IFMC Season 5

## Feeder Series

IFMC GP2 Season 5

IFMC GP3 Season 5

## About Season 5

The Season 5 IFMC Season will be the fifth season of the championship. Set up by Joseph Willows the league will consist of 11 teams with 22 real drivers. Season 5 will also be the first season where teams will be running V12 engines after 4 seasons with V10 engines, however it will be the last season on Grand Prix 3 as a result of the series moving to Grand Prix 4 in Season 6.

## Team Changes

* Fernando Alonso announced that Season 4 would be his last in the top class as he would be driving in IndyCar for the Season 4/5 season.
* Daniel Ricciardo left GRM at the end of Season 4 to join Etihad Racing.
* After being taken over by Daniel Macamo, Monster Grand Prix will rebrand as British Airways Racing in Season 5.
* Oliver Rowland became a full time employee for the renamed British Racing Airways team from Season 5. He will become one of their test drivers.
* Nyck de Vries left Martini Motorsport as a test driver to join the rebranded British Airways Racing team as test driver in Season 5.
* Ferdinand Habsburg will join El Dorado Racing as a test driver in Season 5.
* Rubens Barrichello will make his debut in IFMC with the rebranded British Airways Racing team in Season 5.
* Will Power will make his debut in IFMC with George Roke Motorsport after being loaned out by El Dorado Racing. He will remain as test driver for El Dorado.
* Enaam Ahmed will return in Season 5 as test driver for the renamed British Airways Racing team after spending a season on the sidelines without a job.
* Esteban Ocon left Martini Motorsport at the end of Season 4 to join George Roke Motorsport in Season 5.
* Antonio Giovinazzi left Bud Light Lime Motorsport at the end of Season 4 to join Martini Motorsport in Season 5.
* Giuliano Alesi will become a test driver for Martini Motorsport in Season 5.
* Scott Dixon left Mars Grand Prix and El Dorado Racing as test driver at the end of Season 4 to join British Airways Racing in Season 5.
* Felix Rosenqvist left Bud Light Lime Motorsport as test driver in Season 4 to become test driver at El Dorado Racing. On top of that, he will be loaned out to Mars Grand Prix to race for them in Season 5.
* Martini Motorsport ended its partnership with Ferrari at the end of Season 4 after just 1 season and switched to Renault engines which were lasted used in Season 3 by the now defunct MOrange Orange Racing team.
* Mars Grand Prix will switch from Porsche engines to Ferrari engines in Season 5.
* Sérgio Perez left El Dorado Racing at the end of Season 4 to join Bud Light Lime Motorsport on a 2 season deal.
* Charles Leclerc left Shadow Mercedes at the end of Season 4 to join El Dorado Racing on a loan deal from Etihad Racing, thus remaining as test driver for Etihad.
* Pierre Gasly will make his full-time debut in IFMC with Shadow Mercedes after being loaned out by Etihad Racing. He has also signed a 2 season deal to be a test driver at Etihad Racing.
* After 4 seasons with Audi, AMP Racing will split with the German manufacturer and switch to their rivals Mercedes for Season 5.
* Josef Newgarden left Mars Grand Prix as test driver at the end of Season 4 to join Etihad Racing as a test driver.
* George Russell was loaned out to Mars Grand Prix for Season 5.
* Brendon Hartley left Monster Grand Prix and went to IFMC GP3 with Willows Racing.
* Rio Haryanto left East Midlands Racing as a test driver at the end of Season 4 to join AMP Racing as a test driver on a 2 season deal from Season 5.
* Ralf Aron will become a test driver for AMP Racing in Season 5.
* Heikki Kovalainen will become a test for Suomi Grand Prix in Season 5. He was seen in IFMC as a test driver for Shadow Mercedes back in Season 2 when the team was known as Walmsley Grand Prix.
* Despite being the defending champion, Lewis Hamilton will still run the Number 44 on his car for Season 5.
* Alexander Albon will return to test driver duties in Season 5 with East Midlands Racing after previously being test driver with the now defunct Astro Racing team.
* Felipe Massa left Monster Grand Prix to become a test driver at East Midlands Racing for Season 5.
* Arjun Maini left Monster Grand Prix as test driver to become a test driver at George Roke Motorsport for Season 5.
* Tadasuke Makino will become a test driver at George Roke Motorsport for Season 5.
* Marcus Armstrong left Mars Grand Prix as test driver and became test driver at George Roke Motorsport for Season 5.
* Nick Cassidy will become a test driver at Mars Grand Prix for Season 5.
* Hiroaki Ishiura will become a test driver at Mars Grand Prix for Season 5.

## Drivers Championship

Points are awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure: