Category | Single seaters |
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Country | International |
Inaugural season | 2008 |
Folded | 2011 |
Drivers | 14 |
Teams | 14 |
Constructors | Élan Motorsport Technologies[1] |
Tyre suppliers | Michelin |
Last Drivers' champion | John Martin |
Last Teams' champion | Australia |
Official website | superleagueformula.com[usurped] |
Superleague Formula was an open wheel single seater motor racing formula, which started in 2008, at Donington Park in the United Kingdom. The league introduced team sponsorship by association football clubs. It used the slogan 'The Beautiful Race: Football at 300 km/h'. By 2011 the link with football was fading with more than half the teams no longer associated with football teams. It was founded by businessmen Alex Andreu and Robin Webb. On 19 May 2010, Andreu stepped down in his role as series president,[2] with Alfredo Brisac named as his successor not many weeks later.[3] The season ran between April and November at the same time as most other European race series. Every team used identical cars and 750-horsepower V-12 engines. The Sonangol Group was the series' title sponsor from June 2009 until the end of the 2010 season.[4]
The future of the championship was in doubt after the cancellation of over three-quarters of 2011 season events. In April 2012, when most European motor racing started, there had been no news or information regarding the possibility of a 2012 or 2013 season running. The website updates ceased in 2011,[5] and no further seasons were organised.