The 2016 Ferrari Challenge – Europe was the 24th season of Ferrari Challenge Europe and its predecessor, Ferrari Challenge Italy. The season consisted of 7 rounds, starting at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on April 2 and ending at the Daytona International Speedway on December 3.

Calendar

Circuit Dates Map 1 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza April 2–3 2 Mugello Circuit April 30–May 1 3 Circuit de la Sarthe June 18 4 Sochi Autodrom July 30–31 5 Hockenheimring September 10–11 6 Circuito de Jerez October 8–9 7 Daytona International Speedway December 2–3

Entry list All teams and drivers used the Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo fitted with Pirelli tyres.

Trofeo Pirelli Team Driver Class Rounds Octane126 1 Björn Grossmann Pro All 42 Galip Atar Pro-Am 1, 5 67 James Fischer Pro-Am 1 68 Fabio Leimer Pro 4–5, 7 Motor Service 3 Aleksey Basov Pro 4 26 Cedric Mezard Pro-Am 7 39 Vladimir Atoev Pro-Am 4, 6–7 58 Hui-Lin Han Pro-Am 5 77 Stephen Wyatt Pro-Am 3 Rossocorsa 9 Marcello Puglisi Pro All 18 James Weiland Pro-Am 4 27 Alessandro Vezzoni Pro All 41 Fréderic Jean-Marie Fangio Pro-Am 2, 5, 7 59 John Farano Pro-Am 1–4, 6–7 71 Roman Yakuskin Pro-Am 1 86 Alberto Cola Pro 3 91 Philipp Baron Pro All 94 Giuseppe Ramelli Pro-Am 1–2 97 Tommaso Rocca Pro-Am All Scuderia Autoropa 10 Henrik Hedman Pro-Am 3, 5, 7 13 Martin Nelson Pro-Am 1–3, 5–7 55 Matteo Santoponte Pro 1 Formula Racing 16 Niels Zibrandsen Pro-Am 7 19 Per Nielsen Pro-Am 3, 5, 7 StileF Squadra Corse 22 Álex Palou Pro 6 32 Andreas Segler Pro-Am 1–3 74 Andrea Benenati Pro-Am 1–2, 6 Gohm Motorsport 25 Alexander Nußbaumer Pro-Am 5 44 Jens Liebhauser Pro-Am 3, 5 Scuderia Praha 37 Jan Danis ProPro-Am 1–23, 5 Kessel Racing 48 Liam Talbot Pro 3 79 Joshua Cartu Pro-Am 7 87 Peter Knoflach Pro-Am 2–3, 5 99 Jacques Duyver Pro-Am 7 Ineco – MP Racing 50 David Gostner Pro 1–3, 5–6 Ferrari Eberlein 51 Walter-Ben Dörrenberg Pro-Am 3, 5 Baron Service 88 Florian Merckx Pro 3 Stratstone Ferrari 92 Sam Smeeth Pro-Am All

Coppa Shell Team Driver Class Rounds Baron Service Thomas Lindroth Am All CDP Leonardo Baccarelli Am 1–2 Renato di Amato Am 1, 3, 6–7 Ferrari of Newport Beach Alan Hegyi Am 1–3 Gohm Motorsport Klaus Hrubesch Am 3 Christian Kinch Am All Ineco – MP Racing Corinna Gostner Am 1–3, 5–7 Manuela Gostner Am 1–3, 5–7 Thomas Gostner Am 1–3, 5–7 Erich Prinoth Am 1–3, 5–7 Kessel Racing Murat Cuhadaroğlu Am 1–6 Daniel Künzli Am 1–2 Rick Lovat Am 1–5, 7 Fons Scheltema Am All Lüg Sportivo Holger Harmsen Am 1, 5–7 Motor Service Eric Cheung Am 1–6 Tani Hanna Am 1–3, 7 Gary Kondakov Am 1 Kriton Lendoudis Am 1, 3–7 Michael Luzich Am 2, 4 Rossocorsa Jean-Claude Saada Am 1–3, 5 Frank Selldorff Am 7 Scuderia Autoropa Ingvar Mattsson Am 2, 6–7 Roger Samuelsson Am 3 Alexander West Am 2 Scuderia Niki Hasler Deborah Mayer Am All Claudio Schiavoni Am All Scuderia Praha Vladimir Hladik Am 3, 5–7 Dušan Palcr Am 3 StileF Squadra Corsa Thomas Löfflad Am All Stratstone Ferrari Wayne Marrs Am 1–3

