World Grand Prix Championship 20

WGPC Season 20

Races	10
Start Event	Liventian Grand Prix
End Event	Esmerelian Grand Prix
Support Series	AOGP 2
WGPC 19	WGPC 21

The World Grand Prix Championship 20 was the twentieth season of the World Grand Prix Championship (WGPC). The championship was contested over ten Grands Prix, starting with the Liventian Grand Prix and concluding with the Esmerelian Grand Prix.

Twenty-eight drivers and fourteen teams competed for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion, respectively, tying the current record at the time. Brendan Faloe, driving for Cygnus Motorsport Team in his rookie season, won the Drivers' Championship, becoming the first champion since WGPC 16 not to drive for Tropicorp Racing Ælund, and the first Esmerelian World Champion. Urotovsky-Gatutin Motorsports Division, from Pridnestrovia, won the Constructors' Championship, also in their first year of competition.

The season featured a competitive points battle, leading to nine drivers still being eligible for the Drivers' Championship at the final round in Esmerel. Brendan Faloe broke the record for the lowest-scoring Drivers' Championship in modern WGPC history, at just 83 points; the previous record was Matthew Portland's 90 points scored en route to his WGPC 10 Drivers' Championship. Faloe also scored three pole positions, the most of any driver in the season. Fourteen drivers, half of the grid, scored at least one podium finish during the season, and all but one, Jordan Crowe, scored points. Janne Laukkanen, driving for Nexus Racing, was the only driver to score more than one race win.

Elsewhere, iBen Toralmintii set a new record for the lowest-scoring title defense in WGPC history, with just two points finishes scoring a total of 11 points, breaking Alexandra Mayari's previous record of 14 from WGPC 14.

Entries

The following constructors and drivers were under contract to compete in the World Championship. Each team was required to enter at least two drivers, one for each of the mandatory two cars. For this season, the role of test driver was not promoted by the WGPO, leading to fewer teams electing to sign one.

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	#	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver
Cygnus Motorsport Team	Cygnus-Tropicorp	C101	Tropicorp TRE-2T24V8 2.4 V8	Tropicorp	71	Brendan Faloe	All	Olivia Stone
					84	Angela Stella Tan Fang Ling	All
Eminent WGPC Team	Eminent-Sidus	E20	Sidus 616M-2 1.6 V6	Phoenician-In Motion	40	Adriana Ela Kowalski Lillian	All	Catherine Toggard Arturia Nero
					7	Anneliese Devereux	All
Grand Prix Auto Pryfors Bilar	Pryfors Bilar-Sidus	PF-2	Sidus 616M-2 1.6 V6	Phoenician-In Motion	37	Laura Haukanna	All
					33	Sam Blaatschapen	All
Kaylan Racing Team	Kaylan	T190	Kaylan Taika 1 1.6 V6	Phoenician-In Motion	88	Ted Pressley	All
					12	Darian Vilau	All
Nexus Racing	Nexus Racing	UHSGV-5	Paragon Warp Array v2.9.5.23	Phoenician-In Motion	94	Ryker Lane	All	Jean Mercer-Daly
					17	Janne Laukkanen	All
Portland-Carvenlo Racing	Carvenlo	Carvenlo	Carvenlo	Tabtac	19	Dom Falepeau	All
					51	R.L. Cruisin	All
Pressley Racing Engineering	Pressley-Kaylan	PRE-023	Kaylan Taika 1 1.6 V6	Brústeinn	42	Sophie McCreary	All	Dario Nülkeschläger
					87	Bryce Yannec	All
Preston Autos Grand Prix Racing	Preston	PGP-03	Preston Skychief 3.4 V6	Tropicorp	5	Rudy Edwards	All
					96	William Archer	All
Race Eelandii VTGP Motorworks	VTGP-Tropicorp	TBA	Tropicorp TRE-2T24V8 2.4 V8	Tropicorp	11	Lane Carter	All
					23	Cocoabo #23	All
Scuderia Orange Cow	Orange Cow-Tropicorp	PRL03-1	Tropicorp TRE-2T24V8 2.4 V8	Tropicorp	24	Jordan Crowe	All
					9	Batu Tüvshinbayar	All
Sivaleinen LCR Origas	Sivaleinen-Preston	LC-04	Preston Skychief 3.4 V6	Tropicorp	10	Lillý Náttmörðsdóttir	All
					91	Kingston Walcott	All
Tropicorp-Colourworks Grand Prix	Tropicorp-Colourworks	AGP005 AGP004	Tropicorp TRE-2T24V8 2.4 V8	Tropicorp	1	iBen Toralmintii	All
					13	Ji So-Yeong	All
Urotovsky-Gatutin Motorsports Division	UrGa-Preston	GPC20-1	Preston Skychief 3.4 V6	Tropicorp	14	Skiia Vialiv	All	Nepö Kinder
					74	Adonis Fitzpatrick	All
Viska Racing	Viska	VK-03H VK-03H/B	Viska VT-160F/H-III 1.6 V6	Phoenician-In Motion	28	Aaron Deering	All	Kinu Luminna
					50	Sara Luna	All

