2016 World Sport Series season

**2016 World Sport Series season**

Competition	World Sport Series
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	8
Mod Used	Enduracers Flat6
Engine Supplier(s)	Flat6
Tyre Supplier(s)	Michelin M
Drivers
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion	Ruud Heesterbeek
Teams' Champion	Vod:Bul Racing
World Sport Series Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016

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The 2016 World Sport Series season was the fifth GPVWC World Sport Series season. Kevin Siggy entered the season as defending Drivers' champion, however the reigning Teams' champions, Walk Racing, did not return following the announcement of their closure in late 2015. This meant that there was to be a guaranteed fifth different Teams' champion in the five years the series had run. That team was Vod:Bul Racing though neither of their drivers could take the crown of champion as ultimately that title was taken from Siggy by Edonis Engineering's Ruud Heesterbeek.

Teams and drivers

World Sport Series Team	Base	Abbreviation	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Simtech Enterprise GP	Bromley, England	EGP	M	1	Kevin Siggy	1-2
				2	Argo Teder	1
				2	Rait Tuulikas	2
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	M	3	Risto Kappet	1-2
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	M	4	David Francic	1-2
Draig Racing	Hirwaun, Wales	Draig	M	5	Thomas Hinss	1
Draig Racing	Hirwaun, Wales	Draig	M	6	Phillip Morby	1-2
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenburg, Sweden	Ice Cold	M	7	Lewis McGlade	1
				7	Robert Wiesenmuller	2
				8	Robert Johnsson	1-2
Measuric Racing	Breda, Netherlands	Measuric	M	9	Tobias Olsson	1-2
Measuric Racing	Breda, Netherlands	Measuric	M	10	Henrik Ossianson	2
Epic Racing	Banbury, England	Epic	M	11	Tom Parker	1-2
Epic Racing	Banbury, England	Epic	M	12	Cameron Brewster	1-2
YTF1	Bath, England	YTF1	M	14	Bart De Vos	1-7
				14	Osvaldo Angelone	8
				15	Nico Barclay	1-4, 6, 8
				15	Maurice Brackhahn	5
Cosmo Autosport²	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England	Cosmo	M	16	Alexander van der Woude	1
				16	David Jundt	2
				17	Luke Walsh	1-2
Viking Racing	Copenhagen, Denmark	Viking	M	18	Carlos Fernandez	1-2
				19	Aurelio Russo ¹	1
				19	Morten Wernersen	2
Apex Racing	Church Fenton, England	Apex	M	20	Geoffrey Fournier	1-2
Apex Racing	Church Fenton, England	Apex	M	21	Chris Shepherd	1-2
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	M	22	Sven de Vries	1-2
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	M	23	Ruud Heesterbeek	1-2
EJ Engineering	Donnington, England	EJ	M	24	Joel Pereira	1-2
EJ Engineering	Donnington, England	EJ	M	25	Shane Burke	1
Hinss Motorsport	Melbourne, Australia	Hinss	M	26	Agustin Canapino	1-2
Hinss Motorsport	Melbourne, Australia	Hinss	M	27
SportsCar Driving Evolution	Paris, France	SDEv	M	28	Adrian Brezeanu	1-2
SportsCar Driving Evolution	Paris, France	SDEv	M	29	Niranjan Kumar	1-2
TR Motorsports	Detroit, MI, United States	TR	M	30	Menno Klont	2
TR Motorsports	Detroit, MI, United States	TR	M	31	Tim Brockmeyer	2

¹ Aurelio Russo qualified for round 1 in Russia but did not race owing to his removal from the league in between qualifying and the race - he was banned from GPVWC and had all results from 2016 deleted following the discovery that he was a previously banned driver racing under an alias.
² Cosmo Autosport withdrew from the season prior to the Canadian round.

Team changes

THR withdrew part-way through the 2015 season and did not return for the 2016 season.
CM-Tech Racing, Lusitania Racing Team, Racing Team Schroten, Tēafor Motorsport, Torrent Motorsports, Triple Twenty, TTF Racing, Walk Racing, Wauters Automotive and Woods Racing all did not continue into the 2016 season.

New entries

Apex Racing, EJ Engineering, Hinss Motorsport, Sportscar Driving Evolution and TR Motorsports would all make their debuts in the 2016 season.

Returning entries

Viking Racing withdrew part-way through the 2015 season but were able to return to the series for the 2016 season.
Edonis Engineering, after missing the 2015 season submission deadline forcing a 'sponsored' entry through YTF1, returned to the grid as a full fledged entry.

