2016 World Touring Car Championship

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Manufacturer entries
Lada Sport Rosneft[2]	Lada Vesta WTCC[2]	2	Gabriele Tarquini[3]	All
		7	Hugo Valente[3]	All
		10	Nick Catsburg[3]	All
Honda Racing Team JAS[4]	Honda Civic WTCC[5]	5	Norbert Michelisz[5]	All
		34	Ryo Michigami[6]	9
Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team[5]		12	Robert Huff[5]	All
		18	Tiago Monteiro[5]	All
Citroën Racing[7]	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC[7]	37	José María López[7]	All
		68	Yvan Muller[7]	All
Polestar Cyan Racing[8]	Volvo S60 Polestar TC1	61	Fredrik Ekblom[9]	1–6, 10
		62	Thed Björk[9]	All
		63	Robert Dahlgren[10]	7–8, 11
		81	Néstor Girolami[11]	9
Independent entries
Sébastien Loeb Racing[12]	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	3	Tom Chilton[13]	All
		11	Grégoire Demoustier[14]	All
		25	Mehdi Bennani[12]	All
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	8	Sabine Schmitz	5
		15	James Thompson[15]	2, 4, 6–11
		77	René Münnich[4]	1, 3
ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	9	Tom Coronel[4]	All
Campos Racing[4]	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1[4]	27	John Filippi[16]	All
		86	Esteban Guerrieri[17]	8
Zengő Motorsport[4]	Honda Civic WTCC[4]	55	Ferenc Ficza[18]	1–7, 9–11
		99	Dániel Nagy[18]	1, 7–11
ETCC Entries ineligible to score points
Super 2000
Zengő Motorsport[19]	SEAT León Cup Racer	108	Norbert Nagy[19]	5
Rikli Motorsport[19]	Honda Civic TCR	111	Kris Richard[19]	5
		112	Peter Rikli[19]	5
Lema Racing[19]	SEAT León Cup Racer	114	Igor Stefanovski[19]	5
		137	Fábio Mota[19]	5
ASK Lein Racing[19]	SEAT León Cup Racer	117	Mladen Lalušić[19]	5
Krenek Motorsport[19]	SEAT León Cup Racer	119	Christjohannes Schreiber[19]	5
		122	Petr Fulín[19]	5
Sébastien Loeb Racing[20]	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup[20]	130	Teddy Clairet[19]	5
		138	David Pouget[19]	5
Super 1600
RAVENOL Motorsport[19]	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V	181	Niklas Mackschin[19]	5
		182	Ksenia Niks[19]	5
		183	Daniel Niermann[19]	5
		184	Ulrike Krafft[19]	5
ETH Tuning[19]	Peugeot 207 Sport	186	Andreas Rinke[19]	5
		187	David Griessner[19]	5
Master KR Racing[19]	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V[19]	195	Sergii Kravets[19]	5
		197	Pavlo Kopylets[19]	5

Calendar[]

The provisional 2016 schedule was revealed on 2 December 2015.^[21] With the confirmation of the 2016 SMP F4 Championship calendar, it was originally confirmed the season would start at the Sochi Autodrom, with the Russian round of the championship switching from Moscow Raceway.^[22] However, on 9 February 2016, the calendar was adjusted, leaving the Russian round at Moscow in June.^[23]

Rnd.	Race	Race Name	Circuit	Date
1	1	JVC Kenwood Race of France	Circuit Paul Ricard	3 April
	2
2	3	Race of Slovakia	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	17 April
	4
3	5	Race of Hungary	Hungaroring	24 April
	6
4	7	Afriquia Race of Morocco	Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan	8 May
	8
5	9	Race of Germany	Nürburgring Nordschleife	28 May
	10
6	11	Rosneft Race of Russia	Moscow Raceway	12 June
	12
7	13	Race of Portugal	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real	26 June
	14
8	15	Race of Argentina	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo	7 August
	16
9	17	JVC Kenwood Race of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi	4 September
	18
10	19	Race of China	Shanghai International Circuit	25 September
	20
11	21	Race of Qatar	Losail International Circuit	25 November
	22

Calendar changes[]

• The Race of Thailand was cancelled after the organiser Eurosport Events and the Thai ASN failed to come to an agreement. No replacement race will be held, reducing the calendar to 11 race weekends. ^[24]

Results and standings[]

Compensation weights[]

The most competitive cars keep an 80 kg compensation weight. The other cars get a lower one, calculated according to their results for the three previous rounds. The less the cars get some good results, the less they get a compensation weight, from 0 kg to 80 kg. For the first two rounds, Citroën C-Elysée WTCC had an 80 kg compensation weight.