Results and standings Race results Round Race Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Trofeo Pirelli Winners Coppa Shell Winners 1 1 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza : Matteo Santoponte: Sam Smeeth: Thomas Löfflad : Philipp Baron: Sam Smeeth: Thomas Löfflad Pro: Matteo SantopontePro-Am: Martin Nelson Am: Thomas Löfflad 2 : Philipp Baron: Sam Smeeth: Thomas Löfflad : Philipp Baron: Sam Smeeth: Thomas Löfflad Pro: Philipp BaronPro-Am: Sam Smeeth Am: Thomas Löfflad 2 1 Mugello Circuit : Björn Grossmann: Sam Smeeth: Erich Prinoth : Björn Grossmann: Sam Smeeth: Thomas Löfflad Pro: Björn GrossmannPro-Am: Sam Smeeth Am: Erich Prinoth 2 : Björn Grossmann: Sam Smeeth: Tani Hanna : Björn Grossmann: Sam Smeeth: Thomas Löfflad Pro: Björn GrossmannPro-Am: Sam Smeeth Am: Thomas Löfflad 3 1 Circuit de la Sarthe : Alberto Cola: Sam Smeeth: Tani Hanna : David Gostner: Sam Smeeth: Erich Prinoth Pro: Marcello PuglisiPro-Am: Sam Smeeth Am: Vladimir Hladik 4 1 Sochi Autodrom : Fabio Leimer: Sam Smeeth: Thomas Löfflad : Björn Grossmann: Vladimir Atoev: Rick Lovat Pro: Björn GrossmannPro-Am: Vladimir Atoev Am: Fons Scheltema 2 : Björn Grossmann: Sam Smeeth: Thomas Löfflad : Björn Grossmann: Vladimir Atoev: Claudio Schiavoni Pro: Björn GrossmannPro-Am: Vladimir Atoev Am: Thomas Löfflad 5 1 Hockenheimring : Fabio Leimer: Sam Smeeth: Rick Lovat : Fabio Leimer: Sam Smeeth: Rick Lovat Pro: Fabio LeimerPro-Am: Sam Smeeth Am: Rick Lovat 2 : Fabio Leimer: Sam Smeeth: Rick Lovat : Fabio Leimer: Sam Smeeth: Rick Lovat Pro: Björn GrossmannPro-Am: Sam Smeeth Am: Rick Lovat 6 1 Circuito de Jerez : Álex Palou: Sam Smeeth: Fons Scheltema : Björn Grossmann: Sam Smeeth: Vladimir Hladik Pro: Björn GrossmannPro-Am: Sam Smeeth Am: Erich Prinoth 2 : Álex Palou: Vladimir Atoev: Thomas Löfflad : Álex Palou: Sam Smeeth: Thomas Löfflad Pro: Álex PalouPro-Am: Sam Smeeth Am: Thomas Löfflad 7 1 Daytona International Speedway : Fabio Leimer: Sam Smeeth: Rick Lovat : Philipp Baron: Sam Smeeth: Thomas Löfflad Pro: Philipp BaronPro-Am: Sam Smeeth Am: Thomas Löfflad 2 : Björn Grossmann: Vladimir Atoev: Rick Lovat : Björn Grossmann: Sam Smeeth: Erich Prinoth Pro: Björn GrossmannPro-Am: Sam Smeeth Am: Rick Lovat

