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

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Entry list[3]
Team No. Driver name Chassis Rounds
  RC Formula 1   Oscar Arcila Tatuus FR 2.0 2013 1–3
  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
26   Grégoire Saucy 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 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
  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
73   Pietro Peccenini Tatuus FR 2.0 2013 All
  Lamo Racing Car 31   Jérome Sornicle Tatuus FR 2.0 2013 2
  Laurent Lamolinarie 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
43   Mathieu Mopar 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

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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   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   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   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   Alex Peroni   Alex Peroni   Alex Peroni   TS Corse
5 R1   Mugello Circuit, Mugello 10 September   Alex Peroni   Alex Peroni   Alex Peroni   TS Corse
R2   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   Rinus van Kalmthout   Alex Peroni   Alex Peroni   TS Corse
R3 6 November   Alex Peroni   Alex Peroni   Alex Peroni   TS Corse

Standings

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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
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

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  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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