2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge

2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge none 2017 thumbnail|200px|Shane van Gisbergen, Álvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb won the Bathurst 12 Hour, the inaugural event of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, in a McLaren 650S GT3 run by Tekno Autosports. The 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the first season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The season featured three rounds — after the cancellation of the 6 Hours of the Americas - starting with Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour on 7 February and the season concluded with the Sepang 12 Hours on 10 December.Intercontinental GT Challenge launched by Stephane Ratel http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120890 autosport.com 17 January 2016 Calendar On 29 January it was announced that the 6 Hours of the Americas would be cancelled with the official reason a lack of entrants.http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/intercontinental-gt-round-at-cota-to-be-cancelled-670487/?s=1 Intercontinental GT round at COTA to be cancelled Motorsport.com 29 January 2016 29 January 2016 6 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160206071606/http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/intercontinental-gt-round-at-cota-to-be-cancelled-670487/?s=1 dead The test days of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup were only four days after the event, so the European teams would be cutting it close for both events. Instead, the organizers postponed the race for a year, but there were no plans to run the race. Round Event Circuit Date Report 1 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour AUS Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia 7 February Report 2 Total 24 Hours of Spa BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium 30–31 July Report 3 Sepang 12 Hours MYS Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia 10 December Report Source:http://www.sro-motorsports.com/series/details/Intercontinental-GT-Challenge SRO Motorsports Group Intercontinental GT Challenge Stéphane Ratel Organisation 11 January 2016 #DFFFDF Also part of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup solid 1px #AAAAAA Entry list Intercontinental GT Challenge entries Manufacturer Team Car No. Number Drivers Class Rounds Audi BEL Audi Sport Team WRT R8 LMS 1 GBR Will Stevens2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge - Spa-Francorchamps Entry List http://vmail.vertouk.net/userfiles/sro/file/Blancpain%20GT%20Series%202016/Total%2024%20hours%20of%20Spa/2016%20IGTC%20-%20Spa%2024%20hours%20-%20Provisional%20Entry%20list%205%20July.pdf vmail.vertouk.net SRO Motorsports Group 29 July 2016September 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes P 2 BEL Dries Vanthoor BEL Frédéric Vervisch 28 CHE Nico Müller P 2 DEU René Rast BEL Laurens VanthoorDEU Phoenix RacingPhoenixRacing Car No. 2 entered as Phoenix Racing and cars No. 6, 15 and 16 entered as Audi Sport Team Phoenix. "N" Audi Sport Team PhoenixPhoenixRacing "N" 2 AUS Alex Davisonhttp://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/news/624/liqui-moly-bathurst-12-hour-to-kick-off-inaugural-intercontinental-gt-challenge?filter_season_id=6&filter_series_id=0&filter_team_news=0 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour to kick off inaugural Intercontinental GT Challenge Stéphane Ratel Organisation Blancpain GT Series 5 February 2016 7 February 2016 PA 1 BEL Laurens VanthoorDEU Markus Winkelhock DEU Markus Winkelhock 6 P 2 DEU Christopher Mies DEU Frank Stippler 15 NLD