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2016 International Touring Cup season

Competition	International Touring Cup
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	6
Mod Used	NGTC Custom
Vehicle(s)	{{{Vehicles}}}
Tyre Supplier(s)	Dunlop D
Drivers
Teams
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
International Touring Cup Seasons
2013/14 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018

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
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenburg, Sweden	Ice Cold	Honda Civic	G	0	Chris Hack	1
					1	Eric Stranne
					2	Lewis McGlade	1
Aurora Motorsports	Ramsgate, England	Aurora	Honda Civic	G	3	Tobias Olsson	1
					4	James Wilson	1
Enterprise GP	Bromley, England	EGP	Chevrolet Cruze	G	5	Adrian Holm	1
					6	Bart De Vos	1
Epic Racing Team	Banbury, England	Epic	Honda Civic	G	7	Chris Shepherd	1
					8	Geoffrey Fournier	1
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	BMW 125i	G	9	Niki Đaković	1
					10	Adam Taylor	1
Kernow Sport	St. Austell, England	Kernow	Honda Civic	G	11	Rait Tuulikas	1
					12	Mark Wicks	1
Zedderick Racing	Portishead, England	Zedderick	Toyota Avensis	G	14	Philip Morby	1
					15	Cameron Brewster	1
						Ben Willis
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	Mitsubishi Lancer	G	16	Sven de Vries	1
					17	Wopke Hoekstra	1
EVAL Simracing Team	Tallinn, Estonia	EVAL	Honda Civic	G	18	Argo Teder	1
					19	Tuomas Koriala	1
Hinss Motorsport	Melbourne, Australia	Hinss	Ford Focus	G	20	Kevin Ryan	1
					21	David Fidock	1
Holland Racing Team	Pretoria, South Africa	HRT	BMW 125i	G	22	Gerrit de Vries	1
					23	David Francic	1
Origin Front Row Racing	London, England	OFR	Honda Civic	G	24	Daniel Brewer	1
					25	Adam Maguire
STAX Racing	Halifax, Canada	STAX	Honda Civic	G	26	Diego Carranza	1
					27	Carlos Andres Ladines	1
Streamline Engineering	Nottingham, England	Streamline	Toyota Avensis	G	28	Dominic Foster	1
					29	David Jundt	1
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	Ford Focus	G	30	Thomas Hinss	1
					31	Niranjan Kumar	1

Team Changes

• Apex Racing, Bastvik Grand Prix, Cosmo Autosport, CSG Racing, Downforce iZone Racing, Measuric Racing, MTR Motorsport, Torrent Motorsports, Triple Twenty, TTF Racing, Wauters Automotive and YTF1 all did not continue into the 2016 season.
• Having withdrawn from the 2015 championship mid-season, THR did not return to the series in 2016.

New and returning entries

• Woods Racing returned to the series following a 2-year absence.
• Edonis Engineering, EVAL Simracing Team, Hinss Motorsport, Holland Racing Team, Origin Front Row Racing, STAX Racing and Streamline Engineering all entered the series for the first time in 2016.

2016 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Event	Circuit	Conditions	Platform	Date	Time
							Laps†	GMT/BST
1	British Touring Cup	2016 British Touring Cup	Donington Park, North West Leicestershire	TBC	rFactor 2	22nd August	TBC	19:00
2	Portuguese Touring Cup	2016 Portuguese Touring Cup	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	TBC	rFactor 2	5th September	TBC	19:00
3	Polish Touring Cup	2016 Polish Touring Cup	Tor Poznań, Poznań	TBC	rFactor 2	19th September	TBC	19:00
4	French Touring Cup	2016 French Touring Cup	Circuit de la Sarthe (Bugatti Circuit), Le Mans	TBC	rFactor 2	3rd October	TBC	19:00
5	Dubai Touring Cup	2016 Dubai Touring Cup	Dubai Autodrome, Dubailand	TBC	rFactor 2	17th October	TBC	19:00
6	Brazilian Touring Cup	2016 Brazilian Touring Cup	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	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	British Touring Cup	Chris Shepherd	1:34.769	Niki Đaković	1:36.662	Niki Đaković	Vod:Bul Racing	Report
	R2				Niki Đaković	1:34.995	Adam Taylor	Vod:Bul Racing
	R3				Niki Đaković	1:34.372	Adrian Holm	Enterprise GP
2	R4	Portuguese Touring Cup		-		-			Report
	R5					-
	R6					-
3	R7	Polish Touring Cup		-		-			Report
	R8					-
	R9					-
4	R10	French Touring Cup		-		-			Report
	R11					-
	R12					-
5	R13	Dubai Touring Cup		-		-			Report
	R14					-
	R15					-
6	R16	Brazilian Touring Cup		-		-			Report
	R17					-
	R18					-

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver UK POR POL FRA UAE BRA Points 1 Adam Taylor 2 1 6 55 2 Adrian Holm 4 6 1 48 3 Niki Đaković 1 4 15 39 4 Daniel Brewer 3 5 7 36 5 David Francic 11 3 4 34 6 Sven de Vries 8 2 13 31 7 Chris Hack 5 7 8 28 8 Lewis McGlade Ret 12 2 24 9 James Wilson 15 10 3 23 10 Bart De Vos 10 11 5 22 11 Wopke Hoekstra 12 9 10 17 12 Geoffrey Fournier 16 8 9 15 13 David Jundt 9 14 11 14 14 Niranjan Kumar 7 17 12 13 15 Tobias Olsson 6 DNS 10 16 Argo Teder 13 16 24† 3 17 Cameron Brewster 18 13 18 3 18 Carlos Andres Ladines 24 19 14 2 19 Tuomas Koriala 14 DNS 2 20 Chris Shepherd Ret 15 Ret 1 21 Kevin Ryan 21 Ret 16 0 22 Rait Tuulikas 17 24† 20 0 23 Thomas Hinss Ret 21 17 0 24 David Fidock 20 18 19 0 25 Mark Wicks 19 20 Ret 0 26 Diego Carranza 23 22 21 0 27 Philip Morby 22 23 22 0 28 Gerrit de Vries 25† Ret 23 0 29 Dominic Foster Ret Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver UK POR POL FRA UAE BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

^† Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos Constructor Car No. UK POR POL FRA UAE BRA Points 1 Vod:Bul Racing 9 1 4 15 94 10 2 1 6 2 Enterprise GP 5 4 6 1 70 6 10 11 5 3 Ice Cold Racing 0/1 5 7 8 52 2 Ret 12 2 4 Edonis Engineering 16 8 2 13 48 17 12 9 10 5 Origin Front Row Racing 24 3 5 7 36 25 6 Holland Racing Team 22 11 3 4 34 23 25† Ret 23 7 Aurora Motorsports 3 6 DNS 33 4 15 10 3 8 Epic Racing Team 7 Ret 15 Ret 16 8 16 8 9 9 Streamline Engineering 28 Ret Ret Ret 14 29 9 14 11 10 Woods Racing 30 Ret 21 17 13 31 7 17 12 11 EVAL Simracing Team 18 13 16 24† 5 19 14 DNS 12 Zedderick Racing 14 22 23 22 3 15 18 13 18 13 STAX Racing 26 23 22 21 2 27 24 19 14 14 Hinss Motorsport 20 21 Ret 16 0 21 20 18 19 15 Kernow Sport 11 17 24† 20 0 12 19 20 Ret Pos Constructor Car No. UK POR POL FRA UAE BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

^† Cars did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.