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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, SRT
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
GT Series Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018

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
					2	Nico Barclay	1
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	3	Cameron Brewster	1
						Matthew Chirgwin
					4	Thomas Jacobs	1
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	Ferrari 458	G	5	Borja Millan	1
					6	Mark Fuller	1
SimTech Motorsport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	Aston Martin Vantage	G	7	Sherwin van der Sloot	1
					8	Luke Walah	1
Armaroli Racing Team	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Armaroli	Ferrari 458	G	9	Gerrit de Vries	1
					10	Lorenzo de Ciutiis	1
Cosmo Autosport	Simonside, England	Cosmo	BMW Z4 1	G	11	Thomas Hinss	1
					12	Bart de Vos	1
FA Racing 2	Lahti, Finland	FA	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	14
					15
YTF1	Bath, England	YTF1	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	14
					15
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenburg, Sweden	Ice Cold	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	16	Tommi Ojala	1
					17	Kevin Cox	1
MadCape Racing Team	Cape Town, South Africa	MadCape	Ferrari 458	G	18	Marius Nicolae	1
					19	Michel de Jonge
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, Netherlands	RTS	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	20	Rory Collins	1
						Roy Schroten
					21	Tom Parker	1
RPM Racing	Bourne, England	RPM	Ferrari 458	G	22	Tobias Olsson	1
					23	Argenis Riera	1
STAX Racing	Halifax, Canada	STAX	Aston Martin Vantage	G	24	Diego Carranza	1
					25	Geoffrey Fournier	1
						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 3	Norwich, England	Tēafor	Aston Martin Vantage	G	28
					29
Epic Racing	Banbury, England	Epic	SRT Viper GTS-R	G	28	Florian Engel
					29	Christoph Lichtenstein
TTF Racing	London, England	TTF	Chevrolet Corvette C7R 4	G	30	Bret Metcalf	1
					31	Rudolph Mare	1
						Rauno Muru

• ¹ 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.
• ² FA Racing chose to withdraw from the series following Round 1 after failing to secure any drivers in preseason, or indeed post-Fuji. Their entry was taken over by YTF1, who entered the series with the Chevrolet Corvette C7R.
• ³ Tēafor Motorsport were originally included on the 15-team grid but withdrew prior to the first round at Fuji. Their entry was taken over by Epic Racing, who entered the series with the SRT Viper.
• ⁴ 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.

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.

Mid-season changes

• FA Racing and Tēafor Motorsport both entered the championship, the former returning having last competed in 2013, but withdrew before competing. Their slots were taken over by YTF1 (entering for the first time) and Epic Racing (who last competed in 2013) respectively.

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

• Ice Cold Racing and Racing Team Schroten returned to the series, both 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
				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	Risto Kappet (1:29.560)	Borja Millan (1:30.320)	Risto Kappet	Streetfighter Racing Systems	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.

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver JPN BRA TUR BEL CZE GBR USA Points 1 Risto Kappet 1 1 50 2 Nico Barclay 6 2 30 3 Thomas Jacobs 4 3 29 4 Borja Millan 2 14 22 5 Tobias Olsson 9 4 20 6 Tom Parker 5 7 20 7 Jordan Weekes 3 Ret 16 8 Thomas Hinss 14 5 13 9 Matthew Chirgwin 6 10 10 Sherwin van der Sloot 11 11 10 11 Luke Walsh 7 9 12 Geoffrey Fournier 8 8 13 Diego Carranza 19 8 8 14 Tommi Ojala 20 9 7 15 Kevin Cox 10 6 16 Bart De Vos Ret 10 6 17 Cameron Brewster 12 4 18 Marius Nicolae 16 12 4 19 Argenis Riera 13 3 20 MMatthew Allington 13 3 21 Philipp Puschke 15† 1 22 Bret Metcalf 22 15 1 23 Mark Fuller 21 16 0 24 Rob Mason 17 0 25 Gerrit de Vries 17† Ret 0 26 Rory Collins 18 18 0 23 Rudolph Mare 23 19 0 24 Florian Engel 20 0 25 Standa Sehnal 21 0 26 Andrew Waring Ret 0 27 Lorenzo de Ciutiis Ret 0 28 Christoph Lichtenstein 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 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. JPN BRA TUR BEL CZE GBR USA Points 1 Streetfighter Racing Systems 1/26 15† 26 27 1 2 Scuderia Basilea 0 3 26 2 6 3 ST Racing 5 2 20 6 21 4 TSA Racing 3 12 17 4 4 5 SimTech Motorsport 7 11 14 8 7 6 Racing Team Schroten 20 5 11 21 18 7 RPM Racing 22 9 10 23 13 8 STAX Racing 24 19 8 25 8 9 Ice Cold Racing 16 20 6 17 10 10 Cosmo Autosport 11 14 2 12 Ret 11 MadCape Racing Team 18 16 0 19 12 Armaroli Racing Team 9 17† 0 10 Ret 13 TTF Racing 30 23 0 31 22 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 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.