Races[]

Race	Race Name	MAC3 winner	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer	Independent winner	Report
1	Race of France	Citroën		Robert Huff	Robert Huff	Castrol Honda	Honda	Mehdi Bennani
2			José María López	Yvan Muller	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani
3	Race of Slovakia	Citroën Honda		Robert Huff	Tiago Monteiro	Castrol Honda	Honda	Mehdi Bennani
4			Yvan Muller	José María López	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani
5	Race of Hungary	Honda		José María López	Mehdi Bennani	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani
6			José María López	José María López	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Tom Chilton
7	Race of Morocco	Citroën		Hugo Valente	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	Tom Coronel
8			Robert Huff	Gabriele Tarquini	José María López[N 1]	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani
9	Race of Germany	Honda		Tom Chilton	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Tom Chilton
10			José María López	Mehdi Bennani	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Tom Chilton
11	Race of Russia	Honda		Nick Catsburg	Gabriele Tarquini	Lada Sport Rosneft	Lada	James Thompson
12			Nick Catsburg	Ferenc Ficza	Nick Catsburg	Lada Sport Rosneft	Lada	James Thompson
13	Race of Portugal	Citroën		José María López	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	Tom Coronel
14			Tiago Monteiro	Robert Huff	Tiago Monteiro	Castrol Honda	Honda	Mehdi Bennani
15	Race of Argentina	Honda		José María López	Tom Chilton	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Citroën	Tom Chilton
16			José María López	José María López	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Tom Coronel
17	Race of Japan	Citroën		Thed Björk	Norbert Michelisz	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	Tom Chilton
18			José María López	José María López	Yvan Muller	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani
19	Race of China	Honda		Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Polestar Cyan Racing	Volvo	Tom Coronel
20			José María López	José María López	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani
21	Race of Qatar	Citroën		Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	Lada Sport Rosneft	Lada	Tom Chilton
22			Mehdi Bennani	Nick Catsburg	Mehdi Bennani	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani

Championship standings[]

Drivers' championship[]

Pos. Driver  Pts.  1 José María López 6 11 5 13 13 11 2 11 1 11 5 8 5 55 5 11 4 21 4 11 9 33 381 2 Yvan Muller 13 43 7 51 12 2 3 23 Ret DNS2 3 11 9 22 3 54 5 12 3 23 4 64 257 3 Tiago Monteiro 4 22 1 2 11 34 DSQ DSQ Ret DNS 6 5 10 11 4 4 3 34 10 8 Ret 5 214 4 Norbert Michelisz 3 3 6 44 DNS 10 DSQ DSQ 3 24 10 35 8 33 6 82 1 8 2 11 5 45 213 5 Mehdi Bennani 2 8 2 6 1 8 6 5 5 5 9 10 4 8 8 7 16 43 11 34 16 11 206 6 Robert Huff 1 6 3 145 10 63 DSQ DSQ 4 4 7 4 6 44 2 3 2 9 9 13 3 8 199 7 Nick Catsburg 8 55 11 32 3 13 Ret 72 9 6 2 11 3 7 13 12 7 11 5 42 8 14 175 8 Tom Chilton 11 9 9 7 2 5 5 DSQ 2 35 14 16 2 10 1 9 8 65 Ret 9 2 Ret 163 9 Gabriele Tarquini Ret Ret 4 13 5 Ret 4 3 7 9 1 22 12 13 14 13 10 10 16† 5 1 7 147 10 Thed Björk 7 Ret DSQ DSQ 15 45 9 105 Ret 8 Ret 15 7 6 11 14 6 7 1 75 6 22 117 11 Tom Coronel 9 114 15 9 14 72 1 84 Ret DNS3 12 Ret 1 16 7 23 17 14 7 10 12 9 111 12 Hugo Valente 5 7 12 Ret 6 9 Ret 4 6 10 4 73 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 13 6 12 Ret Ret 78 13 Fredrik Ekblom NC 10 10 8 4 11 7 11 8 7 13 12 8 6 47 14 James Thompson 16 11 Ret 6 8 64 11 11 9 11 13 12 12 14 10 10 24 15 Néstor Girolami 9 5 12 16 Grégoire Demoustier 10 13 13 12 7 Ret 8 Ret 11 14 16 13 16 12 12 15 17 15 13 17 15 12 11 17 Esteban Guerrieri Ret 65 9 18 John Filippi 12 12 14 10 8 12 Ret 9 Ret 12 11 14 15 14 10 10 14 16 Ret 15 14 13 9 19 Robert Dahlgren 13 Ret 16 16 7 Ret 6 20 Ferenc Ficza DNS DNS Ret DNS DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 12 13 15 9 14 15 WD WD 18 18 14 16 13 11 2 21 René Münnich 14 Ret 9 14 2 22 Sabine Schmitz 10 11 1  — Dániel Nagy WD WD 17 Ret 15 17 15 19 15 18 11 15 0  — Ryo Michigami 11 17 0 Pos. Driver  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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:

Notes

• ^{1 2 3 4 5} refers to the classification of the drivers after the qualifying for the main race (second race), where bonus points are awarded 5–4–3–2–1.

