2016 International Touring Cup season

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2016 International Touring Cup season
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Competition International Touring Cup
Platform Used RFactor2.png rFactor 2
Rounds 6
Mod Used NGTC Custom
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Tyre Supplier(s) Dunlop D
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The 2016 International Touring Cup season will be the fourth running of the GPVWC International Touring Cup season. Eric Stranne entered the season as defending Drivers' champion for the second year running whilst his own outfit, Ice Cold Racing, entered as the reigning Teams' champions.

Report

Race Weekend Format

19:15 GMT ~ Free Practice
19:35 GMT ~ Qualifying
19:50 GMT ~ Warmup
20:00 GMT ~ Race One Start
20:20 GMT ~ Warmup
20:30 GMT ~ Race Two Start
20:50 GMT ~ Warmup
21:00 GMT ~ Race Three Start

Second and Third race start times dependent on the finishing time of the preceding race, with roughly a 10 minute warmup/break period in-between.

Teams and drivers

International Touring Cup Team Base Team Car Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Norway Ice Cold Racing

Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden

Ice Cold Honda Civic G 1 Sweden Eric Stranne
2 England Lewis McGlade
England Aurora Motorsports

England Ramsgate, England

Aurora Honda Civic G 3   TBC
4   TBC
England Enterprise GP

England Bromley, England

EGP Chevrolet Cruze G 5 Belgium Bart de Vos
6 Sweden Adrian Holm
England Epic Racing Team

England Banbury, England

Epic Honda Civic G 7 France Geoffrey Fournier
8 England Chris Shepherd
England Vod:Bul Racing

England Liverpool, England

Vod:Bul BMW 125i G 9   TBC
10   TBC
England Kernow Sport

England St. Austell, England

Kernow Honda Civic G 11   TBC
12   TBC
England Zedderick Racing

England Portishead, England

Zedderick Toyota Avensis G 14 England Philip Morby
15   TBC
Netherlands Edonis Engineering

Netherlands Groningen, The Netherlands

Edonis Mitsubishi Lancer G 16   TBC
17   TBC
Estonia EVAL Simracing Team

Estonia Tallinn, Estonia

EVAL Honda Civic G 18   TBC
19   TBC
Australia Hinss Motorsport

Australia Melbourne, Australia

Hinss Ford Focus G 20 Ireland Kevin Ryan
21   TBC
Netherlands Holland Racing Team

Netherlands The Netherlands

HRT BMW 125i G 22 Netherlands Gerrit de Vries
23 Croatia David Francic
England Origin Front Row Racing

England London, England

OFR Honda Civic G 24   TBC
25   TBC
Canada STAX Racing

Canada Halifax, Canada

STAX Honda Civic G 26 Peru Diego Carranza
27 Peru Carlos Andres Ladines
England Streamline Engineering

England Nottingham, England

Streamline Mitsubishi Lancer G 28   TBC
29   TBC
England Woods Racing

England Southampton, England

Woods Ford Focus G 30 Australia Thomas Hinss
31 India Niranjan Kumar

Team Changes

New and returning entries

2016 Calendar

Round Race Title Event Circuit Conditions Platform Date Time
Laps GMT/BST
1 British Touring Cup 2016 British Touring Cup United Kingdom Donington Park, North West Leicestershire TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 22nd August TBC 19:00
2 Portuguese Touring Cup 2016 Portuguese Touring Cup Portugal Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 5th September TBC 19:00
3 Polish Touring Cup 2016 Polish Touring Cup Poland Tor Poznań, Poznań TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 19th September TBC 19:00
4 French Touring Cup 2016 French Touring Cup France Circuit de la Sarthe (Bugatti Circuit), Le Mans TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 3rd October TBC 19:00
5 Dubai Touring Cup 2016 Dubai Touring Cup United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome, Dubailand TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 17th October TBC 19:00
6 Brazilian Touring Cup 2016 Brazilian Touring Cup Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 31st October TBC 19:00
each round consists of three races of equal length.

Calendar changes

  • For the first time in its history, the series calendar was shortened. Running at six rounds long, it is set to be the shortest International Touring Cup season to date.
  • Though returning alongside two other established touring cups, the Brazilian round would be the only example of a returning circuit for the 2016 season.
  • Both the British and Portuguese Touring Cups returned, both traveling to new circuits; Donington Park and the Autódromo do Estoril respectively.
  • Three brand new touring cups were established for this season based in Poland, France and Dubai.

Results and standings

Rounds

Round Event Pole Position Pole Time Fastest Lap F/L Time Winning driver Winning team Report
1 R1 United Kingdom British Touring Cup   -   -     Report
R2   -    
R3   -    
2 R4 Portugal Portuguese Touring Cup   -   -     Report
R5   -    
R6   -    
3 R7 Poland Polish Touring Cup   -   -     Report
R8   -    
R9   -    
4 R10 France French Touring Cup   -   -     Report
R11   -    
R12   -    
5 R13 United Arab Emirates Dubai Touring Cup   -   -     Report
R14   -    
R15   -    
6 R16 Brazil Brazilian Touring Cup   -   -     Report
R17   -    
R18   -    
Preceded by:
2015 International Touring Cup season
GPVWC International Touring Cup season
2016
Succeeded by:
2017 International Touring Cup season