2016 International V8 Supercars Championship

2016 International V8 Supercars Championship season
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Support series: Dunlop V8 Supercars Series Australian Formula 4 Championship

The 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship is an FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars. It is the eighteenth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and the twentieth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title.

Mark Winterbottom started the season as the defending drivers' champion, while Triple Eight Race Engineering are the defending teams' champions.

Teams and drivers

Twenty-six cars are competing in the 2016 season.^[1] Holden, Nissan and Volvo are all represented by factory-backed teams.^[2][3][4] Ford, having scaled back its involvement in 2015, are providing no financial or technical assistance,^[5] but are still represented by Prodrive Racing Australia^[6] and DJR Team Penske.

The following drivers are contesting the 2016 series.

Season entries						Endurance entries
Team	Vehicle	No.	Driver	Events		Co-driver
Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1	Mark Winterbottom[7]	1–3		Dean Canto[8]
		6	Cameron Waters[9]	1–3		TBA
Rod Nash Racing (PRA)		55	Chaz Mostert[10]	1–3		TBA
Super Black Racing (PRA)		111	Chris Pither[11]	1–3		TBA
Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	2	Garth Tander[12]	1–3		Warren Luff[13]
		22	James Courtney[14]	1–3		Jack Perkins[13]
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	3	Andre Heimgartner[15]	1–3		TBA
		222	Nick Percat[16]	1–3		TBA ^1 Oliver Gavin[17]
Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore[18]	4	Aaren Russell[19]	1–3		TBA
		9	David Reynolds[20]	1–3		TBA
Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	7	Todd Kelly[21]	1–3		Matt Campbell[22]
		15	Rick Kelly[21]	1–3		Russell Ingall[23]
		23	Michael Caruso[24]	1–3		Dean Fiore[22]
		96	Dale Wood[25]	1–3		David Russell[26]
Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	8	Jason Bright[27]	1–3		Andrew Jones[28]
		14	Tim Slade[29]	1–3		Ashley Walsh[28]
Britek Motorsport (BJR)		21	Tim Blanchard[27]	1–3		Macauley Jones[28]
DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	12	Fabian Coulthard[30]	1–3		Luke Youlden[31]
		17	Scott Pye[30]	1–3		Tony D'Alberto[31]
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden VF Commodore	18	Lee Holdsworth[32]	1–3		Karl Reindler[33]
Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	19	Will Davison[34]	1–3		Jonathon Webb[35]
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	33	Scott McLaughlin[36]	1–3		David Wall[37] TBA
		34	James Moffat[38]	1–3
Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	88	Jamie Whincup[39]	1–3		Paul Dumbrell[40]
		97	Shane Van Gisbergen[41]	1–3		Alexandre Prémat[40]
		888	Craig Lowndes[41]	1–3		Steven Richards[40]

Notes:

1. ^ – Oliver Gavin will only contest the Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 600 rounds, another driver will drive at the Sandown 500 due to Gavin having a date clash^[17]

Team changes

• Charlie Schwerkolt Racing terminated its customer arrangement with the Holden Racing Team, to field an in house entry.^[42]
• DJR Team Penske expanded to run two cars, having run a single car in 2015.^[30] The team took back the Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) it had leased to Super Black Racing in 2015.^[43]
• Erebus Motorsport switched from running Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs to Holden VF Commodores.^[18]
• Triple Eight Race Engineering expanded to field three cars, purchasing a REC last used in 2014 by James Rosenberg Racing.^[44]
• Walkinshaw Racing ceased at the end of 2015, with its REC sold to Super Black Racing.^[45]

Driver changes

Changed teams

• Tim Blanchard moved from Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport to Britek Motorsport.^[27]
• Fabian Coulthard moved from Brad Jones Racing to DJR Team Penske.^[30]
• Will Davison moved from Erebus Motorsport to Tekno Autosports.^[34]
• Andre Heimgartner moved from Super Black Racing to Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.^[15]
• James Moffat moved from Nissan Motorsport to Garry Rogers Motorsport to replace David Wall.^[38]
• Chaz Mostert moved from Prodrive Racing Australia to Rod Nash Racing, a customer team whose car is prepared by Prodrive Racing Australia. The team cited commercial reasons for Mostert's move.^[10]
• David Reynolds moved from Rod Nash Racing to Erebus Motorsport.^[20]
• Tim Slade moved from Walkinshaw Racing to Brad Jones Racing.^[29]
• Shane Van Gisbergen moved from Tekno Autosports to Triple Eight Race Engineering.^[41]
• Dale Wood moved from Britek Motorsport to Nissan Motorsport.^[25]

Entering series

• Aaren Russell, having raced a wildcard entry at the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, joined Erebus Motorsport for his first full-time season, replacing Ashley Walsh.^[19]
• Cameron Waters replaced Chaz Mostert at Prodrive Racing Australia after winning the 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series for the team. Waters had previously raced for the team in the main series as a substitution for Mostert while the latter recovered from an injury.^[9]

