2016 Blancpain GT Series

2016 Blancpain GT Series season
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The 2016 Blancpain GT Series will be the third season of the Blancpain GT Series. The season will start on 10 April in Misano and will end on 2 October in Barcelona. The season will feature ten rounds, five Endurance Cup rounds and five Sprint Cup rounds.

Calendar

On 18 September 2015, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2016 calendar.^[1]

Event	Circuit	Date	Series	Report
1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy	10 April	Sprint	Report
2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	24 April	Endurance	Report
3	Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain	8 May	Sprint	Report
4	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain	15 May	Endurance	Report
5	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	25 June	Endurance	Report
6	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany	3 July	Sprint	Report
7	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium	30–31 July	Endurance	Report
8	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary	28 August	Sprint	Report
9	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany	18 September	Endurance	Report
10	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain	2 October	Sprint	Report

Race results

Event		Circuit	Pole position	Race Winner
1	QR	Misano	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[2]	No. 8 Bentley Team M-Sport[3]
			Laurens Vanthoor[2] Frédéric Vervisch[2]	Andy Soucek[3] Maxime Soulet[3]
	MR		No. 8 Bentley Team M-Sport[3]	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[4]
			Andy Soucek[3] Maxime Soulet[3]	Laurens Vanthoor[4] Frédéric Vervisch[4]
2		Monza	No. 84 HTP Motorsport[5]	No. 58 Garage 59[6]
			Dominik Baumann[5] Maximilian Buhk[5] Jazeman Jaafar[5]	Rob Bell[6] Shane Van Gisbergen[6] Côme Ledogar[6]
3	QR	Brands Hatch
	MR
4		Silverstone
5		Le Castellet
6	QR	Nürburgring
	MR
7		Spa-Francorchamps
8	QR	Hungaroring
	MR
9		Nürburgring
10	QR	Barcelona-Catalunya
	MR

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Main Race. The pole-sitter in the Qualifying Race during Sprint Cup rounds and the pole-sitter during Endurance Cup rounds also received one point and entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Qualifying Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Pole
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1	1

Main Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

1000 km Paul Ricard points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	33	24	19	15	12	9	6	4	2	1	1

24 Hours of Spa points

Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points after 6hrs/12hrs	12	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	1
Points at the finish	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Pos.	Driver	Team	MIS		MNZ	BRH		SIL	LEC	NÜR		SPA			HUN		NÜR	CAT		Points
			QR	MR		QR	MR			QR	MR	6hrs	12hrs	24hrs	QR	MR		QR	MR
1	Laurens Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	3	1																30
2	Philipp Eng Alexander Sims	Rowe Racing	2	3																21
3	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	HTP Motorsport	5	2																20
4	Rob Bell Álvaro Parente	Garage 59	9	4																12
5	Filip Salaquarda Frank Stippler	ISR	8	5																10
6	Marco Seefried Norbert Siedler	Rinaldi Racing	6	6																9
7	Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet	Bentley Team M-Sport	1	11																8
8	Bernd Schneider Jules Szymkowiak	HTP Motorsport	Ret	7																6
9	Enzo Ide Christopher Mies	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	13	8																4
10	Robin Frijns Dries Vanthoor	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	4	22																3
11	Raffaele Giammaria Ezequiel Pérez Companc	AF Corse	12	9																2
12	Patric Niederhauser Daniel Zampieri	Attempto Racing	18	10																1
	Felix Rosenqvist Tristan Vautier	AKKA ASP	7	32																0
	Nick Catsburg Stef Dusseldorp	Rowe Racing	10	29																0
	Christopher Haase Mike Parisy	Saintéloc Racing	11	Ret																0
	Mirko Bortolotti Nicolas Pohler	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Ret	12																0
	Michał Broniszewski Giacomo Piccini	Kessel Racing	23	13																0
	Alex Buncombe Mitsunori Takaboshi	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	17	14																0
	René Rast Will Stevens	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	14	Ret																0
	Nicolaj Møller Madsen Markus Pommer	Phoenix Racing	19	15																0
	Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Markus Winkelhock	Phoenix Racing	15	27																0
	Michele Beretta Luca Stolz	GRT Grasser Racing Team	16	23																0
	Romain Monti Edward Sandström	Saintéloc Racing	26	16																0
	Vincent Abril Steven Kane	Bentley Team M-Sport	20	17																0
	Stuart Leonard Michael Meadows	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Ret	18																0
	Jazeman Jaafar Clemens Schmid	HTP Motorsport	DNS	19																0
	Jeroen Mul Max van Splunteren	Attempto Racing	21	20																0
	Filipe Albuquerque Rodrigo Baptista	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	33	21																0
	Jack Falla Davide Valsecchi	Attempto Racing	22	DNS																0
	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Morgan Moullin-Traffort	AKKA ASP	27	24																0
	Ricardo Sánchez Sean Walkinshaw	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	24	28																0
	Matias Henkola Maxime Martin	Boutsen Ginion	25	25																0
	Craig Dolby Martin Plowman	Garage 59	Ret	26																0
	Christian Hook Steve Parrow	Black Pearl Racing	28	34																0
	Sebastian Asch Didi Gonzales	Team a-workx	29	31																0
	Stéphane Lémeret Claudio Sdanewitsch	AF Corse	30	30																0
	Franck Perera Marlon Stöckinger	ISR	31	35																0
	Laurent Jenny Cédric Leimer	X-Bionic Racing Team	32	33																0
	Jeroen Bleekemolen Štefan Rosina	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Ret	Ret																0

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	MIS		MNZ	BRH		SIL	LEC	NÜR		SPA			HUN		NÜR	CAT		Points
			QR	MR		QR	MR			QR	MR	6hrs	12hrs	24hrs	QR	MR		QR	MR
1	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	3	1																29
2	HTP Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz	5	2																21
3	Rowe Racing	BMW	2	3																21
4	Garage 59	McLaren	9	4																12
5	ISR	Audi	8	5																10
6	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari	6	6																10
7	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley	1	11																10
8	AF Corse	Ferrari	12	9																6
9	Attempto Racing	Lamborghini	18	10																4
10	AKKA ASP	Mercedes-Benz	7	24																1
11	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini	16	12																1
	Saintéloc Racing	Audi	11	16																0
	Kessel Racing	Ferrari	23	13																0
	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	Nissan	17	14																0
	Phoenix Racing	Audi	15	15																0
	Boutsen Ginion	BMW	25	25																0
	Black Pearl Racing	Ferrari	28	34																0
	Team a-workx	Porsche	29	31																0
	X-Bionic Racing Team	Lamborghini	32	33																0

See also

• 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
• 2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup

References

1. Wouters, Vincent (19 September 2015). "Blancpain GT Calendar Reduced to Ten Rounds". sportscar365 (John Dagys Media). Retrieved 24 September 2015.
2. "Laurens Vanthoor puts Audi on first pole of the year". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. April 9, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
3. "Bentley Boys Andy Soucek and Maxime Soulet take surprise win in Misano Qualifier". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
4. "Vanthoor and Vervisch give Audi first win of the season". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
5. "Maxi Buhk on pole, 31 cars in the same second". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
6. "Garage 59 McLaren takes win after nail-biting finish". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.

External links

• Official website