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

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	Mixed	rFactor 2	22nd August	12	19:00
2	Portuguese Touring Cup	2016 Portuguese Touring Cup	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	Dry	rFactor 2	5th September	11	19:00
3	Polish Touring Cup	2016 Polish Touring Cup	Tor Poznań, Poznań	Dry	rFactor 2	19th September	12	19:00
4	French Touring Cup	2016 French Touring Cup	Circuit de la Sarthe (Bugatti Circuit), Le Mans	Dry	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	Niki Đaković	1:43.903	Niki Đaković	1:43.865	Niki Đaković	Vod:Bul Racing	Report
	R5				Chris Shepherd	1:43.417	Niki Đaković	Vod:Bul Racing
	R6				Adrian Holm	1:44.070	Adrian Holm	Enterprise GP
3	R7	Polish Touring Cup	Chris Shepherd	1:34.301	Bart De Vos	1:34.517	Chris Shepherd	Epic Racing	Report
	R8				Adrian Holm	1:34.720	Niki Đaković	Vod:Bul Racing
	R9				Chris Shepherd	1:34.570	Matt Richards	Hinss Motorsport
4	R10	French Touring Cup	Rudy van Buren	1:41.327	Rudy van Buren	1:41.908	Rudy van Buren	EVAL Simracing Team	Report
	R11				Chris Shepherd	1:41.502	Rudy van Buren	EVAL Simracing Team
	R12				Bart De Vos	1:41.442	Chris Shepherd	Epic Racing
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 Adrian Holm 4 6 1 2 13 1 3 2 10 3 3 7 179 2 Niki Đaković 1 4 14 1 1 13 2 1 19 5 6 8 167 3 Bart De Vos 10 10 5 5 8 5 6 5 11 2 4 3 128 4 David Francic 11 3 4 13 4 6 11 8 4 9 7 6 112 5 Chris Shepherd Ret 15 Ret 4 5 Ret 1 3 18 20 13 1 94 6 Sven de Vries 8 2 13 7 3 Ret 20 15 6 6 5 11 93 7 Adam Taylor 2 1 6 10 6 9 7 15 12 92 8 David Jundt 9 14 11 6 11 4 12 12 9 10 9 5 81 9 Tobias Olsson 6 DNS Ret 14 Ret 5 4 7 4 2 Ret 78 10 Eric Stranne 3 2 10 7 6 3 77 11 James Wilson 14 13 3 8 10 2 Ret 11 4 73 12 Rudy van Buren 1 1 2 70 13 Lewis McGlade Ret 11 2 14 15 7 9 7 12 8 Ret Ret 65 14 Wopke Hoekstra 12 9 10 11 12 3 12 Ret 13 49 15 Niranjan Kumar 7 17 12 19 21 Ret 10 9 5 14 14 9 48 16 Matt Richards 20 16 4 11 1 43 17 Daniel Brewer 3 5 7 36 18 Nico Barclay 17 7 8 Ret Ret DNS 11 8 10 36 19 Chris Hack 5 7 8 28 20 Geoffrey Fournier 15 8 9 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret 13 Ret Ret DNS 28 21 Tuomas Koriala 18 DNS 16 16 Ret 8 10 8 13 16 14 27 22 Adam Hodgkinson 20 18 20 13 13 2 17 Ret 19 26 23 Philip Morby 22 23 22 18 23 12 15 14 15 15 12 16 13 24 Simon Crain 12 9 15 16 Ret DNS 12 25 Mark Wicks 19 20 Ret 15 19 14 21 18 10 17 9 26 Emil Sallberg 23 17 11 19 16 17 5 27 Cameron Brewster 17 12 16 4 28 Argo Teder 13 16 Ret 21 Ret 16 3 29 Thomas Hinss Ret 21 15 17 Ret 14 3 30 Rob Mason 16 17 15 1 31 Rait Tuulikas 16 Ret 21 0 32 Gerrit de Vries Ret Ret 23 26 DNS 17 24 17 Ret 21 Ret Ret 0 33 Carlos Andres Ladines 24 19 17 0 34 Ben Willis 18 19 22 19 Ret 18 0 35 David Fidock 20 18 18 0 36 Tristen Potters 24 Ret 18 22 18 23 0 37 Kevin Ryan 21 Ret 19 22 Ret Ret 0 38 Andrejs Pestovs 25 22 19 0 39 Lazaros Filippakos 23 20 20 0 40 Diego Carranza 23 22 20 21 Ret DNS 0 41 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 90% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos Constructor Car No. UK POR POL FRA UAE BRA Points 1 Enterprise GP 5 4 6 1 2 13 1 3 2 10 3 3 7 307 6 10 10 5 5 8 5 6 5 11 2 4 3 2 Vod:Bul Racing 9 1 4 14 1 1 13 2 1 19 5 6 8 285 10 2 1 6 10 6 9 11 8 4 7 15 12 3 Ice Cold Racing 0/1 5 7 8 3 2 10 7 6 3 8 Ret Ret 209 2 Ret 11 2 23 17 11 5 4 7 4 2 Ret 4 Edonis Engineering 16 8 2 13 7 3 Ret 20 15 6 6 5 11 142 17 12 9 10 11 12 3 23 20 20 12 Ret 13 5 Epic Racing Team 7 Ret 15 Ret 4 5 Ret 1 3 18 20 13 1 122 8 15 8 9 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret 13 Ret Ret DNS 6 Aurora Motorsports 3 6 DNS Ret 14 Ret 9 7 12 104 4 15 13 3 8 10 2 19 16 17 Ret 11 4 7 Origin Front Row Racing 24 3 5 7 6 11 4 103 25 12 12 9 10 9 5 8 EVAL Simracing Team 18 13 16 Ret 20 16 21 Ret 16 1 1 2 100 19 18 DNS 16 16 Ret 8 10 8 13 16 14 9 Holland Racing Team 22 Ret Ret 23 26 DNS 17 24 17 Ret 21 Ret Ret 86 23 11 3 4 13 4 6 9 7 6 10 Woods Racing 30 Ret 21 15 14 15 7 17 Ret 14 63 31 7 17 12 19 21 Ret 10 9 5 14 14 9 11 Hinss Motorsport 20 21 Ret 19 22 Ret Ret 4 11 1 43 21 20 18 18 12 Streamline Engineering 28 Ret Ret Ret 20 18 20 13 13 2 17 Ret 19 40 29 9 14 11 24 Ret 18 22 18 23 13 STAX Racing 26 23 22 20 21 Ret DNS 16 17 15 37 27 24 19 17 17 7 8 Ret Ret DNS 11 8 10 14 Kernow Sport 11 16 Ret 21 12 9 15 16 Ret DNS 21 12 19 20 Ret 15 19 14 21 18 10 17 15 Zedderick Racing 14 22 23 22 18 23 12 15 14 15 15 12 16 17 15 17 12 16 25 22 19 18 19 22 19 Ret 18 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 90% of the race distance.