Calendar

The 2016 calendar was released on 8 September 2015.^[46] On 1 October 2015 the calendar was revised, with Tasmania and the non-championship Australian Grand Prix races switching dates due to an updated 2016 Formula One calendar.^[47] A further revision was made on 22 March 2016, with the Sydney 500 being moved back one week to avoid clashing with other events at Sydney Olympic Park.^[48]

Rnd. Event name Circuit Location Format Date 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia ST 5–6 March 2 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania SP 2–3 April 3 WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria SP 16–17 April 4 Perth SuperSprint Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia SP 7–8 May 5 Woodstock Winton SuperSprint Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria SP 21–22 May 6 Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory SP 18–19 June 7 Castrol Edge Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland ST 9–10 July 8 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland SP 23–24 July 9 KL City 400 Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia IN 13–14 August 10 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint         Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales SP 27–28 August 11 Wilson Security Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria EC 18 September 12 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000         Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales EC 9 October 13 Castrol Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland EC 22–23 October 14 ITM Auckland SuperSprint Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand IN 5–6 November 15 Coates Hire Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales ST 3–4 December

Icon Meaning ST SuperStreet SP SuperSprint IN International SuperSprint EC Endurance Cup

Calendar changes

• The Phillip Island SuperSprint moved from November to April.^[46]
• The series will visit Malaysia for the first time, with a round of the championship to be held as part of the Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix.^[49] This addition will see the calendar expand to fifteen events.^[46]

Format changes

• The two 60 kilometre races held on the Saturday of SuperSprint events will be replaced by a single 120 km race, with a compulsory pit stop to change tyres.^[50]
• The Kuala Lumpur and Auckland events will use the International SuperSprint format that is also used at the non-championship V8 Supercars Challenge event at the Australian Grand Prix, with four 100 km races held across each weekend.^[50]
• The Sydney 500 will revert to its original two race format, with a single 250 km race held on each of Saturday and Sunday, after a pair of 125 km races were held on Saturday in 2014 and 2015.^[50]
• Soft tyres will be used at all events except for the Bathurst 1000 and Phillip Island SuperSprint, with the season allocation increasing from 324 to 400 soft tyres per car.^[50]
• Practice sessions for endurance co-drivers will be held at the Winton and Queensland Raceway rounds.^[51]

Testing changes

• The compulsory pre-season test was scrapped. Teams are allowed three test days, one of which had to be used before the season commences. Rookie drivers and drivers who have not competed in the series for over three years will be allowed an additional three days of testing.^[52]

Event summaries

Clipsal 500 Adelaide

Results
Event 1	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3
Pole position	Scott Pye (DJR Team Penske)	Chaz Mostert (Rod Nash Racing)	Fabian Coulthard (DJR Team Penske)
Race winner	Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering)	James Courtney (Holden Racing Team)	Nick Percat (Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport)

Scott Pye took his first pole position in the series in qualifying for the first race in Adelaide.^[53] He would only finish the race in twelfth place, however, after a slow pit stop. Jamie Whincup won the race after starting from second place, ahead of James Courtney and Shane Van Gisbergen.^[54] Chaz Mostert, in his first race meeting since being injured at the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, took pole position for the second race.^[53] Courtney won the race after a close battle with Whincup, while Mostert finished third. Chris Pither crashed at Turn 8,^[55] with the car sustaining enough damage to rule it out of the third race.^[56] The third race was marred by heavy rain and controversy over the start of the race and fuel regulations. Nick Percat took his first solo victory in the series, having completed only 48 of the scheduled 78 laps. Polesitter Fabian Coulthard and his teammate Pye finished second and third on the road, but were given a one-minute penalty each as neither had taken on 140 litres of fuel during the race as required by the regulations. Michael Caruso inherited second place ahead of Garth Tander. Caruso left the event with the championship lead ahead of Whincup and Van Gisbergen.^[57]

Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint

Results
Event 2	Race 4	Race 5
Pole position	Mark Winterbottom (Prodrive Racing Australia)	Mark Winterbottom (Prodrive Racing Australia)
Race winner	Shane Van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Race Engineering)	Will Davison (Tekno Autosports)

Shane Van Gisbergen took his first championship race win for Triple Eight Race Engineering in the first race of the Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint, taking victory over his teammate Jamie Whincup. Will Davison scored his first podium finish for Tekno Autosports by finishing third. Mark Winterbottom had qualified on pole position, but finished ninth after a slow pit stop and running off the circuit.^[58] Davison was fastest and qualifying for the second race, but was given a two-place grid penalty for impeding James Courtney, which gave pole position to Winterbottom.^[59] Van Gisbergen looked set to take victory until late in the race, when oil dropped by Cameron Waters' car caused him to go off the circuit and get stuck in a gravel trap. This allowed Davison through to take victory, with Craig Lowndes finishing second ahead of Winterbottom. Chris Pither suffered another heavy crash, when contact with Nick Percat caused his car to spin into the wall. Davison's win gave him the lead in the championship, with Lowndes moving up to second place ahead of Whincup and Winterbottom.^[60]

WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint

Results
Event 3	Race 6	Race 7
Pole position	Scott McLaughlin (Garry Rogers Motorsport)	Scott McLaughlin (Garry Rogers Motorsport)
Race winner	Scott McLaughlin (Garry Rogers Motorsport)	Scott McLaughlin (Garry Rogers Motorsport)

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver or drivers of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 300 points per event.^[61]

Points format	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th
Short format	75	69	64	60	55	51	48	45	42	39	36	34	33	31	30	28	27	25	24	22	21	19	18	16	15	13
Long format	150	138	129	120	111	102	96	90	84	78	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27
Endurance format	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54

• Short format: Used for the first two races at the Clipsal 500 Adelaide and all International SuperSprint races.
• Long format: Used for all SuperSprint and SuperStreet races, with the exception of the first two races of the Clipsal 500 Adelaide, and for both races of the Gold Coast 600.
• Endurance format: Used for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000.

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver ADE SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD KL SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK SYD Pen. Pts. 1 Jamie Whincup 1 2 14 2 19 2 4 0 651 2 Scott McLaughlin 4 4 12 26 4 1 1 0 636 3 Mark Winterbottom 8 11 9 9 3 5 2 0 627 4 Craig Lowndes 7 10 13 5 2 6 5 0 615 5 Will Davison 11 9 15 3 1 16 9 0 558 6 Shane Van Gisbergen 3 5 10 1 Ret 4 10 0 545 7 Michael Caruso 13 6 2 21 11 13 6 0 504 8 Garth Tander 5 23 3 11 6 9 16 15 502 9 James Courtney 2 1 21 13 7 21 7 0 486 10 Todd Kelly 6 16 6 19 12 11 12 0 439 11 Rick Kelly 9 13 7 4 Ret 14 11 0 426 12 Scott Pye 12 7 17 14 14 26 3 0 418 13 Jason Bright 19 8 8 6 10 10 Ret 0 417 14 David Reynolds 14 19 5 16 18 12 14 0 406 15 Fabian Coulthard 10 14 16 18 8 3 Ret 0 397 16 Chaz Mostert 16 3 Ret 10 5 23 8 15 392 17 Tim Slade Ret 17 20 8 13 8 13 0 384 18 Cameron Waters 15 12 4 7 Ret 18 23 0 367 19 Nick Percat 21 DNS 1 24 15 17 20 0 363 20 James Moffat 17 15 22 20 16 7 15 0 354 21 Lee Holdsworth 23 21 18 12 9 15 19 0 351 22 Tim Blanchard 24 24 11 15 Ret 22 17 0 257 23 Dale Wood 20 18 Ret 22 20 20 18 0 227 24 Andre Heimgartner 22 20 19 25 Ret 24 21 0 194 25 Aaren Russell 25 22 DNS 23 17 25 22 25 168 26 Chris Pither 18 Ret DNS 17 Ret 19 24 0 160 Pos. Driver ADE SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD KL SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK SYD Pen. 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 position Italics - Fastest lap   Results count toward the Endurance Cup.

Teams' Championship

Pos. Team No. ADE SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD KL SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK SYD Pen. Pts. 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 1 2 14 2 19 2 4 0 1196 97 3 5 10 1 Ret 4 10 2 Holden Racing Team 2 5 23 3 11 6 9 16 0 1003 22 2 1 21 13 7 21 7 3 Prodrive Racing Australia 1 8 11 9 9 3 5 2 0 994 6 15 12 4 7 Ret 18 23 4 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 4 4 12 26 4 1 1 0 990 34 17 15 22 20 16 7 15 5 Nissan Motorsport 7 6 16 6 19 12 11 12 0 865 15 9 13 7 4 Ret 14 11 6 DJR Team Penske 12 10 14 16 18 8 3 Ret 0 815 17 12 7 17 14 14 26 3 7 Brad Jones Racing 8 19 8 8 6 10 10 Ret 0 801 14 Ret 17 20 8 13 8 13 8 Nissan Motorsport 23 13 6 2 21 11 13 6 0 731 96 20 18 Ret 22 20 20 18 9 Triple Eight Race Engineering^‡ 888 7 10 13 5 2 6 5 0 615 10 Erebus Motorsport 4 25 22 DNS 23 17 25 22 0 599 9 14 19 5 16 18 12 14 11 Tekno Autosports^‡ 19 11 9 15 3 1 16 9 0 558 12 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 3 22 20 19 25 Ret 24 21 0 557 222 21 DNS 1 24 15 17 20 13 Rod Nash Racing^‡ 55 16 3 Ret 10 5 23 8 0 407 14 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing^‡ 18 23 21 18 12 9 15 19 0 351 15 Britek Motorsport^‡ 21 24 24 11 15 Ret 22 17 0 257 16 Super Black Racing^‡ 111 18 Ret DNS 17 Ret 19 24 0 160 Pos. Team No. ADE SYM PHI BAR WIN HID TOW QLD KL SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK SYD Pen. 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 position Italics - Fastest lap   Results count toward the Endurance Cup.

Notes:

• ^‡ — Denotes a single-car team.

See also

• 2016 V8 Supercar season

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