2016 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

2016 ADAC TCR German Series season
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Parent series: ADAC GT Masters ADAC support series: ADAC Formula 4

The 2016 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship is the first season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to newly created TCR regulations. The series runs predominately in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria and the Netherlands.

Teams and drivers

Hankook is the official tyre supplier.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Liqui Moly Team Engstler[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1]	5	Daniel Conrad[2]	J	1–2
	SEAT León Cup Racer[2]	7	Mike Halder[3]		1–2
Junior Team Engstler[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1]	6	Tim Zimmermann[1]		1–2
		8	Tom Lautenschlager[4]	J	1–2
LMS Racing[5]	SEAT León Cup Racer[5]	10	Antti Buri[2]		1–2
		67	Kari-Pekka Laaksonen[2]		2
Target Competition[6]	SEAT León Cup Racer[7]	11	Jürgen Schmarl[6]		1–2
		59	Mike Beckhusen[8]	J	1–2
		99	Josh Files[9]		1–2
	Opel Astra TCR[9]	11	Jürgen Schmarl[6]		TBA
		59	Mike Beckhusen[8]	J	TBA
		99	Josh Files[9]		TBA
Racing One[10]	SEAT León Cup Racer[10]	12	TBA[2]		TBA
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[10]	13	Benjamin Leuchter[10]		1–2
Lubner Motorsport[11]	Opel Astra TCR[11]	17	Jasmin Preisig[12]		TBA
		20	TBA[2]		TBA
JBR Motorsport[13]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[14]	18	Kai Jordan[2]		1–2
	SEAT León TCR[13]	TBA	TBA[5]		TBA
HP Racing[5]	SEAT León Cup Racer[5]	22	Harald Proczyk[2]		1–2
Steibel Motorsport[15]	SEAT León Cup Racer[15]	28	Pascal Eberle[15]		1–2
Bas Koeten Racing[2]	SEAT León Cup Racer[2]	34	Bas Schouten[2]		1–2
Honda Team ADAC[2]	Honda Civic TCR[16]	41	Steve Kirsch[16]		1–2
		88	Dominik Fugel[16]	J	1–2
Wolf-Power Racing[2]	SEAT León Cup Racer[2]	61	Mario Dablander[17]		1–2
TOPCAR Sport[5]	SEAT León TCR[5]	66	Ronny Jost[2]		1–2
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport[18]	Honda Civic TCR[18]	77	René Münnich[18]		2

Calendar and results

The 2016 schedule was announced on 13 November 2015, with two events scheduled to be held outside Germany; The second Oschersleben round will support the International Series along with ADAC Formula 4, while the rest of the rounds will be part of the ADAC GT Masters weekends.^[19]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	16 April	Steve Kirsch	Benjamin Leuchter	Josh Files	Target Competition	ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	2		17 April		Benjamin Leuchter	Josh Files	Target Competition
2	3	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal	30 April	Harald Proczyk	Harald Proczyk	Harald Proczyk	HP Racing
	4		1 May		Antti Buri	Antti Buri	LMS Racing
3	5	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	19 June					TCR International Series Oschersleben round ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	6
4	7	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	23 July					ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	8		24 July
5	9	Nürburgring, Nürburg	6 August					TCR Trophy Europe ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	10		7 August
6	11	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	20 August					ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	12		21 August
7	13	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	1 October					ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
	14		2 October

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver OSC SAC OSC RBR NÜR ZAN HOC  Pts.  1 Harald Proczyk 4 2 1^1 5 70 2 Josh Files 1^5 1 Ret^2 6 63 3 Benjamin Leuchter 2^2 4 7 2 58 4 Steve Kirsch 8^1 7 3^3 4 45 5 Tim Zimmermann Ret^3 DNS 2^4 3 38 6 Antti Buri 6 9 DSQ^5 1 36 7 Bas Schouten 5 6 5 8 32 8 Mike Halder 7 5 4 17 28 9 Pascal Eberle 3^4 Ret 6 Ret 25 10 Jürgen Schmarl 10 3 Ret 9 18 11 Mario Dablander 9 10 12 7 9 12 Ronny Jost 11 8 9 10 7 13 Kai Jordan 13 14 8 11 4 14 Mike Beckhusen Ret 11 10 13 1 Tom Lautenschlager 14 Ret 11 12 0 Dominik Fugel 12 12 13 14 0 Daniel Conrad 15 13 15 18 0 Kari-Pekka Laaksonen 14 15 0 René Münnich 16 16 0 Pos. Driver OSC SAC OSC RBR NÜR ZAN HOC  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Junior class

Pos.	Driver	OSC		SAC		OSC		RBR		NÜR		ZAN		HOC		Pts.
1	Dominik Fugel	12	12	13	14											73
2	Mike Beckhusen	Ret	11	10	13											68
3	Tom Lautenschlager	14	Ret	11	12											61
4	Daniel Conrad	15	13	15	18											54
Pos.	Driver	OSC		SAC		OSC		RBR		NÜR		ZAN		HOC		Pts.