Championship standings Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows: Race Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th           Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 Trofeo Pirelli Driver MNZ MUG LMS SOC HOC JER DAY Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pro Class 1 Björn Grossmann 3 6 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 234 2 Philipp Baron 2 1 4 2 5 4 3 3 3 5 2 1 DNS 170 3 Marcello Puglisi Ret 3 2 3 1 5 4 5 5 4 4 2 Ret 145 4 Alessandro Vezzoni 5 7 5 4 3 6 6 4 4 3 5 4 3 126 5 Fabio Leimer 2 2 1 2 DNS 2 89 6 David Gostner 4 4 3 5 4 6 DNS DNS DNS 64 7 Álex Palou 2 1 39 8 Matteo Santoponte 1 2 37 9 Jan Danis 6 5 Ret 6 26 10 Aleksey Basov 3 5 21 11 Liam Talbot 6 9 12 Alberto Cola Ret 8 13 Florian Merckx Ret 1 Pro-Am Class 1 Sam Smeeth 2 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 278 2 Tommasco Rocca 4 10 3 3 Ret 4 2 3 4 5 5 4 8 118 3 John Farano 8 4 2 4 10 3 4 3 4 3 2 117 4 Martin Nelson 1 2 9 2 9 Ret 3 4 3 Ret 4 105 5 Vladimir Atoev 1 1 2 2 Ret Ret 76 6 Henrik Hedman 3 2 2 2 3 75 7 Andrea Benenati 3 6 5 Ret 6 6 41 8 Jan Danis 4 Ret DNS 40 9 Andreas Segler 7 3 4 5 Ret 37 10 Peter Knoflach 6 6 5 7 8 32 11 Per Nielsen 6 6 7 10 10 23 12 Stephen Wyatt 2 21 = James Weiland 5 3 21 14 Fréderic Jean-Marie Fangio 7 7 8 10 7 11 19 15 James Fischer 5 5 18 16 Jacques Duyver 6 5 15 = Alexander Nußbaumer 5 6 15 = Walter-Ben Dörrenberg 7 9 11 15 19 Jens Liebhauser 8 Ret 5 14 20 Giuseppe Ramelli Ret 7 8 8 12 21 Hui-Lin Han 4 Ret 11 = Cedric Mezard 5 9 11 23 Roman Yakuskin 6 9 9 = Niels Zibrandsen 9 6 9 25 Joshua Cartu 8 7 8 26 Galip Atar Ret 8 Ret 9 7

Coppa Shell Driver MNZ MUG LMS SOC HOC JER DAY Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Am Class 1 Thomas Löfflad 1 1 2 1 2 6 1 2 Ret 9 1 1 DNS 196 2 Rick Lovat 3 4 11 6 5 2 2 1 1 2 1 156 3 Fons Scheltema 2 5 3 12 3 1 5 4 4 Ret 3 11 3 130 4 Erich Prinoth Ret 2 1 3 6 3 2 1 DNS 5 4 129 5 Vladimir Hladik 1 7 5 3 4 3 2 96 6 Renato di Amato 4 3 4 12 2 7 7 61 7 Eric Cheung 9 12 5 5 8 7 3 6 Ret Ret Ret 50 8 Claudio Schiavoni Ret Ret 14 13 11 4 9 9 Ret 2 5 15 8 48 = Thomas Lindroth 7 7 7 7 10 5 6 8 7 10 Ret 10 14 48 10 Tani Hanna 5 6 Ret 2 22 4 15 45 11 Kriton Lendoudis 12 13 9 3 4 5 9 8 Ret Ret 12 44 12 Christian Kinch 14 8 10 8 13 8 8 10 10 5 8 12 9 35 13 Thomas Gostner Ret DNS 13 9 7 13 8 15 9 6 6 31 14 Jean-Claude Saada 8 Ret 4 Ret 23 12 3 29 15 Holger Harmsen Ret 11 11 6 6 6 9 13 24 16 Corinna Gostner Ret 15 12 11 14 4 7 Ret Ret 20 17 Murat Cuhadaroğlu Ret 16 8 Ret 18 9 7 Ret 12 7 12 19 18 Leonardo Baccarelli 10 Ret 9 4 15 19 Ingvar Mattsson Ret DNS 13 10 14 5 12 20 Wayne Marrs 6 10 17 19 12 10 21 Manuela Gostner Ret 9 16 14 21 15 11 11 Ret 13 10 9 22 Deborah Mayer 11 17 19 17 17 10 11 14 13 14 11 Ret 16 8 23 Alexander West 6 18 7 24 Frank Selldorff 8 11 4 25 Michael Luzich 18 15 11 10 3 = Daniel Künzli 13 14 15 10 3 = Alan Hegyi 16 19 20 16 19 3 28 Dušan Palcr 15 2 29 Gary Kondakov 15 18 1 = Klaus Hrubesch 16 1 NC Roger Samuelsson 20 0

See also 2016 Finali Mondiali

References

External links Official website