World Grand Prix Championship 21
| Races | 10 |
|---|---|
| Start Event | Abovian Grand Prix |
| End Event | Liventian Grand Prix |
| WGPC 20 | WGPC 22 |
The World Grand Prix Championship 21 is the twenty-first season of the World Grand Prix Championship (WGPC). The championship will be contested over ten Grands Prix, starting with the Abovian Grand Prix and concluding with the Liventian Grand Prix.
Entries
The following constructors and drivers are under contract to compete in the World Championship. Each team is required to enter at least two drivers, one for each of the mandatory two cars:
| Team | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | # | Race Drivers | Rounds | Test Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ælund Stølskapp Grand Prix
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Ælund | TBA | Ælund CMYK-T20V8H | Tropicorp | 88 |  Ted Pressley
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1 | Terho Talvela
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| 89 |  Abdoulaye Goita
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1 | ||||||
 Sturmburgher Cygnus Motorsport Team
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Cygnus-Sturmburgher | C102 | Sturmburgher PD02/25 | Brimstone | 1 | Brendan Faloe
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1 | |
| 85 |  Olivia Stone
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1 | ||||||
 Eminent WGPC Team
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Eminent-Sidus | E21 | Sidus 616W-1 | Blue Sulphurate | 7 | Anneliese Devereux
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1 | |
| 40 |  Adriana Ela Kowalski Lillian
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1 | ||||||
 Hodori Innovations Technology Evolution NEO Grand Prix Team
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HiTEN.gpt-Franklin | TBA | Franklin Motorsport WGP-X2 | Brimstone | 10 | Ankei Souzare
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1 | |
| 95 |  Hanna Berezowska
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1 | ||||||
 Hülkenberger Motorengesellschaft Grosser Preis GmbH
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HMG-Preston | TBA | Preston Autos Skychief V6 | Tropicorp | 14 |  Skiia Vialiv
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1 | |
| 74 |  Adonis Fitzpatrick
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1 | ||||||
 Kissan Motorsport
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KISMO | KSH03 | Kissan Motors KS.APEX-01 | Solymok | 55 |  Gil Langdon
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1 |  Batu Tüvshinbayar Zsanett Bokor
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| 58 | Shuhei Kamado
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1 | ||||||
| Nexus Racing
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Nexus Racing-Paragon Warp | UHSGV-6 | Paragon Warp Array v3.3.2.14 | Phoenician-In Motion | 17 | Janne Laukkanen
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1 | |
| 94 | Ryker Lane
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1 | ||||||
 Piers Ivchenko Motorsports with Bungschen Bombs
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Piers Ivchenko-UrGa | TBA | UrGa ZhS-1000 | Brimstone | 21 |  Nik Hazrin Lutfi
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1 | |
| 51 |  R.L. Cruisin
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1 | ||||||
| Pressley-Kim Racing Engineering
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Pressley-Tropicorp | TBA | Tropicorp TRE-2T24V8 | Tropicorp | 22 | Nini Johnsilvaturr
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1 | Sophie McCreary
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| 27 | Dario Nülkeschlager
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1 | ||||||
 Preston Autos Grand Prix Racing
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Preston | PGP-04 | Preston Autos Skychief V6 | Brimstone | 82 |  Kinu Luminna
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1 | Rudy Edwards
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| 84 | Angela Stella Tan Fang Ling
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1 | ||||||
 Grand Prix Auto Pryfors Bilar
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Pryfors Bilar | PF-3 | Pryfors Bilar VelFire VF-21 | Phoenician-In Motion | 33 | Sam Blaatschapen
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1 | |
| 37 | Laura Haukanna
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1 | ||||||
| Race Eelandii V&T Racer World Grand Prix Motorworks
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Race Eelandii VTGP-Tropicorp | TBA | Tropicorp TRE-2T24V8 | Tropicorp | 23 | Cocoabo #23
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1 | |
| 77 | iBen Toralmintii
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1 | ||||||
 Urotovsky-Gatutin General Machine Building Enterprise Motorsports Division
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UrGa | GPC21-2 | UrGa ZhS-1000 | Solymok | 13 | Vincent von Visp
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1 | Lane Carter Zsanett Bokor
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| 63 | Nepö Kinder
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1 | ||||||
| Viska Racing
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Viska | VK-04HS | Viska Re:Genesis VT-250F/H-IIS "Kiiruja" | Phoenician-In Motion | 12 | Ron Sommer
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1 | |
| 96 | William Archer
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1 | ||||||
 WGPC Motorworks
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WGPC Motorworks-Franklin | TBA | Franklin Motorsport WGP-X2 | Blue Sulphurate | 13 |  Pierre-Louis Archer
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1 | N/A |
| 16 |  Azalia Kawakai
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1 | ||||||
| 18 |  Giancarlo Rahel
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1 | ||||||
| 30 |  Otto Markul
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1 |
Team Changes
Exited the WGPC
Four teams, all in the bottom four finishing positions of WGPC 20, did not return for WGPC 21:
- After competing in the prior two seasons, scoring a total of 105 points, Kaylan Racing Team did not return.
