2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge
| 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge season | |||
| Previous: | none | Next: | 2017 |
The current championship leaders are Shane Van Gisbergen, Álvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb, who won the Bathurst 12 Hour in a McLaren 650S GT3.
The 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge is the first season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The SRO Motorsports Group is the organiser of the series. The season features three rounds - after the cancellation of the 6 Hours of the Americas - starting with Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour on February 7 and the season concludes with the Sepang 12 Hours on December 11.[1]
Calendar
On January 29 it was announced that the 6 Hours of the Americas would be cancelled with the official reason a lack of entrants.[2] Because the test days of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup are only four days after the event, the European teams would be cutting it close for both events. Instead, the organizers postponed the race for a year, and it is now planned to be run in October 2017.
| Round | Event | Circuit | Date | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour |  Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia |
7 February | Report |
| 2 | Total 24 Hours of Spa | .svg.png){kind=small} Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium |
30–31 July | Report |
| 3 | Sepang 12 Hours |  Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia |
11 December | Report |
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Entry list
Besides GT3-spec cars also GTC-spec cars and touring cars are allowed to compete at Bathurst and Sepang. At both races there is also an Invitational class for GT4-spec cars or so called "24H-specials". These cars do not play a role in the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The 24 Hours of Spa can only be entered with GT3-spec cars.
- Notes
- ↑ A manufacturer may nominate a maximum of four cars to be counted towards the Intercontinental GT Challenge overall title at each of the races. These non-manufacturer GT3 entries do not play a role in the Intercontinental GT Challenge championship.
Results and standings
Race results
| Rnd. | Circuit | Pole Position | Pro-Am Winners | Am Winners | Winning Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bathurst |
No. 59 Tekno Autosports |
No. 59 Tekno Autosports |
No. 5 Melbourne Performance Centre |
 McLaren |
 Shane Van Gisbergen Álvaro Parente Jonathon Webb |
Shane Van Gisbergen Álvaro Parente Jonathon Webb |
Nathan Antunes Barton Mawer Greg Taylor | |||
| 2 | Spa-Francorchamps |
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| 3 | Sepang |
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Scoring system
A manufacturer only receives points for its two highest placed cars in each round,
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' Championships
Overall Championship
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- Notes
- ^1 – The drivers of the No. 49 Vicious Rumour Racing Ferrari were classified as 17th, but they were 12th of the finished GT3-cars.
AM Championship
| Pos. | Driver | Manufacturer | BAT |
SPA |
SEP |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve McLaughlan |
 Audi |
8 | 25 | ||
| 2 | Roger Lago |
 Lamborghini |
10 | 18 | ||
| 3 | Rick Armstrong |
Audi |
11 | 15 |
Manufacturers' Championship
| Pos. | Manufacturer | Car | BAT |
SPA |
SEP |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren |
650S GT3 | 1 | 31 | ||
| 9 | ||||||
| 2 | Bentley |
Continental GT3 | 3 | 28 | ||
| 7 | ||||||
| 3 | Audi |
R8 LMS | 4 | 23 | ||
| 8 | ||||||
| 4 | Mercedes-Benz |
SLS AMG GT3 | 5 | 12 | ||
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See also
- Intercontinental GT Challenge
References
- ↑ "Intercontinental GT Challenge launched by Stephane Ratel". autosport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ "Intercontinental GT round at COTA to be cancelled". Motorsport.com. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ "SRO Motorsports Group Intercontinental GT Challenge". Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 "Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour to kick off inaugural Intercontinental GT Challenge". Blancpain GT Series (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). 5 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 "Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Entry List". Bathurst 12 Hour. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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