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2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

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The 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup was the sixth season of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. The season started on 24 April at Monza and ended on 18 September at the Nürburgring. The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 Hours of Spa and the 1000 km Paul Ricard events. After developing their partnership, Blancpain and the SRO decided that 2016 would see both the Sprint and Endurance Series further integrated into the Blancpain GT Series, putting the emphasis on the prestigious overall drivers' and manufacturers' titles causing the Endurance Series name to change from Blancpain Endurance Series to Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.[1]

Calendar

On 18 September 2015, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2016 calendar.[2]

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Entry list

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Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

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Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also received one point and entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Race points
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1000 km Paul Ricard points
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24 Hours of Spa points

Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.

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Drivers' championships

Overall

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Pro-Am Cup

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Am Cup

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Teams' championships

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Pro-Am Cup

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Am Cup

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See also

Notes

  1. Car No. 00 entered as AMG - Team Black Falcon, cars No. 56 and 68 entered as Black Falcon and car No. 57 also entered as Black Falcon, but at Round 1 as AMG - Team Black Falcon.
  2. All cars entered as Belgian Audi Club Team WRT with the exception of car No. 28, which entered as Audi Sport Team WRT at Round 4.
  3. Only a limited number of cars per team were able to score points toward the Teams' championship. Therefore cars No. 3 and 4 entered as Belgian Audi Club Team WRT, but in the Teams' championship the drivers of cars No. 3 and 4 scored points for Team WRT.
  4. At Round 3 cars No. 41 and 42 entered as CMR by Sport Garage, but in the Teams' championship the drivers of cars No. 41 and 42 scored points for Classic & Modern Racing. From Round 4 on both cars No. 41 and 42 entered as Classic & Modern Racing.
  5. Car No. 49 entered as Kaspersky Motorsport at Rounds 2, 4 and 5.
  6. Only a limited number of cars per team were able to score points toward the Teams' championship. Therefore from Rounds 1 to 3 cars No. 50, 51 and 90 entered as AF Corse, but in the Teams' championship the drivers of cars No. 50, 51 and 90 scored points for Spirit of Race under Swiss licence. At Round 4 also the drivers of car No. 49 scored points for Spirit of Race. At Round 5 it were the drivers of cars No. 49, 50 and 90 that scored points for Spirit of Race.
  7. Car No. 55 entered as AT Racing under Austrian licence.
  8. Car No. 66 entered as Black Pearl Racing and cars No. 333 and 488 entered as Rinaldi Racing.
  9. Car No. 84 entered as HTP Motorsport from Round 1 to 3, but at Rounds 4 and 5 it entered as AMG - Team HTP Motorsport. Car No. 85 entered as HTP Motorsport and car No. 86 entered as AMG - Team HTP Motorsport.
  10. Cars No. 87 and 89 entered as AKKA ASP and car No. 88 entered as AMG - Team AKKA ASP.

References

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  3. "VLN, Nürburgring 24h and Blancpain Endurance Series 2016". black-falcon.de. Black Falcon. March 21, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  4. "Final entry list for the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup confirmed". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. September 16, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  5. "A busy and full-fledged program for Team WRT in 2016!". w-racingteam.com. W Racing Team. February 26, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  6. "Bentley announces largest race programme yet". m-sport.co.uk. M-Sport. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  7. Wouters, Vincent (April 6, 2016). "Monza Entry List Update: 4.6". sportscar365.com. Sportscar 365. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  8. "NEXT meeting: BLANCPAIN MONZA, ROUND 1 of ENDURANCE". boutsenginion.com. Boutsen Ginion. April 20, 2016. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  9. "Emil Frey Racing marks ambitious start to the new motorsports year". jaguar.emilfreyracing.com. Emil Frey Racing. March 21, 2016. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  10. "Two intense days of testing at Monza for BMW Team Italia". roal-motorsport.com. ROAL Motorsport. April 8, 2016. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  11. "Busy program for the GRT Grasser-Racing-Team in 2016". grasser-racing.com. Grasser Racing. February 2, 2016. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  12. Dagys, John (February 26, 2016). "Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Expands into Blancpain Sprint Cup". sportscar365.com. Sportscar 365. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  13. "Team Parker Racing Blancpain Endurance". teamparkerracing.co.uk. Team Parker Racing. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
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  15. Wouters, Vincent (April 5, 2016). "Audi Sport customer racing aims to defend title in Blancpain GT Series". audi-mediacenter.com. Ingolstadt: Audi. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  16. Wouters, Vincent (March 26, 2016). "Christian Kelders met Marco Bonanomi in Blancpain Endurance". autosport.be. Circuit Internationaal. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  17. "Stephane Kox joins Scuderia Praha for the Circuit Paul Ricard 1000". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. June 17, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  18. "Oman Racing Team Blancpain Endurance Series". motorbaseperformance.co.uk. Motorbase Performance. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  19. Wouters, Vincent (March 7, 2016). "AF Corse Enters Six Ferraris for Blancpain Endurance". sportscar365.com. Sportscar 365. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  20. "Stéphane Lemeret joins Kaspersky Motorsport at Le Castellet". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. June 19, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  21. Watkins, Gary (March 8, 2016). "Four factory McLaren drivers to race for Garage 59 in Blancpain GT". autosport.com. Autosport. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  22. "Rinaldi Racing's extensive 2016 motorsport programme". rinaldi-racing.de. Rinaldi Racing. March 15, 2016. Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  23. "I.S.R heading to Monza with renewed ambitions". automobilsport.com. Automobilsport. April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  24. "Attempto Racing to field two Huracán GT3s in the Blancpain GT Series". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. February 25, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  25. "POOLE/ABRA/OSBORNE TO CAMPAIGN BARWELL LAMBORGHINI HURACAN IN BLANCPAIN". barwellmotorsport.co.uk. Barwell Motorsport. February 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  26. "FORMER BGT CHAMPIONS MACHITSKI & ATTARD TEAM UP FOR BLANCPAIN ATTACK". barwellmotorsport.co.uk. Barwell Motorsport. February 29, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  27. "Our team is already at Monza". facebook.com. AKKA ASP. April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  28. Hudson, Joe (March 29, 2016). "Zakspeed announce Alex Tagliani for Blancpain GT Series". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved April 22, 2016.

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