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.

2016 V de V Challenge Monoplace

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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
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 García		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

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

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 García 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 classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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