Robin Frijns2016 Motul Sepang 12 Hours Entry List http://www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/entry-list?filter_meeting_id=74 intercontinentalgtchallenge.com SRO Motorsports Group 9 December 2016 P 3 DEU Christopher Haase BEL Laurens Vanthoor 16 DEU Pierre Kaffer P 3 DEU René Rast DEU Markus Winkelhock AUS Melbourne Performance Centre 74 DEU Christopher Haase PA 1 ITA Marco Mapelli DEU Christopher Mies 75 AUS Steve McLaughlan PA 1 DEU René Rast AUS Garth Tander Bentley GBR Bentley Team M-Sport Continental GT3 7 FRA Vincent Abril P 2 GBR Steven Kane GBR Guy Smith 8 BEL Wolfgang Reip P 2 ESP Andy Soucek BEL Maxime Soulet 10 GBR Matt Bell PA 1 GBR Steven Kane GBR Guy Smith 31 AUS David Russell PA 1 ESP Andy Soucek BEL Maxime Soulet McLaren USA K-PAX Racing 650S GT3 9 NZL Shane van Gisbergen P 3 FRA Côme Ledogar PRT Álvaro Parente AUS McElrea Racing 11 AUS Matt Campbell Am 1 AUS Warren Luff AUS Tim Slade AUS Tony Walls AUS Keltic Racing 37 NZL Craig Baird Am 1 AUS Klark Quinn GBR Tony Quinn GBR Garage 59 58 GBR Rob Bell P 2 NZL Shane van Gisbergen FRA Côme Ledogar 59 CHE Alex Fontana P 2 GBR Struan Moore GBR Andrew Watson 60 BRA Pipo Derani P 2 BRA Bruno Senna GBR Duncan Tappy AUS Tekno Autosports 59 NZL Shane van Gisbergen PA 1 PRT Álvaro Parente AUS Jonathon Webb 60 GBR Rob Bell PA 1 AUS Will Davison GBR Andrew Watson Mercedes-Benz DEU AMG - Team Black Falcon AMG GT3 00 NLD Yelmer Buurman P 2 DEU Maro Engel DEU Bernd Schneider DEU Mishumotors SLS AMG GT3 33 GBR Alex Kapadia PA 1 DEU Mirco Schultis DEU Patrick Simon NLD Renger van der Zande AUS Erebus Motorsport 36 DEU Nico Bastian PA 1 DEU Thomas Jäger AUS David Reynolds 63 USA Austin Cindric PA 1 DEU Maro Engel DEU Bernd Schneider DEU AMG - Team HTP Motorsport AMG GT3 84 AUT Dominik Baumann P 2 DEU Maximilian Buhk MYS Jazeman Jaafar 86 DEU Maximilian Götz P 2 DEU Thomas Jäger GBR Gary Paffett FRA AMG - Team AKKA ASP 88 SWE Felix Rosenqvist P 2 FRA Tristan Vautier NLD Renger van der Zande Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup Am Drivers entries It is unknown which drivers competed for the Am Drivers' championship at Round 1 at Bathurst, besides those who scored points. No drivers entered for the Am Drivers' championship at Round 3 at Sepang. Manufacturer Team Car No. Number Drivers Rounds Aston Martin OMN Oman Racing Team V12 Vantage GT3 44 GBR Jonathan AdamIntercontinental GT Challenge popular with Bronze drivers as well http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/news/773/intercontinental-gt-challenge-popular-with-bronze-drivers-as-well?filter_season_id=6&filter_series_id=0&filter_team_news=0 blancpain-gt-series.com SRO Motorsports Group 29 July 2016 19 December 2016 2 OMN Ahmad Al Harthy GBR Devon Modell GBR Darren Turner Audi FRA Saintéloc Racing R8 LMS 25 ITA Marco Bonanomi 2 BEL Frédéric Bouvy BEL Christian Kelders FRA Marc Rostan R8 LMS ultra 27 FRA Michael Blanchemain 2 FRA Jean-Paul Buffin FRA Valentin Hasse-Clot FRA Gilles Lallemant CZE ISR R8 LMS 74 CHE Philippe Giauque 2 FRA Henry Hassid FRA Nicolas Lapierre FRA Franck Perera AUS Melbourne Performance Centre 75 AUS Steve McLaughlan 1 DEU René Rast AUS Garth Tander NZL International Motorsport R8 LMS ultra 82 NZL Rick Armstrong 1 NZL Andrew Bagnall NZL Matt Halliday Bentley GBR Team Parker Racing Continental GT3 24 GBR Ian Loggie 2 GBR Callum MacLeod GBR Andy Meyrick GBR Tom Onslow-Cole 30 GBR Chris Harris 2 ZAF David Perel GBR Derek Pierce SWE Carl Rosenblad BMW BEL Boutsen Ginion M6 GT3 12 FRA Julien Darras 2 LUX Olivier Grotz SAU Karim Ojjeh FRA Arno Santamato Ferrari CHE Kessel Racing 488 GT3 11 ITA Alessandro Bonacini 2 POL Michał Broniszewski ITA Giacomo Piccini ITA