2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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	Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia	7 February	Report
2	Total 24 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium	30–31 July	Report
3	Sepang 12 Hours	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia	10 December	Report
Source:^[3]

Also part of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

Entry list

Intercontinental GT Challenge entries

Manufacturer

Team

Car

Drivers

Class

Rounds

Audi

Audi Sport Team WRT

R8 LMS

1

Will Stevens^[4]

P

2

Dries Vanthoor^[4]

Frédéric Vervisch^[4]

28

Nico Müller^[4]

P

2

René Rast^[4]

Laurens Vanthoor^[4]

	Phoenix Racing^{[N 1]}
	Audi Sport Team Phoenix^{[N 1]}

2

Alex Davison^[5]

PA

1

Laurens Vanthoor^[5]

Markus Winkelhock

Markus Winkelhock^[5]

6

P

2

Christopher Mies^[4]

Frank Stippler^[4]

15

Robin Frijns^[6]

P

3

Christopher Haase^[6]

Laurens Vanthoor^[6]

16

Pierre Kaffer^[6]

P

3

René Rast^[6]

Markus Winkelhock^[6]

Melbourne Performance Centre

74

Christopher Haase^[5]

PA

1

Marco Mapelli^[5]

Christopher Mies^[5]

75

Steve McLaughlan^[5]

PA

1

René Rast^[5]

Garth Tander^[5]

Bentley

Bentley Team M-Sport

Continental GT3

7

Vincent Abril^[4]

P

2

Steven Kane^[4]

Guy Smith^[4]

8

Wolfgang Reip^[4]

P

2

Andy Soucek^[4]

Maxime Soulet^[4]

10

Matt Bell^[5]

PA

1

Steven Kane^[5]

Guy Smith^[5]

31

David Russell^[5]

PA

1

Andy Soucek^[5]

Maxime Soulet^[5]

McLaren

K-PAX Racing

650S GT3

9

Shane van Gisbergen^[6]

P

3

Côme Ledogar^[6]

Álvaro Parente^[6]

McElrea Racing

11

Matt Campbell^[5]

Am

1

Warren Luff^[5]

Tim Slade^[5]

Tony Walls^[5]

Keltic Racing

37

Craig Baird^[5]

Am

1

Klark Quinn^[5]

Tony Quinn^[5]

Garage 59

58

Rob Bell^[4]

P

2

Shane van Gisbergen^[4]

Côme Ledogar^[4]

59

Alex Fontana^[4]

P

2

Struan Moore^[4]

Andrew Watson^[4]

60

Pipo Derani^[4]

P

2

Bruno Senna^[4]

Duncan Tappy^[4]

Tekno Autosports

59

Shane van Gisbergen^[5]

PA

1

Álvaro Parente^[5]

Jonathon Webb^[5]

60

Rob Bell^[5]

PA

1

Will Davison^[5]

Andrew Watson^[5]

Mercedes-Benz

AMG - Team Black Falcon

AMG GT3

00

Yelmer Buurman^[4]

P

2

Maro Engel^[4]

Bernd Schneider^[4]

Mishumotors

SLS AMG GT3

33

Alex Kapadia^[5]

PA

1

Mirco Schultis^[5]

Patrick Simon^[5]

Renger van der Zande^[5]

Erebus Motorsport

36

Nico Bastian^[5]

PA

1

Thomas Jäger^[5]

David Reynolds^[5]

63

Austin Cindric^[5]

PA

1

Maro Engel^[5]

Bernd Schneider^[5]

AMG - Team HTP Motorsport

AMG GT3

84

Dominik Baumann^[4]

P

2

Maximilian Buhk^[4]

Jazeman Jaafar^[4]

86

Maximilian Götz^[4]

P

2

Thomas Jäger^[4]

Gary Paffett^[4]

AMG - Team AKKA ASP

88

Felix Rosenqvist^[4]

P

2

Tristan Vautier^[4]

Renger van der Zande^[4]

