World Grand Prix Championship 20

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WGPC Season 20
Races10
Start EventLiventian Grand Prix
End EventEsmerelian Grand Prix

Support SeriesAOGP 2

WGPC 19WGPC 21

WGPC 20 is the 20th World Grand Prix Championship season. This season's championship is being contested by fourteen teams over ten Grands Prix from the spring to the autumn. It started with the Liventian Grand Prix and will be concluded with the Esmerelian Grand Prix. Drivers and teams compete for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion, respectively. iBen Toralmintii, driving for Tropicorp, is the reigning Drivers' Champion, while Badai Angin Tim Motorsport, the reigning Constructors' Champion, did not return for the season.

Entrants

Team Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre # Race Drivers Rounds Test Driver
Esmerel Cygnus Motorsport Team Cygnus-Tropicorp C101 Tropicorp TRE-2T24V8 Tropicorp 71 Esmerel Brendan Faloe 1-4
84 Valentine Z Angela Stella Tan Fang Ling 1-4
EthaneLisander Eminent WGPC Team Eminent-Sidus E20 Sidus 616M-2 Phoenician-In Motion 40 Valentine Z Adriana Kowalski 1-4 Ethane Catherine Toggard
7 Lisander Anneliese Devereux 1-4
Diarcesia GPA Pryfors Bilar Pryfors Bilar-Sidus PF-2 Sidus 616M-2 Phoenician-In Motion 37 Auruna Laura Haukanna 1-4
33 Diarcesia Sam Blaatschapen 1-4
Togonistan Kaylan Racing Team Kaylan T190 Kaylan Taika 1 Phoenician-In Motion 88 Tumbra Ted Pressley 1-4
12 Togonistan Darian Vilau 1-4
Nexus Wardship of Former Citizens of the Nimbus_System Nexus Racing Nexus Racing UHSGV-5 Paragon Warp Phoenician-In Motion 94 Nexus Wardship of Former Citizens of the Nimbus_System Ryker Lane 1-4 Esmerel Jean Mercer-Daly
17 Aboveland Janne Laukanen 1-4
Liventia Portland-Carvenlo Carvenlo Carvenlo Carvenlo Tabtac 19 Togonistan Dom Falepeau 1-4
51 Vilita and Turori R.L. Cruisin 1-4
Tumbra Pressley Racing Pressley-Kaylan PRE-023 Kaylan Taika 1 Brústeinn 42 Tumbra Sophie McCreary 1-4 Hülkenberg Dario Nülkeschläger
87 Mertagne Bryce Yannec 1-4
Hapilopper Preston Autos GP Racing Preston PGP-03 Preston Skychief V6 Tropicorp 5 Hapilopper Rudy Edwards 1-4
96 Abanhfleft William Archer 1-4
Vilita and Turori Race Eelandii VTGP VTGP-Tropicorp TBA Tropicorp TRE-2T24V8 Tropicorp 11 TJUN-ia Lane Carter 1-4
23 Tropicorp Cocoabo 23 1-4
Baker Park Scuderia Orange Cow Orange Cow-Tropicorp PRL03-1 Tropicorp TRE-2T24V8 Tropicorp 24 Baker Park Jordan Crowe 1-4
9 TJUN-ia Batu Tüvshinbayar 1-4
Mertagne Sivaleinen LCR Origas Sivaleinen-Preston LC-04 Preston Skychief V6 Tropicorp 10 Mlima Kijani Lillý Náttmörðsdóttir 1-4
91 Delaclava Kingston Walcott 1-4
Aboveland Tropicorp-Colorworks Tropicorp AGP004 Tropicorp TRE-2T24V8 Tropicorp 1 Vilita and Turori iBen Toralmintii 1-4
13 Chromatika Ji So-Yeong 1-4
Pridnestrovia Urotovsky-Gatutin UrGa-Preston TBA Preston Skychief V6 Tropicorp 14 Tropicorp Skiia Vialiv 1-4 Hülkenberg Nepö Kinder
74 Abanhfleft Adonis Fitzpatrick 1-4
Auruna Viska Racing Viska VK-03H Viska VT-160F/H-III Phoenician-In Motion 28 United Adaikes Aaron Deering 1-4 Auruna Kinu Luminna
50 Diarcesia Sara Luna 1-4