Manufacturers' Championship[]

Pos.	Manufacturer																																		Pts.
		M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2
1	Citroën	1	2	11	1	2	11	2	1	11	1	2	11	2	1	11	2	5	84	1	1	22	2	1	11	1	4	11	Ret	3	11	1	2	11	957
			6	43		5	53		2	2		3	33		5	52		9	105		5	54		3	53		5	22		4	23		4	33
2	Honda	3	1	22	1	1	24	1	10	32	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	1	3	23	1	6	33	2	6	11	1	2	32	2	1	3	1	2	8	DNP	3	44	675
			3	35		3	45		11	63		DSQ	DSQ		4	4		7	4		8	33		4	44		2	8		9	11		5	55
3	Lada	2	5	54	Ret	4	32	3	3	95	2	4	32	DNP	6	64	3	1	11	3	3	7	3	13	125	3	7	105	2	5	42	DNP	1	7	536
			8	7		11	13		5	13		Ret	45		7	9		2	22		12	9		14	13		10	11		6	55		8	14
4	Volvo	DNP	7	10	DNP	10	8	DNP	4	44	DNP	7	104	DNP	8	75	DNP	13	12	DNP	7	65	DNP	11	14	DNP	6	54	DNP	1	64	DNP	6	22	321
			NC	Ret		DSQ	DSQ		15	11		9	11		Ret	8		Ret	15		13	Ret		16	16		9	7		8	7		7	Ret
Pos.	Manufacturer																																		Pts.

Notes

Only the two best placed cars of each manufacturer earned points.

• ^{1 2 3 4 5} refers to the classification of the drivers in the main race qualification, where bonus points are awarded 5–4–3–2–1. Points were only awarded to the fastest two cars from each manufacturer.

In MAC3 points are awarded if 3 cars of the same manufacturer within a 15 seconds gap. MAC3 points were awarded as follows:

WTCC Trophy[]

WTCC Trophy points are awarded to the first eight drivers classified in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. One point is awarded to the highest-placed WTCC Trophy competitor in qualifying and for another for the fastest lap in each race.

Pos.	Driver																							Pts.
1	Mehdi Bennani	2	8	2	6	1	8	6	5	5	5	9	10	4	8	8	7	16	4	11	3	16	1	190
2	Tom Chilton	11	9	9	7	2	5	5	DSQ	2	3	14	16	2	10	1	8	8	6	Ret	9	2	Ret	155
3	Tom Coronel	9	11	15	9	14	7	1	8	Ret	DNS	12	Ret	1	16	7	2	12	14	7	10	12	9	134
4	James Thompson			16	11			Ret	6			8	6	11	11	9	11	13	12	12	14	10	10	93
5	John Filippi	12	12	14	10	8	12	Ret	9	Ret	12	11	14	15	14	10	10	14	16	Ret	15	14	13	83
6	Grégoire Demoustier	10	13	13	12	7	Ret	8	Ret	11	14	16	13	16	12	12	15	17	15	13	17	15	12	76
7	Ferenc Ficza	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	12	13	15	9	14	15			18	18	14	16	13	11	45
8	Dániel Nagy	WD	WD											17	Ret	15	19	15	19	15	18	11	15	21
9	Sabine Schmitz									10	11													12
10	René Münnich	14	Ret			9	14																	11
11	Esteban Guerrieri															Ret	6							9
Pos.	Driver																							Pts.

WTCC Teams' Trophy[]

All the teams taking part in the championship were eligible to score points towards the Teams' Trophy, with the exception of manufacturer teams, with the first two cars from each team scoring points in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.

Pos	Team																							Pts
1	Sébastien Loeb Racing	2	8	2	6	1	5	5	5	2	3	9	10	2	8	1	7	8	4	11	3	2	1	334
		10	9	9	7	2	8	6	Ret	5	5	14	13	4	10	8	8	16	6	13	9	15	12
2	ROAL Motorsport	9	11	15	9	14	7	1	8	Ret	DNS	12	Ret	1	16	7	2	12	14	7	10	12	9	131
3	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	14	Ret	16	11	9	14	Ret	6	10	11	8	6	11	11	9	11	13	12	12	14	10	10	117
4	Campos Racing	12	12	14	10	8	12	Ret	9	Ret	12	11	14	15	14	10	6	14	16	Ret	15	14	13	95
																Ret	10
5	Zengő Motorsport	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	12	13	15	9	14	15	15	19	15	18	14	16	11	11	75
		WD	WD											17	Ret			18	19	15	18	13	15
Pos	Team																							Pts

Regulation changes[]

The sporting regulations were approved by the FIA, at the December 2015 meeting of the World Motor Sport Council.^[25]

Sporting regulations[]

• The reverse grid race of the weekend was switched from race two to race one, with the length of race two being increased by one lap.
• A new qualifying time trial format was introduced for manufacturers, titled Manufacturers Against the Clock (MAC3), to be held at the end of the regular three-part qualifying session.
• Compensation weight for the most successful car was increased to 80 kg.

See also[]

• 2016 European Touring Car Cup

Footnotes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website of the World Touring Car Championship