2016 Renault Sport Trophy

2016 Renault Sport Trophy season
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The 2016 Renault Sport Trophy will be the second season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault. The season begins at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón on 16 April and finishes on 23 October at Autódromo do Estoril. The series forms part of the World Series by Renault meetings at six triple header events.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Oregon Team[1]	1	Dario Capitanio[2]	Pro	1
		Davide Roda[3]	Am
	4	Bruno Bonifacio[2]	Pro	1
		Andrés Méndez[2]	Am
	5	David Fumanelli[2]	Pro	1
		Ash Hand[2]	Am
R-ace GP[1]	2	Raoul Owens[4]	Pro	1
		Toni Forné[2]	Am
	3	Kevin Korjus[2]	Pro	1
		Frederik Blomstedt[2]	Am
V8 Racing[1]	6	Jordan Grogor[2]	Pro	1
		Carmen Jordá[2]	Am
	7	Nicky Pastorelli[2]	Pro	1
		Jelle Bellen[2]	Am
	8	Meindert van Buuren[2]	Pro	1
		Max Braams[2]	Am
Team Marc VDS EG 0,0[5]	9	Markus Palttala[5]	Pro	1
		Fabian Schiller[5]	Am
	15	Tanart Sathienthirakul[2]	Pro	1
		Fran Rueda[2]	Am
High Class Racing[1]	11	Anders Fjordbach[2]	Pro	1
		Dennis Andersen[2]	Am
Equipe Verschuur[1]	19	Roy Geerts[2]	Pro	1
		Miguel Ramos[2]	Am
	21	Pieter Schothorst[2]	Pro	1
		Jeroen Schothorst[2]	Am
Strakka Racing[6]	42	Lewis Williamson[6]	Pro	1
		Tim Sugden[2]	Am

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 5 September 2015. Rounds at Imola, Spielberg, Le Castellet and Estoril will début in the series' calendar. All rounds will be collaboration with European Le Mans Series, except Aragón which will feature the Formula 3.5 V8.^[7]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	En	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	16 April	Lewis Williamson Tim Sugden	Lewis Williamson Tim Sugden	Markus Palttala Fabian Schiller	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	Am		17 April	Fabian Schiller	Tim Sugden	Fabian Schiller	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	Pro			Lewis Williamson	Markus Palttala	Kevin Korjus	R-ace GP
2	En	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	14 May
	Am		15 May
	Pro
3	En	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	16 July
	Am		17 July
	Pro
4	En	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	27 August
	Am		28 August
	Pro
5	En	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	24 September
	Am		25 September
	Pro
6	En	Autódromo do Estoril	22 October
	Am		23 October
	Pro

Championship standings

Pro Class

Pos. Driver ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA EST  Pts.  En Pro Pro En Pro Pro En Pro Pro 1 Lewis Williamson 1 2 43 2 Kevin Korjus 5 1 35 3 Markus Palttala 4 3 27 4 Nicky Pastorelli 2 8 22 5 Pieter Schothorst 3 10 16 6 Roy Geerts 10 4 13 7 David Fumanelli 9 5 12 8 Jordan Grogor 8 6 12 9 Raoul Owens 6 Ret 8 10 Tanart Sathienthirakul 7 9 8 11 Meindert van Buuren Ret 7 6 Bruno Bonifacio Ret 11 0 Anders Fjordbach Ret 12 0 Dario Capitanio Ret Ret 0 Pos. Driver En Pro Pro En Pro Pro En Pro Pro  Pts.  ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA EST

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

Am Class

Pos. Driver ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA EST  Pts.  Am En Am Am En Am Am En Am 1 Fabian Schiller 1 25 2 Fran Rueda 2 18 3 Miguel Ramos 3 15 4 Max Braams 4 12 5 Jelle Beelen 5 10 6 Tim Sugden 6 8 7 Andrés Méndez 7 6 8 Carmen Jordá 8 4 9 Ash Hand 9 2 10 Dennis Andersen 10 1 Frederik Blomstedt 11 0 Jeroen Schothorst Ret 0 Davide Roda Ret 0 Toni Forné Ret 0 Pos. Driver Am En Am Am En Am Am En Am  Pts.  ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA EST

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

Endurance Trophy

Pos. Driver ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA EST  Pts.  1 Markus Palttala Fabian Schiller 1 25 2 Kevin Korjus Frederik Blomstedt 2 18 3 Lewis Williamson Tim Sugden 3 15 4 Raoul Owens Toni Forné 4 12 5 Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst 5 10 6 David Fumanelli Ash Hand 6 8 7 Jordan Grogor Carmen Jordá 7 6 Tanart Sathienthirakul Fran Rueda Ret 0 Nicky Pastorelli Jelle Beelen Ret 0 Roy Geerts Miguel Ramos Ret 0 Meindert van Buuren Max Braams Ret 0 Dario Capitanio Davide Roda Ret 0 Bruno Bonifacio Andrés Méndez Ret 0 Anders Fjordbach Dennis Andersen Ret 0 Pos. Driver ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA EST  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

Teams' Championship

Pos. Team No. ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA EST  Pts.  En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro 1 Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 9 1 1 3 85 15 Ret 2 9 2 R-ace GP 2 4 Ret Ret 55 3 2 11 1 3 Strakka Racing 42 3 6 2 41 4 Equipe Verschuur 19 Ret 3 4 38 21 5 Ret 10 5 V8 Racing 7 Ret 5 8 32 8 Ret 4 7 6 Oregon Team 4 Ret 7 11 26 5 6 9 5 7 High Class Racing 11 Ret 10 12 1 Pos. Team No. En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro  Pts.  ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA EST

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

References

1. "Three new teams in the conquest of the 2016 Renault Sport Trophy". Renaultsport.com (Renault Sport). 11 February 2016.
2. "THE RENAULT SPORT TROPHY YEAR TWO". Renault Sport Series (Renault Sport). 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
3. "Davide Roda con l'Oregon Team nel Renault Sport Trophy RS.01" [Davide Roda with Oregon Team in the Renault Sport Trophy RS.01]. Motorsport.com (in Italian). 10 April 2016.
4. "Owens Enters RS01 with ART Junior Team | News | Driver Club Management". driverclubmanagement.com. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
5. "Marc VDS Race With Renault R.S.01 in 2016". Endurance-Info.com. 9 March 2016.
6. "Strakka Racing expands with 2016 Renault Sport R.S.01 Championship entry". Endurance-Info.com. 11 February 2016.
7. "RENAULT SPORT AND THE ELMS JOIN FORCES". World Series by Renault (Renault Sport). Retrieved 6 September 2015.

External links

• Renault-Sport official website