Team Changes

Exited the WGPC

• After a three-year campaign, which culminated in the WGPC 19 World Constructors' Championship, Badai Angin withdrew from the sport.
• Teusbank TMW Rennsport, who finished 11th in the WGPC 19 Constructors' Championship, did not return.
• With the WGPO prioritizing team entries from foreign applicants, WGPC Motorworks was not included in the entry list, marking the team's first missed season since WGPC 17.

Entered the WGPC

• Baker Park team Scuderia Orange Cow, Teams' Champion from the previous WGP2 season, were guaranteed a promotion to the WGPC. The team chose Tropicorp to supply both their engines and tyres.
• Pridnestrovian team Urotovsky-Gatutin also promoted from WGP2, having scored 2 wins and placing 6th in the Teams' Championship. The team chose Preston as their engine supplier and Tropicorp as their tyre supplier.
• Pressley Racing Engineering, owned by Tumbran Charles Pressley, father of Kaylan WGPC driver Ted Pressley, joined the sport. The team chose Kaylan as their engine supplier and Brústeinn as their tyre supplier.
• Cygnus Motorsport Team entered from Esmerel, led by doctor of engineering William Emerson. The team chose Tropicorp to supply both their engines and tyres.
• Sivaleinen LCR Origas from Mertagne joined the sport, led by Vitaly Aaltonen, who last raced in WGPC 12 for the Obeveklig-Farautoo team. Sivaleinen chose Preston as their engine supplier and Tropicorp as their tyre supplier.

Name and Supplier Changes

• Following a fraud scandal involving Togonistani enterprise Echocoin, Ælund Racing had its assets frozen by Abovian authorities, which left the future of its WGPC entry at risk. After all appeals by the team were denied, an exemption was made to allow the team to temporarily operate under a different name, at a different headquarters and without the use of previous branding. The team entered the championship as "Tropicorp-Colorworks Grand Prix", later changing the spelling to "Colourworks".
• Six time World Constructors' Champion Carvenlo Racing sold a 35% stake in their team to Portland Racing, owned by two-time World Drivers' Champion Matthew Portland. The team entered the championship as "Portland-Carvenlo Racing"; they also changed tyre suppliers to Tabtac.
• Eminent WGPC Team dropped its Fireline+Heroes pretitle after the Lisanderian wing of the team, Bitten Heroes GPE, folded. After negotiations, all of the team's employees were re-contracted, effectively leaving them as direct employees of Eminent. In addition, without official engine and tyre suppliers designated by the WGPC, Eminent chose Sidus to supply their engines and Phoenician-In Motion to supply their tyres.
• Viska completed their takeover of the Schkeska engine program, entering the championship with a complete in-house engine.

The WGPO also had several entry bids from other teams which did not manage to make the final entry list, those being Halozia Racing Team from Atheara, Valentian MeowMeow Racing from Valentine Z, EHF-Motospiel from Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland, and Don Juan Racing Company from Gran Saguaro.

Driver Changes

Exited the WGPC

Eleven drivers with race seats in WGPC 19 did not keep the seats into this season:

• Rustom Ibuna, who finished fourth in WGPC 19, retired along with his team, Badai Angin, ending his career after four seasons.
• Anola "Wrench" Melani, while speculated to return, disappeared for as-of-yet unknown reasons.
• After a poor season in WGPC 19, Jean Mercer-Daly announced he would not return to the grid for WGPC 20, ending his career after five seasons. After negotiations, however, he remained as Nexus Racing's test and reserve driver.
• Sorlovian driver Gregori Krupin retired after WGPC 19, ending his career after four seasons.
• After finishing 18th in the WGPC 19 Drivers' Championship, Dario Nülkeschläger's contract with Pryfors Bilar was not renewed, and he was unable to secure a race seat elsewhere. He later accepted a role as Pressley Racing's test and reserve driver.
• The TMW duo of both Heinz-Otto Junker and Joy Wingelaar did not return to sign up for WGPC 20.
• Olivia Stone finished 12th in the WGPC 19 Drivers' Championship, but was not retained at Viska Racing. After tests with several prospective teams, she was unable to secure a race seat elsewhere. During the season, she would later accept a role as Cygnus's test and reserve driver.
• Despite finishing 5th in the WGPC 19 Drivers' Championship, Kinu Luminna also lost his race seat at Viska Racing. He would later settle as the team's test and reserve driver.
• After a seven season-long career, Hodoran Sayono Souzare retired from the sport following WGPC 19.
• Daryl Mizushima did not return after 2 seasons at WGPC Motorworks.

Entered the WGPC

Fourteen drivers- half of the grid- made their first race starts this season. In addition, all five constructors new to the Championship signed two rookies each:

• Brendan Faloe, a university graduate whose largest prior experience with motor racing was in the simulator, signed with Cygnus. Cygnus's other driver was Angela Stella Tan Fang Ling, graduating from 1 season of WGP2, where she scored 34 points and finished 17th in the Drivers' Championship.
• Pressley signed the Tumbran talent Sophie McCreary, who last raced domestically in Tumbra. Bryce Yannec, who finished 20th in the WGP2 5 Drivers' Championship, was Pressley's other signing.
• After having won the WGP2 5 Teams' Championship, Scuderia Orange Cow brought with them both of their WGP2 drivers, Batu Tüvshinbayar and Jordan Crowe, who finished 1st and 7th respectively in the Drivers' Championship.
• Sivaleinen chose to sign two newcomers to the sport, those being Delaclav driver Kingston Walcott and former OWARS Kijani driver Lillý Náttmörðsdóttir.
• Urotovsky-Gatutin took with them Fleftic driver Adonis Fitzpatrick, who finished 10th in the WGP2 5 Drivers' Championship with the team. Their other driver became Skiia Vialiv, who competed in WGP2 5 for Tropicorp VilBev GP2, finishing 3rd in the Drivers' Championship, as well as being the test and reserve driver for Tropicorp in WGPC 19.
• Tropicorp-Colourworks signed Chromatik newcomer Ji So-Yeong, replacing the outgoing Sara Luna.
• Three teams promoted drivers that were in the team's reserve role for WGPC 19 while also competing in WGP2 5. Viska promoted Aaron Deering, who finished 4th in WGP2. Kaylan promoted Darian Vilau, who finished 2nd in WGP2. Pryfors Bilar promoted Sam Blaatschapen, who finished 15th in WGP2.

Changed Teams

• With Badai Angin's withdrawal, Dom Falepeau signed for Portland-Carvenlo Racing. Falepeau replaced Janne Laukkanen, who was on lease to the team from Nexus Racing; Laukkanen took the empty seat left open by Jean Mercer-Daly.
• Cocoabo #23, also known as Fast Cocoabo, was moved to Race Eelandii VTGP after WGPC Motorworks did not return.
• Sara Luna, having left Tropicorp, signed with Viska.

Two teams, Eminent and Preston, kept the same drivers from the previous season, though William Archer changed his race number from 8 to 96.

Calendar

The WGPC 20 calendar comprised two pre-season tests, one mid-season test, and ten Grands Prix. In a departure from previous seasons, there were no races with sprint qualifying, and no non-championship races.

Schedule of championship races

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	Liventian Grand Prix	Talbott Autodrome, Talbott	22 May
2	Togonistani Grand Prix	Hwoarang Racing Circuit, Hwoarang	28 May
3	Cocoabo Preservation Grand Prix	Cocoabo Park Circuit, Cocoabo Forest	4 June
4	Ramgardian Grand Prix	Sigurd Ring, Ramgardia	11 June
5	Nimban Grand Prix	Crossbay Circuit, Nimbus Bay	18 June
6	Aurun Grand Prix	Akresna Circuit, Akresna	2 July
7	Hapiloppian Grand Prix	Hapilopper City Grand Prix Circuit, Hapilopper City	9 July
8	Tumbran Grand Prix	Mount Fesmos Circuit, Caduke	16 July
9	Abovian Grand Prix	Fjellutfordring, Avsidesliggendevuoret	23 July
10	Esmerelian Grand Prix	Forest Cross International Raceway, Vertress	30 July