Report

Race Weekend Format

19:00 GMT ~ Free Practice
19:35 GMT ~ Qualifying
19:50 GMT ~ Warmup
20:00 GMT ~ Race One Start
20:30-40 GMT ~ Warmup
20:40-50 GMT ~ Race Two Start

2016 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Platform	Date	Start Time
Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Platform	Date	Track time	GMT
1	Russian Sport Series	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	TBC	rFactor 2	16th March	14:00	19:00
2	Spanish Sport Series	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	rFactor 2	30th March	14:00	19:00
3	Turkish Sport Series	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	rFactor 2	27th April	14:00	19:00
4	Canadian Sport Series	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	rFactor 2	11th May	14:00	19:00
5	British Sport Series	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	rFactor 2	25th May	14:00	19:00
6	Austrian Sport Series	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	rFactor 2	8th June	14:00	19:00
7	Belgian Sport Series	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	rFactor 2	6th July	14:00	19:00
8	Italian Sport Series	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	rFactor 2	20th July	14:00	19:00

Calendar changes

For the first time in its history, the series calendar was shortened. Running at eight rounds long, it is set to be the second shortest World Sport Series season ahead only of the 2012 season which ran for six rounds.

Results and Standings

Rounds

Rd.	Sport Series	Pole Position	Race One Fastest	Race One Winner	Race Two Fastest	Race Two Winner	Report
1	Russian Sport Series	Risto Kappet (2:07.156)	Risto Kappet (2:07.287)	Risto Kappet Vod:Bul Racing	Kevin Siggy (02:07.459)	Kevin Siggy Simtech Enterprise GP	Report
2	Spanish Sport Series	Risto Kappet (1:44.319)	Robert Wiesenmüller (1:44.836)	Sven de Vries Edonis Engineering	Risto Kappet (1:44.564)	Risto Kappet Vod:Bul Racing	Report
3	Turkish Sport Series	Ruud Heesterbeek (1:53.621)	Kevin Siggy (1:53.871)	Ruud Heesterbeek Edonis Engineering	Kevin Siggy (1:54.002)	Robert Wiesenmüller Ice Cold Racing	Report
4	Canadian Sport Series	Hany Alsabti (1:37.189)	Hany Alsabti (1:37.442)	Hany Absabti Simtech Enterprise GP	Carsten Wilhelm (1:37.923)	Geoffrey Fournier Apex Racing	Report
5	British Sport Series	Kevin Siggy (2:01.076)	Kevin Siggy (2:01.745)	Kevin Siggy Simtech Enterprise GP	Risto Kappet (2:01.659)	Risto Kappet Vod:Bul Racing	Report
6	Austrian Sport Series	Risto Kappet (1:37.515)	Kevin Siggy (1:33.969)	Kevin Siggy Simtech Enterprise GP	Tobias Olsson (1:34.037)	Ruud Heesterbeek Edonis Engineering	Report
7	Belgian Sport Series	Niki Đaković (2:21.199)	Niki Đaković (2:21.410)	Niki Đaković Vod:Bul Racing	Ruud Heesterbeek (2:22.173)	Daniel Benefield Hinss Motorsport	Report
8	Italian Sport Series	Kevin Siggy (1:50.005)	Kevin Siggy (1:49.952)	Kevin Siggy Simtech Enterprise GP	Argo Teder (1:50.228)	Sven de Vries Edonis Engineering	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	RUS		ESP		TUR		CAN		UK		AUT		BEL	ITA	Points
1	Risto Kappet	1	7	5	1	2	5	2	7	6	1	2	6			195
2	Ruud Heesterbeek	5	3	Ret	8	1	12	14	2	2	3	5	1			158
3	David Francic	2	10	16	7	7	3	3	11	3	5	4	4			134
4	Sven de Vries	9	14	1	17	3	2	8	4	5	15	7	2			132
5	Kevin Siggy	13	1	8	2	NC	14			1	8	1	7			125
6	Thomas Hinss	12	2			11	6	7	3	4	6	3	10			109
7	Tobias Olsson	7	8	10	5	10	11	10	9	15	2	6	5			100
8	Geoffrey Fournier	15	5	3	9	12	15	12	1	11	4	22	15			86
