Teams and Drivers

The amount of team slots remained at 16 for the 2016 season, with the GPVWC Management citing a desire to promote quality over quantity in GPVWC series in 2017. Notably, the league-owned GPVWC Academy team expanded to 2 cars in 2017, following the discontinuation of the Open Series.

Formula Challenge Team	Team Owner	Abbreviation	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Apex Racing	Stefan McCready	Apex	FC-017	G	47			N/A
					48
Arrow International Racing	Sam Jones	AIR	FC-017	G	26			N/A
					72
Scuderia Basilea	David Jundt	Basilea	FC-017	G	66	Mike Kwint		N/A
					89	Maciej Mlynek
Bastvik Grand Prix	Mikael Tuomaala	Bastvik	FC-017	G	70	Bruno Sousa Ferreira		N/A
					71	Patryk Gerber
Downforce Racing	Jake Sanson	Downforce	FC-017	G	TBA			N/A
					TBA
EJ Engineering	Jarrod Vanderweide	EJ	FC-017	G	23	Wesley Stefano		N/A
					28	Will Barnes
EVAL Simracing Team	Argo Teder	EVAL	FC-017	G	46			N/A
					54
GPVWC Academy	Menno Klont	GPVWC	FC-017	G	0			N/A
					00
Holland Racing Team	Dethan Rootring	HRT	FC-017	G	78	Gerrit de Vries		Bastian Paisler
					79	Casper Onwijn
NEX E-Sports Club	Ike Ramos	NEX	FC-017	G	TBA	Ike Ramos		N/A
					TBA	Loucas Afxentiou
Red Arrow Racing	David Fidock	Red Arrow	FC-017	G	65	Nicholas Demetris		Chris Williamson
					93	Tomeu Cabrer
Royal Blue Racing	Matthew Clipp	Royal Blue	FC-017	G	50	Dave van Gils		N/A
					51
STAX Racing	Christian Zoerner	STAX	FC-017	G	36	Menno Klont		N/A
					37	Chris Shepherd
The Mighty Forth	Paul Joseph	TMF	FC-017	G	24	Mark Breslin		N/A
					25	Paul Joseph
THUnderdog	Rienk Hoekstra	THU	FC-017	G	95	Roy Schroten		N/A
					99	Rienk Hoekstra
TR Bluvos Motorsports	Michael Teichmann	TR	FC-017	G	87	Terence Grech		N/A
					88	Roy Verzijl
TTF Racing	Tyrone Frith	TTF	FC-017	G	41	Bret Metcalf		N/A
					45	James Early
YTF1	Matthew Allington	YTF1	FC-017	G	13	Johan Lindberg		N/A
					22	Matthew Marquard

• ¹ Apex Racing and Eval Simracing Team were initially accepted onto the 2017 grid but withdrew from the series just before the pre-season test. They were replaced by newcomers to the Career Ladder NEX E-Sports Club after their Masters Series venture, and Downforce Racing, making their return as a fully-fledged outfit after fielding a single-car entry as the precursor to the GPVWC Academy in 2015.

Team changes

• Cosmo Autosport, Deltec Racing Team, Draig Racing, Epic Racing, Hinss Motorsport and Zedderick Racing were all promoted to the Supercup.
• MadCape Racing Team were promoted to the Superleague.
• BackMarker Brigade, Sportscar Driving Evolution and Tēafor Motorsport all did not continue into the 2017 season.

New entries

• Apex Racing, EJ Engineering, Holland Racing Team, Red Arrow Racing, STAX Racing, The Mighty Forth, THUnderdog, TR Motorsports and TTF Racing are all rookies to the career ladder in the 2017 season.

Returning entries

• Royal Blue Racing returned to the series after a two year absence.