2016 Italian Touring Car Championship

The 2016 Italian Touring Car Championship is the second season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 30th season since a national touring car series was revied in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo. Starting from this year, the championship takes place of Campionato Italiano Turismo Endurance and it will be divided into TCR and TCS class. The latter will include cars between 1.400 and 2.000cc, nearer to the production series.[1]

2016 Italian Touring Car Championship
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Teams and drivers

Hankook is the official tyre supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
TCR Class
BF Motorsport[2] SEAT León Cup Racer[2] 2 Vincenzo Montalbano[3] 1-2
Eugenio Pisani[4] 1
Imerio Brigliadori 2
7 Romy Dall'Antonia[3] 1-4, 6-7
Samuele Piccin[3] 1-4, 6-7
8 Fabio Fabiani[3] 1-3
Emiliano Giorgi[3] 1
Daniele Verrocchio 2
Marika Diana[5] 3
2T Course & Reglage[6] Citroën C3 Max TCR[6] 3 Marco Della Monica[6] 1
Andrea Stassano[6] 1
Giovanni Lopes 2
Dario Pennica 2
Gianluca Mauriello 4
Massimo Arduini 4
Giovanni Mancini 5
Lorenzo Baroni 5
BRC Racing Team[7] SEAT León Cup Racer[7] 4 Marco Costamagna[7] 1-2, 4, 6
11 Gianluigi Ghione[7] 3, 5
Mariano Costamagna 4, 7
10 5
36 Alberto Biraghi 3
47 Alberto Viberti[8] 1-6
AGS Motorsport[9] Honda Civic TCR[9] 5 Roberto Colciago[9] 1-6
MM Motorsport Honda Civic TCR 6 Emanuele Alborghetti 4
Aku Pellinen 7
SEAT León Cup Racer 21 Luigi Bamonte 2, 4, 6-7
Tecnodom Sport[10] SEAT León TCR[11] 9 Jonathan Giacon[10] 1
NOS Racing[12] SEAT León Cup Racer[12] 14 Massimiliano Chini[12] 1
Nello Nataloni[12] 1
Top Run[11] Subaru Impreza STi TCR[11] 16 Luigi Ferrara 7
Krenek Motorsport SEAT León Cup Racer 19 Petr Fulin 6
Pit Lane Competizioni SEAT León Cup Racer 41 Enrico Bettera 3-4, 7
Esse Motorsport SEAT León Cup Racer 40 Massimiliano Gagliano 3
CRC – Team Bassano[13] SEAT León Cup Racer[13] 76 Daniele Cappellari[13] All
VFR Racing Honda Civic TCR 80 Finlay Crocker 4, 6
TCS Class
SEAT Motorsport Italia[11] SEAT León Cupra ST[14] 101 Giampiero Wyhinny[15] 3-4, 6-7
Orfei Emiliano Perucca 5
107 Sandro Pelatti 4-7
108 Alberto Bassi[15] All
JAS Motorsport[16] Honda Civic Type-R[16] 105 Roberto Colciago 7
115 Hugo Nerman[16] 1
WP Racing SEAT Ibiza 205 Davide Pigozzi 4-7
Marco Baroncini 6
Leone Matteo Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.8 206 Matteo Leone 5
Riccardo Missirolo 5
2T Course & Reglage[17] Peugeot 308 Mi16[17] 308 Massimo Arduini[17] 1-2
Renato Gaiofatto[18] 1-2
Citroën C3 Max 603 Alberto Sabbatini 6
Francesco Neri 6
Paolo Pirovano 7
Alessandro Baccani 7
Tecnodom Sport[19] Alfa Romeo MiTo QV[19] 403 Kevin Giacon[19] 1-4
404 Silvano Bolzoni[20] 1-4
Abarth 595 OT 408 Tobia Zarpellon 4
V-Action Zatti Sport[21] Abarth 595 OT[21] 405 Juuso-Matti Pajuranta[20] 1
406 Manuel Fernandes[20] 1
TCT Class
Bacci Andrea Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV 602 Andrea Bacci 5-7
Mosca Andrea Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV 603 Andrea Mosca 5
604 6-7
Scuderia Giudici[22] Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV[23] 605 Gianni Giudici[23] 7

