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2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup

The 2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the inaugural season of the GT3 Le Mans Cup. It began on 15 May at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari and finished on 23 October at the Autódromo do Estoril.[1] The series was open to grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.

Calendar edit

The provisional 2016 calendar was announced at 16 December 2015. All rounds supported the European Le Mans Series (excepting Silverstone) and 24 Hours of Le Mans.[1]

Round Circuit Location Race length Date Supporting
1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Italy 2 hours 14 May 4 Hours of Imola, ELMS
2   Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 1 hour 18 June 24 Hours of Le Mans, WEC
3   Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria 2 hours 16 July 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring, ELMS
4   Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 2 hours 27 August 4 Hours of Le Castellet, ELMS
5   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 2 hours 24 September 4 Hours of Spa, ELMS
6   Autódromo do Estoril Estoril, Portugal 2 hours 22 October 4 Hours of Estoril, ELMS
Source: [2][3]

Entry list edit

The full season was open to GT3 class cars. [3]

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  FFF Racing Team by ACM[4] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 5   Andrea Caldarelli[4] 1, 3
  Fu Songyang[4] 1
  Marco Attard[5] 2
  Matthew Bell[5] 2
  Taiyou Iida[6] 3
McLaren 650S GT3 55   Hiroshi Hamaguchi[4] All
  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs[4] All
  BMS Scuderia Italia[7] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 7   Matteo Cressoni[7] 1, 4, 6
  Luigi Lucchini[7] 1, 4, 6
  Villorba Corse[8] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 8   Steeve Hiesse[8] 1–2, 4–6
  Cédric Mezard[8] 1–2, 4–6
  AF Corse[9] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 14   Adrien De Leener[9] 2–6
  Pierre Marie De Leener[9] 2–6
Ferrari 488 GT3 51   Francesco Castellacci[9] All
  Thomas Flohr[9] All
57   Aleksey Basov[10] 2
  Viktor Shaytar[10] 2
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 71   Filipe Barreiros[9] All
  Mads Rasmussen[9] All
  Duqueine Engineering Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 17   Christophe Hamon[10] 2
  Lonni Martins[10] 2
  Tockwith Motorsport[11] Audi R8 LMS 19   Philip Hanson[11] 1–3
  Nigel Moore[11] 1–3
  TF Sport[12] Aston Martin Vantage GT3 22   Andrew Jarman[10] 2
  Devon Modell[10] 2
34   Euan Hankey[12] All
  Salih Yoluç[12] All
  FF Corse[13] Ferrari 488 GT3 25   Ivor Dunbar[13] All
  Johnny Mowlem[13] All
  Classic & Modern Racing[14] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 26   Nicolas Misslin[14] 1–3
  Matthieu Vaxivière[14] 1–3
  Soheil Ayari[15] 4
  Nicolas Tardif[15] 4
  Éric Cayrolle[16] 5
  Arno Santamato[16] 5
  Delahaye Racing Team Porsche 997 GT3 R 28   Pierre-Étienne Bordet[10] 2
  Alexandre Viron[10] 2
  IDEC Sport Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 37   Patrice Lafargue[10] 2
  Paul Lafargue[10] 2
  DKR Engineering BMW Z4 GT3 44   Niels Bouwhuis[10] 2
  Jan Storm[10] 2
  Larbre Compétition Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 50   Franck Labescat[10] 2
  Christian Philippon[10] 2
  Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 66   James Cottingham[10] 2
  Joe Twyman[10] 2
  Richard Abra[15] 4–5
  Mark Poole[15] 4–5
  SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 72   Aleksey Basov[6] 3–6
  Viktor Shaytar[6] 3–6
  Optimum Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 75   Flick Haigh[15] 4
  Joe Osborne[15] 4
  Mentos Racing[7] Porsche 911 GT3 R 88   Egidio Perfetti[7] All
  Klaus Bachler[14] 1–3, 5–6
  Ben Barker[15] 4
  Autoclub Excelsior[16] Aston Martin Vantage GT3 90   Michael Schmetz[16] 5
  Tim Verbergt[16] 5

