The following is an overview of the events of 2016 in motorsport, including the major racing events, award ceremonies, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events Sporting events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 2–16 January38th Dakar Rally 30–31 January54th 24 Hours of Daytona 21 February58th Daytona 500 28–29 May44th 24 Hours of Nürburgring29 May74th Monaco Grand Prix100th Indianapolis 500 4–10 June98th Isle of Man TT 18–19 June84th 24 Hours of Le Mans 30–31 July68th 24 Hours of Spa 31 July39th Suzuka 8 Hours 21 August26th Masters of Formula 3 9 October59th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 20 November63rd Macau Grand Prix
Award ceremonies DateEventRef 2 December FIA Prize Giving Ceremony
Established championships/events First raceChampionshipRef7 FebruaryIntercontinental GT Challenge27 MarchBRDC British Formula 3 Championship2 AprilTouring Car Endurance Series3 AprilTCR Spanish Series16 AprilADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship14 MayGT3 Le Mans Cup21 MayTCR Thailand Touring Car ChampionshipTCR Benelux Touring Car Championship11 JuneF4 Spanish Championship2 JulyFormula 4 United States Championship5 AugustFormula 4 South East Asia Championship18 November2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship
Disestablished championships/events Last raceChampionshipRef9 OctoberAuto GP16 OctoberEuropean Junior Cup23 OctoberRenault Sport Trophy27 NovemberGP2 Series
Opened motorsport venues DateVenueFirst eventRef23 AprilParis Street CircuitParis ePrix21 MayBerlin Street CircuitBerlin ePrix19 JuneBaku City CircuitEuropean Grand Prix9 OctoberHong Kong Central Harbourfront CircuitHong Kong ePrix
Closed motorsport venues DateVenueLast eventRef3 JulyBattersea Park Street CircuitLondon ePrix
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef8JanuaryMaria Teresa de Filippis89ItalianRacing driverFirst female Formula One driver13Mike Salmon82BritishRacing driverMike Salmon obituary at goodwood.com16Bob Harkey85AmericanRacing driver19Mike MacDowel83BritishRacing driver26Barney Hall83AmericanMotorsport commentatorSpecialised on NASCAR4FebruaryDave Mirra41AmericanRacing driver10Lennie Pond75AmericanRacing driver3MarchAlan Henry68BritishMotorsport journalist7Bobby Johns83AmericanRacing driverIn Memory of Robert James Johns26Yoshimi Katayama75JapaneseRacing driverRIP Yoshimi Katayama, 1940 — 201631Bertil Roos72SwedishRacing driver and instructorBertil Roos Racing School23AprilAttila Ferjáncz69HungarianRally driverHungarian Rally champion (1976–1982, 1985, 1990)Meghalt Ferjancz Attila 29Don White89AmericanRacing driverStock-car racer Don White was all-time victory leader at Milwaukee Mile14MayAndre Wicky87SwissRacing driver and team ownerAndre WICKY • STATS F121Eddie Keizan71South AfricanRacing driver28JuneAndre Guelfi97FrenchRacing driverAndre Guelfi alias "Dede la sardine" est mort 29Carl Haas87AmericanRacing driver and team owner7JulyPeter Riley85BritishRally driverNOTICE OF DEATH - PETER RILEY (1930 - 2016)3AugustChris Amon73New ZealanderRacing driverWinner of the 1966 24 Hours of Le MansMotor racing legend Chris Amon dies7Bryan Clauson27AmericanRacing driverJack Sears86BritishRace and rally driverFirst BTCC championFirst BTCC champion Jack Sears obituary: 1930–20169Bill Alsup78AmericanRacing driver2SeptemberBlackie Gejeian90AmericanRacing driverAlso known as hot rod builder8Hannes Arch48AustrianAir racerRed Bull Air World Race champion (2008).10OctoberTony Adamowicz75AmericanRacing driver24Jack Sellers72AmericanRacing driverSellers Remembered For His Colorful Career15NovemberPaul Rosche82GermanEngineer19Jacques Henry74FrenchRally driverHaute-Saone : Le pilote de course Jacques Henry est decede 10DecemberHerm Johnson63AmericanRacing driver
See also List of 2016 motorsport champions
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