2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup

The 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup was the inaugural season of the GT3 Le Mans Cup. It begun on 15 May at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari and finished on 23 October at the Autódromo do Estoril.[1]

2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup
Previous: none Next: 2017
Parent series:
European Le Mans Series
Road to Le Mans

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]

Rnd Circuit Location Length Date Supporting
1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Italy 2 hours 14 May 4 Hours of Imola, ELMS
2 Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 1 hour 18 June 24 Hours of Le Mans, WEC
3 Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria 2 hours 16 July 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring, ELMS
4 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 2 hours 27 August 4 Hours of Le Castellet, ELMS
5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 2 hours 24 September 4 Hours of Spa, ELMS
6 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
FFF Racing Team by ACM[4] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 5 Andrea Caldarelli[4] 1, 3
Fu Songyang[4] 1
Marco Attard[5] 2
Matthew Bell[5] 2
Taiyou Iida[6] 3
McLaren 650S GT3 55 Hiroshi Hamaguchi[4] All
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs[4] All
BMS Scuderia Italia[7] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 7 Matteo Cressoni[7] 1, 4, 6
Luigi Lucchini[7] 1, 4, 6
Villorba Corse[8] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 8 Steeve Hiesse[8] 1–2, 4–6
Cédric Mezard[8] 1–2, 4–6
AF Corse[9] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 14 Adrien De Leener[9] 2–6
Pierre Marie De Leener[9] 2–6
Ferrari 488 GT3 51 Francesco Castellacci[9] All
Thomas Flohr[9] All
57 Aleksey Basov[10] 2
Viktor Shaytar[10] 2
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 71 Filipe Barreiros[9] All
Mads Rasmussen[9] All
Duqueine Engineering Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 17 Christophe Hamon[10] 2
Lonni Martins[10] 2
Tockwith Motorsport[11] Audi R8 LMS 19 Philip Hanson[11] 1–3
Nigel Moore[11] 1–3
TF Sport[12] Aston Martin Vantage GT3 22 Andrew Jarman[10] 2
Devon Modell[10] 2
34 Euan Hankey[12] All
Salih Yoluç[12] All
FF Corse[13] Ferrari 488 GT3 25 Ivor Dunbar[13] All
Johnny Mowlem[13] All
Classic & Modern Racing[14] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 26 Nicolas Misslin[14] 1–3
Matthieu Vaxivière[14] 1–3
Soheil Ayari[15] 4
Nicolas Tardif[15] 4
Éric Cayrolle[16] 5
Arno Santamato[16] 5
Delahaye Racing Team Porsche 997 GT3 R 28 Pierre-Étienne Bordet[10] 2
Alexandre Viron[10] 2
IDEC Sport Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 37 Patrice Lafargue[10] 2
Paul Lafargue[10] 2
DKR Engineering BMW Z4 GT3 44 Niels Bouwhuis[10] 2
Jan Storm[10] 2
Larbre Compétition Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 50 Franck Labescat[10] 2
Christian Philippon[10] 2
Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 66 James Cottingham[10] 2
Joe Twyman[10] 2
Richard Abra[15] 4–5
Mark Poole[15] 4–5
SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 72 Aleksey Basov[6] 3–6
Viktor Shaytar[6] 3–6
Optimum Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 75 Flick Haigh[15] 4
Joe Osborne[15] 4
Mentos Racing[7] Porsche 911 GT3 R 88 Egidio Perfetti[7] All
Klaus Bachler[14] 1–3, 5–6
Ben Barker[15] 4
Autoclub Excelsior[16] Aston Martin Vantage GT3 90 Michael Schmetz[16] 5
Tim Verbergt[16] 5

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

Driver's championships (top-5)
Pos. Driver Team IMO
 LM
 RBR
 LEC
 SPA
 EST
 Total
1 Aleksey Basov SMP Racing 1 1 1 1 2 121
1 Viktor Shaytar SMP Racing 1 1 1 1 2 121
2 Euan Hankey TF Sport 1 4 3 3 3 1 107
2 Salih Yoluç TF Sport 1 4 3 3 3 1 107
3 Egidio Perfetti Mentos Racing DNF 3 2 2 2 3 86
4 Klaus Bachler Mentos Racing Ret 3 2 2 3 68
5 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs FFF Racing Team by ACM 2 2 DNS Ret 5 Ret 46
5 Hiroshi Hamaguchi 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
 LM
 RBR
 LEC
 SPA
 EST
 Total
1 No. 34 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1 4 3 3 3 1 107
2 No. 72 SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 1 1 1 2 96
3 No. 88 Mentos Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R DNF 3 2 2 2 3 86
4 No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM McLaren 650S GT3 2 2 DNS Ret 5 Ret 46
5 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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