The 2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup was the fourth season following on from the demise of the SRO Group 's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the third with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series or Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup. 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 Sprint Series name to change from Blancpain Sprint Series to Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.[1]
Calendar [ ]
The series started at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli on 10 April and ended at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain on 2 October. The calendar was reduced to five events, dropping races at Nogaro , Moscow , Algarve , Zolder and Zandvoort , with the addition of races at Hungaroring and Nürburgring .[2]
Event
Circuit
Date
1
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli , Misano Adriatico , Italy
10 April
2
Brands Hatch , Kent , Great Britain
8 May
3
Nürburgring , Nürburg , Germany
3 July
4
Hungaroring , Mogyoród , Hungary
28 August
5
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya , Montmeló , Spain
2 October
Entry list [ ]
Icon
Class
P
Pro Cup
PA
Pro-Am Cup
S
Silver Cup
Am
Am Cup
Race results [ ]
Bold indicates overall winner.
Championship standings [ ]
Scoring system
Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Main Race. The pole-sitter in the Qualifying Race 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.
Qualifying Race points
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Pole
Points
8
6
4
3
2
1
1
Main Race points
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
Drivers' championships [ ]
Overall [ ]
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Race winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank
Did Not Participate
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
Pro-Am Cup [ ]
Driver
Team
MIS
BRH
NÜR
HUN
CAT
Points
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
1
Michał Broniszewski Giacomo Piccini
Kessel Racing
23
13
30
23
18
26
24
29
30
25
143
2
Jean-Luc Beaubelique Morgan Moullin-Traffort
AKKA ASP
27
24
29
23
26
27
32
23
22
26
119
3
Jean-Philippe Belloc Christophe Bourret
AKKA ASP
34
27
30
30
28
22
27
28
78
4
Sebastian Asch Didi Gonzales
Team a-workx
29
31
35
31
EX
31
39
5
Rinat Salikhov Norbert Siedler
Rinaldi Racing
23
22
31
6
Matias Henkola Maxime Martin
Boutsen Ginion
25
25
21
7
Daniel Keilwitz Steve Parrow
Black Pearl Racing
33
26
19
8
Christopher Brück Alexander Mattschull
Rinaldi Racing
25
27
16
Driver
Team
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
Points
MIS
BRH
NÜR
HUN
CAT
Silver Cup [ ]
Driver
Team
MIS
BRH
NÜR
HUN
CAT
Points
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
1
Michele Beretta Luca Stolz
GRT Grasser Racing Team
16
23
23
10
15
13
26
20
12
7
125
2
Nicolaj Møller Madsen
Phoenix Racing
19
15
19
Ret
20
15
9
Ret
7
6
104
3
Stuart Leonard Michael Meadows
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Ret 1
18
15
Ret
28
18
12
11
14
20
96
4
Ricardo Sánchez Sean Walkinshaw
Nissan GT Academy Team RJN
24
28
31
22
25
29
23
19
24
23
79
5
Markus Pommer
Phoenix Racing
19
15
19
Ret
20
15
61
6
Jeroen Mul Max van Splunteren
Attempto Racing
21
20
24
13
22
21
21
Ret
60
7
Alessio Picariello
Phoenix Racing
9
Ret
7
6
43
Driver
Team
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
Points
MIS
BRH
NÜR
HUN
CAT
Notes
1 – Stuart Leonard and Michael Meadows received points toward the Silver Cup championship, despite the fact that they were not classified.
