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	1-6
						Fredo Mestolio	7-
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-	Rosco Vantini
					12	Phillippe Nicolas	1-
/ Kamaha Motorsports	Kamaha	KM-6B	Suzuki AF1-41		13	Nathan McKane	1-6, 9-	Ashley Watkinson
						Hagane Shizuka	7-8
					14	Tomo Kazama	1-7, 9-
						Marko Jantscher	8
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	1-4
						Barii Mori	5-
Pemberton Prospec Racing	Prospec	PPR-03	Prospec PRS01		21	Fredo Mestolio	1-6	Martyn Rietacher
						Rosco Vantini	7
						Martyn Rietacher	8-
					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	1-4
						Brucie Kibbutz	5-
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	1-6, 9-
						Miko Fäkkinen	7-8
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	1-5
						Calvin Brooks	8-
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	Jesus Plaza	Alstom Equipe Gauthier	1:10.883	5th May 2016 Paul Ricard Test
6	10 June	Walt Disney World Speedway	/ People Power presents Holden CR Motorsport	Nathan McKane	/ People Power presents Holden CR Motorsport	0:19.049	10th June 2016 Disney World Test
7	19 July	Sachsenring	/ People Power presents Holden CR Motorsport	Marcel Agyemang-Badu	/ People Power presents Holden CR Motorsport	1:11.104	19th July 2016 Sachsenring Test
8	3-4 August	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Scuderia Alitalia	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	Scuderia Alitalia	1:24.765	3rd-4th August 2016 Imola Test
9	10 August	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	ArrowTech-Acuri Autosport	Phillippe Nicolas	ArrowTech-Acuri Autosport	1:13.598	10th August 2016 Mont-Tremblant 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	Martin McFry	Mark Dagnall	Nathanael Spencer	Scuderia Alitalia	Ron Mignolet	Hansuke Shioya
Southern US Grand Prix	Long Beach Street Circuit	5 June	Hagane Shizuka	Mark Dagnall	Mark Dagnall	/ Melrose Racing Team	ArrowTech	Kay Lon
Northern US Grand Prix	Road America	19 June	Mark Dagnall	Mark Dagnall	Fredo Mestolio	Castrol Jones Ford Team	Melrose Racing Team Mechanics	Fredo Mestolio
German Grand Prix	Norisring	10 July	Martin McFry	Nathanael Spencer	Ron Mignolet	Scuderia Alitalia	Thomas De Bock	Ron Mignolet
North Sea Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	24 July	Kay Lon	Mark Dagnall	Jean-Vincent Albertini	/ Red Bull Autodynamics GP	Scuderia Alitalia	Ashley Watkinson
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 Ret 4 2 2 3 46 2 Phillippe Nicolas 4 1 Ret 1 Ret 3 Ret Ret 5 5 32 3 Ron Mignolet 1 12 4 Ret 6 Ret Ret 4 1 8 27 4 Kay Lon Ret 3 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 Ret 27 5 Nathanael Spencer Ret Ret Ret INJ 3 1 Ret 3 4 Ret 23 6 Fredo Mestolio DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 3 1 6 9 16 7 Nicolas Steele 6 Ret 4 4 9† 5 DNPQ 9 2 16 8 Jean-Luc Schiller 3 DNPQ Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 15 9 Mirko Bosevic Ret 5 2 3 9 Ret Ret Ret 7 11 14 10 Jean-Vincent Albertini 9 DNPQ Ret 6 5 Ret DNQ DNPQ DNQ 1 13 11 Mark Dagnall Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 10 12 Pippa Mann 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11† 4 10 13 Thomas De Bock Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 8 14 Hansuke Shioya DNPQ DNPQ Ret DNPQ DNQ 2 9 7 13 Ret 7 15 Douglas Mann DNPQ 8 5 Ret 11† Ret Ret 5 8 Ret 4 16 James Davies Ret 18† DNPQ DNPQ Ret 4 DNQ DNPQ Ret Ret 3 17 Rosco Vantini 8 Ret Ret 5 10 7 DNPQ 2 18 Ben Fleet Ret Ret Ret 12† Ret 5 Ret Ret 12 Ret 2 19 Andrea Battani Ret 14 7 Ret DNPQ 6 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 6 2 20 Barii Mori DNPQ 6 DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret 6 Ret DNPQ 2 21 David Neuberg 10 10 6 Ret Ret DNPQ 8 Ret Ret DNPQ 1 22 Daniel Martins 7 13 DNPQ DNPQ Ret Ret 7 DNPQ Ret Ret 0 23 Jari Kekkonen 11† 15 10 10 DNPQ 8 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 7 0 24 Frank Zimmer DNPQ 11 Ret 8 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10† 0 25 Aurelien Moll Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 26 Tomo Kazama DNQ Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret EX DNPQ DNPQ 0 27 Jesus Plaza DNPQ DNPQ 9 DNPQ 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 0 28 Martin McFry Ret 17 8 11† Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 29 Michael Cameron Ret DNPQ Ret DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 8 DNPQ DNPQ 0 30 Brucie Kibbutz Ret 16 DNQ 9 12† DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 31 Danny van Rijkens DNPQ 9 DNPQ Ret DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret DNPQ DNPQ 0 32 Hagane Shizuka DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ 10† Ret DNPQ DNPQ 0 33 Nathan Scott DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret DNQ 11† Ret 14† DNQ 0 34 Nathan McKane Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret EX EX DNPQ DNPQ 0 35 Dave Anderson DNQ Ret Ret 0 36 Shinobu Katayama DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 37 Renaldo Jiménez DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ Ret Ret 0 38 Alexey Buyvolov Ret DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DSQ DSQ DNPQ Ret DNPQ 0 39 Ashley Watkinson DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret 0 40 Du Lei Ret INJ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 41 Dave Simpson Ret DNPQ 0 42 Daniel Melrose Ret 0 Daniel Moreno Ret 0 Marko Jantscher Ret 0 45 Hiroto Tojo DNQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 46 Calvin Brooks DNPQ DNQ DNPQ 0 Martyn Rietacher DNPQ DNPQ DNQ 0 48 Miko Fäkkinen DNPQ DNPQ 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	Jones-Ford	3	5	4	3	2	2	Ret	4	2	2	3							64
