The 2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the inaugural season of the GT3 Le Mans Cup. It began on 15 May at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari and finished on 23 October at the Autódromo do Estoril.[1] The series was open to grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.

Calendar

The provisional 2016 calendar was announced at 16 December 2015. All rounds supported the European Le Mans Series (excepting Silverstone) and 24 Hours of Le Mans.[1]

Round Circuit Location Race length Date Supporting
1 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Italy 2 hours 14 May 4 Hours of Imola, ELMS
2 France Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 1 hour 18 June 24 Hours of Le Mans, WEC
3 Austria Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria 2 hours 16 July 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring, ELMS
4 France Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 2 hours 27 August 4 Hours of Le Castellet, ELMS
5 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 2 hours 24 September 4 Hours of Spa, ELMS
6 Portugal Autódromo do Estoril Estoril, Portugal 2 hours 22 October 4 Hours of Estoril, ELMS
Source: [2][3]

Entry list

The full season was open to GT3 class cars. [3]

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
China FFF Racing Team by ACM[4] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 5 Italy Andrea Caldarelli[4] 1, 3
China Fu Songyang[4] 1
United Kingdom Marco Attard[5] 2
United Kingdom Matthew Bell[5] 2
Japan Taiyou Iida[6] 3
McLaren 650S GT3 55 Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi[4] All
United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs[4] All
Italy BMS Scuderia Italia[7] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 7 Italy Matteo Cressoni[7] 1, 4, 6
Italy Luigi Lucchini[7] 1, 4, 6
Italy Villorba Corse[8] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 8 France Steeve Hiesse[8] 1–2, 4–6
France Cédric Mezard[8] 1–2, 4–6
Italy AF Corse[9] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 14 Belgium Adrien De Leener[9] 2–6
Belgium Pierre Marie De Leener[9] 2–6
Ferrari 488 GT3 51 Italy Francesco Castellacci[9] All
Switzerland Thomas Flohr[9] All
57 Russia Aleksey Basov[10] 2
Russia Viktor Shaytar[10] 2
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 71 Portugal Filipe Barreiros[9] All
Denmark Mads Rasmussen[9] All
France Duqueine Engineering Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 17 France Christophe Hamon[10] 2
France Lonni Martins[10] 2
United Kingdom Tockwith Motorsport[11] Audi R8 LMS 19 United Kingdom Philip Hanson[11] 1–3
United Kingdom Nigel Moore[11] 1–3
United Kingdom TF Sport[12] Aston Martin Vantage GT3 22 United Kingdom Andrew Jarman[10] 2
United Kingdom Devon Modell[10] 2
34 United Kingdom Euan Hankey[12] All
Turkey Salih Yoluç[12] All
United Kingdom FF Corse[13] Ferrari 488 GT3 25 United Kingdom Ivor Dunbar[13] All
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem[13] All
France Classic & Modern Racing[14] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 26 France Nicolas Misslin[14] 1–3
France Matthieu Vaxivière[14] 1–3
France Soheil Ayari[15] 4
France Nicolas Tardif[15] 4
France Éric Cayrolle[16] 5
France Arno Santamato[16] 5
Belgium Delahaye Racing Team Porsche 997 GT3 R 28 France Pierre-Étienne Bordet[10] 2
France Alexandre Viron[10] 2
France IDEC Sport Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 37 France Patrice Lafargue[10] 2
France Paul Lafargue[10] 2
Luxembourg DKR Engineering BMW Z4 GT3 44 Netherlands Niels Bouwhuis[10] 2
Netherlands Jan Storm[10] 2
France Larbre Compétition Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 50 France Franck Labescat[10] 2
France Christian Philippon[10] 2
United Kingdom Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 66 United Kingdom James Cottingham[10] 2
United Kingdom Joe Twyman[10] 2
United Kingdom Richard Abra[15] 4–5
United Kingdom Mark Poole[15] 4–5
Russia SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 72 Russia Aleksey Basov[6] 3–6
Russia Viktor Shaytar[6] 3–6
United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 75 United Kingdom Flick Haigh[15] 4
United Kingdom Joe Osborne[15] 4
Netherlands Mentos Racing[7] Porsche 911 GT3 R 88 Norway Egidio Perfetti[7] All
Austria Klaus Bachler[14] 1–3, 5–6
United Kingdom Ben Barker[15] 4
Belgium Autoclub Excelsior[16] Aston Martin Vantage GT3 90 Belgium Michael Schmetz[16] 5
Belgium Tim Verbergt[16] 5

Race results

Rnd. Circuit Pole Position Race Winner Results
1 Imola Italy No. 7 BMS Scuderia Italia United Kingdom No. 34 TF Sport Report
Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Luigi Lucchini
United Kingdom Euan Hankey
Turkey Salih Yoluç
2 Le Mans GT3: Netherlands No. 88 Mentos Racing GT3: Italy No. 57 AF Corse Report
Austria Klaus Bachler
Norway Egidio Perfetti
Russia Aleksey Basov
Russia Viktor Shaytar
LMP3: United States No. 2 United Autosports LMP3: China No. 85 DC Racing
United Kingdom Martin Brundle
United Kingdom Christian England
France Alexandre Cougnaud
France Thomas Laurent
3 Red Bull Russia No. 72 SMP Racing Russia No. 72 SMP Racing Report
Russia Aleksey Basov
Russia Viktor Shaytar
Russia Aleksey Basov
Russia Viktor Shaytar
4 Paul Ricard Russia No. 72 SMP Racing Russia No. 72 SMP Racing Report
Russia Aleksey Basov
Russia Viktor Shaytar
Russia Aleksey Basov
Russia Viktor Shaytar
5 Spa Russia No. 72 SMP Racing Russia No. 72 SMP Racing Report
Russia Aleksey Basov
Russia Viktor Shaytar
Russia Aleksey Basov
Russia Viktor Shaytar
6 Estoril Netherlands No. 88 Mentos Racing United Kingdom No. 34 TF Sport Report
Austria Klaus Bachler
Norway Egidio Perfetti
United Kingdom Euan Hankey
Turkey Salih Yoluç

Driver's championships (top-5)

Pos. Driver Team IMO
Italy
LM
France
RBR
Austria
LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
EST
Portugal
Total
1 Russia Aleksey Basov Russia SMP Racing 1 1 1 1 2 121
1 Russia Viktor Shaytar Russia SMP Racing 1 1 1 1 2 121
2 United Kingdom Euan Hankey United Kingdom TF Sport 1 4 3 3 3 1 107
2 Turkey Salih Yoluç United Kingdom TF Sport 1 4 3 3 3 1 107
3 Norway Egidio Perfetti Netherlands Mentos Racing DNF 3 2 2 2 3 86
4 Austria Klaus Bachler Netherlands Mentos Racing Ret 3 2 2 3 68
5 United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs China FFF Racing Team by ACM 2 2 DNS Ret 5 Ret 46
5 Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi China FFF Racing Team by ACM 2 2 DNS Ret 5 Ret 46
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid not participate

Bold – Pole

Teams Championship (top-5)

Pos. Team Car IMO
Italy
LM
France
RBR
Austria
LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
EST
Portugal
Total
1 United Kingdom No. 34 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1 4 3 3 3 1 107
2 Russia No. 72 SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 1 1 1 2 96
3 Netherlands No. 88 Mentos Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R DNF 3 2 2 2 3 86
4 China No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM McLaren 650S GT3 2 2 DNS Ret 5 Ret 46
5 Italy No. 8 Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 7 10 5 6 5 35
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid not participate

Bold – Pole

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