Andrea Rizzoli FRA Classic & Modern Racing 458 Italia GT3 41 FRA Romain Brandela 2 FRA Timothé Buret BEL Bernard Delhez FRA Mickaël Petit 42 FRA Sylvain Debs 2 FRA David Loger FRA Eric Mouez FRA Thomas Nicolle ITA Kaspersky MotorsportKasperskyAFCorse Car No. 49 entered as Kaspersky Motorsport. "N" ITA AF CorseAFCorse Cars No. 51, 52 and 53 entered as AF Corse. "N" AUT AT RacingATRacingAFCorse Car No. 55 entered as AT Racing under Austrian licence. "N" 49 PRT Rui Águas 2 BEL Stéphane Lémeret RUS Alexander Moiseev ITA Davide Rizzo 488 GT3 51 ITA Matteo Cressoni 2 PRT Francisco Guedes USA Peter Mann ITA Rino Mastronardi 52 GBR Duncan Cameron 2 IRL Matt Griffin ITA Riccardo Ragazzi GBR Andrew Scott 53 MCO Olivier Beretta 2 ITA Lorenzo Bontempelli ITA Giancarlo Fisichella JPN Motoaki Ishikawa 55 ITA Francesco Castellacci 2 ITA Marco Cioci CHE Thomas Flohr ITA Piergiuseppe Perazzini DEU Rinaldi Racing 333 DEU Pierre Ehret 2 DEU Alexander Mattschull RUS Rinat Salikhov DEU Marco Seefried Lamborghini AUS Lago Racing Gallardo R-EX 32 AUS Steve Owen 1 AUS Luke Youlden AUS Roger Lago 132 2 AUS Steve Owen AUS David Russell AUS Jonathon Webb AUT GRT Grasser Racing Team Huracán GT3 63 ITA Diego Alessi 2 DNK Dennis Andersen DNK Anders Fjordbach DEU Nicolas Pohler SVK ARC Bratislava 69 SVK Miro Konôpka 2 POL Andrzej Lewandowski SVK Zdeno Mikuláško POL Teodor Myszkowski GBR Barwell Motorsport 78 GBR Marco Attard 2 GBR Tom Kimber-Smith RUS Leo Machitski ITA Marco Mapelli 666 GBR Oliver Gavin 2 GBR Phil Keen GBR Jon Minshaw GBR Joe Osborne DEU Attempto Racing 100 BEL Louis Machiels 2 NLD Jeroen Mul NLD Max van Splunteren ITA Giovanni Venturini Mercedes-Benz DEU Black Falcon AMG GT3 56 SAU Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal 2 ESP Daniel Juncadella GBR Oliver Morley ESP Miguel Toril FRA AKKA ASP 89 FRA Laurent Cazenave 2 GBR Michael Lyons FRA Morgan Moullin-Traffort CHE Daniele Perfetti Porsche FRA IMSA Performance 911 GT3 R 76 FRA Thierry Cornac 2 FRA Raymond Narac FRA Maxime Jousse FRA Patrick Pilet DEU Attempto Racing 77 FRA Nicolas Armindo 2 FRA Kévin Estre DEU Jürgen Häring FRA Clément Mateu #FFCCCC Co-drivers not competing for Am Drivers' championship. solid 1px #AAAAAA Race results Rnd. Round Circuit Pole position IGTC Intercontinental GT Challenge winners Am winners Winning Manufacturer Manufacturer scoring the most points 1 AUS Bathurst AUS No. 59 Tekno Autosports AUS No. 59 Tekno Autosports AUS No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre McLaren NZL Shane van GisbergenPRT Álvaro ParenteAUS Jonathon Webb NZL Shane van GisbergenPRT Álvaro ParenteAUS Jonathon Webb AUS Steve McLaughlan 2 BEL Spa-Francorchamps BEL No. 28 Audi Sport Team WRT FRA No. 88 AMG - Team AKKA ASP FRA No. 76 IMSA Performance Mercedes-Benz CHE Nico MüllerDEU René RastBEL Laurens Vanthoor SWE Felix RosenqvistFRA Tristan VautierNLD Renger van der Zande FRA Thierry Cornac 3 MYS Sepang USA No. 9 K-PAX Racing DEU No. 15 Audi Sport Team Phoenix No entries Audi NZL Shane van GisbergenFRA Côme LedogarPRT Álvaro Parente NLD Robin FrijnsDEU Christopher HaaseBEL Laurens Vanthoor Championship standings Scoring system Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. 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. A manufacturer only received points for its two highest placed cars in each round. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Drivers' championships The results indicate the classification relative to other drivers in the series, not the classification in the race. Pos. Position Driver Manufacturer BATAUS SPABEL SEPMYS Total 1 BEL Laurens Vanthoor Audi 3 2 1 58 2 DEU René Rast Audi 6 2 2 44 3 NZL Shane van Gisbergen McLaren 1 9 3 42 4 PRT Álvaro Parente McLaren 1 3 40 5 DEU Markus Winkelhock Audi 3 11 2 33 6 GBR Steven KaneGBR Guy Smith Bentley 2 6 26 7 NLD Renger van der Zande Mercedes-Benz Ret 1 25 7 DEU Christopher Haase Audi Ret 1 25 7 AUS Jonathon Webb McLaren 1 25 7 SWE Felix RosenqvistFRA Tristan Vautier Mercedes-Benz 1 25 7 NLD Robin Frijns Audi 1 25 7 ESP Andy SoucekBEL Maxime Soulet Bentley 5 3 25 8 DEU Thomas Jäger Mercedes-Benz 4 4 24 9 GBR Matt Bell Bentley 2 18 9 CHE Nico Müller Audi 2 18 9 DEU Pierre Kaffer Audi 2 18 10 FRA Côme Ledogar McLaren 9 3 17 11 AUS Alex Davison Audi 3 15 11 BEL Wolfgang Reip Bentley 3 15 12 DEU Nico BastianAUS David Reynolds Mercedes-Benz 4 12 12 DEU Maximilian GötzGBR Gary Paffett Mercedes-Benz 4 12 13 AUS David Russell Bentley 5 10 13 AUT Dominik BaumannDEU Maximilian BuhkMYS Jazeman Jaafar Mercedes-Benz 5 10 14 AUS Steve McLaughlanAUS Garth Tander Audi 6 8 14 FRA Vincent Abril Bentley 6 8 14 GBR Rob Bell McLaren 7 9 8 15 GBR Andrew Watson McLaren 7 Ret 6 15 AUS Will Davison McLaren 7 6 15 DEU Maro EngelDEU Bernd Schneider Mercedes-Benz Ret 7 6 15 NLD Yelmer Buurman Mercedes-Benz 7 6 16 GBR Will StevensBEL Dries VanthoorBEL Frédéric Vervisch Audi 8 4 17 BRA Pipo DeraniBRA Bruno SennaGBR Duncan Tappy McLaren 10 1 DEU Christopher Mies Audi Ret 11 0 DEU Frank Stippler Audi 11 0 USA Austin Cindric Mercedes-Benz Ret NZL Craig BairdAUS Klark QuinnGBR Tony Quinn McLaren Ret GBR Alex KapadiaDEU Mirco SchultisDEU Patrick Simon Mercedes-Benz Ret ITA Marco Mapelli Audi Ret AUS Matt CampbellAUS Warren LuffAUS Tim SladeAUS Tony Walls McLaren Ret CHE Alex FontanaGBR Struan Moore McLaren Ret Pos. Position Driver Manufacturer BATAUS SPABEL SEPMYS PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap Am Drivers Pos. Position Driver Manufacturer BATAUS SPABEL SEPMYS Total 1 AUS Steve McLaughlan Audi 1 25 1 FRA Thierry Cornac Porsche 1 25 2 AUS Roger Lago Lamborghini 2 10 19 3 CHE Philippe GiauqueFRA Henry Hassid Audi 2 18 4 NZL Rick Armstrong Audi 3 15 4 GBR Jon Minshaw Lamborghini 3 15 5 CHE Daniele Perfetti Mercedes-Benz 4 12 6 POL Michał Broniszewski Ferrari 5 10 7 OMN Ahmad Al Harthy Aston Martin 6 8 8 GBR Marco AttardRUS Leo Machitski Lamborghini 7 6 9 GBR Oliver Morley Mercedes-Benz 8 4 10 PRT Francisco GuedesUSA Peter MannITA Rino Mastronardi Ferrari 9 2 DEU Pierre EhretDEU Alexander MattschullRUS Rinat Salikhov Ferrari 11 0 SVK Miro KonôpkaPOL Andrzej LewandowskiPOL Teodor Myszkowski Lamborghini 12 0 DNK Dennis Andersen Lamborghini 13 0 BEL Christian KeldersFRA Marc Rostan Audi 14 0 GBR Duncan Cameron Ferrari 15 0 FRA Michael BlanchemainFRA Jean-Paul BuffinFRA Gilles Lallemant Audi 16 0 BEL Louis Machiels Lamborghini 17 0 GBR Chris HarrisZAF David PerelGBR Derek Pierce Bentley 18 0 CHE Thomas FlohrITA Piergiuseppe Perazzini Ferrari Ret SAU Karim Ojjeh BMW Ret BEL Stéphane LémeretRUS Alexander MoiseevITA Davide Rizzo Ferrari Ret FRA Romain BrandelaBEL Bernard Delhez Ferrari Ret FRA Sylvain DebsFRA David Loger Ferrari Ret GBR Ian Loggie Bentley Ret DEU Jürgen HäringFRA Clément Mateu Porsche Ret ITA Lorenzo BontempelliJPN Motoaki Ishikawa Ferrari Ret Pos. Position Driver Manufacturer BATAUS SPABEL SEPMYS Points Manufacturers' championship Pos. Position Manufacturer Car BATAUS SPABEL SEPMYS Total 1 Audi R8 LMS 3 2 1 88 6 8 2 2 Bentley Continental GT3 2 3 51 5 6 3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3/AMG GT3 4 1 49 Ret 4 3 McLaren 650S GT3 1 9 3 49 7 10 Pos. Position Manufacturer Car BATAUS SPABEL SEPMYS Points See also Intercontinental GT Challenge Notes "N" References External links http://www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/ Category:2016 in motorsport Category:Intercontinental GT Challenge