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Driver	OSC		SAC		OSC		RBR		NÜR		ZAN		HOC		Pts.
1	HP Racing	4	2	1^1	5											70
2	Target Competition 1	1^5	1	Ret^2	6											63
3	Racing One	2^2	4	7	2											61
4	Honda Team ADAC	8^1	7	3^3	4											47
5	LMS Racing	6	9	14^5	1											38
6	Junior Team Engstler	14^3	Ret	2^4	3											38
7	Bas Koeten Racing	5	6	5	8											34
8	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	7	5	4	17											30
8	Steibel Motorsport	3^4	Ret	6	Ret											25
9	TOPCAR Sport	11	8	9	10											11
10	Wolf-Power Racing	9	10	12	7											10
11	JBR Motorsport	13	14	8	11											5
12	Target Competition 2	Ret	11	10	13											2
	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport			16	16											0
Pos.	Driver	OSC		SAC		OSC		RBR		NÜR		ZAN		HOC		Pts.

References

1. "Tim Zimmermann startet im Tourenwagen" [Tim Zimmermann starts with Touring cars]. motorsport-xl.de (in German). 30 December 2015.
2. "Feld der ADAC TCR Germany ist komplett" [ADAC TCR Germany's field is complete]. www.adac-motorsport.de (in German). 4 April 2016.
3. Corghi, Francesco (8 February 2016). "Mike Halder debutta in TCR Germania con il Team Engstler" [Mike Halder debuts in TCR Germany with Team Engstler]. it.Motorsport.com (in Italian).
4. Corghi, Francesco (9 February 2016). "Il Team Engstler schiera Tom Lautenschlager in ADAC TCR Germania" [Team Engstler runs Tom Lautenschlager in ADAC TCR Germany]. it.Motorsport.com (in Italian).
5. "Feld für Premiere der TCR Germany formiert sich" [Premiere's field of the TCR Germany is forming]. ADAC-Motorsport.de (in German). 30 March 2016.
6. "Schmarl 2016 zurück in Deutschland" [Schmarl is back in Germany in 2016]. eco-mobil.at (in German). 21 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
7. "Target drop Opel for SEAT for the opening rounds of TCR Germany". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 12 April 2016.
8. Corghi, Francesco (22 March 2016). "Mike Beckhusen in TCR Germany con Target" [Mike Beckhusen in TCR Germany with Target]. Motorsport.com (in Italian).
9. "Josh Files confirms TCR Germany campaign with new Opel run by Target". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 3 February 2016.
10. "2016 volles Programm – Racing One startet in der TCR" [2016 full program - Racing One starts in the TCR]. Racingone.ps (in German). 2 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
11. "ADAC TCR Germany 2016 - Fahrerplatz sichern" [2016 ADAC TCR Germany - secure driver's seat] (in German). Facebook. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
12. Göcke, Annika (9 February 2016). "ADAC TCR Germany: Jasmin Preisig im Opel Astra TCR" [ADAC TCR Germany: Jasmin Preisig in an Opel Astra TCR]. Autosprint.ch (in German).
13. "JBR to start in GT3 and TCR series in 2016". Endurance-Info.com. 2 January 2016.
14. "JBR erweitert sein Engagement in der ADAC TCR Germany" [JBR is expading its involvement in the ADAC TCR Germany]. jbr-motorsport.de (in German). 9 March 2016.
15. Ziegler, Stefan (3 December 2015). "Erste Teilnehmer für neue TCR Deutschland stehen fest" [First participants for new TCR Germany stand firmly]. Motorsport.com (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2015.
16. "First 2016 TCR Honda Civics to Fugel Motorsport". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 2 December 2015.
17. "Ecco la SEAT León TCR che Dablander guiderà in ADAC TCR Germany" [Here is the SEAT León TCR that will be driven by Dablander in the ADAC TCR Germany]. Motorsport.com (in Italian). 26 March 2016.
18. "Zweite Station Sachsenring" [Second station Sachsenring]. adac-motorsport.de (in German). 27 April 2016.
19. "Präsentation TCR Germany" [TCR Germany presentation] (PDF). tcr-germany.de (in German). 13 November 2015.

External links

• ADAC TCR Germany Official website