World Grand Prix Championship 21

WGPC Season 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. Brendan Faloe is the defending World Drivers' Champion while Urotovsky-Gatutin Motorsports Division is the defending World Constructors' Champion.

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	Ælund	AGP-007	Ælund CMYK-T20V8H	Tropicorp	88	Ted Pressley	1	Terho Talvela
					89	Abdoulaye Goita	1
Sturmburgher Cygnus Motorsport Team	Cygnus-Sturmburgher	C102	Sturmburgher PD02/25	Brimstone	1	Brendan Faloe	1
					85	Olivia Stone	1
Eminent WGPC Team	Eminent-Sidus	E21	Sidus 616W-1	Blue Sulphurate	7	Anneliese Devereux	1
					40	Adriana Ela Kowalski Lillian	1
Hodori Innovations Technology Evolution NEO Grand Prix Team	HiTEN.gpt-Franklin	TBA	Franklin Motorsport WGP-X2	Brimstone	10	Ankei Souzare	1
					95	Hanna Berezowska	1
Hülkenberger Motorengesellschaft Grosser Preis GmbH	HMG-Preston	H01.1	Preston Autos Skychief V6	Tropicorp	14	Skiia Vialiv	1	Bryce Yannec
					74	Adonis Fitzpatrick	1
Kissan Motorsport	KISMO	KSH03	Kissan Motors KS.APEX-01	Solymok	55	Gil Langdon	1	Batu Tüvshinbayar Zsanett Bokor
					58	Shuhei Kamado	1
Nexus Racing	Nexus-Paragon Warp	UHSGV-6	Paragon Warp Array v3.3.2.14	Phoenician-In Motion	17	Janne Laukkanen	1
					94	Ryker Lane	1
Piers Ivchenko Motorsports with Bungschen Bombs	Piers Ivchenko-UrGa	TBA	UrGa ZhS-1000	Brimstone	21	Nik Hazrin Lutfi	1
					51	R.L. Cruisin	1
Pressley-Kim Racing Engineering	Pressley-Tropicorp	PRE-025	Tropicorp TRE-2T24V8	Tropicorp	22	Nini Johnsilvaturr	1	Sophie McCreary
					27	Dario Nülkeschlager	1
Preston Autos Grand Prix Racing	Preston	PGP-04	Preston Autos Skychief V6	Brimstone	82	Kinu Luminna	1	Rudy Edwards
					84	Angela Stella Tan Fang Ling	1
Grand Prix Auto Pryfors Bilar	Pryfors Bilar	PF-3	Pryfors Bilar VelFire VF-21	Phoenician-In Motion	33	Sam Blaatschapen	1
					37	Laura Haukanna	1
Race Eelandii V&T Racer World Grand Prix Motorworks	Race Eelandii VTGP-Tropicorp	TBA	Tropicorp TRE-2T24V8	Tropicorp	23	Cocoabo #23	1
					77	iBen Toralmintii	1
Urotovsky-Gatutin General Machine Building Enterprise Motorsports Division	UrGa	GPC21-2	UrGa ZhS-1000	Solymok	63	Nepö Kinder	1	Lane Carter Zsanett Bokor
					66	Vincent von Visp	1
Viska Racing	Viska	VK-04HS	Viska Re:Genesis VT-250F/H-IIS "Kiiruja"	Phoenician-In Motion	12	Ron Sommer	1
					96	William Archer	1
WGPC Motorworks	WGPC Motorworks-Franklin	TBA	Franklin Motorsport WGP-X2	Blue Sulphurate	13	Pierre-Louis Archer	1	N/A
					16	Azalia Kawakai	1
					18	Giancarlo Rahel	1
					30	Otto Markul	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.

Schedule of championship races

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	Abovian Grand Prix	Fjellutfordring, Avsidesliggendevuoret	23 February
2	Doubeinese Grand Prix	Queensland Street Circuit, Queensland	2 March
3	Nimban Grand Prix	Crossbay Circuit, Nimbus Bay	9 March
4	Turorian Grand Prix	Eelandii Grand Prix Course, Eelandii	16 March
5	Patriotlandian Grand Prix	Ridgeline Raceway, Vilnay	Sprint Race: 21 March Feature Race: 23 March
6	Ajian Grand Prix	Serizawa Racing Circuit, Serizawa	Sprint Race: 4 April Feature Race: 6 April
7	Île Saint-Joseph Grand Prix	Circuit d'Arès, Île Saint-Joseph	13 April
8	Hapiloppian Grand Prix	Hapilopper City Grand Prix Circuit, Hapilopper City	20 April
9	Esmerelian Grand Prix	Forest Cross International Raceway, Vertress	27 April
10	Liventian Grand Prix	Talbott Autodrome, Talbott	4 May

Schedule of other events

Event	Event type	Circuit	Date
WGPC Pre-season Test #1	Pre-season test	Montelago International Circuit, Montelago	1-2 February
WGPC Pre-season Test #2	Pre-season test	Ikasamo Speedway, Ikasamo	8-9 February
WGPC Pre-season Test #3	Pre-season test	Akresna Circuit, Akresna	14-16 February

