2016 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos

The 2016 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos is the second season of the TCR Portuguese Series. Starting from this season, the championship will run separate from the GT Class of the championship (that will form che Endurance Class) organised by FullEventos. As for the Italian series, TCR cars will be placed side by side with TCS, also with the addition of a trophy cars category (TCC class).

Teams and drivers

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Hankook is the official tyre supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
TCR Class
  Baporo Motorsport[1] SEAT León Cup Racer[1] 2   António Cabral[1] 1–3, 5
  José Cabral[1] 1–3, 5
  Target Competition Honda Civic TCR 3   Jürgen Schmarl 5
  Gosia Rdest 5
  Team Novadriver[2] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[2] 11   Francisco Abreu[3] All
  Manuel Gião[3] All
  Veloso Motorsport[4] SEAT León Cup Racer[4] 16   Nuno Batista[3] All
  Francisco Carvalho[4] All
SEAT León TCR 26   Francisco Mora[3] All
  DG Sport Compétition Opel Astra TCR 23   Pierre-Yves Corthals 4
  Frédéric Caprasse 4
  Ventilações Moura Laser[5] SEAT León Cup Racer[6] 24   João Baptista[6] 1
  Gustavo Moura[6] 1, 4
Opel Astra TCR[5]   João Baptista[5] 2
  Gustavo Moura[5] 2
Honda Civic TCR 5
  Speedy Motorsport[5] SEAT León Cup Racer[4] 25   Rafael Lobato[3] All
  César Machado[3] All
  GEN Motorsport[3] Honda Civic TCR[5] 27   José Rodrigues[3] All
  LMS Racing SEAT León TCR 28   Antti Buri 4
TCC Class
  Tiago Ribeiro[1] Volkswagen Golf[1] 31   Luís Carneiro[1] All
  Tiago Ribeiro[1] All
  Vettra Motorsport[1] SEAT León Supercopa[1] 44   Rui Dinis[1] 1–3
  Paulo Ribeiro[1] 1
  Valter Dinis 2–3
  JCGroup Racing Team[1] SEAT León Mk2[1] 50   José Correia[1] 1
  Ricardo Gomes[1] 1
  Ineligible for points

Calendar and results

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The 2016 schedule was announced on 3 December 2015, with one out of five events scheduled to be held in Spain. A reserve round was scheduled at Autódromo do Estoril for 27 November.[7] The race format is divided into Sprint and Double Sprint: the first one contemplates two 25-minute-long races, the second one is formed by four 20-minute-long races. By early April, the Estoril round was moved from 17–18 September to the reserve date.

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 1   Circuito Vasco Sameiro, Braga 14 May   Manuel Gião   Francisco Mora   Francisco Carvalho   Veloso Motorsport
2   César Machado   Nuno Batista   Veloso Motorsport
3 15 May   Francisco Mora   Francisco Mora   Nuno Batista   Veloso Motorsport
4   Francisco Mora   Francisco Carvalho   Veloso Motorsport
2 5   Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, Vila Real 26 June   Rafael Lobato   Francisco Mora   Rafael Lobato   Speedy Motorsport FIA WTCC Race of Portugal
European Touring Car Cup
6   José Rodrigues   José Rodrigues   José Rodrigues   GEN Motorsport
3 7   Algarve International Circuit, Portimão 9 July   Francisco Mora   Francisco Mora   Francisco Mora   Veloso Motorsport Spanish F4 Championship
8   José Rodrigues   Francisco Mora   Veloso Motorsport
9 10 July   Francisco Mora   José Rodrigues   Francisco Mora   Veloso Motorsport
10   Manuel Gião   Francisco Mora   Veloso Motorsport
4 11   Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 11 September   Francisco Mora   Francisco Mora   Pierre-Yves Corthals   DG Sport Compétition TCR Trophy Europe
12   Antti Buri   Antti Buri   Antti Buri   LMS Racing
5 13   Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril 26 November   Rafael Lobato   Francisco Mora   Francisco Mora   Veloso Motorsport
14   Francisco Mora   Gustavo Moura   Ventilações Moura Laser
15 27 November   Francisco Mora   Francisco Mora   Francisco Mora   Veloso Motorsport
16   Francisco Mora   Francisco Mora   Veloso Motorsport

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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Pos. Driver BRA
 
VIL
 
POR
 
JER
 
EST
 
 Pts. 
TCR class
1   Francisco Carvalho
  Nuno Batista
1 1 1 1 5 DNS 4 2 3 4 7 4 213
2   Francisco Mora 3 Ret 6 8 2 DNS 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 211
3   Rafael Lobato
  César Machado
5 7 4 2 1 3 3 3 5 3 3 7 198
4   Francisco Abreu
  Manuel Gião
2 2 5 3 3 2 8 DNS 4 2 5 3 190
5   José Rodrigues 9 5 2 4 4 1 2 4 2 5 6 5 187
6   António Cabral
  José Cabral
6 3 3 5 6 4 5 5 6 6 124
7   Gustavo Moura 4 4 8 DNS 9 5 8 6 77
8   João Baptista 4 4 8 DNS 9 5 50
Guest drivers ineligible for points
    Pierre-Yves Corthals
  Frédéric Caprasse
1 2 0
    Antti Buri 4 1 0
TCC class
1   Luís Carneiro
  Tiago Ribeiro
7 9 9 6 7 6 7 7 7 8 9 8 299
2   Rui Dinis DNS DNS DNS DNS 8 Ret 6 6 8 7 118
3   Valter Dinis 8 Ret 6 6 8 7 116
4   José Correia
  Ricardo Gomes
8 8 7 7 92
5   Paulo Ribeiro DNS DNS DNS DNS 2
Pos. Driver BRA
 
VIL
 
POR
 
JER
 
EST
 
 Pts. 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Braga Entry List" (PDF). fpak.pt. 13 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Team Novadriver com Golf" [Team Novadriver with Golf]. Velocidadeonline.com (in Portuguese). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Nacional de Velocidade arranca em Braga" [Nacional de Velocidade starts in Braga]. fpak.pt (in Portuguese). 10 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d Pereira, Carlos (25 February 2016). "CNV: Veloso Motorsport confirma 2 Seat Leon TCR para temporada 2016" [CNV: Veloso Motorsport confirms 2 Seat Leon TCR for the 2016 season]. multidesportos.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Opel Astra TCR reforça Nacional de Velocidade" [Opel Astra TCR reinforces Nacional de Velocidade]. autoportal.iol.pt (in Portuguese). 7 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Ventilações Moura Laser com SEAT em vez de Opel em Braga" [Ventilações Moura Laser with SEAT instead of Opel in Braga]. autosport.pt (in Portuguese). 13 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Calendários Campeonatos Nacionais Provisórios para 2016" [2016 national championships' provisional calendars] (PDF). fpak.pt (in Portuguese). 3 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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