Am Cup [ ]
Driver
Team
MIS
BRH
NÜR
HUN
CAT
Points
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
1
Claudio Sdanewitsch
AF Corse
30
30
36
29
29
28
29
26
28
29
161
2
Stéphane Lémeret
AF Corse
30
30
36
29
29
28
28
29
134
3
Christian Hook Steve Parrow
Black Pearl Racing
28
34
32
33
30
27
29
30
92
4
Stephen Earle David Perel
Kessel Racing
31
25
29
5
Rino Mastronardi
AF Corse
29
26
27
6
Laurent Jenny Cédric Leimer
X-Bionic Racing Team
32
33
22
Driver
Team
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
Points
MIS
BRH
NÜR
HUN
CAT
Teams' championships [ ]
Overall [ ]
Team
Manufacturer
MIS
BRH
NÜR
HUN
CAT
Points
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
1
Team WRT [N 1]
Audi
13
8
3
1
1
4
1
2
1
3
104
2
(AMG - Team) HTP Motorsport
Mercedes-Benz
5
2
1
2
8
3
4
1
6
8
97
3
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Audi
3
1
5
12
3
2
3
3
5
4
89
4
AKKA ASP
Mercedes-Benz
7
24
9
9
26
10
2
4
3
1
61
5
Garage 59
McLaren
9
4
8
4
2
1
17
17
16
13
59
6
Bentley Team M-Sport
Bentley
1
11
10
3
6
32
14
9
4
2
55
7
Rowe Racing
BMW
2
3
22
16
7
8
18
13
8
15
36
8
ISR
Audi
8
5
2
5
4
20
7
21
21
12
33
9
GRT Grasser Racing Team
Lamborghini
16
12
7
10
15
13
8
14
2
5
28
10
Saintéloc Racing
Audi
11
16
11
6
19
12
6
6
11
10
28
11
Rinaldi Racing/Black Pearl Racing
Ferrari
6
6
14
26
11
5
30
27
23
22
20
12
Phoenix Racing
Audi
15
15
13
11
20
15
9
Ret
7
6
10
13
Nissan GT Academy Team RJN
Nissan
17
14
21
18
16
14
20
18
9
11
4
14
AF Corse
Ferrari
12
9
26
29
29
16
29
26
28
29
4
15
Attempto Racing
Lamborghini
18
10
24
13
12
19
24
Ret
17
19
2
Kessel Racing
Ferrari
23
13
30
21
18
26
26
25
30
25
0
Boutsen Ginion
BMW
25
25
0
Team a-workx
Porsche
29
31
35
31
EX
31
0
X-Bionic Racing Team
Lamborghini
32
33
0
Team
Manufacturer
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
Points
MIS
BRH
NÜR
HUN
CAT
Pro-Am Cup [ ]
Team
Manufacturer
MIS
BRH
NÜR
HUN
CAT
Points
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
1
Kessel Racing
Ferrari
23
13
30
23
18
26
24
29
30
25
148
2
AKKA ASP
Mercedes-Benz
27
24
29
23
26
27
28
22
22
26
128
3
Rinaldi Racing/Black Pearl Racing
Ferrari
33
26
23
22
50
4
Team a-workx
Porsche
29
31
35
31
EX
31
45
5
Boutsen Ginion
BMW
25
25
21
Team
Manufacturer
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
Points
MIS
BRH
NÜR
HUN
CAT
Am Cup [ ]
Team
Manufacturer
MIS
BRH
NÜR
HUN
CAT
Points
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
1
AF Corse
Ferrari
30
30
36
29
29
28
29
26
28
29
161
2
Black Pearl Racing
Ferrari
28
34
32
33
30
27
29
30
92
3
Kessel Racing
Ferrari
31
25
29
4
X-Bionic Racing Team
Lamborghini
32
33
22
Team
Manufacturer
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
QR
MR
Points
MIS
BRH
NÜR
HUN
CAT
See also [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ a b Only a limited number of cars per team were able to score points toward the Teams' championship. Therefore cars No. 2, 3 and 33 entered as Belgian Audi Club Team WRT , but in the Teams' championship the drivers of cars No. 2, 3 and 33 scored points for Team WRT .
^ a b Car No. 66 entered as Black Pearl Racing and cars No. 333 and 458 entered as Rinaldi Racing.
^ Rinaldi Racing entered with a Ferrari 488 GT3 , but drove at Misano with a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 since the 488 had not arrived yet.
^ a b Car No. 84 entered as HTP Motorsport from Round 1 to 3, but at Rounds 4 and 5 it entered as AMG - Team HTP Motorsport . Cars No. 85 and 86 entered as HTP Motorsport .
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