Calendar changes

• The following Grands Prix and circuits did not return on the calendar for WGPC 21:
  • The Togonistani Grand Prix was not featured on the calendar after being held for WGPC 20 and as a site for an official pre-season test for WGPC 19.
  • The Cocoabo Preservation Grand Prix will not return after being held for WGPC 20.
  • The Ramgardian Grand Prix was also not featured for this season, and WGPC will not visit Diarcesia either for an official race or pre-season tests since WGPC 18.
  • The Tumbran Grand Prix will not return for WGPC 21 after being held for WGPC 20.
  • The Gernache Circuit and Astena Asterwynth Circuit will also not feature this season after being used as testing tracks last season.
• The Aurun Grand Prix lost an official date and was relegated to the official pre-season test for this season.
• The Turorian Grand Prix returns as the 4th round of the season after being used as a testing track last season. Turori last hosted an official round of the WGPC in Season 19.
• The Ajian Grand Prix also returns to the calendar as the 6th round. WGPC last visited Aji No Moto in Season 16 when it replaced the Liventian Grand Prix on a short notice as its 2nd round. It will be the first time in WGPC that the venue will be held in a sprint-feature race weekend format, as the last WGP2 race event held in the circuit had this format as well.
• The Ile Saint Joseph Grand Prix makes its debut this season as the 7th round, having held a non-championship race in WGPC 18 and a number of WGP2 race events in the past.
• The Doubeinese Grand Prix will make its debut this season as the 2nd round of WGPC 21.
• The Patriotlandian Grand Prix will also make its debut in the calendar as the 5th round, and will be the other race held in a sprint-feature race weekend format.
• The schedules of the following Grands Prix either moved forward or back for this season:
  • The Abovian Grand Prix was moved forward from the penultimate round of last season to the 1st round of this season.
  • The Nimban Grand Prix was moved forward from the 5th round of last season to the 3rd round of this season.
  • The Esmerelian Grand Prix was moved forward from the final round of last season to the penultimate round of this season.
  • The Hapiloppian Grand Prix was moved back from the 7th round of last season to the 8th round of this season.
  • The Liventian Grand Prix was moved back from the 1st round of last season to the final round of this season. This meant that the Liventian, Abovian, and Esmerelian Grands Prix rotated schedules on when they were held compared to last season.
• WGPC also makes a return to Hodori, however, it was only for a pre-season test, and the event was held in Ikasamo Speedway instead of the Yakumicha Speedway where the last Hodoran Grand Prix was held.
• WGPC also visited Crpostran for the first time, as the Montelago International Circuit was the site of the first official pre-season test.

Results and Standings

Updated after Abovian Grand Prix.

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Abovian Grand Prix	Janne Laukkanen	Nik Hazrin Lutfi	Janne Laukkanen	Nexus Racing	Report
2	Doubeinese Grand Prix
3	Nimban Grand Prix
4	Turori Grand Prix
5	Patriotlandian Grand Prix Sprint Race
	Patriotlandian Grand Prix Feature Race
6	Ajian Grand Prix Sprint Race
	Ajian Grand Prix Feature Race
7	Île Saint-Joseph Grand Prix
8	Hapiloppian Grand Prix
9	Esmerelian Grand Prix
10	Liventian Grand Prix

Scoring System

Points are awarded to the top ten classified drivers and the driver who set the fastest lap.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL
Points	25	18	14	11	8	6	4	3	2	1	1

For Sprint Races, points are awarded to the top 8.

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver ABL DOU NIM TUR PAT ANM ISJ HAP ESM LEN Pts SPR FEA SPR FEA 1 Janne Laukkanen 1 P 25 2 Ted Pressley 2 18 3 Brendan Faloe 3 14 4 Dario Nülkeschlager 4 11 5 Hanna Berezowska 5 8 6 Ryker Lane 6 6 7 Adonis Fitzpatrick 7 4 8 Laura Haukanna 8 3 9 Ron Sommer 9 2 10 Olivia Stone 10 1 11 Nik Hazrin Lutfi 11 F 1 NC Vincent von Visp 12 0 NC Shuhei Kamado 13 0 NC Nini Johnsilvaturr 14 0 NC Gil Langdon 15 0 NC R.L. Cruisin 16 0 NC Anneliese Devereux 17 0 NC iBen Toralmintii 18 0 NC Nepö Kinder 19 0 NC Sam Blaatschapen 20 0 NC William Archer 21 0 NC Cocoabo #23 22 0 NC Angela Stella Tan Fang Ling 23 0 NC Pierre-Louis Archer 24 0 NC Kinu Luminna 25† 0 NC Abdoulaye Goita Ret 0 NC Adriana Ela Kowalski Lillian DNQ 0 NC Ankei Souzare DNQ 0 NC Skiia Vialiv DNQ 0 NC Azalia Kawakai DNQ 0 Constructors' Championship Pos Driver ABL DOU NIM TUR PAT ANM ISJ HAP ESM LEN Pts SPR FEA SPR FEA 1 Nexus-Paragon Warp 1 P 31 6 2 Ælund 2 18 Ret 3 Cygnus-Sturmburgher 3 15 10 4 Pressley-Tropicorp 4 11 14 5 HiTEN.gpt-Franklin 5 8 DNQ 6 HMG-Preston 7 4 DNQ 7 Pryfors Bilar 8 3 20 8 Viska 9 2 21 9 Piers Ivchenko-UrGa 11 F 1 16 NC UrGa 12 0 19 NC KISMO 13 0 15 NC Eminent-Sidus 17 0 DNQ NC Race Eelandii VTGP-Tropicorp 18 0 22 NC Preston 23 0 25† NC WGPC Motorworks-Franklin 24 0 DNQ DNQ DNQ P - Driver qualified in pole position. F - Driver set the fastest lap of the race / feature race. † - Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they had completed 90% of the race distance. Note: Rows are not related to the drivers; within each constructor, individual Grand Prix standings are sorted purely based on final race classification. Notes