Sports season
The 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup was the sixth season of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup . The season started on 24 April at Monza and ended on 18 September at the Nürburgring . The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 Hours of Spa and the 1000 km Paul Ricard events. After developing their partnership, Blancpain and the SRO decided that 2016 would see both the Sprint and Endurance Series further integrated into the Blancpain GT Series, putting the emphasis on the prestigious overall drivers' and manufacturers' titles causing the Endurance Series name to change from Blancpain Endurance Series to Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.[ 1]
On 18 September 2015, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2016 calendar.[ 2]
Event Race Circuit Date 1 3 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Monza , Italy 24 April Report 2 3 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone , Great Britain 15 May Report 3 1000 km Paul Ricard Circuit Paul Ricard , Le Castellet , France 25 June Report 4 Total 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , Spa , Belgium 30–31 July Report 5 3 Hours of Nürburgring Nürburgring , Nürburg , Germany 18 September Report
Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Mercedes-AMG GT3 [ 3] 00 Yelmer Buurman [ 4] P 3–4 Bernd Schneider [ 4] Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal [ 4] 3 Maro Engel [ 5] 4 56 Oliver Morley[ 3] PA All Miguel Toril[ 3] Maro Engel [ 3] 1–3, 5 Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal [ 5] 4 Daniel Juncadella [ 5] 57 Adam Christodoulou [ 3] P All Hubert Haupt[ 3] Andreas Simonsen [ 3] 68 Bradley Ellis[ 6] PA 5 Euan Hankey[ 6] Salih Yoluc [ 6] Audi R8 LMS [ 7] 1 Dries Vanthoor [ 7] P All Frédéric Vervisch [ 7] Laurens Vanthoor [ 7] 1–3, 5 Will Stevens [ 8] 4 2 Robin Frijns [ 7] P All Stuart Leonard [ 7] Michael Meadows [ 7] 3 Rodrigo Baptista[ 7] P All Filipe Albuquerque [ 7] 1–4 Sérgio Jimenez [ 7] 1–2, 4–5 Jan Magnussen [ 4] 3 Adrien Tambay [ 6] 5 4 Pierre Kaffer [ 7] P All Adrien de Leener[ 7] Peter Kox [ 7] 1–3 Bertrand Baguette [ 5] 4 Ben Barnicoat [ 6] 5 28 Will Stevens [ 8] P 1–3, 5 Antonio García [ 8] 1–3 Nico Müller [ 8] 1–2, 4 René Rast [ 4] 3–4 Laurens Vanthoor [ 5] 4 Christopher Mies [ 9] 5 Connor De Phillippi [ 6] Audi Sport Team Phoenix [ 5] Audi R8 LMS [ 5] 6 Christopher Mies [ 5] P 4 Frank Stippler [ 5] Markus Winkelhock [ 5] Bentley Team M-Sport [ 10] Bentley Continental GT3 [ 10] 7 Vincent Abril [ 10] P All Steven Kane [ 10] Guy Smith [ 10] 8 Wolfgang Reip[ 10] P All Andy Soucek [ 10] Maxime Soulet [ 10] Ombra Racing [ 11] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [ 11] 10 Matteo Beretta[ 11] PA All Giovanni Berton[ 12] Stefano Costantini [ 11] 1–4 Stefano Gattuso [ 5] 4 Alex Frassineti[ 9] 5 Kessel Racing [ 12] Ferrari 488 GT3 [ 12] 11 Alessandro Bonacini[ 12] PA All Michał Broniszewski[ 