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.	Drivers	Rounds
Aston Martin	Oman Racing Team	V12 Vantage GT3	44	Jonathan Adam^[7]	2
				Ahmad Al Harthy^[7]
				Devon Modell^[7]
				Darren Turner^[7]
Audi	Saintéloc Racing	R8 LMS	25	Marco Bonanomi^[7]	2
				Frédéric Bouvy^[7]
				Christian Kelders^[7]
				Marc Rostan^[7]
		R8 LMS ultra	27	Michael Blanchemain^[7]	2
				Jean-Paul Buffin^[7]
				Valentin Hasse-Clot^[7]
				Gilles Lallemant^[7]
	ISR	R8 LMS	74	Philippe Giauque^[7]	2
				Henry Hassid^[7]
				Nicolas Lapierre^[7]
				Franck Perera^[7]
	Melbourne Performance Centre		75	Steve McLaughlan	1
				René Rast
				Garth Tander
	International Motorsport	R8 LMS ultra	82	Rick Armstrong	1
				Andrew Bagnall
				Matt Halliday
Bentley	Team Parker Racing	Continental GT3	24	Ian Loggie^[7]	2
				Callum MacLeod^[7]
				Andy Meyrick^[7]
				Tom Onslow-Cole^[7]
			30	Chris Harris^[7]	2
				David Perel^[7]
				Derek Pierce^[7]
				Carl Rosenblad^[7]
BMW	Boutsen Ginion	M6 GT3	12	Julien Darras^[7]	2
				Olivier Grotz^[7]
				Karim Ojjeh^[7]
				Arno Santamato^[7]
Ferrari	Kessel Racing	488 GT3	11	Alessandro Bonacini^[7]	2
				Michał Broniszewski^[7]
				Giacomo Piccini^[7]
				Andrea Rizzoli^[7]
	Classic & Modern Racing	458 Italia GT3	41	Romain Brandela^[7]	2
				Timothé Buret^[7]
				Bernard Delhez^[7]
				Mickaël Petit^[7]
			42	Sylvain Debs^[7]	2
				David Loger^[7]
				Eric Mouez^[7]
				Thomas Nicolle^[7]
	Kaspersky Motorsport^{[N 2]} AF Corse^{[N 3]} AT Racing^{[N 4]}		49	Rui Águas^[7]	2
				Stéphane Lémeret^[7]
				Alexander Moiseev^[7]
				Davide Rizzo^[7]
		488 GT3	51	Matteo Cressoni^[7]	2
				Francisco Guedes^[7]
				Peter Mann^[7]
				Rino Mastronardi^[7]
			52	Duncan Cameron^[7]	2
				Matt Griffin^[7]
				Riccardo Ragazzi^[7]
				Andrew Scott^[7]
			53	Olivier Beretta^[7]	2
				Lorenzo Bontempelli^[7]
				Giancarlo Fisichella^[7]
				Motoaki Ishikawa^[7]
			55	Francesco Castellacci^[7]	2
				Marco Cioci^[7]
				Thomas Flohr^[7]
				Piergiuseppe Perazzini^[7]
	Rinaldi Racing		333	Pierre Ehret^[7]	2
				Alexander Mattschull^[7]
				Rinat Salikhov^[7]
				Marco Seefried^[7]
Lamborghini	Lago Racing	Gallardo R-EX	32	Steve Owen	1
				Luke Youlden
				Roger Lago^[7]
			132	Roger Lago^[7]	2
				Steve Owen^[7]
				David Russell^[7]
				Jonathon Webb^[7]
	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Huracán GT3	63	Diego Alessi^[7]	2
				Dennis Andersen^[7]
				Anders Fjordbach^[7]
				Nicolas Pohler^[7]
	ARC Bratislava		69	Miro Konôpka^[7]	2
				Andrzej Lewandowski^[7]
				Zdeno Mikuláško^[7]
				Teodor Myszkowski^[7]
	Barwell Motorsport		78	Marco Attard^[7]	2
				Tom Kimber-Smith^[7]
				Leo Machitski^[7]
				Marco Mapelli^[7]
			666	Oliver Gavin^[7]	2
				Phil Keen^[7]
				Jon Minshaw^[7]
				Joe Osborne^[7]
	Attempto Racing		100	Louis Machiels^[7]	2
				Jeroen Mul^[7]
				Max van Splunteren^[7]
				Giovanni Venturini^[7]
Mercedes-Benz	Black Falcon	Mercedes-AMG GT3	56	Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal^[7]	2
				Daniel Juncadella^[7]
				Oliver Morley^[7]
				Miguel Toril^[7]
	AKKA ASP		89	Laurent Cazenave^[7]	2
				Michael Lyons^[7]
				Morgan Moullin-Traffort^[7]
				Daniele Perfetti^[7]
Porsche	IMSA Performance	911 GT3 R	76	Thierry Cornac^[7]	2
				Raymond Narac^[7]
				Maxime Jousse^[7]
				Patrick Pilet^[7]
	Attempto Racing		77	Nicolas Armindo^[7]	2
				Kévin Estre^[7]
				Jürgen Häring^[7]
				Clément Mateu^[7]

Co-drivers not competing for Am Drivers' championship.

Race results

Rnd.	Circuit	Pole Position	IGTC Winners	Am Winners	Winning Manufacturer
1	Bathurst	No. 59 Tekno Autosports	No. 59 Tekno Autosports	No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre	McLaren
1	Bathurst	Shane van Gisbergen Álvaro Parente Jonathon Webb	Shane van Gisbergen Álvaro Parente Jonathon Webb	Steve McLaughlan	McLaren
2	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 28 Audi Sport Team WRT	No. 88 AMG - Team AKKA ASP	No. 76 IMSA Performance	Mercedes-Benz
2	Spa-Francorchamps	Nico Müller René Rast Laurens Vanthoor	Felix Rosenqvist Tristan Vautier Renger van der Zande	Thierry Cornac	Mercedes-Benz
3	Sepang	No. 9 K-PAX Racing	No. 15 Audi Sport Team Phoenix	No entries	Audi
3	Sepang	Shane van Gisbergen Côme Ledogar Álvaro Parente	Robin Frijns Christopher Haase Laurens Vanthoor	No entries	Audi

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.	Driver	Manufacturer	BAT	SPA	SEP	Total
1	Laurens Vanthoor	Audi	3	2	1	58
2	René Rast	Audi	6	2	2	44
3	Shane van Gisbergen	McLaren	1	9	3	42
4	Álvaro Parente	McLaren	1		3	40
5	Markus Winkelhock	Audi	3	11	2	33
6	Steven Kane Guy Smith	Bentley	2	6		26
7	Renger van der Zande	Mercedes-Benz	Ret	1		25
7	Christopher Haase	Audi	Ret		1	25
7	Jonathon Webb	McLaren	1			25
7	Felix Rosenqvist Tristan Vautier	Mercedes-Benz		1		25
7	Robin Frijns	Audi			1	25
7	Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet	Bentley	5	3		25
8	Thomas Jäger	Mercedes-Benz	4	4		24
9	Matt Bell	Bentley	2			18
9	Nico Müller	Audi		2		18
9	Pierre Kaffer	Audi			2	18
10	Côme Ledogar	McLaren		9	3	17
11	Alex Davison	Audi	3			15
11	Wolfgang Reip	Bentley		3		15
12	Nico Bastian David Reynolds	Mercedes-Benz	4			12
12	Maximilian Götz Gary Paffett	Mercedes-Benz		4		12
13	David Russell	Bentley	5			10
13	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk Jazeman Jaafar	Mercedes-Benz		5		10
14	Steve McLaughlan Garth Tander	Audi	6			8
14	Vincent Abril	Bentley		6		8
14	Rob Bell	McLaren	7	9		8
15	Andrew Watson	McLaren	7	Ret		6
15	Will Davison	McLaren	7			6
15	Maro Engel Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-Benz	Ret	7		6
15	Yelmer Buurman	Mercedes-Benz		7		6
16	Will Stevens Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch	Audi		8		4
17	Pipo Derani Bruno Senna Duncan Tappy	McLaren		10		1
	Christopher Mies	Audi	Ret	11		0
	Frank Stippler	Audi		11		0
	Austin Cindric	Mercedes-Benz	Ret
	Craig Baird Klark Quinn Tony Quinn	McLaren	Ret
	Alex Kapadia Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon	Mercedes-Benz	Ret
	Marco Mapelli	Audi	Ret
	Matt Campbell Warren Luff Tim Slade Tony Walls	McLaren	Ret
	Alex Fontana Struan Moore	McLaren		Ret
Pos.	Driver	Manufacturer	BAT	SPA	SEP	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Am Drivers

Pos.	Driver	Manufacturer	BAT	SPA	SEP	Total
1	Steve McLaughlan	Audi	1			25
1	Thierry Cornac	Porsche		1		25
2	Roger Lago	Lamborghini	2	10		19
3	Philippe Giauque Henry Hassid	Audi		2		18
4	Rick Armstrong	Audi	3			15
4	Jon Minshaw	Lamborghini		3		15
5	Daniele Perfetti	Mercedes-Benz		4		12
6	Michał Broniszewski	Ferrari		5		10
7	Ahmad Al Harthy	Aston Martin		6		8
8	Marco Attard Leo Machitski	Lamborghini		7		6
9	Oliver Morley	Mercedes-Benz		8		4
10	Francisco Guedes Peter Mann Rino Mastronardi	Ferrari		9		2
	Pierre Ehret Alexander Mattschull Rinat Salikhov	Ferrari		11		0
	Miro Konôpka Andrzej Lewandowski Teodor Myszkowski	Lamborghini		12		0
	Dennis Andersen	Lamborghini		13		0
	Christian Kelders Marc Rostan	Audi		14		0
	Duncan Cameron	Ferrari		15		0
	Michael Blanchemain Jean-Paul Buffin Gilles Lallemant	Audi		16		0
	Louis Machiels	Lamborghini		17		0
	Chris Harris David Perel Derek Pierce	Bentley		18		0
	Thomas Flohr Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Ferrari		Ret
	Karim Ojjeh	BMW		Ret
	Stéphane Lémeret Alexander Moiseev Davide Rizzo	Ferrari		Ret
	Romain Brandela Bernard Delhez	Ferrari		Ret
	Sylvain Debs David Loger	Ferrari		Ret
	Ian Loggie	Bentley		Ret
	Jürgen Häring Clément Mateu	Porsche		Ret
	Lorenzo Bontempelli Motoaki Ishikawa	Ferrari		Ret
Pos.	Driver	Manufacturer	BAT	SPA	SEP	Points

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	Car	BAT	SPA	SEP	Total
1	Audi	R8 LMS	3	2	1	88
1	Audi	R8 LMS	6	8	2	88
2	Bentley	Continental GT3	2	3		51
2	Bentley	Continental GT3	5	6		51
3	Mercedes-Benz	SLS AMG GT3/AMG GT3	4	1		49
3	Mercedes-Benz	SLS AMG GT3/AMG GT3	Ret	4		49
3	McLaren	650S GT3	1	9	3	49
3	McLaren	650S GT3	7	10		49
Pos.	Manufacturer	Car	BAT	SPA	SEP	Points

Notes

^ ^a ^b Car No. 2 entered as Phoenix Racing and cars No. 6, 15 and 16 entered as Audi Sport Team Phoenix.
^ Car No. 49 entered as Kaspersky Motorsport.
^ Cars No. 51, 52 and 53 entered as AF Corse.
^ Car No. 55 entered as AT Racing under Austrian licence.

References

^ "Intercontinental GT Challenge launched by Stephane Ratel". autosport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
^ "Intercontinental GT round at COTA to be cancelled". Motorsport.com. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
^ "SRO Motorsports Group Intercontinental GT Challenge". Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "2016 Motul Sepang 12 Hours Entry List". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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External links

Official website

[PhoenixRacing-5] Car No. 2 entered as Phoenix Racing and cars No. 6, 15 and 16 entered as Audi Sport Team Phoenix.

[KasperskyAFCorse-9] Car No. 49 entered as Kaspersky Motorsport.

[AFCorse-10] Cars No. 51, 52 and 53 entered as AF Corse.

[ATRacingAFCorse-11] Car No. 55 entered as AT Racing under Austrian licence.

[1] "Intercontinental GT Challenge launched by Stephane Ratel". autosport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

[2] "Intercontinental GT round at COTA to be cancelled". Motorsport.com. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.

[3] "SRO Motorsports Group Intercontinental GT Challenge". Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

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