Race results edit

Rnd. Circuit Pole Position Race Winner Results
1 Imola   No. 7 BMS Scuderia Italia   No. 34 TF Sport Report
  Matteo Cressoni
  Luigi Lucchini 		  Euan Hankey
  Salih Yoluç
2 Le Mans GT3:   No. 88 Mentos Racing GT3:   No. 57 AF Corse Report
  Klaus Bachler
  Egidio Perfetti 		  Aleksey Basov
  Viktor Shaytar
LMP3:   No. 2 United Autosports LMP3:   No. 85 DC Racing
  Martin Brundle
  Christian England 		  Alexandre Cougnaud
  Thomas Laurent
3 Red Bull   No. 72 SMP Racing   No. 72 SMP Racing Report
  Aleksey Basov
  Viktor Shaytar 		  Aleksey Basov
  Viktor Shaytar
4 Paul Ricard   No. 72 SMP Racing   No. 72 SMP Racing Report
  Aleksey Basov
  Viktor Shaytar 		  Aleksey Basov
  Viktor Shaytar
5 Spa   No. 72 SMP Racing   No. 72 SMP Racing Report
  Aleksey Basov
  Viktor Shaytar 		  Aleksey Basov
  Viktor Shaytar
6 Estoril   No. 88 Mentos Racing   No. 34 TF Sport Report
  Klaus Bachler
  Egidio Perfetti 		  Euan Hankey
  Salih Yoluç

Driver's championships (top-5) edit

Pos. Driver Team IMO
  		LM
  		RBR
  		LEC
  		SPA
  		EST
  		Total
1   Aleksey Basov   SMP Racing 1 1 1 1 2 121
1   Viktor Shaytar   SMP Racing 1 1 1 1 2 121
2   Euan Hankey   TF Sport 1 4 3 3 3 1 107
2   Salih Yoluç   TF Sport 1 4 3 3 3 1 107
3   Egidio Perfetti   Mentos Racing DNF 3 2 2 2 3 86
4   Klaus Bachler   Mentos Racing Ret 3 2 2 3 68
5   Adrian Quaife-Hobbs   FFF Racing Team by ACM 2 2 DNS Ret 5 Ret 46
5   Hiroshi Hamaguchi   FFF Racing Team by ACM 2 2 DNS Ret 5 Ret 46
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

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Teams Championship (top-5) edit

Pos. Team Car IMO
  		LM
  		RBR
  		LEC
  		SPA
  		EST
  		Total
1   No. 34 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1 4 3 3 3 1 107
2   No. 72 SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 1 1 1 2 96
3   No. 88 Mentos Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R DNF 3 2 2 2 3 86
4   No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM McLaren 650S GT3 2 2 DNS Ret 5 Ret 46
5   No. 8 Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 7 10 5 6 5 35
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole

References edit

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  2. ^ "THE MICHELIN GT3 LE MANS CUP". michelinmotorsport.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b "ACO Launches Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup for 2016". John Dagys. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e Kilshaw, Jake (15 March 2016). "FFF Racing Launches Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup Program". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Matt Bell To Race In Road To Le Mans". dailysportscar.com. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Red Bull Ring Entry List". GT3 Le Mans Cup. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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  8. ^ a b c "Villorba Corse Enter Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup". dailysportscar.com. 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "AF Corse Confirm 3 Car Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup Effort". dailysportscar.com. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Circuit de La Sarthe Entry List". GT3 Le Mans Cup. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  11. ^ a b c "Michelin GT3 Cup: Paul Ricard Test Days, Paddock Notes". dailysportscar.com. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  12. ^ a b c "TF Sport Confirms Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup & GT Open Entries". 2 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  13. ^ a b c "FF Corse steps up to GT3 Le Mans Cup". 4 December 2015. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  14. ^ a b c d "GT3 Le Mans Cup: Imola, Paddock Notes, A Few Changes For The Opener". dailysportscar.com. 13 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g "Circuit Paul Ricard Entry List". GT3 Le Mans Cup. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  16. ^ a b c d e "Circuit Spa-Francorchamps Entry List". GT3 Le Mans Cup. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

External links edit

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