The 2016 Italian GT Championship was the 25th season of the Italian GT Championship, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the Italian automobile club (Automobile Club d'Italia). The season started on 30 April 2016 at Monza and ended on 16 October 2016 at Mugello after seven double-header meetings.
Teams and drivers SuperGT3 Team Car Driver Rounds Solaris Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 7 Massimiliano Mugelli All Francesco Sini All Audi Sport Italia Audi R8 LMS 8 Marco Mapelli All Filipe Albuquerque 1–6 Laurens Vanthoor 7 Antonelli Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 9 Alberto Di Folco 7 Adrian Zaugg 7 25 Riccardo Agostini 1–6 Alberto Di Folco 1–6 Easy Race Ferrari 488 GT3 10 Jaime Melo 7 Niccolò Schirò 7 11 Ferdinando Geri 1–6 Daniel Mancinelli 1–3, 6 Andrea Montermini 4 Niccolò Schirò 5 38 Daniel Mancinelli 4 Gregory Romanelli 4 Ombra Srl Lamborghini Huracán GT3 12 Alex Frassineti All Stefano Gattuso All BMW Team Italia BMW M6 GT3 15 Alberto Cerqui All Stefano Comandini All 50 Alex Zanardi 7 Imperiale Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 16 Mirko Bortolotti All Jeroen Mul All 32 Giovanni Venturini All Stefano Pezzucchi 1–6 Patrick Kujala 7 Drive Technology Italia Srl Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 23 Francesca Linossi 1–6 Lorenzo Bontempelli 1–4 Sean Walkinshaw 5–6 Ebimotors Lamborghini Huracán GT3 24 Emanuele Busnelli 4 Fabio Babini 4 Black Bull Swiss Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 46 Stefano Gai All Mirko Venturi All
GT3 Team Car Driver Rounds Krypton Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 53 Luca Pastorelli 1–6 Nicola Pastorelli 1–6 Mauro Deodati 7 Emanuele Romani 7 Audi Sport Italia Audi R8 LMS 58 Matías Russo 2–7 Emanuele Zonzini 2–7 Malucelli Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 60 Marco Galassi 1–5, 7 Simone Tempesta 3–5 Cars Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 61 Ferdinando Monfardini 1–3 Ronnie Valori 1–3 Imperiale Racing Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 63 Vito Postiglione 2–7 Andrea Gagliardini 2–6 Giacomo Barri 7 Easy Race Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 69 Francesco La Mazza 7 Daniel Mancinelli 7 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 72 Eddie Cheever III All Federico Leo All 91 Lorenzo Casè 6–7 Simone Tempesta 6 Lorenzo Bontempelli 7 Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R 88 Alessandro Baccani All Paolo Venerosi All
SuperGTCup Team Car Driver Rounds Antonelli Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 102 Simone Sartori 1–4, 7 Omar Galbiati 1–3 Kikko Galbiati 4 Manuel Deodati 7 103 Massimo Mantovani All Lorenzo Casè 1 Pierluigi Alessandri 2–3, 6–7 Pietro Negra 4 Lorenzo Veglia 5 104 Matteo Desideri All Takashi Kasai 1, 3–7 Pietro Negra 2 109 Marco Magli 1–3 Mikhail Spiridonov 1 Lorenzo Casè 2 Piero Necchi 3–6 Loris Spinelli 4–6 112 Edoardo Liberati 5 Kang Ling 5 132 Kikko Galbiati 6–7 Pietro Negra 6 Piero Necchi 7 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 105 Bar Baruch All Liang Jiatong 1–6 Jacopo Faccioni 7 106 Nicolas Costa All Fernando Croce Gomes 1–2 Amir Krenzia 3–4 Yuki Nemoto 5–7 114 Amir Krenzia 6 Liang Jiatong 7 Jaime Melo 7 Raton Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 107 Angelo Fabrizio Comi All Roberto Tanca All 108 Andrea D'Amico 1 Adrian Zaugg 1–6 Antonio D'Amico 2–7 GDL Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 111 Gianluca de Lorenzi 1–2 Piero Necchi 1–2 Petri Corse Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 114 Davide Roda 2 116 Mauro Trentin 6–7 Walter Palazzo 6 Davide Amaduzzi 7 Imperiale Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 131 Simone Pellegrinelli 5–6 135 Carina Lima 6–7 Andrea Palma 6–7