		4	8	Ret	Ret	5	10	7	3	1	6	9
2	Alitalia-Renault	27	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	1	Ret	3	4	Ret							50
		28	1	12	4	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	4	1	8
3	Arrowtech-Gillet	11	Ret	5	2	3	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11							46
		12	4	1	Ret	1	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	5	5
4	Aeroracing-Audi	5	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11†	4							38
		6	6	3	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	3	Ret
5	/ Autodynamics-Gillet	35	9	DNPQ	Ret	6	5	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	1							33
		36	3	DNPQ	Ret	4	4	9†	5	DNPQ	12	2
6	MRT-BMW	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret							20
		2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12
7	Gillet ENB	7	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret							8
		8	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
8	Gauthier-Pure Hart	39	DNPQ	DNPQ	9	DNPQ	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13							7
		40	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNQ	2	9	7	13	Ret
9	Holden	23	DNPQ	11	Ret	8	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10†							4
		24	DNPQ	8	5	Ret	11†	Ret	Ret	5	8	Ret
10	Sunshine-Daihatsu	15	7	13	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	7	DNPQ	Ret	Ret							3
		16	Ret	18†	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	4	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret	Ret
11	Foxdale-Pure Hart	9	Ret	17	8	11†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret							2
		10	Ret	Ret	Ret	12†	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	12	Ret
12	Boxtel-Ford	17	Ret	14	7	Ret	DNPQ	6	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	6							2
		18	11†	15	10	10	DNPQ	8	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	7
13	Kingfisher-Ford	19	10	10	6	Ret	Ret	DNPQ	8	Ret	Ret	DNPQ							2
		20	Ret	16	DNQ	9	12†	DNPQ	Ret	6	Ret	DNPQ
14	/ CR-Holden	25	DNPQ	9	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ							1
		26	DNPQ	6	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
15	Kamaha-Suzuki	13	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	10†	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ							0
		14	DNQ	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ
16	Simpson-Renault	33	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	8	DNPQ	DNPQ							0
		34	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
17	Mecha-Pure Hart	31	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret							0
		32	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNQ	11†	Ret	14†	DNQ
18	Dofasco-Lancia	37	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DSQ	DSQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ							0
		38	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNP	DNP	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ
19	Prospec	21	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ							0
		22	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret
20	/ Revolution-Renault	29	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ							0
		30	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	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
1		3	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	2	1							84
2		2	3	1	3	3	2	2	3	3	2							63
3		1	5	3	Ret	2	1	5†	2	1	3							58
4		4	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3	Ret	Ret	Ret							18
5		Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	4†	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ							10
6	File:Goodride Icon.jpg	DNPQ	4	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ							3

Pre-Qualifying Cup

Pos.	Team	Constructor	Pts	Races
1st	/ CR Motorsport	CR-Holden	44	1-9
2nd	/ Red Bull Autodynamics GP	Autodynamics-Gillet	39	1-6, 8
3rd	Alstom Equipe Gauthier	Gauthier-Pure Hart	29	1-5
4th	Gulf Simpson Motorsports	Simpson-Renault	29	1-9
5th	/ Kamaha Motorsports	Kamaha-Suzuki	28	2, 4, 9
6th	Kingfisher Racing	Kingfisher-Ford	25	6-7, 9
7th	Mecha Grand Prix	Mecha-Pure Hart	25	1-9
8th	Gillet ENB	Gillet	22	7-8
9th	Mobil Holden Racing Team	Holden	21	1-3
10th	Dofasco Lukoil Racing	Dofasco-Lancia	21	1-9
11th	Sunshine Daihatsu	Sunshine-Daihatsu	19	3-8
12th	Scuderia Alitalia	IBR-Renault	18	1
13th	Foxdale Auto Racing Team	Foxdale-Pure-Hart	10	9
14th	Boxtel Engineering	Boxtel-Ford	9	5-9
15th	/ Revolution Engineering	Revolution-Renault	8	1-9
16th	Pemberton Prospec Racing	Prospec	4	1-9