2016 Silverstone Masters

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Flag of England.png   2016 Silverstone Masters
Race details
2016 Masters Series season
Silverstone Circuit - Arena Layout.png
Date 3rd January, 2016
Event 2016 Silverstone Masters
Location Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire
Course Permanent racing facility
3.194 mi / 5.140 km
Weather Sunny.png Mostly sunny
Feature Race
Distance 23 Laps
73.462 mi / 118.225 km
Pole position
Driver Sweden Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing
Time 2:09.172
Podium
First Sweden Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing
Second Austria Kevin Siggy Simtech Enterprise GP
Third England Lewis McGlade Ice Cold Racing
Fastest Lap
Driver Sweden Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing
Time 2:08.319 on lap 20
Sprint Race
Distance 12 Laps
38.328 mi / 61.683 km
Podium
First Sweden Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing
Second England Lewis McGlade Ice Cold Racing
Third Belgium Bart De Vos Malta Force GP
Fastest Lap
Driver Sweden Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing
Time 2:09.428 on lap 6

The 2016 Silverstone Masters was a round of the Masters Series held on the 3rd January 2016 at Silverstone. It was the third running of the Silverstone Masters and the first since 2012. It was the first round of the 2016 Masters Series season and ergo the first to be run using Audi TT Cup cars.

As 2016 marked GPVWC's wholesale migration to rFactor 2, the round was spiritually the first of the new era. That said, it was in fact a return to rFactor 2 for the Masters Series, which utilised the platform during the 2013 season. It was the first official GPVWC round to use the rFactor 2 platform since the end of the 2015 World GT Series season on 1st October the previous year.

The round was completely dominated by Eric Stranne and Ice Cold Racing. Stranne secured pole, won both races and secured the fastest lap in each. His team-mate Lewis McGlade finished both races on the podium: in the Feature race the Englishman was third; in the Spring he had improved to second.

The event was clouded over somewhat by crashes between drivers' cars, crashes on certain drivers' systems and doubts over the suitability of boost settings; the chilly temperatures of mid-winter England allowed cars to "unrealistically" utilise Press2Pass boosts for the entire race.

The grid was not full, either. Hinss Motorsport, TR Motorsports and SimTech Jota Sport fielded only one car each. Epic Racing Team's Geoffrey Fournier missed the Feature race while TR Motorsport's one competing car, driven by Maurice Brackhahn, was absent in the Sprint Cosmo Autosport's Matt Richards was beset by technical problems and was unable to fully participate. Former Masters series champion David Jundt floated about the sever but did not attempt to qualify.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Gap Grid
1 2 Sweden Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing 2:09.172
1
2 3 England Lewis McGlade Ice Cold Racing 2:09.273 +0.101 2
3 8 Peru Nico Barclay Racing Team Schroten 2:09.843 +0.671 3
4 19 Canada Andrew Waring Cosmo Autosport 2:09.881 +0.709 4
5 27 India Niranjan Kumar SportsCar Driving Evolution 2:10.149 +0.977 5
6 16 Croatia David Francic Hinss Motorsport 2:10.180 +1.008 6
7 17 Austria Kevin Siggy Simtech Enterprise GP 2:10.215 +1.042 7
8 12 Belgium Bart De Vos Malta Force GP 2:10.316 +1.144 8
9 6 England Philip Morby TSA Racing 2:10.343 +1.170 9
10 7 England Tom Parker TSA Racing 2:10.343 +1.171 10
11 11 Germany Robert Wiesenmueller CM-Tech Racing 2:10.394 +1.222 11
12 9 Netherlands Roy Schroten Racing Team Schroten 2:11.096 +1.924 12
13 18 Estonia Argo Teder Simtech Enterprise GP 2:11.347 +2.175 13
14 26 South Africa Ryan Ottens Bosphorus Racing Team 2:11.471 +2.299 14
15 14 England Mike Bell Malta Force GP 2:11.726 +2.554 15
16 22 Germany Maurice Brackhahn TR Motorsports 2:11.761 +2.588 16
17 4 England James Ross Epic Racing Team 2:12.996 +3.824 17
18 25 Netherlands Tjeerd Feddema Bosphorus Racing Team 2:13.507 +4.335 18
19 24 Portugal Joel Pereira EJ Engineering 2:13.608 +4.436 19
20 30 Turkey adam ozgur SimTech Jota Sport 2:13.660 +4.487 20
21 10 Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra CM-Tech Racing 2:14.010 +4.838 21
22 23 Australia Jarrod Vanderweide EJ Engineering 2:14.268 +5.096 22
23 32 England Rob Mason RPM Racing 2:15.182 +6.010 23
24 28 Romania Brezeanu Adrian SportsCar Driving Evolution 2:18.421 +9.249 24
25 20 Wales Matt Richards Cosmo Autosport no time
25
26 31 England Joshua Anderson RPM Racing no time
26
5 France Geoffrey Fournier Epic Racing Team no time
1

Notes:

  • 1Geoffrey Fournier did not participate in qualification, missing the Feature race

