2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup

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	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
Source:[17]

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 Source:[17]

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

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 Source:[17]

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

References

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11. "Michelin GT3 Cup: Paul Ricard Test Days, Paddock Notes". dailysportscar.com. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
12. "TF Sport Confirms Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup & GT Open Entries". 2 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
13. "FF Corse steps up to GT3 Le Mans Cup". 4 December 2015. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
14. "GT3 Le Mans Cup: Imola, Paddock Notes, A Few Changes For The Opener". dailysportscar.com. 13 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
15. "Circuit Paul Ricard Entry List". GT3 Le Mans Cup. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
16. "Circuit Spa-Francorchamps Entry List". GT3 Le Mans Cup. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
17. "Le Mans Cup – Season 2016: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2024.

External links

• Official website