Before tomorrow’s race in India, let’s take a look back at the first three races of the 2021 GPVWC Superleague Lights season.

It is fair to say that our start to GPVWC’s 2021 Superleague Lights season was better than we expected. Matthew Williams was able to put the car on Pole Position in Melbourne and kept the lead through the whole race. After the first round of pit stops, he exited the pits with a nice gap to P2 and was able to manage his tyres and to cruise to victory, setting the Fastest Lap in the process. Jack Mayor made contact in the opening lap and had to pit for repairs early on. After Lap 1, he was way down in 29th position. After catching up with the field and fighting his way back, he ultimately finished the race in P19.

The second race in Bahrain was as similarly successful. Again, Matthew was able to win Pole Position and lead the race going into Turn 1. He kept his cool under pressure in the first stint and made the right calls to get a gap after the pitstop. After Hemmingsen in P2 spun, he was able to clinch his second victory in as many races. He also was able to set the Fastest Lap. Jack’s struggles continued, as he didn’t get a good feeling of the car and qualified in the midfield. He ran a solid race and fought his way back into the point-scoring positions, but a post-race penalty meant that he would be classified as having finished in P16, just outside the points.

The third race saw a third podium finish position for Matthew, as he finished the race in third position. Both drivers had problems setting up the car for the circuit. This time around the Top 3 were able to pull away from the rest of the field and were in a race-long battle. It looked like Matthew would be able to contest for the win once again, but a late-race contact with another driver meant he lost valuable time. Jack had a massive lock up early on, severely wearing his tyres. He had to pit around two laps earlier than planned and had to fight hard to gain back time on the compromised strategy. After a valiant fight back he finished 10th, scoring his first points of the season.

After the first three races, Matthew is leading the Drivers Standings with 68 points, ahead of Martin Hemmingsen (53) and Allesandro Quintaie (44). Jack is 20th in the standings with 6 points. STAX Racing is leading the Team Standings with 74 points, ahead of Pescara ADG (67) and REVO Racing (62). The next race will be held tomorrow at the Buddh International Circuit.

Below, you can find the complete Championship standings, followed by the Broadcasts of the first three races of the championship.

Show Championship standings

 

Driver StandingTeam Standing

Pos.	Driver		Points	Avg. POS	AUS	BHR	CHN
1		Matthew Williams	68	1.7	1	1	3
2		Martin Hemmingsen	53	2.7	2	2	4
3		Alessandro Quintaie	44	4.7	8	5	1
4		Jukkapekka Lalu	33	9.0	21	4	2
5		Sandeep Singh	23	9.3	4	6	18
6		George Whitehouse	22	8.7	5	10	11
7		Matteo Keersmaekers	22	8.7	6	14	6
8		Douwe Tapper	19	8.0	13	3	Ret
9		Dino Paolini	18	10.0	10	11	9
10		Jannis Wollborn	16	12.5	3	Ret	22
11		Wopke Hoekstra	16	8.0	9	Ret	7
12		Thomas Harvey	12	10.0		7	13
13		Michael Eyres	11	5.0			5
14		Giuseppe Saracino	10	12.7	14	9	15
15		Ivan Leonov	9	13.5	7	Ret	20
16		Omari Watson	8	8.0	Ret	Ret	8
17		Deagen Fairclough	8	8.0	DNS	8	Ret
18		Pascal Schmidt	8	15.3	12	22	12
19		Guglielmo Matti	6	14.3	11	15	17
20		Jack Mayor	6	15.0	19	16	10
21		Mateusz Ziubinski	4	17.5	23	12	Ret
22		Tobias Olsson	3	18.0	22	13	19
23		Frank Hamming	2	19.0	24	Ret	14
24		Bastian Paisler	1	15.0	15
25		Justin Meister	0	16.0	16
26		Johan Lindberg	0	18.0	20	Ret	16
27		Max Reichel	0	17.0		17
28		Mateusz Dabrowski	0	18.5	17	20	Ret
29		Michael Teichmann	0	18.0	18
30		April Carlsvard	0	22.0	26	18	Ret
31		James Lambert	0	22.3	25	19	23
32		Jan Ternjak Harc	0	24.0	27	21	24
33		Pascal Pohlenz	0	21.0		Ret	21
34		Heigo Poom	0		Ret	Ret	Ret

Pos.	Team		Driver	Points	AUS	BHR	CHN
1		STAX Racing	J.MAY	74	19	16	10
			M.WIL		1	1	3
2		Pescara ADG	S.SIN	67	4	6	18
			A.QUI		8	5	1
3		REVO Racing	I.LEO	62	7	Ret	20
			M.HEM		2	2	4
4		Royal Blue Racing	D.PAO	51	10	11	9
			J.LAL		21	4	2
5		Zedderick Racing	D.TAP	41	13	3	Ret
			M.KEE		6	14	6
6		TR Motorsport	G.WHI	34	5	10	11
			M.TEI		18
			T.HAR			7	13
7		HM Engineering	W.HOE	18	9	Ret	7
			F.HAM		24	Ret	14
8		Razor GP	J.WOL	17	3	Ret	22
			B.PAI		15
			P.POH			Ret	21
9		V12 Crossfire	O.WAT	16	Ret	Ret	8
			D.FAI		DNS	8	Ret
10		HG Esport BlueBolt	G.MAT	16	11	15	17
			G.SAR		14	9	15
11		Eight-Six eRacing	J.HAR	11	27	21	24
			J.MEI		16
			M.REI			17
			M.EYR				5
12		TTF Racing	P.SCH	8	12	22	12
			H.POO		Ret	Ret	Ret
13		PLS Racing Team	M.ZIU	4	23	12	Ret
			M.DAB		17	20	Ret
14		Neptune Simracing	J.LIN	3	20	Ret	16
			T.OLS		22	13	19
15		Cosmo PowerWorks	A.CAR	0	26	18	Ret
			J.LAM		25	19	23