Feature Race

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts.
1 2 Sweden Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing 23 50:39.921 1 25
2 17 Austria Kevin Siggy Simtech Enterprise GP 23 +13.638 7 20
3 3 England Lewis McGlade Ice Cold Racing 23 +24.859 2 16
4 12 Belgium Bart De Vos Malta Force GP 23 +31.441 8 13
5 6 England Philip Morby TSA Racing 23 +44.055 9 11
6 7 England Tom Parker TSA Racing 23 +54.179 10 10
7 26 South Africa Ryan Ottens Bosphorus Racing Team 23 +07.793 14 9
8 18 Estonia Argo Teder Simtech Enterprise GP 23 +19.092 13 8
9 19 Canada Andrew Waring Cosmo Autosport 23 +1:19.836 4 7
10 25 Netherlands Tjeerd Feddema Bosphorus Racing Team 23 +1:59.336 18 6
11 23 Australia Jarrod Vanderweide EJ Engineering 23 +2:11.251 22 5
12 28 Romania Brezeanu Adrian SportsCar Driving Evolution 22 +1 Lap 24 4
13 30 Turkey Adam Ozgur SimTech Jota Sport 22 +1 Lap 20 3
14 31 England Joshua Anderson RPM Racing 22 +1 Lap 25 2
15 14 England Mike Bell Malta Force GP 22 +1 Lap 15 1
161 9 Netherlands Roy Schroten Racing Team Schroten 18 Engine 12
Ret 10 Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra CM-Tech Racing 17 Did not Finish 21
Ret 32 England Rob Mason RPM Racing 12 Engine 23
Ret 16 Croatia David Francic Hinss Motorsport 3 Engine 6
Ret 24 Portugal Joel Pereira EJ Engineering 1 Did not Finish 19
Ret 4 England James Ross Epic Racing Team 1 Engine 17
Ret 22 Germany Maurice Brackhahn TR Motorsports 1 Did not Finish 16
Ret 27 India Niranjan Kumar SportsCar Driving Evolution 0 Did not Finish 5
Ret 11 Germany Robert Wiesenmueller CM-Tech Racing 0 Did not Finish 11
Ret 8 Peru Nico Barclay Racing Team Schroten 0 Engine 3
DNS 20 Wales Matt Richards Cosmo Autosport 0 Did not Start 25
DNS 5 France Geoffrey Fournier Epic Racing Team 0 Did not Start
Fastest lap: Eric Stranne (Ice Cold Racing) — 2:08.319 (on lap 20)

Notes:

  • 1Roy Schroten was classified as a finisher having completed more than 75% race distance.

Sprint Race

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts.
1 2 Sweden Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing 12 26:13.358 7 25
2 3 England Lewis McGlade Ice Cold Racing 12 +5.675 5 20
3 12 Belgium Bart De Vos Malta Force GP 12 +6.937 4 16
4 19 Canada Andrew Waring Cosmo Autosport 12 +7.664 9 13
5 17 Austria Kevin Siggy Simtech Enterprise GP 12 +10.072 6 11
6 7 England Tom Parker TSA Racing 12 +11.538 2 10
7 6 England Philip Morby TSA Racing 12 +19.176 3 9
8 16 Croatia David Francic Hinss Motorsport 12 +19.686 19 8
9 26 South Africa Ryan Ottens Bosphorus Racing Team 12 +25.935 1 7
10 9 Netherlands Roy Schroten Racing Team Schroten 12 +31.888 16 6
11 8 Peru Nico Barclay Racing Team Schroten 12 +32.232 24 5
12 11 Germany Robert Wiesenmueller CM-Tech Racing 12 +41.746 23 4
13 14 England Mike Bell Malta Force GP 12 +46.225 15 3
14 18 Estonia Argo Teder Simtech Enterprise GP 12 +57.232 8 2
15 25 Netherlands Tjeerd Feddema Bosphorus Racing Team 12 +1:01.903 10 1
16 10 Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra CM-Tech Racing 12 +1:01.993 17
17 32 England Rob Mason RPM Racing 12 +1:12.833 18
18 27 India Niranjan Kumar SportsCar Driving Evolution 12 +1:30.994 22
19 31 England Joshua Anderson RPM Racing 12 +1:43.422 14
20 5 France Geoffrey Fournier Epic Racing Team 12 +2:15.546 26
211 24 Portugal Joel Pereira EJ Engineering 11 Fuel 20
Ret 30 Turkey Adam Ozgur SimTech Jota Sport 3 Engine 13
Ret 23 Australia Jarrod Vanderweide EJ Engineering 1 Did not Finish 11
Ret 4 England James Ross Epic Racing Team 0 Engine 21
Ret 28 Romania Brezeanu Adrian SportsCar Driving Evolution 0 Did not Finish 12
Ret 20 Wales Matt Richards Cosmo Autosport 0 Did not Finish 25
DNS 22 Germany Maurice Brackhahn TR Motorsports 0 Did not Start
Fastest lap: Eric Stranne (Ice Cold Racing) — 2:09.428 (on lap 6)

Notes:

  • 1Joel Pereira was classified as a finisher having completed more than 75% race distance.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Sweden Eric Stranne 50
2 England Lewis McGlade 36
3 Austria Kevin Siggy 31
4 Belgium Bart De Vos 29
5 Canada Andrew Waring 20

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Norway Ice Cold Racing 86
2 England Simtech Enterprise GP 41
3 England TSA Racing 40
4 Malta Malta Force GP 33
5 Turkey Bosphorus Racing Team 23

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Preceded by:
2014 Indianapolis Masters
GPVWC Masters Series
2016 season
Succeeded by:
2016 Assen Masters
Preceded by:
2012 Silverstone Masters
Silverstone Masters
Succeeded by:
TBD