Schedule of other events

Event	Event type	Circuit	Date
WGPC Pre-season Test #1	Pre-season test	Eelandii Grand Prix Course, Eelandii	15 May
WGPC Pre-season Test #2	Pre-season test	Gernarche Circuit, Plitterland	17 May
WGPC Mid-season Test	Mid-season test	Astena Asterwynth Circuit, Astena	25 June

Calendar changes

• The Togonistani Grand Prix made its debut at the Hwoarang Racing Circuit, after the track featured as a pre-season testing event in WGPC 19.
• Similarly, a Grand Prix date was given to Diarcesia, though the event was held at the Sigurd Ring, as the Ramgardian Grand Prix.
• Also promoted from a pre-season testing date, the Mount Fesmos Circuit played host to the inaugural Tumbran Grand Prix on 16 July.
• After last being held during WGPC 16, the Esmerelian Grand Prix returned to the calendar at an updated layout of the Forest Cross International Raceway.
• The Liventian Grand Prix remained at the Talbott Autodrome, though with a modified track layout.
• The Abovian Grand Prix rotated to the Fjellutfordring, which previously hosted the event in WGPC 18.
• The Turori Grand Prix, held at the Eelandii Grand Prix Course, returned to being a testing event, its race date rotating to the other Vilitan/Turori circuit on the calendar.
• For only the second time since WGPC 11, the Vilitan Mountain Challenge Course did not feature on the calendar at all. Its date was instead given to the Cocoabo Park Circuit, which held its first Grand Prix on 4 June.
• After rotating semi-regularly between the Dashoze Circuit and Yakumicha Circuit, the Hodoran Grand Prix did not feature on the WGPC calendar for the first time since its debut in WGPC 13.
• The Nekoni Grand Prix, first held during WGPC 12 and held at the Autodromo Internazionale de Rivoli since WGPC 16, did not return.
• After being held since WGPC 17, the Filindostan Grand Prix did not return to the calendar.
• Also not returning from WGPC 19 was the Siovanija and Teusland Grand Prix, held at the Rennbahn Stelburg.
• Additional circuits, specifically the Gernarche Circuit and the Astena Asterwynth Circuit, were submitted as bids for Grands Prix, though were relegated to testing events.

Results and Standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Liventian Grand Prix	Darian Vilau	Anneliese Devereux	Eminent-Sidus	Report
2	Togonistani Grand Prix	Dom Falepeau	Cocoabo #23	VTGP-Tropicorp	Report
3	Cocoabo Preservation Grand Prix	Bryce Yannec	Skiia Vialiv	UrGa-Preston	Report
4	Ramgardian Grand Prix	Brendan Faloe	Lane Carter	VTGP-Tropicorp	Report
5	Nimban Grand Prix	Ji So-Yeong	Janne Laukkanen	Nexus Racing	Report
6	Aurun Grand Prix	Brendan Faloe	Sara Luna	Viska	Report
7	Hapiloppian Grand Prix	Ryker Lane	Brendan Faloe	Cygnus-Tropicorp	Report
8	Tumbran Grand Prix	Ji So-Yeong	Adonis Fitzpatrick	UrGa-Preston	Report
9	Abovian Grand Prix	William Archer	Janne Laukkanen	Nexus Racing	Report
10	Esmerelian Grand Prix	Brendan Faloe	William Archer	Preston	Report

Scoring System

Points were awarded to the top ten classified drivers. In a departure from previous seasons, there were no points for fastest lap. In the case of a tie on points, a countback system was used where the driver with the most Grand Prix wins was ranked higher (if the number of wins was identical, then the number of second places was considered, and so on). The points were awarded for every race using the following system:

