2016 International Formula Reject Challenge season

The 2016 International Formula Reject Challenge season was the first season of IFRC, a new series created to fill the void created by the cancellation of Rejects of LFS due to serious safety concerns.

Teams and drivers

All engines are of 3.0 V8 configuration.

Team	Engine	Tyres	#	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
Lavezzi IBR	Lancia-Judd		1	Santiago Guglielminpietro	1-	None
			2	Marco Bizzarri	1-
Acura Racing Team	Acura-Cosworth		3	Calvin Brooks	1-	Scott Marsden Marcos Marcia Angel Jose Castañeda
			4	Benoît Voeckler	1-
Aeroracing Engineering	Audi-Judd		5	Brucie Kibbutz	1-	Rusty Gannit
			6	Akira Yamamura	1-
Takagi Racing Enterprises	Honda-Judd		7	Yui Megumi	1-	Tetsuya Takagi Hiroto Tojo
			8	Ryan Knittefeld	1-
ZimSport	Holden-Cosworth		9	Silvia Renaldi	1-	None
			10	TBA	1-
Winton Racing	Ilmor-Zytek		11	TBA	1-	None
Jones Racing	Ford-Cosworth		12	Terry Hawkin	1-	None
			13	Connor O'Heagan 1	1-
				Gilles Massinion 1
Kingfisher Racing	Zytek		14	Ashley Lilly	1-	None
Nebula Grand Prix	Peugeot-Cosworth		15	Quentin Reatherson	1-	Jari Lappalainen
			40	Jules Vergne	1-
Grands Travaux Inutiles	Trabant-Judd		16	Dorien Lamberigts	1-	Justin Case
			17	Kevin Bainomugisha	1-
Ural Racing	Judd		18	Viktor Pasitchnjuk	1-	Ivan Lanin Volodomyr Borovsky Kristians Laganovski
			19	Yuki Matsudate	1-
Melrose Racing Team	BMW-Cosworth		20	Joel Melrose	1-	None
			21	Pedro Oliveria	1-
Red Bull World Race Team	Cosworth		22	Dieter Hallenstein	1-	None
			23	Mika Paasonen	1-
Tarantino Autosport	Judd		24	Hobson Tarantino	1-	None
			25	Lukas Zuber	1-
De Friis Motorsport	Lancia-Judd	File:Hankook logo.png	26	Karl van der Zwaart	1-	Jan de Friis
			27	Alessandro Lucarelli	1-
Racing Team Solvalou	Assoluto-Judd		28	Alexandre Dorval	1-	Markus Jacobson
			29	Marcos Marcia	1-
Cemex Team Rojo	Audi-Cosworth		30	Pablo Galaz	1-	Julia Schilling
			31	Toru Fukui	1-
Restov Racing	Lada-Zytek		32	Serge Blanco	1-	Abdel Genazzi
			33	Henry Paul	1-
/ Linton-Solindahl Motorsports	Zytek		34	Paul Travesen	1-	None
			35	David Graham	1-
Kamaha Junior Racing Team	Yamaha-Zytek		36	Nobuo Takahashi	1-	None
Team IKEA	Vauxhall-Cosworth		37	Raffaella Nicchi	1-	Terenzio Nicchi
			38	Adélaïde Voeckler	1-
Écurie Prenois	Citroën-Zytek		39	TBA	1-	None
Clockwork Racing	Ford-Zytek		41	Matt Brinson	1-	None
			42	Katie Lea Winter	1-

Notes

1 Terry Hawkin was transferred pre-season by the Jones Racing outifit after Sammy Jones became frustrated with the level of bans and bad stewarding decisions made by the F2RWRS council. Gilles Massinion and Connor O'Heagan, who had been previously contracted to drive the full season, were to have equal seat time in the second car alongside Hawkin.

Calendar

Testing

Date	Track	Fastest driver	Fastest team
March 26	Sandown International Raceway
March 27

Championship races

#	Round	Track	With	Date	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Round of Australia	Penrith Speedway	F2RWRS	April 2	H
				April 2	H
				April 3	F
2	Round of Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	None	April 16	H
				April 16	H
				April 17	F
3	Round of France	Circuit de Pau-Ville	F3RWRS	May 7	H
				May 7	H
				May 8	F
4	Round of the United Kingdom	Rockingham Motor Speedway	None	May 14	H
				May 14	H
				May 15	F
5	Round of Italy	Autodromo di Pergusa	None	June 4	H
				June 4	H
				June 5	F
6	Round of the United States	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	GT-R WC	June 18	H
				June 18	H
				June 19	F
7	Round of Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	RTCC	July 16	H
				July 16	H
				July 17	F
8	Round of the Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	F3RWRS RTCC	July 30	H
				July 30	H
				July 31	F
9	Round of Finland	Motopark Raceway	None	August 20	H
				August 20	H
				August 21	F
10	Round of Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	RTCC GT-R WC	September 10	H
				September 10	H
				September 11	F
11	Round of the Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	F1RDS	October 1	H
				October 1	H
				October 2	F
12	Round of Japan	Suzuka Circuit	RTCC	October 15	H
				October 15	H
				October 16	F

Non-championship races

#	Round	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Nobushige Fukuda Memorial Trophy	Twin Ring Motegi Super Speedway	October 30