12] Andrea Rizzoli[ 12] Giacomo Piccini [ 5] 4 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 [ 12] 111 Bernard Delhez[ 12] Am 1–3 Stephen Earle[ 12] David Perel[ 12] 888 Vadim Gitlin[ 12] Am All Liam Talbot[ 12] Marco Zanuttini[ 12] Nicola Cadei[ 5] 4 Boutsen Ginion [ 13] BMW M6 GT3 [ 13] 12 Julien Darras[ 13] PA All Olivier Grotz[ 13] Karim Ojjeh [ 13] Arno Santamato[ 5] 4 Emil Frey Racing [ 14] Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar [ 14] 14 Albert Costa [ 14] P All Lorenz Frey[ 14] Stéphane Ortelli [ 14] 114 Jonathan Hirschi [ 5] P 4–5 Christian Klien [ 5] Markus Palttala [ 5] 4 Norbert Siedler [ 6] 5 BMW Team Italia [ 15] BMW M6 GT3 [ 15] 15 Stefano Colombo[ 15] PA All Max Koebolt[ 15] Giorgio Roda[ 15] 1–4 Martin Tomczyk [ 5] 4 Stefano Comandini[ 6] 5 GRT Grasser Racing Team [ 16] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [ 16] 16 Mirko Bortolotti [ 16] P All Rolf Ineichen [ 16] Jeroen Bleekemolen [ 12] 1–4 Christian Engelhart [ 9] 5 19 Michele Beretta [ 16] P All Andrea Piccini [ 16] Luca Stolz [ 16] 63 Diego Alessi [ 5] PA 4 Dennis Andersen[ 5] Anders Fjordbach [ 5] Nicolas Pohler[ 5] Nissan GT Academy Team RJN[ 17] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 [ 17] 22 Romain Sarazin[ 17] PA All Matt Simmons[ 17] Sean Walkinshaw[ 17] Ricardo Sánchez[ 5] 4 23 Alex Buncombe [ 17] P All Lucas Ordóñez [ 17] Mitsunori Takaboshi [ 17] Team Parker Racing [ 18] Bentley Continental GT3 [ 18] 24 Ian Loggie [ 18] PA 1–4 Callum MacLeod [ 18] Tom Onslow-Cole [ 18] Andy Meyrick [ 5] 4 30 Chris Harris [ 19] Am All Derek Pierce[ 19] Chris Cooper[ 19] 1–3 David Perel[ 5] 4 Carl Rosenblad [ 5] Saintéloc Racing [ 20] Audi R8 LMS [ 20] 25 Marco Bonanomi [ 21] PA All Marc Rostan [ 12] Christian Kelders[ 21] 1, 3–5 Gilles Lallemant[ 22] 2 Frédéric Bouvy[ 5] 4 26 Grégory Guilvert [ 21] P All Christopher Haase [ 21] Mike Parisy [ 19] Audi R8 LMS ultra [ 5] 27 Michael Blanchemain[ 5] Am 4 Jean-Paul Buffin[ 5] Valentin Hasse-Clot [ 5] Gilles Lallemant[ 5] Konrad Motorsport [ 12] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [ 12] 29 Jules Gounon [ 12] P 1–2 Christopher Zöchling[ 12] Christopher Brück[ 12] 1 Daniel Cammish [ 22] 2 Jules Gounon [ 5] PA 4–5 Christopher Zöchling[ 5] Rik Breukers[ 5] 4 Luca Rettenbacher[ 5] Hendrick Still[ 9] 5 Scuderia Praha[ 11] Ferrari 488 GT3 [ 11] 34 Matteo Malucelli[ 12] PA 1–4 Jiří Písařík[ 12] Stéphane Kox[ 23] 3 David Fumanelli [ 5] 4 Josef Král [ 5] Car Collection Motorsport[ 6] Audi R8 LMS [ 6] 35 Marc Basseng [ 6] PA 5 Horst Felbermayr Jr.