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

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

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
	McLaren 650S GT3	55	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs^[4]	All
BMS Scuderia Italia^[7]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	7	Matteo Cressoni^[7]	1, 4, 6
BMS Scuderia Italia^[7]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	7	Luigi Lucchini^[7]	1, 4, 6
Villorba Corse^[8]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	8	Steeve Hiesse^[8]	1–2, 4–6
Villorba Corse^[8]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	8	Cédric Mezard^[8]	1–2, 4–6
AF Corse^[9]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	14	Adrien De Leener^[9]	2–6
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	14	Pierre Marie De Leener^[9]	2–6
	Ferrari 488 GT3	51	Francesco Castellacci^[9]	All
		51	Thomas Flohr^[9]	All
		57	Aleksey Basov^[10]	2
		57	Viktor Shaytar^[10]	2
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	71	Filipe Barreiros^[9]	All
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	71	Mads Rasmussen^[9]	All
Duqueine Engineering	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	17	Christophe Hamon^[10]	2
Duqueine Engineering	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	17	Lonni Martins^[10]	2
Tockwith Motorsport^[11]	Audi R8 LMS	19	Philip Hanson^[11]	1–3
Tockwith Motorsport^[11]	Audi R8 LMS	19	Nigel Moore^[11]	1–3
TF Sport^[12]	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	22	Andrew Jarman^[10]	2
		22	Devon Modell^[10]	2
		34	Euan Hankey^[12]	All
		34	Salih Yoluç^[12]	All
FF Corse^[13]	Ferrari 488 GT3	25	Ivor Dunbar^[13]	All
FF Corse^[13]	Ferrari 488 GT3	25	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
Delahaye Racing Team	Porsche 997 GT3 R	28	Alexandre Viron^[10]	2
IDEC Sport Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	37	Patrice Lafargue^[10]	2
IDEC Sport Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	37	Paul Lafargue^[10]	2
DKR Engineering	BMW Z4 GT3	44	Niels Bouwhuis^[10]	2
DKR Engineering	BMW Z4 GT3	44	Jan Storm^[10]	2
Larbre Compétition	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	50	Franck Labescat^[10]	2
Larbre Compétition	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	50	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
SMP Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	72	Viktor Shaytar^[6]	3–6
Optimum Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	75	Flick Haigh^[15]	4
Optimum Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	75	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
Autoclub Excelsior^[16]	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	90	Tim Verbergt^[16]	5

Race results

Rnd.	Circuit	Pole Position	Race Winner	Results
1	Imola	No. 7 BMS Scuderia Italia	No. 34 TF Sport	Report
1	Imola	Matteo Cressoni Luigi Lucchini	Euan Hankey Salih Yoluç	Report
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
3	Red Bull	Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar	Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar	Report
4	Paul Ricard	No. 72 SMP Racing	No. 72 SMP Racing	Report
4	Paul Ricard	Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar	Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar	Report
5	Spa	No. 72 SMP Racing	No. 72 SMP Racing	Report
5	Spa	Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar	Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar	Report
6	Estoril	No. 88 Mentos Racing	No. 34 TF Sport	Report
6	Estoril	Klaus Bachler Egidio Perfetti	Euan Hankey Salih Yoluç	Report

Driver's championships (top-5)

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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole

Teams Championship (top-5)

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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole

References

^ ^a ^b "Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup - 2016 regulation key points". 24h-lemans.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ "THE MICHELIN GT3 LE MANS CUP". michelinmotorsport.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "ACO Launches Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup for 2016". John Dagys. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b "Matt Bell To Race In Road To Le Mans". dailysportscar.com. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Red Bull Ring Entry List". GT3 Le Mans Cup. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup: Imola, Disappointing Numbers, Encouraging Variety". dailysportscar.com. 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Michelin GT3 Cup: Paul Ricard Test Days, Paddock Notes". dailysportscar.com. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "TF Sport Confirms Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup & GT Open Entries". 2 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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

Official website

[calendar-1] "Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup - 2016 regulation key points". 24h-lemans.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

[2] "THE MICHELIN GT3 LE MANS CUP". michelinmotorsport.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[ACO_Launches-3] "ACO Launches Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup for 2016". John Dagys. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[FFF_Racing-4] Kilshaw, Jake (15 March 2016). "FFF Racing Launches Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup Program". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

[Matt_Bell-5] "Matt Bell To Race In Road To Le Mans". dailysportscar.com. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[RedBullRing-6] "Red Bull Ring Entry List". GT3 Le Mans Cup. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

[Imola-7] "Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup: Imola, Disappointing Numbers, Encouraging Variety". dailysportscar.com. 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

[Villorba_Corse-8] "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.

[AF_Corse-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.

[LaSarthe-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.

[Paul_Ricard_Paddock_Notes-11] "Michelin GT3 Cup: Paul Ricard Test Days, Paddock Notes". dailysportscar.com. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

[TFSport-12] "TF Sport Confirms Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup & GT Open Entries". 2 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[FFCorse-13] "FF Corse steps up to GT3 Le Mans Cup". 4 December 2015. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[Imola_Notes-14] "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.

[PaulRicard-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.

[Spa-16] "Circuit Spa-Francorchamps Entry List". GT3 Le Mans Cup. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

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