- Carvenlo Racing, after having run their fifteenth intermittent WGPC season during WGPC 20 and finishing 13th, chose not to return for a third consecutive season.
- Sivaleinen LCR Origas, after finishing 14th in WGPC 20, did not return.
- Scuderia Orange Cow, after finishing 12th in WGPC 20, chose to suspend their WGPC operations instead of renewing their license for the season.
Entered the WGPC
- Kissan Motorsport returned to WGPC competition for the season. The team last competed in WGPC 16, after which they sold their WGPC operations to Badai Angin Tim Motorsport.
- HMG Grand Prix, after a 13th place campaign in the WGP2 Season 6 Teams' Championship, opted to promote themselves to the WGPC.
- HiTEN.gpt, an all-new team from Hodori, plans to make their WGPC debut this season.
- After the revocation of GPA Pryfors Bilar's WGPC license, Piers Ivchenko Motorsports was admitted to the WGPC to retain the number of teams to 13. GPA Pryfors Bilar would later be reinstated by the World Grand Prix Organisation, increasing the number of teams to 14.
- This season will also mark the return of WGPC Motorworks after the WGPO decided not to have a works outfit in WGPC 20. This season's motorworks team will be based in Liventia and will be supplied by Franklin Motorsport engines and Blue Sulphurate tyres.
Name and Supplier Changes
- UrGa Motorsports Division will have their in-house engine this season, replacing Preston Autos, and will also supply engines to Piers Ivchenko Motorsport. They also switched tyre suppliers from Tropicorp to Solymok, with the latter making their return to WGPC competition.
- Tropicorp-Colorworks Grand Prix was renamed to Ælund Grand Prix to reflect a change in ownership structure following the clearance from Abovian authorities of their WGPC operations. They switched engine suppliers from Tropicorp to their in-house engine in a similar move with UrGa, but retained Tropicorp as their tyre supplier.
- Cygnus Motorsport switches suppliers from Tropicorp to Sturmburgher engines and Brimstone tyres.
- Preston Autos Grand Prix also switches tyre supplier from Tropicorp to Brimstone.
- Pressley Racing switches engine and tyre suppliers from Kaylan and Brusteinn to become a Tropicorp customer team.
- Fireline Motorsports from Ethane parted ways with Eminent WGPC Team, as the team will be fully administered under Lisanderian control as of this season. They also change tyre suppliers from Phoenician-In Motion to Blue Suphurate.
Viska Racing, Race Eelandii VTGP Motorworks, GPA Pryfors Bilar, and Nexus Racing retained their engine and tyre suppliers from last season.
Driver Changes
Pre-season Changes
- The exit of Kaylan, Carvenlo, Scuderia Orange Cow, and Sivaleinen left a number of drivers without a racing seat for WGPC 21: Darian Vilau (27th in WDC), Dom Falepeau (22nd in WDC), Jordan Crowe (NC in WDC), Batu Tüvshinbayar (19th in WDC), Kingston Walcott (24th in WDC), and Lillý Náttmörðsdóttir (25th in WDC). Ted Pressley was signed to Ælund Grand Prix to replace Ji So-Yeong, while R.L. Cruisin was signed to Piers Ivchenko Motorsports to ensure that his record for the most consecutive seasons spent in WGPC will be extended by at least a season. Tüvshinbayar would later find a test and reserve driver seat at KISMO during the off-season.
