2016 V de V Challenge Monoplace

The 2016 V de V Challenge Monoplace was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2016 season was the seventh V de V Challenge Monoplace season organized by the V de V Sports. The season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 19 March and finishes on 6 November at Estoril.

The season was dominated by TS Corse driver Alex Peroni who won 14 from 21 races.^[1] Gilles Hireau and Aleksey Chuklin won one races on their way to top three in the season standings. Grégoire Saucy, Erwin Creed, Antoine Robert, Nicolas Melin, Thomas Neubauer, David Droux, Gilles Magnus, Rinus van Kalmthout and Richard Verschoor were the other drivers who was able to finish on podium during the races.^[2]

Teams and drivers edit

Entry list^[3]
Team	No.	Driver name	Chassis	Rounds
RC Formula	1	Oscar Arcila	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	1–3
	1	Antoine Robert		4–7
	6	Mickael Grosso		2
	7	Antoine Robert		2–3
	17	Aleksey Chuklin		1
	26	Grégoire Saucy		1
	33	Melissa Calvi		1–2
	74	Karl Pedraza		2–4
	97	David Droux		3, 5
Formula Motorsport	2	Erwin Creed	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	All
	3	Maxime Lebreton		All
	6	Erik Attias		1, 3, 6
	10	Nicolas Melin		All
	13	Romano Ricci		1, 3–5, 7
	14	Michel Piroird		3
	15	Vincent Iogna		3
	24	Thomas Neubauer		4–6
	37	Gilles Heriau		All
Equipe Palmyr	4	Christian Vaglio-Giors	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	1
Sports Promotion	4	Sébastien Page	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	3–4, 7
	7	Esteban Garcia		1, 4, 7
	62	Christophe Hurni		All
	74	Caryl Fritsche	Tatuus FR2000	3, 6
	77	Luis Sanjuan	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10	1, 3–4, 7
By Speed Factory	5	Jaime Fuster	Tatuus FR2000	2, 4–5, 7
L Racing	9	Teddy Chazot	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10	3
GSK Grand Prix	11	Greg Holloway	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	All
GSK Grand Prix	26	Grégoire Saucy	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	2–7
MB Motorsport	14	William Westerloppe	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	2, 6
Zig Zag	16	Gilles Magnus	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	3–4
	54	Jean-Christophe Peyre	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	1, 3–4, 7
	66	Nicolas Matile	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10	3–4, 7
	69	Christian Carlesi	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	1, 3–4
MP Motorsport	17	Aleksey Chuklin	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	2–7
	19	Richard Verschoor		2
	19	Rinus van Kalmthout		5, 7
Inter Europol Competition	20	Robert Siska	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	3, 5–6
Avenir by ARTA	25	Howard Sklar	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	2, 4, 6–7
TS Corse	27	Alex Peroni	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10	All
TS Corse	73	Pietro Peccenini	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	All
Lamo Racing Car	31	Jérome Sornicle	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	2
	31	Laurent Lamolinarie	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	5
	53	Gregory Choukroun	Tatuus FR2000	All
	88	Eric Meriel		2
	99	Pascal Brondeau		2
Lycee Pro Nogaro	32	Daniel Harout	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	1
Kennol Racing Team	36	Adrien Hervouet	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10	2
Monster Racing	39	Arnaud Choquet	Tatuus FR2000	2–3
Monster Racing	43	Mathieu Mopar	Tatuus FR2000	2–3
Gabriele Rugin	45	Gabriele Rugin	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	5
Excelsior	45	Ghislain Cordeel	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	7
Heuri Rennwagen	46	Walter Rykart	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	1–3, 5–7
Team One	68	Alain Bucher	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	3–7
Team RV Competition	82	Hugo Demorge	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	3–4

Race calendar and results edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	19 March	Aleksey Chuklin	Oscar Arcila	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
	R2		19 March	Aleksey Chuklin	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
	R3		20 March	Alex Peroni	Oscar Arcila	Oscar Arcila	RC Formula
2	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	23 April	Richard Verschoor	Oscar Arcila	Oscar Arcila	RC Formula
	R2		23 April	Richard Verschoor	Richard Verschoor	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport
	R3		24 April	Richard Verschoor	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
3	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	21 May	Grégoire Saucy	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
	R2		22 May	David Droux	Alex Peroni	David Droux	RC Formula
	R3		22 May	David Droux	Alex Peroni	David Droux	RC Formula
4	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	2 July	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
	R2		3 July	Alex Peroni	Aleksey Chuklin	Gilles Heriau	Formula Motorsport
	R3		3 July	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
5	R1	Mugello Circuit, Mugello	10 September	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
	R2		10 September	Grégoire Saucy	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
	R3		11 September	Alex Peroni	Rinus van Kalmthout	Aleksey Chuklin	MP Motorsport
6	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	7 October	Alex Peroni	Gilles Heriau	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
	R2		8 October	Alex Peroni	Grégoire Saucy	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
	R3		9 October	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
7	R1	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, Estoril	5 November	Alex Peroni	Ghislain Cordeel	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
	R2		5 November	Rinus van Kalmthout	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	TS Corse
	R3		6 November	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	Alex Peroni	TS Corse