[ 6] Andreas Weishaupt[ 6] Antonelli Motorsport [ 11] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [ 11] 38 Lorenzo Case[ 12] PA 1 Marco Magli[ 12] Cristian Passuti[ 12] Michela Cerruti [ 4] 3–4 Alberto Di Folco[ 4] 3 Raffaele Giannoni[ 4] Cédric Sbirrazzuoli[ 5] 4 Loris Spinelli[ 5] Gilles Vannelet[ 5] Easy Race[ 5] Ferrari 488 GT3 [ 5] 40 Ferdinando Geri[ 5] PA 4 Daniel Mancinelli [ 5] Gregory Romanelli[ 5] Niccolò Schirò [ 5] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 [ 12] 41 Benjamin Lariche [ 12] PA 1 Dino Lunardi[ 12] Theo Filler[ 12] Am 3 Nicolas Melin[ 4] Romano Ricci[ 4] Romain Brandela[ 5] 4 Timothé Buret[ 5] Bernard Delhez[ 5] Mickaël Petit[ 5] 42 Thomas Nicolle[ 12] Am 1–4 Nyls Stievenart[ 12] 1–2 Jörg Viebahn[ 12] 1 Romano Ricci[ 22] 2 Romain Brandela[ 4] 3, 5 Christophe Hamon[ 4] Sylvain Debs[ 5] 4 David Loger[ 5] Eric Mouez[ 5] Bernard Delhez[ 9] 5 Oman Racing Team [ 24] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 [ 24] 44 Jonathan Adam [ 24] PA All Ahmad Al Harthy [ 24] Devon Modell[ 24] Darren Turner [ 5] 4 Sports & You[ 6] Mercedes-AMG GT3 [ 6] 46 José Manuel Balbiani [ 6] Am 5 Angélique Detavernier[ 6] Louis-Philippe Soenen[ 6] Kaspersky Motorsport [ 25] [ N 5] AF Corse [ 25] [ N 6] AT Racing [ 5] [ N 7] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 [ 25] 49 Alexander Moiseev[ 25] Am All Garry Kondakov[ 25] 1–2 Riccardo Ragazzi[ 25] Stéphane Lémeret[ 26] 3–4 Davide Rizzo[ 5] 4–5 Rui Águas [ 5] 4 Ferrari 488 GT3 [ 25] 50 Pasin Lathouras[ 25] P All Alessandro Pier Guidi [ 25] Michele Rugolo [ 25] 51 Francisco Guedes[ 25] Am All Peter Mann[ 25] Rino Mastronardi [ 25] Matteo Cressoni [ 5] 4 52 Duncan Cameron[ 25] PA 1, 3–5 Matt Griffin[ 25] Davide Rizzo[ 4] 3 Riccardo Ragazzi[ 5] 4 Andrew Scott[ 5] 53 Lorenzo Bontempelli[ 25] PA All Motoaki Ishikawa[ 25] Giancarlo Fisichella [ 25] 1–2, 4 Olivier Beretta [ 4] 3–5 55 Francesco Castellacci [ 5] PA 4 Marco Cioci[ 5] Thomas Flohr [ 5] Piergiuseppe Perazzini[ 5] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 [ 25] 90 Alessandro Balzan [ 25] P 1–4 Raffaele Giammaria [ 25] Ezequiel Pérez Companc [ 25] Thomas Kemenater[ 6] Am 5 Stéphane Lémeret[ 6] Claudio Sdanewitsch[ 6] Garage 59[ 27] McLaren 650S GT3 [ 27] 58 Rob Bell [ 27] P All Côme Ledogar [ 27] Shane van Gisbergen [ 27] 1–4 Duncan Tappy [ 9] 5 59 Alex Fontana [ 27] P All Struan Moore[ 27] Andrew Watson [ 27] 60 Pipo Derani [ 5] P 4 Bruno Senna [ 5] Duncan Tappy [ 5] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 [ 28] 66 Alexander Mattschull[ 28] PA 1–3, 5 Steve Parrow[ 28] Daniel Keilwitz[ 28] 1–2, 5 Dominik Schwager [ 4] 3 333 Marco Seefried[ 28] P 1–2 Norbert Siedler [ 28] Rinat Salikhov[ 28] Ferrari 488 GT3 [ 28] Am 3–5 Pierre Ehret[ 28] Alexander Mattschull[ 5] 4 Marco Seefried[ 5] 488 Pierre Ehret[ 28] Am 1–2 Stef Van Campenhout[ 28] ARC Bratislava [ 12] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [ 12] 69 Miroslav Konôpka [ 12] Am All Andrzej Lewandowski[ 12] Teodor Myszkowski[ 12] Zdeno Mikuláško[ 5] 4 ISR [ 29] Audi R8 LMS [ 29] 74 Philippe Giauque[ 29] PA All Henry Hassid[ 29] Franck Perera [ 29] Nicolas Lapierre [ 5] 4 75 Filip Salaquarda [ 29] P All Marlon Stöckinger [ 29] Frank Stippler [ 29] 1–3, 5 Edoardo Mortara [ 5] 4 IMSA Performance [ 19] Porsche 911 GT3 R [ 19] 76 Thierry Cornac[ 19] PA All Raymond Narac[ 19] Maxime Jousse[ 19] 1–4 