- Despite contributing to UrGa's first World Constuctors' Championship in WGPC 20, Skiia Vialiv and Adonis Fitzpatrick were both not retained by the team for this season. They were replaced by Nepö Kinder who was promoted from being their test and reserve driver, and Vincent von Visp, making his season debut. The pair they replaced would find themselves driving for HMG Grand Prix this season.
- Pressley Racing decided to not retain their last season's lineup of Sophie McCreary and Bryce Yannec, with the former finishing 6th in the WDC. Nini Johnsilvaturr, who finished 3rd in WGP Season 6, was promoted from their WGP2 team, while Dario Nülkeschläger, who was the team's test and reserve driver last season, was promoted to drive for the team for this season. McCreary would take Nülkeschläger's place as the team's test and reserve driver for this season, effectively swapping seats within the team.
- Cygnus did not extend Angela Stella Tan Fang Ling's contract beyond WGPC 20, choosing to promote test driver Olivia Stone to pair up with World Drivers' Champion Brendan Faloe. Stella would find a seat at Preston Autos, pairing up with Kinu Luminna, previously the test and reserve driver for Viska Racing. The two replaced William Archer, who would go on to sign for Viska Racing, and Rudy Edwards, which the Hapiloppian team demoted to being their test and reserve driver. Viska paired William Archer with Katzeburgian driver Ron Sommer, replacing both Aaron Deering and Sara Luna.
- Ælund Grand Prix parted ways with WGPC 19 World Drivers' Champion iBen Toralmintii, replacing him with Abdoulaye Goita, who returned to WGPC after a season's absence. The Turorian would make his way to Race Eelandii VTGP to replace Lane Carter, with the TJUN-ian moving to a test and reserve driver role with UrGa along with Zsanett Bokor. Bokor would also be appointed as a test and reserve driver for KISMO as both teams are supplied by Solymok.
- With five teams either entering or returning to WGPC this season (HMG Grand Prix, KISMO, HiTEN.gpt, Piers Ivchenko Motorsports, and WGPC Motorworks), the following drivers will make their WGPC debut this season: Gil Langdon, Shuhei Kamado, Ankei Souzare, Hanna Berezowska, Nik Hazrin Lutfi, Pierre-Louis Archer, Azalia Kawakai, Giancarlo Rahel, and Otto Markul. Of these drivers, Archer would be the only one with WGP2 experience, finishing 17th in the WGP2 Drivers' Championship in Season 6.
- Only three teams retained the same lineup from last season: Nexus Racing, GPA Pryfors Bilar, and Eminent.
Calendar
The WGPC 21 calendar comprises three pre-season tests and ten Grands Prix. The Patriotlandian and Ajian Grands Prix are set to feature the sprint race format, returning after its absence the previous season.
| Round | Grand Prix | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abovian Grand Prix | Fjellutfordring, Avsidesliggendevuoret
|
23 February |
| 2 | Doubinese Grand Prix | Queensland Street Circuit, Queensland
|
2 March |
| 3 | Nimban Grand Prix | Crossbay Circuit, Nimbus Bay
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9 March |
| 4 | Turorian Grand Prix |  Eelandii Grand Prix Course, Eelandii
|
16 March |
| 5 | Patriotlandian Grand Prix | Ridgeline Raceway, Vilnay
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Sprint Race: 22 March Feature Race: 23 March |
| 6 | Ajian Grand Prix | Serizawa Racing Circuit, Serizawa
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Sprint Race: 5 April Feature Race: 6 April |
| 7 | Île Saint-Joseph Grand Prix |  Circuit d'Arès, Île Saint-Joseph
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13 April |
| 8 | Hapiloppian Grand Prix | Hapilopper City Grand Prix Circuit, Hapilopper City
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20 April |
| 9 | Esmerelian Grand Prix | Forest Cross International Raceway, Vertress
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27 April |
| 10 | Liventian Grand Prix |  Talbott Autodrome, Talbott
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4 May |
| Event | Event type | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WGPC Pre-season Test #1 | Pre-season test | Montelago International Circuit, Montelago
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1-2 February |
| WGPC Pre-season Test #2 | Pre-season test | Ikasamo Speedway, Ikasamo
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8-9 February |
| WGPC Pre-season Test #3 | Pre-season test | Akresna Circuit, Akresna
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14-16 February |
Calendar changes