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

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

Race calendar and results

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

Standings

Pos Driver CAT
Spain
BUG
France
LEC
France
ALC
Spain
MUG
Italy
MAG
France
EST
Portugal
Pts
1 Australia 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 France 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 Ukraine Aleksey Chuklin 3 NC 3 3 9 4 3 3 3 4 3 1 5 3 3 3 11 3 717
4 Switzerland 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 France 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 France Antoine Robert 8 5 6 8 9 28 6 7 6 7 7 8 7 NC 8 6 2 5 521.5
7 Italy 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 France 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 Switzerland 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 France Nicolas Melin 4 Ret 9 10 7 8 8 NC 7 9 12 Ret 11 3 10 347.25
11 France 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 France Oscar Arcila 2 6 1 1 3 2 4 NC 6 324
13 France Thomas Neubauer 7 8 8 8 9 7 3 NC 4 283
14 Australia 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 Switzerland Walter Rykart Ret 13 15 26 24 17 26 NC 20 18 16 17 14 NC NC 16 17 17 204
15 Switzerland Luis Sanjuan 11 12 11 9 13 Ret 10 11 11 10 13 14 204
16 France Alain Bucher 25 25 24 19 18 19 21 19 NC 18 17 17 DSQ Ret 21 176.5
17 Madagascar Jean-Christophe Peyre 16 11 16 30 24 22 17 15 17 18 15 20 160.5
18 Switzerland Esteban Garcia 13 16 14 14 14 15 13 12 15 159
19 Spain Jaime Fuster 18 20 15 Ret Ret Ret 16 NC Ret DSQ 8 8 143.5
20 United States Robert Siska 21 22 14 20 17 16 20 16 15 127
21 France Sébastien Page 15 14 21 Ret 12 18 15 14 16 121.25
22 United States Howard Sklar 24 26 23 21 17 20 19 18 19 19 20 22 120.25
23 France Karl Pedraza 22 22 20 23 23 19 15 20 14 111.5
24 France Nicolas Matile 24 21 15 18 19 23 20 18 18 95.25
25 France Christian Carlesi 20 NC 17 27 26 23 20 16 21 85
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Switzerland David Droux 2 1 1 3 2 5 0
Netherlands Richard Verschoor 4 1 3 0
Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout 2 4 3 2 4 2 0
Belgium Gilles Magnus 5 3 4 5 4 5 0
France William Westerloppe 6 7 24 8 4 7 0
Belgium Ghislain Cordeel DSQ 6 6 0
France Romano Ricci 7 Ret NC 0
Luxembourg Melissa Calvi 8 8 12 10 16 13 0
France Adrien Hervouet 11 12 8 0
France Daniel Harout 15 15 10 0
France Michel Piroird 18 10 Ret 0
France Arnaud Choquet 16 19 12 13 11 11 0
Switzerland Caryl Fritsche 20 20 13 13 11 13 0
France Vincent Iogna 11 Ret Ret 0
France Eric Meriel 25 23 18 15 12 16 0
France Laurent Lamolinarie 14 14 13 0
Switzerland Mickael Grosso 13 14 22 0
France Pascal Brondeau 19 NC 19 16 13 NC 0
France Erik Attias NC Ret DNS 19 19 16 17 15 14 0
France Frederic Morihain 27 18 14 0
Italy Gabriele Rugin 15 15 15 0
France Hugo Demorge 22 15 18 16 NC 16 0
France Jérome Sornicle 20 21 16 0
France Mathieu Mopar 23 25 21 29 27 26 0
France Teddy Chazot 27 28 25 0
Switzerland Christian Vaglio-Giors Ret Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver CAT
Spain
BUG
France
LEC
France
ALC
Spain
MUG
Italy
MAG
France
EST
Portugal
Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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

  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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