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

World Drivers' Championship Standings

Pos.	Driver	LEN	TGN	TRP	DCS	NIM	AUR	HAP	TMB	ABL	ESM	Points
1	Brendan Faloe	17	17	4	12P	5	7P	1	2	Ret	2P	83
2	Skiia Vialiv	21	15	1	13	4	11	13	7	2	3	71
3	Adonis Fitzpatrick	2	6	16	20	Ret	6	4	1	9	15	63
4	Janne Laukkanen	12	4	19	Ret	1	15	19	Ret	1	Ret	60
5	Cocoabo #23	10	1	11	Ret	2	8	7	5	Ret	10	60
6	Sophie McCreary	7	3	3	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	13	4	56
7	William Archer	23	Ret	Ret	4	19	16	3	6	RetP	1	55
8	Sara Luna	26†	10	8	5	6	1	18	20	7	19	47
9	Ted Pressley	6	13	Ret	Ret	13	6	9	4	3	5	46
10	Anneliese Devereux	1	27	13	3	8	19	17	22	8	22	45
11	Rudy Edwards	Ret	2	14	11	9	Ret	2	8	Ret	9	43
12	Ji So-Yeong	19	24	Ret	Ret	3P	5	10	18P	4	7	37
13	Ryker Lane	16	7	2	6	Ret	23	5P	17	15	Ret	36
14	Lane Carter	14	8	18	1	18	Ret	11	16	14	21	28
15	Laura Haukanna	5	9	Ret	2	14	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	13	28
16	Aaron Deering	18	12	Ret	7	12	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	28
17	Adriana Ela Kowalski Lillian	3	21	5	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	12	6	20	28
18	Sam Blaatschapen	9	19	7	15	7	12	15	9	5	8	23
19	Batu Tüvshinbayar	11	22	6	9	15	3	16	11	18	17	22
20	R.L. Cruisin	4	18	9	19	16	10	14	21	11	18	13
21	iBen Toralmintii	24	23	Ret	17	Ret	4	12	15	10	Ret	11
22	Dom Falepeau	22	5P	17	Ret	17	17	22	Ret	19	11	8
23	Bryce Yannec	Ret	11	15P	Ret	21	Ret	6	10	Ret	23	7
24	Kingston Walcott	8	26	10	8	Ret	18†	23	19	17	16	7
25	Lillý Náttmörðsdóttir	25	25	12	18	Ret	22	8	13	12	12	3
26	Angela Stella Tan Fang Ling	20	16	Ret	Ret	10	14	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	1
27	Darian Vilau	15P	14	Ret	10	20	20	24†	Ret	Ret	24	1
NC	Jordan Crowe	13	20	Ret	14	11	13	21	Ret	16	14	0

p - Driver qualified in pole position. † - Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they had completed 90% of the race distance.

World Constructors' Championship Standings

Pos.	Constructor	LEN	TGN	TRP	DCS	NIM	AUR	HAP	TMB	ABL	ESM	Points
1	UrGa-Preston	2	6	1	13	4	9	4	1	2	3	134
		21	15	16	20	Ret	11	13	7	9	15
2	Preston	23	2	14	4	9	16	2	6	RetP	1	98
		Ret	Ret	Ret	11	19	Ret	3	8	Ret	8
3	Nexus Racing	12	4	2	6	1	15	5P	17	1	Ret	96
		16	7	19	Ret	Ret	23	19	Ret	15	Ret
4	VTGP-Tropicorp	10	1	11	1	2	8	7	5	14	10	88
		14	8	18	Ret	18	Ret	11	16	Ret	21
5	Cygnus-Tropicorp	17	16	4	12P	5	7P	1	2	Ret	2P	84
		20	17	Ret	Ret	10	14	Ret	14	Ret	Ret
6	Viska	18	10	8	5	6	1	18	20	7	6	75
		26†	12	Ret	7	12	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	19
7	Eminent-Sidus	1	21	5	3	8	19	17	12	6	20	73
		3	27	13	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	22	8	22
8	Pressley-Kaylan	7	3	3	16	21	Ret	6	3	13	4	63
		Ret	11	15P	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	23
9	Pryfors Bilar-Sidus	5	9	7	2	7	12	15	9	5	8	51
		9	19	Ret	15	14	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	13
10	Tropicorp-Colourworks	19	23	Ret	17	3P	4	10	15	4	7	48
		24	24	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	12	18	10	Ret
11	Kaylan	6	13	Ret	10	13	6	9	4	3	5	47
		15P	14	Ret	Ret	20	20	24†	Ret	Ret	24
12	Orange Cow-Tropicorp	11	20	6	9	11	3	16	11	16	14	22
		13	22	Ret	14	15	13	21	Ret	18	17
13	Carvenlo	4	5P	9	19	16	10	14	21	11	11	21
		22	18	17	Ret	17	17	22	Ret	19	18
14	Sivaleinen-Preston	8	25	10	8	Ret	18†	8	13	12	12	10
		25	26	12	18	Ret	22	23	19	17	16

p - Driver qualified in pole position. † - 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.