi B-Spec

Engine:

  • 1598cc DOHC 16-valve four-cylinder
  • Max. Power : 225 Hp @ 7250 rpm
  • Max. Torque : 264 Nm @ 4500 rpm

Gearbox: Sequential 6 gears

Weight: 840 kg

2018-2019 SEAT Leon TDi

Engine:

  • 1999cc Diesel 16-valve four-cylinder
  • Max. Power : 280 Hp @ 4000 rpm
  • Max. Torque : 550 Nm @ 2500 rpm

Gearbox: Sequential 6 gears

Weight: 1170 kg

List of Champions

Drivers'

Season Driver Team Wins Podiums Points
2016 Flag of France svg.png Laurent Couteau Nebula Grand Prix 2 4 53
2017 Flag of Brazil svg.png Pedro Renales Scuderia Vittore 3 6 393
2018 Flag of Tahiti svg.png Manuarii Vahirua DScity Voeckler Junior 4 7 420

Junior'

Season Team Drivers Wins Podiums Points
2016 Flag of France svg.png Laurent Couteau Nebula Grand Prix 2 5 56

Senior'

Season Team Drivers Wins Podiums Points
2016 Flag of Brazil svg.png Pedro Renales Plus One Racing Engineering 4 6 60

Women'

Season Team Drivers Wins Podiums Points
2016 Flag of Japan svg.png Koyomi Setou Davies Racing Team 3 7 66

Team's

Season Team Wins Podiums Points
2017 Flag of Italy svg.png Scuderia Vittore 6 11 757
2018 Flag of France svg.png DScity Voeckler Junior 4 7 550