9	Nico Barclay	6	4	6	15	4	9	4	DSQ			10	Ret			73
10	Cameron Brewster	17	11	4	12	9	7			8	7	15	12			60
11	Robert Wiesenmüller			2	10	8	1									59
12	Bart De Vos	11	Ret	22	Ret	5	Ret	6	Ret	17	11	8	3			55
13	David Jundt			12	3	14	4	13	8	19	12	17	13			54
14	Argo Teder	18	16			6	8			12	16	9	8			37
15	Tom Parker	22	13	9	6					7	9					36
16	Hany Alsabti							1	15							26
17	Niranjan Kumar	19	17	13	4	15	16			13	10	16	Ret			26
18	Agustin Canapino	3	Ret	7	23^†	Ret	DNS									25
19	Carsten Wilhelm							5	5							22
20	Lewis McGlade	4	9													20
21	Eric Stranne							9	6							17
22	Carlos Fernandez	8	12	Ret	16			11	Ret			18	Ret			17
23	Luke Walsh	10	6	17	DNS											16
24	Robert Johnsson	16	15	15	11			15	13	14	13	19^†	Ret			16
25	Chris Shepherd	21	Ret	14	14	20	19	18	19^†	9	Ret	12	Ret			15
26	Menno Klont			Ret	19			Ret	14			13	9			12
27	Philip Morby	20	18	11	13	18	13					21	17			11
28	Daniel Benefield									Ret	16	11	11			10
29	Tim Brockmeyer			21	22	13	10	Ret	DNS							9
30	Wopke Hoekstra							19	10							6
31	Maurice Brackhahn									10	Ret					6
32	Rob Mason							16	12	16	14					6
33	Diego Carranza					19	18	17	18^†			14	14			4
34	Shane Burke	14	Ret													2
35	Henrik Ossiansson			19	20	16	21	20	16							0
36	Andrejs Pestovs									20	19	20	16			0
37	Adrian Brezeanu	24	Ret	23	Ret	17	20	21	17							0
38	Morten Wernersen			18	18					18	17					0
39	Erik Tveit					NC	17									0
40	Joel Pereira	23	19	24	21											0
41	Rait Tuulikas			20	Ret											0
42	Alexander van der Woude	Ret	Ret													0
Pos	Driver	RUS		ESP		TUR		CAN		UK		AUT		BEL	ITA	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 90% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	Car No.	RUS		ESP		TUR		CAN		UK		AUT	BEL	ITA	Points
1	Vod:Bul Racing	3	1	7	5	1	2	5	2	7	6	1				273
1	Vod:Bul Racing	4	2	10	16	7	7	3	3	11	3	5				273
2	Edonis Engineering	22	9	14	1	17	3	2	8	4	5	15				225
2	Edonis Engineering	23	5	3	Ret	8	1	12	14	2	2	3				225
3	Simtech Enterprise GP	0/1	13	1	8	2	NC	14	1	15	1	8				161
3	Simtech Enterprise GP	2	18	16	20	Ret	6	8	5	5	12	18				161
4	Ice Cold Racing	7	4	9	2	10	8	1	9	6						112
4	Ice Cold Racing	8	16	15	15	11	NC	17	15	13	14	13				112
5	Draig Racing	5	12	2			11	6	7	3	4	6				104
5	Draig Racing	6	20	18	11	13	18	13	16	12	16	14				104
6	YTF1	14	11	Ret	22	Ret	5	Ret	6	Ret	17	11				104
6	YTF1	15	6	4	6	15	4	9	4	DSQ	10	Ret				104
7	Apex Racing	20	15	5	3	9	12	15	12	1	11	4				98
7	Apex Racing	21	21	Ret	14	14	20	19	18	19^†	9	Ret				98
8	Epic Racing Team	11	22	13	9	6	19	18	17	18^†	7	9				97
8	Epic Racing Team	12	17	11	4	12	9	7	19	10	8	7				97
9	Measuric Racing	9	7	8	10	5	10	11	10	9	15	2				79
9	Measuric Racing	10			19	20	16	21	20	16						79
10	Hinss Motorsport	26	3	Ret	7	23^†	Ret	DNS			Ret	16				55
10	Hinss Motorsport	27					14	4	13	8	19	12				55
11	Cosmo Autosport	16	Ret	Ret	12	3			WD	WD						36
11	Cosmo Autosport	17	10	6	17	DNS			WD	WD						36
12	SportsCar Driving Evolution	28	24	Ret	23	Ret	17	20	21	17						26
12	SportsCar Driving Evolution	29	19	17	13	4	15	16			13	10				26
13	Viking Racing	18	8	12	Ret	16			11	Ret	20	19				17
13	Viking Racing	19	EX	EX	18	18					18	17				17
14	TR Motorsports	30			21	22	13	10	Ret	DNS						11
14	TR Motorsports	31			Ret	19			Ret	14						11
15	EJ Engineering	24	23	19	24	21										2
15	EJ Engineering	25	14	Ret												2
Pos	Team	Car No.	RUS		ESP		TUR		CAN		UK		AUT	BEL	ITA	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)