GTCup Team Car Driver Rounds Imperiale Racing Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo 146 Ivan Benvenuti All Luca De Marchi All Drive Technology Italia Srl Porsche 997 Cup 155 Gianluca Carboni 1, 4–7 "Magister" 1 Davide Durante 4–7 156 Walter Palazzo 4–5 Mauro Trentin 4–5 Master-KR Racing Ferrari 458 Challenge 159 Vincenzo Sauto All Mirko Zanardini All 161 Mauro Deodati 1–6 Emanuele Romani 1–6 Victoria Speed Motorsport Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo 160 Dario Caso 1–2, 6–7 Sossio Del Prete 1–2, 6–7 Scuderia Giudici Maserati GT Trofeo 169 Gianni Giudici 1 Vago Porsche 997 Cup 171 Enrico Di Leo 2, 7 "Poppy" 2, 7 Ebimotors Porsche 997 Cup 174 Carlo Curti All Lino Curti All 175 Nicola Benucci 1–4 Tommaso Maino 1–4 Enrico Quinzio 7 Domenico Schiattarella 7 CAAL Racing Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo 176 Leonardo Baccarelli 4 Luigi Ferrara 4 MP Racing Ferrari 458 Challenge 177 Corinna Gostner 4 Manuela Gostner 4 178 David Gostner 4 Thomas Gostner 4 179 "Babalus" 4 Erich Prinoth 4
GT4 Team Car Driver Rounds Autorlando Sport Porsche 997 GT4 209 Dario Cerati 4–5, 7 Maurizio Fondi 4 Giuseppe Ghezzi 5 Lorenzo Uttini 7 Scuderia Giudici Ginetta G50 211 Claudio Giudici 1
Cayman All entries use a Cayman GT4 Clubsport. Team Driver Rounds Ebimotors 251 Riccardo Pera 2–7 252 Gianluigi Piccioli 2–6 Marco Iannotta 2–3 Sabino De Castro 5–7 CVG Motorsport 253 Federico Zangari 2–5 Matteo Zangari 2–5 Giovanni Coggiola 6 Victor Coggiola 6 Dario Baruchelli 7 Ivano Giuliani 7 Krypton Motorsport 254 Riccardo Bianco 2–4 Sabino De Castro 2–4 Dinamic Motorsport 256 Jonathan Cecotto 2–7 Niccolò Mercatali 2–7 Kinetic 280 Nicola Neri 2, 7 Filippo Bellini 7 299 Camillo Paparelli 2 Mikhail Spiridonov 2
Race calendar and results All races are scheduled to be held in Italy. RoundCircuitDate 1 1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 30 April No. 8 Audi Sport Italia No. 53 Krypton Motorsport No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 146 Imperiale Racing No. 211 Scuderia Giudici No entries Filipe Albuquerque Marco Mapelli Luca Pastorelli Nicola Pastorelli Nicolas Costa Fernando Croce Gomes Ivan Benvenuti Luca De Marchi Claudio Giudici R2 1 May No. 46 Black Bull Swiss Racing No. 61 Cars Engineering No. 111 GDL Racing No. 146 Imperiale Racing No. 211 Scuderia Giudici Stefano Gai Mirko Venturi Ferdinando Monfardini Ronnie Valori Gianluca de Lorenzi Piero Necchi Ivan Benvenuti Luca De Marchi Claudio Giudici 2 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 29 May No. 16 Imperiale Racing No. 63 Imperiale Racing No. 104 Antonelli Motorsport No. 160 Victoria Speed Motorsport No entries No. 251 Ebimotors Mirko Bortolotti Jeroen Mul Andrea Gagliardini Vito Postiglione Matteo Desideri Pietro Negra Dario Caso Sossio Del Prete Riccardo Pera R2 No. 8 Audi Sport Italia No. 58 Audi Sport Italia No. 111 GDL Racing No. 171 Vago No. 251 Ebimotors Filipe Albuquerque Marco Mapelli Matías Russo Emanuele Zonzini Gianluca de Lorenzi Piero Necchi Enrico Di Leo "Poppy" Riccardo Pera 3 R1 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 12 June No. 15 BMW Team Italia No. 63 Imperiale Racing No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 146 Imperiale Racing No. 254 Krypton Motorsport Alberto Cerqui Stefano Comandini Andrea Gagliardini Vito Postiglione Nicolas Costa Amir Krenzia Ivan Benvenuti Luca De Marchi Riccardo Bianco Sabino De Castro R2 No. 46 Black Bull Swiss Racing No. 58 Audi Sport Italia No. 105 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 175 Ebimotors No. 251 Ebimotors Stefano Gai Mirko Venturi Matías Russo Emanuele Zonzini Bar Baruch Liang Jiatong Nicola Benucci Tommaso Maino Riccardo Pera 4 R1 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia 17 July No. 25 Antonelli Motorsport No. 72 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network No. 108 Raton Racing No. 179 MP Racing No. 209 Autorlando Sport No. 256 Dinamic Motorsport Riccardo Agostini Alberto Di Folco Eddie Cheever III Federico Leo Adrian Zaugg Antonio d'Amico "Babalus" Erich Prinoth Dario Cerati Maurizio Fondi Jonathan Cecotto Niccolò Mercatali R2 No. 16 Imperiale Racing No. 53 Krypton Motorsport No. 104 Antonelli Motorsport No. 155 Drive Technology Italia Srl No. 209 Autorlando Sport No. 251 Ebimotors Mirko Bortolotti Jeroen Mul Luca Pastorelli Nicola Pastorelli Matteo Desideri Takashi Kasai Gianluca Carboni Davide Durante Dario Cerati Maurizio Fondi Riccardo Pera 5 R1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 11 September No. 12 Ombra Srl No. 63 Imperiale Racing No. 112 Antonelli Motorsport No. 146 Imperiale Racing No. 209 Autorlando Sport No. 251 Ebimotors Alex Frassineti Stefano Gattuso Andrea Gagliardini Vito Postiglione Leonardo Liberati Kang Ling Ivan Benvenuti Luca De Marchi Dario Cerati Giuseppe Ghezzi Riccardo Pera R2 No. 25 Antonelli Motorsport No. 58 Audi Sport Italia No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 159 Master-KR Racing No. 209 Autorlando Sport No. 251 Ebimotors Riccardo Agostini Alberto Di Folco Matías Russo Emanuele Zonzini Nicolas Costa Yuki Nemoto Vincenzo Sauto Mirko Zanardini Dario Cerati Giuseppe Ghezzi Riccardo Pera 6 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 25 September No. 46 Black Bull Swiss Racing No. 72 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 174 Ebimotors No entries No. 251 Ebimotors Stefano Gai Mirko Venturi Eddie Cheever III Federico Leo Nicolas Costa Yuki Nemoto Carlo Curti Lino Curti Riccardo Pera R2 No. 16 Imperiale Racing No. 72 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 155 Drive Technology Italia Srl No. 251 Ebimotors Mirko Bortolotti Jeroen Mul Eddie Cheever III Federico Leo Nicolas Costa Yuki Nemoto Gianluca Carboni Davide Durante Riccardo Pera 7 R1 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia 16 October No. 46 Black Bull Swiss Racing No. 91 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network No. 104 Antonelli Motorsport No. 155 Drive Technology Italia Srl No. 209 Autorlando Sport No. 252 Ebimotors Stefano Gai Mirko Venturi Lorenzo Bontempelli Lorenzo Casè Matteo Desideri Takashi Kasai Gianluca Carboni Davide Durante Dario Cerati Lorenzo Uttini Sabino De Castro R2 No. 50 BMW Team Italia No. 63 Imperiale Racing No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 146 Imperiale Racing No. 209 Autorlando Sport No. 252 Ebimotors Alex Zanardi Giacomo Barri Vito Postiglione Nicolas Costa Yuki Nemoto Ivan Benvenuti Luca De Marchi Dario Cerati Lorenzo Uttini Sabino De Castro
Championship standings Only the best twelve results count towards each championship.
GT3 championship Pos Driver MNZ IMO MIS MUG VLL IMO MUG Points Super GT3 1 Stefano Gai Mirko Venturi 3 1 32 2 Mirko Bortolotti Jeroen Mul 2 3 27 3 Filipe Albuquerque Marco Mapelli 1 11 22 4 Riccardo Agostini Alberto Di Folco 7 2 19 5 Lorenzo Bontempelli Francesca Linossi 5 6 12 6 Stefano Pezzucchi Giovanni Venturini 8 4 11 7 Alberto Cerqui Stefano Comandini 4 14 9 8 Ferdinando Geri Daniel Mancinelli 11 5 9 9 Massimiliano Mugelli Francesco Sini 6 7 9 10 Alex Frassineti Stefano Gattuso Ret 10 3 GT3 1 Luca Pastorelli Nicola Pastorelli 9 9 35 2 Ferdinando Monfardini Ronnie Valori 13 8 28 3 Alessandro Baccani Paolo Venerosi 10 12 27 4 Marco Galassi 12 13 20 Eddie Cheever III Federico Leo Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver MNZ IMO MIS MUG VLL IMO MUG PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
GTCup championship
Pos Driver MNZ IMO MIS MUG VLL IMO MUG Points Super GTCup 1 Nicolas Costa Fernando Croce Gomes 1 5 27 2 Lorenzo Casè Massimo Mantovani 2 4 23 3 Gianluca de Lorenzi Piero Necchi Ret 1 20 4 Andrea D'Amico Adrian Zaugg 7 2 19 5 Bar Baruch Liang Jiatong 6 3 17 6 Marco Magli Mikhail Spiridonov 4 6 13 7 Matteo Desideri Takashi Kasai 3 Ret 12 8 Angelo Fabrizio Comi Roberto Tanca 4 8 11 9 Omar Galbiati Simone Sartori 10 11 6 GTCup 1 Ivan Benvenuti Luca De Marchi 8 7 40 2 Nicola Benucci Tommaso Maino 11 9 27 3 Vincenzo Sauto Mirko Zanardini 9 13 22 4 Carlo Curti Lino Curti 12 10 20 5 Mauro Deodati Emanuele Romani Ret 12 8 6 Gianni Giudici 14 DNS 7 7 Gianluca Carboni "Magister" Ret 12 5 Dario Caso Sossio Del Prete DNS DNS 5 GT4 1 Claudio Giudici 13 14 40 Pos Driver MNZ IMO MIS MUG VLL IMO MUG Points
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