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.

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. 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:

Entry list

Intercontinental GT Challenge entries Manufacturer Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Audi Audi Sport Team WRT R8 LMS 1 Will Stevens P 2 Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch 28 Nico Müller P 2 René Rast Laurens Vanthoor Phoenix Racing Audi Sport Team Phoenix 2 Alex Davison PA 1 Laurens Vanthoor Markus Winkelhock Markus Winkelhock 6 P 2 Christopher Mies Frank Stippler 15 Robin Frijns P 3 Christopher Haase Laurens Vanthoor 16 Pierre Kaffer P 3 René Rast Markus Winkelhock Melbourne Performance Centre 74 Christopher Haase PA 1 Marco Mapelli Christopher Mies 75 Steve McLaughlan PA 1 René Rast Garth Tander Bentley Bentley Team M-Sport Continental GT3 7 Vincent Abril P 2 Steven Kane Guy Smith 8 Wolfgang Reip P 2 Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet 10 Matt Bell PA 1 Steven Kane Guy Smith 31 David Russell PA 1 Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet McLaren K-PAX Racing 650S GT3 9 Shane van Gisbergen P 3 Côme Ledogar Álvaro Parente McElrea Racing 11 Matt Campbell Am 1 Warren Luff Tim Slade Tony Walls Keltic Racing 37 Craig Baird Am 1 Klark Quinn Tony Quinn Garage 59 58 Rob Bell P 2 Shane van Gisbergen Côme Ledogar 59 Alex Fontana P 2 Struan Moore Andrew Watson 60 Pipo Derani P 2 Bruno Senna Duncan Tappy Tekno Autosports 59 Shane van Gisbergen PA 1 Álvaro Parente Jonathon Webb 60 Rob Bell PA 1 Will Davison Andrew Watson Mercedes-Benz AMG - Team Black Falcon AMG GT3 00 Yelmer Buurman P 2 Maro Engel Bernd Schneider Mishumotors SLS AMG GT3 33 Alex Kapadia PA 1 Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon Renger van der Zande Erebus Motorsport 36 Nico Bastian PA 1 Thomas Jäger David Reynolds 63 Austin Cindric PA 1 Maro Engel Bernd Schneider AMG - Team HTP Motorsport AMG GT3 84 Dominik Baumann P 2 Maximilian Buhk Jazeman Jaafar 86 Maximilian Götz P 2 Thomas Jäger Gary Paffett AMG - Team AKKA ASP 88 Felix Rosenqvist P 2 Tristan Vautier 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 Drivers Rounds Aston Martin Oman Racing Team V12 Vantage GT3 44 Jonathan Adam 2 Ahmad Al Harthy Devon Modell Darren Turner Audi Saintéloc Racing R8 LMS 25 Marco Bonanomi 2 Frédéric Bouvy Christian Kelders Marc Rostan R8 LMS ultra 27 Michael Blanchemain 2 Jean-Paul Buffin Valentin Hasse-Clot Gilles Lallemant ISR R8 LMS 74 Philippe Giauque 2 Henry Hassid Nicolas Lapierre Franck Perera 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 2 Callum MacLeod Andy Meyrick Tom Onslow-Cole 30 Chris Harris 2 David Perel Derek Pierce Carl Rosenblad BMW Boutsen Ginion M6 GT3 12 Julien Darras 2 Olivier Grotz Karim Ojjeh Arno Santamato Ferrari Kessel Racing 488 GT3 11 Alessandro Bonacini 2 Michał Broniszewski Giacomo Piccini Andrea Rizzoli Classic & Modern Racing 458 Italia GT3 41 Romain Brandela 2 Timothé Buret Bernard Delhez Mickaël Petit 42 Sylvain Debs 2 David Loger Eric Mouez Thomas Nicolle Kaspersky Motorsport AF Corse AT Racing 49 Rui Águas 2 Stéphane Lémeret Alexander Moiseev Davide Rizzo 488 GT3 51 Matteo Cressoni 2 Francisco Guedes Peter Mann Rino Mastronardi 52 Duncan Cameron 2 Matt Griffin Riccardo Ragazzi Andrew Scott 53 Olivier Beretta 2 Lorenzo Bontempelli Giancarlo Fisichella Motoaki Ishikawa 55 Francesco Castellacci 2 Marco Cioci Thomas Flohr Piergiuseppe Perazzini Rinaldi Racing 333 Pierre Ehret 2 Alexander Mattschull Rinat Salikhov Marco Seefried Lamborghini Lago Racing Gallardo R-EX 32 Steve Owen 1 Luke Youlden Roger Lago 132 2 Steve Owen David Russell Jonathon Webb GRT Grasser Racing Team Huracán GT3 63 Diego Alessi 2 Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Nicolas Pohler ARC Bratislava 69 Miro Konôpka 2 Andrzej Lewandowski Zdeno Mikuláško Teodor Myszkowski Barwell Motorsport 78 Marco Attard 2 Tom Kimber-Smith Leo Machitski Marco Mapelli 666 Oliver Gavin 2 Phil Keen Jon Minshaw Joe Osborne Attempto Racing 100 Louis Machiels 2 Jeroen Mul Max van Splunteren Giovanni Venturini Mercedes-Benz Black Falcon AMG GT3 56 Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal 2 Daniel Juncadella Oliver Morley Miguel Toril AKKA ASP 89 Laurent Cazenave 2 Michael Lyons Morgan Moullin-Traffort Daniele Perfetti Porsche IMSA Performance 911 GT3 R 76 Thierry Cornac 2 Raymond Narac Maxime Jousse Patrick Pilet Attempto Racing 77 Nicolas Armindo 2 Kévin Estre Jürgen Häring Clément Mateu

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

Am Drivers 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 Driver Manufacturer BAT SPA SEP Points

Manufacturers' championship Manufacturer Car BAT SPA SEP 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 Manufacturer Car BAT SPA SEP Points

See also Intercontinental GT Challenge

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