Calendar and results

The 2016 schedule was announced on 23 November 2015, with all events scheduled to be held in Italy.[24] On 23 January, the Vallelunga round was postponed from 17 April to 4 September.[25] On 16 March, the first round in Monza was moved forward to 30 October, while Adria was anticipated to 8 May.[26]

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 1 Adria International Raceway, Adria 7 May Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago AGS Motorsport Italian Formula 4 Championship
Auto GP Formula Open
2 8 May Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago AGS Motorsport
2 3 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 12 June Imerio Brigliadori Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago AGS Motorsport TCR Trophy Europe
Italian GT Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
4 Alberto Viberti Roberto Colciago Alberto Viberti BRC Racing Team
3 5 Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione 3 July Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago AGS Motorspor
6 Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago AGS Motorsport
4 7 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia 17 July Alberto Viberti Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago AGS Motorsport Italian GT Championship
Italian Formula 4 Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
8 Alberto Viberti Roberto Colciago Alberto Viberti BRC Racing Team
5 9 ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 4 September Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago AGS Motorsport Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
10 Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago AGS Motorsport
6 11 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 25 September Alberto Viberti Alberto Viberti Alberto Viberti BRC Racing Team Italian GT Championship
Italian Formula 4 Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
12 Alberto Viberti Alberto Viberti Alberto Viberti BRC Racing Team
7 13 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 30 October Aku Pellinen Enrico Bettera Aku Pellinen MM Motorsport Italian Formula 4 Championship
14 Enrico Bettera Enrico Bettera Enrico Bettera Pit Lane Competizioni

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver ADR1 MIS MAG MUG VLL IMO MON  Pts. 
TCR class
1 Roberto Colciago 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 8 1 1 3 2 221
2 Alberto Viberti 2 2 Ret 1 5 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 184
3 Romy Dall'Antonia
Samuele Piccin
5 4 3 3 3 8 5 2 4 5 5 2 113
4 Daniele Cappellari 6 5 Ret 4 7 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 4 3 92 (96)
5 Enrico Bettera 6 3 3 Ret 2 1 67
6 Marco Costamagna 8 3 5 6 7 5 5 8 48
7 Vincenzo Montalbano 4 6 2 5 36
8 Luigi Bamonte 6 7 9 6 8 7 6 4 36
9 Finlay Crocker 4 3 7 5 32
10 Peter Fulin 2 3 27
11 Mariano Costamagna Ret DNS 5 5 7 5 25
12 Imerio Brigliadori 2 5 23
13 Aku Pellinen 1 Ret 21
14 Fabio Fabiani 7 7 4 Ret 9 9 20
14 Massimiliano Gagliano 2 7 19
15 Gianluigi Ghione 8 4 Ret 4 19
16 Alberto Biraghi 4 5 15
17 Eugenio Pissani 4 6 13
18 Jonathan Giacon 3 Ret 12
19 Luigi Ferrara 3 Ret 12
20 Daniele Verrocchio 4 DNS 8
21 Giovanni Mancini
Lorenzo Baroni
4 Ret 8
22 Emiliano Giorgi 7 7 8
23 Giovanni Lopes
Dario Pennica
7 8 7
24 Gianluca Mauriello
Massimo Arduini
8 7 7
25 Massimiliano Chini
Nello Nataloni
9 8 5
26 Marika Diana 9 9 4
27 Marco Della Monica
Andrea Stassano
10† DNS 1
28 Emanuele Alborghetti Ret Ret 0
TCS class
1 Hugo Nerman 10 9 20
2 Massimo Arduini
Renato Gaiofatto
11 10 20
3 Kevin Giacon 13 11 20
4 Juuso-Matti Pajuranta 14 12 20
5 Alberto Bassi 12 15† 20
6 Silvano Bolzoni 16 13 20
7 Manuel Fernandes 15 14 20
Pos. Driver ADR1 MIS MAG MUG VLL IMO MON  Pts. 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

 – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.

  • ^1   - the Adria round assigned 5 points in every qualifying and race session to all the participants of the TCS class, regardless of the final result.[27]
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