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2016 Masters Series season

Competition	Masters Series
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	5
Vehicle(s)	Audi TT Cup
Tyre Supplier(s)	Hankook
Drivers
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Masters Series Seasons
2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2016 · 2017

The 2016 Masters Series will be the seventh season of the Masters Series at the GPVWC. David Jundt will enter the series as the reigning champion, having taken the crown in the ultimately shortened 2014 season and with the 2015 season never having taken place.

Teams and Drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2016 participation:

Masters Series Team	Base	Abbreviation	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenberg, Sweden	Ice Cold	H	2	Eric Stranne	1
				3	Lewis McGlade	1
Epic Racing Team	Banbury, England	Epic	H	4	James Ross	1
				5	Geoffrey Fournier	1
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	H	6	Philip Morby	1
				7	Tom Parker	1
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, Netherlands	RTS	H	8	Nico Barclay	1
					Argenis Riera
				9	Roy Schroten	1
CM-Tech Racing	Schoonhoven, Netherlands	CM-Tech	H	10	Wopke Hoekstra	1
				11	Robert Wiesenmüller	1
					Menno Klont
Malta Force GP	Siggiewi, Malta	Malta Force	H	12	Bart De Vos	1
				14	Mike Bell	1
					Jason Muscat
Hinss Motorsport	Melbourne, Australia	Hinss	H	15	Agustin Canapino
				16	David Francic	1
Simtech Enterprise GP	Bromley, England	EGP	H	17	Kevin Siggy	1
				18	Argo Teder	1
Cosmo Autosport	Simonside, England	Cosmo	H	19	Andrew Waring	1
				20	Matt Richards	1
TR Motorsports	Detroit, MI, United States	TR	H	21	Michael Teichmann
				22	Maurice Brackhahn	1
EJ Engineering	Donnington, England	EJ	H	23	Jarrod Vanderweide	1
				24	Joel Pereira	1
Bosphorus Racing Team	Dordrecht, Netherlands	Bosphorus	H	25	Tjeerd Feddema	1
				26	Ryan Ottens	1
SportsCar Driving Evolution	Paris, France	SDEv	H	27	Niranjan Kumar	1
				28	Adrian Brezeanu	1
SimTech Jota Sport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	H	29	Jordan Weekes
				30	Adam Ozgur	1
RPM Racing	Bourne, England	RPM	H	31	Joshua Anderson	1
				32	Rob Mason	1
					Matias Canapino

Returning Teams

• Only Racing Team Schroten and TSA Racing returned to the series from the 2013 season, previously the last such season to feature teams.

New Entries

• Bosphorus Racing Team, EJ Engineering, RPM Racing, SportsCar Driving Evolution and TR Motorsports are all rookies to GPVWC competition.

2016 Calendar

Round	Event	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Time
					Laps	GMT/BST
1	Silverstone Masters	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	January 3rd	TBC	19:00
2	Assen Masters	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	TBC	January 10th	TBC	19:00
3	San Francisco Masters	San Francisco Street Circuit, San Francisco	TBC	January 17th	TBC	19:00
4	Adelaide Masters	Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide	TBC	January 24th	TBC	19:00
5	Brno Masters	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	TBC	January 31st	TBC	19:00

Calendar changes

• With the return to the Masters' original evening format came only one returning event, the Silverstone Masters, which last ran in the 2012 season.
• All other events on the calendar, based in Assen, San Francisco, Adelaide and Brno, were making their debuts in the series.

Results and Standings

Rounds

Rd.	Masters	Pole Position	Race One Fastest	Race One Winner	Race Two Fastest	Race Two Winner	Report
1	Silverstone Masters	Eric Stranne (2:09.172)	Eric Stranne (2:08.319)	Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing	Eric Stranne (2:09.428)	Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing	Report
2	Assen Masters	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report
3	San Francisco Masters	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report
4	Adelaide Masters	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report
5	Brno Masters	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Drivers' Standings

Pos Driver UK NED USA AUS CZE Points 1 Eric Stranne 1 1 50 2 Lewis McGlade 3 2 36 3 Kevin Siggy 2 5 31 4 Bart De Vos 4 3 29 5 Andrew Waring 9 4 20 6 Philip Morby 5 7 20 7 Tom Parker 6 6 20 8 Ryan Ottens 7 9 16 9 Argo Teder 8 14 10 10 David Francic Ret 8 8 11 Tjeerd Feddema 10 15 7 12 Roy Schroten 16† 10 6 13 Nico Barclay Ret 11 5 14 Jarrod Vanderweide 11 Ret 5 15 Robert Wiesenmüller Ret 12 4 16 Adrian Brezeanu 12 Ret 4 17 Mike Bell 15 13 4 18 Adam Ozgur 13 Ret 3 19 Joshua Anderson 14 19 2 20 Wopke Hoekstra 17† 16 0 21 Rob Mason Ret 17 0 22 Niranjan Kumar Ret 18 0 23 Geoffrey Fournier 20 0 24 Joel Pereira Ret 21† 0 25 James Ross Ret Ret 0 26 Maurice Brackhahn Ret DNS 0 27 Matt Richards Ret 0 Pos Driver UK NED USA AUS CZE Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos Team Car No. UK NED USA AUS CZE Points 1 Ice Cold Racing 2 1 1 86 3 3 2 2 Simtech Enterprise GP 17 2 5 41 18 8 14 3 TSA Racing 6 5 7 40 7 6 6 4 Malta Force GP 12 4 3 33 14 15 13 5 Bosphorus Racing Team 25 10 15 23 26 7 9 6 Cosmo Autosport 19 9 4 20 20 Ret 7 Racing Team Schroten 8 Ret 11 11 9 16† 10 8 Hinss Motorsport 15 8 16 Ret 8 9 EJ Engineering 23 11 Ret 5 24 Ret 21† 10 CM-Tech Racing 10 17† 16 4 11 Ret 12 11 SportsCar Driving Evolution 27 Ret 18 4 28 12 Ret 12 SimTech Jota Sports 29 3 30 13 Ret 13 RPM Racing 31 14 19 2 32 Ret 17 14 Epic Racing Team 4 Ret Ret 0 5 20 15 TR Motorsports 21 0 22 Ret DNS Pos Team Car No. UK NED USA AUS CZE Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

See also