2016 World GT Series season

2016 World GT Series season

Competition	World GT
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	7
Vehicle(s)	Aston Martin, BMW, Chevrolet, Ferrari
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers
Teams
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
GT Series Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018

GPVWC series in 2016
Career Ladder
Superleague Supercup Formula Challenge Open Series
Other series
Masters Series World Sport Series International Touring Cup World GT Vintage Series Atlantic Series

The 2016 World GT Series will be the fourth running of the GPVWC World GT Series. Luis Felipe Capamadjian enters as the reigning Drivers' champion whilst Scuderia Basilea are the holding Teams' champions.

Teams and drivers

World GT Team	Base	Team	Vehicle	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Scuderia Basilea	Binningen, Switzerland	Basilea	Ferrari 458	G	0	Jordan Weekes	1
					2	Nico Barclay	1
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	3	Cameron Brewster	1
						Matthew Chirgwin
					4	Thomas Jacobs	1
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	Ferrari 458	G	5	Borja Millan	1
					6	Mark Fuller	1
SimTech Motorsport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	Aston Martin Vantage	G	7	Sherwin van der Sloot	1
					8	Luke Walah	1
Armaroli Racing Team	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Armaroli	Ferrari 458	G	9	Gerrit de Vries	1
					10	Lorenzo de Ciutiis	1
Cosmo Autosport	Simonside, England	Cosmo	BMW Z4 2	G	11	Thomas Hinss	1
					12	Bart de Vos	1
FA Racing	Lahti, Finland	FA	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	14
					15
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenburg, Sweden	Ice Cold	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	16	Tommi Ojala	1
					17	Kevin Cox	1
MadCape Racing Team	Cape Town, South Africa	MadCape	Ferrari 458	G	18	Marius Nicolae	1
					19	Michel de Jonge
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, Netherlands	RTS	Chevrolet Corvette C7R	G	20	Rory Collins	1
						Roy Schroten
					21	Tom Parker	1
RPM Racing	Bourne, England	RPM	Ferrari 458	G	22	Tobias Olsson	1
					23	Argenis Riera	1
STAX Racing	Halifax, Canada	STAX	Aston Martin Vantage	G	24	Diego Carranza	1
					25	Geoffrey Fournier	1
						Andrew Waring
Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	SRS	Ferrari 458	G	1	Luis Felipe Capamadjian
					26	Philipp Puschke	1
					27	Risto Kappet	1
Tēafor Motorsport 1	Norwich, England	Tēafor	Aston Martin Vantage	G	28
					29
TTF Racing	London, England	TTF	Chevrolet Corvette C7R 3	G	30	Bret Metcalf	1
					31	Rudolph Mare	1
						Rauno Muru

• ¹ Tēafor Motorsport were originally included on the 15-team grid but withdrew prior to the first round at Fuji.
• ² Cosmo Autosport were originally allocated the Aston Martin Vantage. However, following an opportunity for teams to change cars, they elected to switch to the BMW Z4.
• ³ TTF Racing were originally allocated the Aston Martin Vantage. However, following an opportunity for teams to change cars, they elected to switch to the Chevrolet Corvette C7R.

Team changes

• Aurora Motorsports, Downforce iZone Racing, Edonis Engineering, Fox Racing, Hawkeye Racing, PB Racing, Smile Power Racing, The Mighty Forth, Torrent Motorsports and Walk Racing all did not continue into the 2016 season.

New entries

• Cosmo Autosport, MadCape Racing Team, RPM Racing, STAX Racing, Streetfighter Racing Systems, Tēafor Motorsport and TTF Racing would all make their World GT debuts in 2016.

Returning entries

• FA Racing, Ice Cold Racing and Racing Team Schroten returned to the series, all three having last competed in the 2013 season.

Report

Race Weekend Format

19:00 GMT ~ Free Practice
19:35 GMT ~ Qualifying
19:50 GMT ~ Warmup
20:00 GMT ~ Race Start

2016 Calendar

Rounds	Race Title	Circuit	Date	Race Details
				Track Time	GMT	Duration
1	Japanese GT Cup	Fuji Speedway	3rd March	TBC	19:15	60 Min.
2	Brazilian GT Cup	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	31st March	TBC	19:15	60 Min.
3	Turkish GT Cup	Istanbul Park	14th April	TBC	19:15	60 Min.
4	Belgian GT Cup	Spa-Francorchamps	28th April	TBC	19:15	60 Min.
5	Czech GT Cup	Brno Circuit	26th May	TBC	19:15	60 Min.
6	British GT Cup	Silverstone Circuit	23rd June	TBC	19:15	60 Min.
7	American GT Cup	Circuit of the Americas	21st July	TBC	19:15	60 Min.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	GT Cups	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	Japanese GT Cup	Risto Kappet