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**2016 World GT Series season**

Competition	World GT
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	7
Vehicle(s)	Aston Martin, BMW, Chevrolet, Ferrari
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers
Teams	14
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
GT Series Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018

GPVWC series in 2016
Career Ladder
Superleague Supercup Formula Challenge Open Series
Other series
Masters Series World Sport Series International Touring Cup World GT Vintage Series Atlantic Series

The 2016 World GT Series will be the fourth running of the GPVWC World GT Series. Luis Felipe Capamadjian enters as the reigning Drivers' champion whilst Scuderia Basilea are the holding Teams' champions.

Teams and drivers

World GT Team	Base	Team	Vehicle	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Scuderia Basilea	Binningen, Switzerland	Basilea	Ferrari 458	G	0	Jordan Weekes	1
Scuderia Basilea	Binningen, Switzerland	Basilea	Ferrari 458	G	2	Nico Barclay	1
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	3	Cameron Brewster	1
					3	Matthew Chirgwin
					4	Thomas Jacobs	1
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	Ferrari 458	G	5	Borja Millan	1
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	Ferrari 458	G	6	Mark Fuller	1
SimTech Motorsport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	Aston Martin Vantage	G	7	Sherwin van der Sloot	1
SimTech Motorsport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	Aston Martin Vantage	G	8	Luke Walah	1
Armaroli Racing Team	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Armaroli	Ferrari 458	G	9	Gerrit de Vries	1
Armaroli Racing Team	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Armaroli	Ferrari 458	G	10	Lorenzo de Ciutiis	1
Cosmo Autosport	Simonside, England	Cosmo	BMW Z4 ²	G	11	Thomas Hinss	1
Cosmo Autosport	Simonside, England	Cosmo	BMW Z4 ²	G	12	Bart de Vos	1
FA Racing ⁴	Lahti, Finland	FA	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	14	bgcolor="#cccccc"	bgcolor="#cccccc"
FA Racing ⁴	Lahti, Finland	FA	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	15	bgcolor="#cccccc"
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenburg, Sweden	Ice Cold	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	16	Tommi Ojala	1
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenburg, Sweden	Ice Cold	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	17	Kevin Cox	1
MadCape Racing Team	Cape Town, South Africa	MadCape	Ferrari 458	G	18	Marius Nicolae	1
MadCape Racing Team	Cape Town, South Africa	MadCape	Ferrari 458	G	19	Michel de Jonge
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, Netherlands	RTS	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	20	Rory Collins	1
					20	Roy Schroten
					21	Tom Parker	1
RPM Racing	Bourne, England	RPM	Ferrari 458	G	22	Tobias Olsson	1
RPM Racing	Bourne, England	RPM	Ferrari 458	G	23	Argenis Riera	1
STAX Racing	Halifax, Canada	STAX	Aston Martin Vantage	G	24	Diego Carranza	1
					25	Geoffrey Fournier	1
					25	Andrew Waring
Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	SRS	Ferrari 458	G	1	Luis Felipe Capamadjian
					26	Philipp Puschke	1
					27	Risto Kappet	1
Tēafor Motorsport ¹	Norwich, England	Tēafor	Aston Martin Vantage	G	28
Tēafor Motorsport ¹	Norwich, England	Tēafor	Aston Martin Vantage	G	29
TTF Racing	London, England	TTF	Chevrolet Corvette C7R ³	G	30	Bret Metcalf	1
					31	Rudolph Mare	1
					31	Rauno Muru

¹ Tēafor Motorsport were originally included on the 15-team grid but withdrew prior to the first round at Fuji.
² Cosmo Autosport were originally allocated the Aston Martin Vantage. However, following an opportunity for teams to change cars, they elected to switch to the BMW Z4.
³ TTF Racing were originally allocated the Aston Martin Vantage. However, following an opportunity for teams to change cars, they elected to switch to the Chevrolet Corvette C7R.
⁴ FA Racing chose to pull their entry following Round 1 as they failed to secure any drivers in preseason or indeed post-Fuji.

Team changes

Aurora Motorsports, Downforce iZone Racing, Edonis Engineering, Fox Racing, Hawkeye Racing, PB Racing, Smile Power Racing, The Mighty Forth, Torrent Motorsports and Walk Racing all did not continue into the 2016 season.

New entries

Cosmo Autosport, MadCape Racing Team, RPM Racing, STAX Racing, Streetfighter Racing Systems and TTF Racing would all make their World GT debuts in 2016.