Standings edit

Pos	Driver	CAT			BUG			LEC			ALC			MUG			MAG			EST			Pts
1	Alex Peroni	1	1	2	2	10	1	1	5	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	947
2	Gilles Heriau	6	3	5	5	2	5	3	2	2	2	1	2	6	6	4	4	6	6	5	5	4	791
3	Aleksey Chuklin	3	NC	3	3	9	4				3	3	3	4	3	1	5	3	3	3	11	3	717
4	Grégoire Saucy	10	7	4	9	17	7	NC	4	7	4	5	4	5	5	6	2	2	2	7	9	NC	661
5	Erwin Creed	5	2	8	14	4	10	6	6	5	9	6	9	10	8	9	6	5	5	4	Ret	7	632.5
6	Antoine Robert				8	5	6	8	9	28	6	7	6	7	7	8	7	NC	8	6	2	5	521.5
7	Pietro Peccenini	9	4	6	7	11	9	7	17	27	12	9	22	12	13	11	11	9	11	9	21	11	458
8	Maxime Lebreton	17	14	18	11	6	11	12	12	9	NC	10	10	11	10	10	9	7	9	12	7	9	439
9	Christophe Hurni	12	5	7	15	8	26	17	8	10	11	Ret	12	13	11	12	10	8	10	8	10	13	437
10	Nicolas Melin	4	Ret	9				10	7	8	8	NC	7	9	12	Ret				11	3	10	347.25
11	Gregory Choukroun	18	9	13	21	13	25	14	18	12	13	13	13	17	NC	14	12	10	12	17	19	12	335
12	Oscar Arcila	2	6	1	1	3	2	4	NC	6													324
13	Thomas Neubauer										7	8	8	8	9	7	3	NC	4				283
14	Greg Holloway	14	10	Ret	17	15	NC	16	16	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	18	18	21	14	18	14	16	19	239.75
15	Walter Rykart	Ret	13	15	26	24	17	26	NC	20				18	16	17	14	NC	NC	16	17	17	204
15	Luis Sanjuan	11	12	11				9	13	Ret	10	11	11							10	13	14	204
16	Alain Bucher							25	25	24	19	18	19	21	19	NC	18	17	17	DSQ	Ret	21	176.5
17	Jean-Christophe Peyre	16	11	16				30	24	22	17	15	17							18	15	20	160.5
18	Esteban Garcia	13	16	14							14	14	15							13	12	15	159
19	Jaime Fuster				18	20	15				Ret	Ret	Ret	16	NC	Ret				DSQ	8	8	143.5
20	Robert Siska							21	22	14				20	17	16	20	16	15				127
21	Sébastien Page							15	14	21	Ret	12	18							15	14	16	121.25
22	Howard Sklar				24	26	23				21	17	20				19	18	19	19	20	22	120.25
23	Karl Pedraza				22	22	20	23	23	19	15	20	14										111.5
24	Nicolas Matile							24	21	15	18	19	23							20	18	18	95.25
25	Christian Carlesi	20	NC	17				27	26	23	20	16	21										85
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	David Droux							2	1	1				3	2	5							0
	Richard Verschoor				4	1	3																0
	Rinus van Kalmthout													2	4	3				2	4	2	0
	Gilles Magnus							5	3	4	5	4	5										0
	William Westerloppe				6	7	24										8	4	7				0
	Ghislain Cordeel																			DSQ	6	6	0
	Romano Ricci	7	Ret	NC																			0
	Melissa Calvi	8	8	12	10	16	13																0
	Adrien Hervouet				11	12	8																0
	Daniel Harout	15	15	10																			0
	Michel Piroird							18	10	Ret													0
	Arnaud Choquet				16	19	12	13	11	11													0
	Caryl Fritsche							20	20	13							13	11	13				0
	Vincent Iogna							11	Ret	Ret													0
	Eric Meriel				25	23	18										15	12	16				0
	Laurent Lamolinarie													14	14	13							0
	Mickael Grosso				13	14	22																0
	Pascal Brondeau				19	NC	19										16	13	NC				0
	Erik Attias	NC	Ret	DNS				19	19	16							17	15	14				0
	Frederic Morihain				27	18	14																0
	Gabriele Rugin													15	15	15							0
	Hugo Demorge							22	15	18	16	NC	16										0
	Jérome Sornicle				20	21	16																0
	Mathieu Mopar				23	25	21	29	27	26													0
	Teddy Chazot							27	28	25													0
	Christian Vaglio-Giors	Ret	Ret	DNS																			0
Pos	Driver	CAT			BUG			LEC			ALC			MUG			MAG			EST			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References edit

^ Rolland, Emmanuel (3 December 2016). "Championnat V de V – Vilarino, Ferté et Illiano champions 2016" (in French). Motorsport.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
^ "V de V Challenge Monoplace 2016 standings". Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ "All 2016 results" (PDF). V de V Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

External links edit

Official website

[1] Rolland, Emmanuel (3 December 2016). "Championnat V de V – Vilarino, Ferté et Illiano champions 2016" (in French). Motorsport.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

[2] "V de V Challenge Monoplace 2016 standings". Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[3] "All 2016 results" (PDF). V de V Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

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