2016 Italian GT Championship

2016 Italian GT Championship season
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The 2016 Italian GT Championship is the 25th season of the Italian GT Championship, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the Italian automobile club (Automobile Club d'Italia). The season starts on 30 April at Monza and ends on 16 October at Mugello after seven double-header meetings.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Category	Rounds
Solaris Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	7	Massimiliano Mugelli	SGT3	1
			Francesco Sini		1
Audi Sport Italia	Audi R8 LMS	8	Filipe Albuquerque	SGT3	1
			Marco Mapelli		1
Easy Race	Ferrari 488	11	Ferdinando Geri	SGT3	1
			Daniel Mancinelli		1
Ombra Racing	Lamborghini Huracán	12	Alex Frassineti	SGT3	1
			Stefano Gattuso		1
BMW Team Italia	BMW M6 GT3	15	Alberto Cerqui	SGT3	1
			Stefano Comandini		1
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Huracán	16	Mirko Bortolotti	SGT3	1
			Jeroen Mul		1
		32	Stefano Pezzucchi		1
			Giovanni Venturini		1
	Lamborghini Gallardo	146	Ivan Benvenuti	GTC	1
			Luca de Marchi		1
Drive Technology	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	23	Lorenzo Bontempelli	SGT3	1
			Francesca Linossi		1
	Porsche 997 Cup	155	Gianluca Carboni	GTC	1
			"Magister"		1
Antonelli Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán	25	Riccardo Agostini	SGT3	1
			Alberto di Folco		1
		102	Omar Galbiati	SGTC	1
			Simone Sartori		1
		103	Lorenzo Casè		1
			Massimo Mantovani		1
		104	Matteo Desideri		1
			Takashi Kasai		1
		109	Marco Magli		1
			Mikhail Spiridonov		1
Black Bull Swiss Racing	Ferrari 488	46	Stefano Gai	SGT3	1
			Mirko Venturi		1
Krypton Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	53	Luca Pastorelli	GT3	1
			Nicola Pastorelli		1
Malucelli Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia	60	Marco Galassi	GT3	1
Cars Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	61	Ferdinando Monfardini	GT3	1
			Ronnie Valori		1
Scuderia Baldini 27 Network	Ferrari 458 Italia	72	Eddie Cheever III	GT3	1
			Federico Leo		1
Ebimotors	Porsche 911 GT3 R	88	Alessandro Baccani	GT3	1
			Paolo Venerosi		1
	Porsche 997 Cup	174	Carlo Curti	GTC	1
			Lino Curti		1
		175	Nicola Benucci		1
			Tommaso Maino		1
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	Lamborghini Huracán	105	Bar Baruch	SGTC	1
			Liang Jia Tong		1
		106	Nicolas Costa		1
			Fernando Croce		1
Raton Racing	Lamborghini Huracán	107	Angelo Comi	SGTC	1
			Roberto Tanca		1
		108	Andrea d'Amico		1
			Adrian Zaugg		1
GDL Racing	Lamborghini Huracán	111	Gianluca de Lorenzi	SGTC	1
			Piero Necchi		1
Master KR Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia	159	Vincenzo Sauto	GTC	1
			Mirko Zanardini		1
		161	Mauro Deodati		1
			Emanuele Romani		1
Victoria Speed Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo	160	Dario Caso	GTC	1
			Sossio Del Prete		1
Scuderia Giudici	Maserati GT Trofeo	169	Gianni Giudici	GTC	1
	Ginetta G50	211	Claudio Giudici	GT4	1

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	GT3 winner	GTC winner
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	30 April	No. 8 Audi Sport Italia	No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
				Filipe Albuquerque Marco Mapelli	Nicolas Costa Fernando Croce
	R2		1 May	No. 46 Black Bull Swiss Racing	No. 111 GDL Racing
				Stefano Gai Mirko Venturi	Gianluca de Lorenzi Piero Necchi
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	29 May
	R2
3	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	12 June
	R2
4	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	17 July
	R2
5	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	11 September
	R2
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	25 September
	R2
7	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	16 October
	R2

Championship standings

Only the best twelve results count towards each championship.

GT3 championship

Pos Driver MNZ IMO MIS MUG VLL IMO MUG Points Super GT3 1 Stefano Gai Mirko Venturi 3 1 32 2 Mirko Bortolotti Jeroen Mul 2 3 27 3 Filipe Albuquerque Marco Mapelli 1 11 22 4 Riccardo Agostini Alberto di Folco 7 2 19 5 Lorenzo Bontempelli Francesca Linossi 5 6 12 6 Stefano Pezzucchi Giovanni Venturini 8 4 11 7 Alberto Cerqui Stefano Comandini 4 14 9 8 Ferdinando Geri Daniel Mancinelli 11 5 9 9 Massimiliano Mugelli Francesco Sini 6 7 9 10 Alex Frassineti Stefano Gattuso Ret 10 3 GT3 1 Luca Pastorelli Nicola Pastorelli 9 9 35 2 Ferdinando Monfardini Ronnie Valori 13 8 28 3 Alessandro Baccani Paolo Venerosi 10 12 27 4 Marco Galassi 12 13 20 Eddie Cheever III Federico Leo Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver MNZ IMO MIS MUG VLL IMO MUG Points

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) <span style="font-size:

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GTCup championship

Pos Driver MNZ IMO MIS MUG VLL IMO MUG Points Super GTCup 1 Nicolas Costa Fernando Croce 1 5 27 2 Lorenzo Casè Massimo Mantovani 2 4 23 3 Gianluca de Lorenzi Piero Necchi Ret 1 20 4 Andrea d'Amico Adrian Zaugg 7 2 19 5 Bar Baruch Liang Jia Tong 6 3 17 6 Marco Magli Mikhail Spiridonov 4 6 13 7 Matteo Desideri Takashi Kasai 3 Ret 12 8 Angelo Comi Roberto Tanca 4 8 11 9 Omar Galbiati Simone Sartori 10 11 6 GTCup 1 Ivan Benvenuti Luca de Marchi 8 7 40 2 Nicola Benucci Tommaso Maino 11 9 27 3 Vincenzo Sauto Mirko Zanardini 9 13 22 4 Carlo Curti Lino Curti 12 10 20 5 Mauro Deodati Emanuele Romani Ret 12 8 6 Gianni Giudici 14 DNS 7 7 Gianluca Carboni "Magister" Ret 12 5 Dario Caso Sossio Del Prete DNS DNS 5 GT4 1 Claudio Giudici 13 14 40 Pos Driver MNZ IMO MIS MUG VLL IMO MUG Points

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) <span style="font-size:

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External links

• Official website