Team Changes

Badai Angin, the defending Constructors' Champions, and Teusbank TMW Rennsport left the sport after WGPC 19. The WGPC Motorworks team also did not return. Scuderia Orange Cow were promoted from WGP2 after winning the Season 5 championship. Pridnestrovian team Urotovsky-Gatutin was also promoted from WGP2. Other new teams included Cygnus Motorsport Team from Esmerel, Sivaleinen LCR Origas from Mertagne, and Pressley Racing from Tumbra. Bitten Heroes GPE pulled its support from the joint team with Fireline, and Eminent dropped its Fireline+Heroes pretitle. Six-time World Champions Carvenlo had part of its assets sold to Portland Racing Team, and was renamed as Portland-Carvenlo.

Driver Changes

With Badai Angin out, Dom Falepeau was invited to join Portland-Carvenlo. Janne Laukkanen, having been leased to Carvenlo the previous season, as well as serving as Nexus Racing's test driver, was promoted to a race seat at Nexus, replacing the outgoing Jean Mercer-Daly; Mercer-Daly, while intending to retire from the sport, remained with Nexus as their test driver. Samantha Blaatschapen, previously a WGP2 driver and test driver for Pryfors Bilar, was promoted to a race seat at the team, replacing Dario Nülkeschläger, who signed as a test driver for new team Pressley Racing. Darian Vilau replaced Anola Melani at Kaylan, after her sudden disappearance. Another driver promoted from WGP2 was Aaron Deering, replacing Kinu Luminna at Viska, who remained as the team's test driver. In the other seat of the Aurunan team, Olivia Stone was replaced by Sara Luna, who left Tropicorp. At Tropicorp, Chromatik newcomer Ji So-Yeong filled the empty seat. Skiia Vialiv, formerly a Tropicorp reserve, joined the promoted Urotovsky-Gatutin along with the Fleftic Adonis Fitzpatrick, promoted from the team stint in WGP2. WGP2 Champions Scuderia Orange Cow also promoted their WGP2 duo of Jordan Crowe and Batu Tüvshinbayar. Also moving from WGP2, Angela Tan Fang Ling and Bryce Yannec found seats in the newcomer teams Cygnus and Pressley respectively. Cocoabo #23, formerly in the WGPC Motorworks team, joined Lane Carter at Race Eelandii.

Two teams, Eminent WGPC Team and Preston Autos Grand Prix Racing, kept the same drivers from the previous season.

Calendar

The WGPC 20 calendar comprises two pre-season tests, one mid-season test, and ten Grands Prix.

Schedule of championship races
Round Grand Prix Circuit Date
1 Liventian Grand Prix Liventia Talbott Autodrome, Talbott 22 May
2 Togonistani Grand Prix Togonistan Hwoarang Racing Circuit, Hwoarang 28 May
3 Cocoabo Preservation Grand Prix Tropicorp Cocoabo Park Circuit, Cocoabo Forest 4 June
4 Ramgardian Grand Prix Diarcesia Sigurd Ring, Ramgardia 11 June
5 Nimban Grand Prix Nexus Wardship of Former Citizens of the Nimbus_System Crossbay Circuit, Nimbus Bay 18 June
6 Aurun Grand Prix Auruna Akresna Circuit, Akresna 2 July
7 Hapiloppian Grand Prix Hapilopper Hapilopper City Grand Prix Circuit, Hapilopper City 9 July
8 Tumbran Grand Prix Tumbra Mount Fesmos Circuit, Caldwell 16 July
9 Abovian Grand Prix Aboveland Fjellutfordring, Avsidesliggendevuoret 23 July
10 Esmerelian Grand Prix Esmerel Forest Cross International Raceway, Vertress 30 July
Schedule of other events
Event Event type Circuit Date
WGPC Pre-season Test #1 Pre-season test Turori Eelandii Grand Prix Course, Eelandii 15 May
WGPC Pre-season Test #2 Pre-season test Mertagne Gernarche Circuit, Gernarche 17 May
WGPC Mid-season Test Mid-season Test Atheara Astena Asterwynth Circuit, Astena 25 June