Patrick Pilet [ 5] 4 Mathieu Jaminet [ 9] 5 Attempto Racing[ 30] Porsche 911 GT3 R [ 19] 77 Nicolas Armindo [ 19] PA All Jürgen Häring[ 19] Clément Mateu[ 19] Kévin Estre [ 5] 4 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [ 30] 100 Jeroen Mul[ 11] PA All Max van Splunteren[ 11] Louis Machiels[ 11] 1–2, 4–5 Paul van Splunteren[ 4] 3 Giovanni Venturini [ 5] 4 101 Patric Niederhauser [ 30] P All Daniel Zampieri [ 30] Fabio Babini [ 30] 1–4 Christian Mamerow [ 9] 5 Barwell Motorsport[ 31] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [ 31] 78 Leo Machitski[ 32] PA All Marco Mapelli [ 32] Marco Attard[ 32] 1, 4 Phil Keen [ 22] 2–3, 5 Tom Kimber-Smith [ 5] 4 666 Joe Osborne [ 31] PA 1–2, 4 Richard Abra[ 31] 1–2 Mark Poole[ 31] Oliver Gavin [ 5] 4 Phil Keen [ 5] Jon Minshaw[ 5] SPS Automotive Performance[ 4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 [ 4] 80 Lance David Arnold [ 4] P 3 Alex Müller [ 4] Valentin Pierburg[ 4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 [ 11] 84 Dominik Baumann[ 11] P All Maximilian Buhk [ 11] Jazeman Jaafar [ 11] 85 Luciano Bacheta [ 11] P All Indy Dontje [ 11] Clemens Schmid [ 11] 86 Thomas Jäger [ 4] P 3–4 Christian Hohenadel [ 4] 3 Jules Szymkowiak [ 4] Maximilian Götz [ 5] 4 Gary Paffett [ 5] Mercedes-AMG GT3 [ 33] 87 Jean-Luc Beaubelique[ 33] Am 1–3, 5 Maurice Ricci[ 33] Gilles Vannelet[ 33] 88 Tristan Vautier [ 4] P 3–4 Renger van der Zande [ 4] Morgan Moullin-Traffort[ 4] 3 Felix Rosenqvist [ 5] 4 89 Laurent Cazenave [ 33] PA All Michael Lyons[ 33] Daniele Perfetti[ 33] Morgan Moullin-Traffort[ 5] 4 Zakspeed [ 34] Mercedes-AMG GT3 [ 34] 91 Jean-Frédéric Laberge[ 34] P 1 Alex Tagliani [ 34] Darryl O'Young [ 34] Sebastian Asch [ 6] 5 Luca Ludwig [ 6] Nikolaj Rogivue[ 6] Rowe Racing [ 19] BMW M6 GT3 [ 19] 98 Stef Dusseldorp [ 19] P 1–2, 4–5 Lucas Luhr [ 19] 1, 3 Klaus Graf [ 19] 1 Jens Klingmann [ 22] 2–3 Nick Catsburg [ 22] 2, 4 Dirk Werner [ 4] 3–4 Tom Blomqvist [ 6] 5 Martin Tomczyk [ 6] 99 Philipp Eng [ 19] P All Alexander Sims [ 19] Dirk Werner [ 19] 1 Maxime Martin [ 22] 2, 4 Stef Dusseldorp [ 4] 3 Nick Catsburg [ 6] 5 Lago Racing[ 5] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX [ 5] 132 Roger Lago[ 5] PA 4 Steve Owen [ 5] David Russell [ 5] Jonathon Webb [ 5] Group N entries are ineligible to score points SpeedLover[ 5] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup [ 5] 230 Wim Meulders[ 5] N 4 Grégory Paisse[ 5] Pierre-Yves Paque[ 5] Philippe Richard[ 5] RMS[ 5] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup [ 5] 911 Jean-Marc Bachelier[ 5] N 4 Howard Blank[ 5] Yannick Mallegol[ 5] Fabrice Notari[ 5]
Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup N Group N
Bold indicates overall winner.
Championship standings [ edit ] Scoring system Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter 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.
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' championships[ edit ]