Returning entries

FA Racing, Ice Cold Racing and Racing Team Schroten returned to the series, all three having last competed in the 2013 season.

Report

Race Weekend Format

19:00 GMT ~ Free Practice
19:35 GMT ~ Qualifying
19:50 GMT ~ Warmup
20:00 GMT ~ Race Start

2016 Calendar

Rounds	Race Title	Circuit	Date	Race Details
Rounds	Race Title	Circuit	Date	Track Time	GMT	Duration
1	Japanese GT Cup	Fuji Speedway	3rd March	TBC	19:15	60 Min.
2	Brazilian GT Cup	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	31st March	TBC	19:15	60 Min.
3	Turkish GT Cup	Istanbul Park	14th April	TBC	19:15	60 Min.
4	Belgian GT Cup	Spa-Francorchamps	28th April	TBC	19:15	60 Min.
5	Czech GT Cup	Brno Circuit	26th May	TBC	19:15	60 Min.
6	British GT Cup	Silverstone Circuit	23rd June	TBC	19:15	60 Min.
7	American GT Cup	Circuit of the Americas	21st July	TBC	19:15	60 Min.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	GT Cups	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	Japanese GT Cup	Risto Kappet (1:36.991)	Jordan Weekes (1:37.896)	Risto Kappet	Streetfighter Racing Systems	Report
2	Brazilian GT Cup	(-)	(-)			Report
3	Turkish GT Cup	(-)	(-)			Report
4	Belgian GT Cup	(-)	(-)			Report
5	Czech GT Cup	(-)	(-)			Report
6	British GT Cup	(-)	(-)			Report
7	American GT Cup	(-)	(-)			Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	JPN	BRA	TUR	BEL	CZE	GBR	USA	Points
1	Risto Kappet	1							25
2	Borja Millan	2							20
3	Jordan Weekes	3							16
4	Thomas Jacobs	4							13
5	Tom Parker	5							11
6	Nico Barclay	6							10
7	Luke Walsh	7							9
8	Geoffrey Fournier	8							8
9	Tobias Olsson	9							7
10	Kevin Cox	10							6
11	Sherwin van der Sloot	11							5
12	Cameron Brewster	12							4
13	Argenis Riera	13							3
14	Thomas Hinss	14							2
15	Philipp Puschke	15^†							1
16	Marius Nicolae	16							0
17	Gerrit de Vries	17^†							0
18	Rory Collins	18							0
19	Diego Carranza	19							0
20	Tommi Ojala	20							0
21	Mark Fuller	21							0
22	Bret Metcalf	22							0
23	Rudolph Mare	23							0
24	Lorenzo de Ciutiis	Ret							0
25	Bart De Vos	Ret							0
Pos	Driver	JPN	BRA	TUR	BEL	CZE	GBR	USA	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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.	JPN	BRA	TUR	BEL	CZE	GBR	USA	Points
1	Streetfighter Racing Systems	1/26	15^†							26
1	Streetfighter Racing Systems	27	1							26
2	Scuderia Basilea	0	3							26
2	Scuderia Basilea	2	6							26
3	ST Racing	5	2							20
3	ST Racing	6	21							20
4	TSA Racing	3	12							17
4	TSA Racing	4	4							17
5	SimTech Jota Sport	7	11							14
5	SimTech Jota Sport	8	7							14
6	Racing Team Schroten	20	5							11
6	Racing Team Schroten	21	18							11
7	RPM Racing	22	9							10
7	RPM Racing	23	13							10
8	STAX Racing	24	19							8
8	STAX Racing	25	8							8
9	Ice Cold Racing	16	20							6
9	Ice Cold Racing	17	10							6
10	Cosmo Autosport	11	14							2
10	Cosmo Autosport	12	Ret							2
11	MadCape Racing Team	18	16							0
11	MadCape Racing Team	19								0
12	Armaroli Racing Team	9	17^†							0
12	Armaroli Racing Team	10	Ret							0
13	TTF Racing	30	23							0
13	TTF Racing	31	22							0
14	FA Racing	14								0
14	FA Racing	15								0
Pos	Team	Car No.	JPN	BRA	TUR	BEL	CZE	GBR	USA	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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.

Preceded by: 2015 World GT Series season	2016 World GT Series season 2016	Succeeded by: 2017 World GT Series season

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Team changes

New entries

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Report

Race Weekend Format

2016 Calendar

Results and standings

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