2016 International Touring Cup season

2016 International Touring Cup season

Competition	International Touring Cup
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	6
Mod Used	NGTC Custom
Vehicle(s)	{{{Vehicles}}}
Tyre Supplier(s)	Dunlop D
Drivers
Teams
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
International Touring Cup Seasons
2013/14 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018

GPVWC series in 2016
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The 2016 International Touring Cup season will be the fourth running of the GPVWC International Touring Cup season. Eric Stranne entered the season as defending Drivers' champion for the second year running whilst his own outfit, Ice Cold Racing, entered as the reigning Teams' champions.

Report

Race Weekend Format

19:15 GMT ~ Free Practice
19:35 GMT ~ Qualifying
19:50 GMT ~ Warmup
20:00 GMT ~ Race One Start
20:20 GMT ~ Warmup
20:30 GMT ~ Race Two Start
20:50 GMT ~ Warmup
21:00 GMT ~ Race Three Start

Second and Third race start times dependent on the finishing time of the preceding race, with roughly a 10 minute warmup/break period in-between.

Teams and drivers

International Touring Cup Team	Base	Team	Car	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenburg, Sweden	Ice Cold	Honda Civic	G	1	Eric Stranne
					2	Lewis McGlade
Aurora Motorsports	Ramsgate, England	Aurora	Honda Civic	G	3	TBC
					4	TBC
Enterprise GP	Bromley, England	EGP	Chevrolet Cruze	G	5	Bart de Vos
					6	Adrian Holm
Epic Racing Team	Banbury, England	Epic	Honda Civic	G	7	Geoffrey Fournier
					8	Chris Shepherd
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	BMW 125i	G	9	TBC
					10	TBC
Kernow Sport	St. Austell, England	Kernow	Honda Civic	G	11	TBC
					12	TBC
Zedderick Racing	Portishead, England	Zedderick	Toyota Avensis	G	14	Philip Morby
					15	TBC
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	Mitsubishi Lancer	G	16	TBC
					17	TBC
EVAL Simracing Team	Tallinn, Estonia	EVAL	Honda Civic	G	18	TBC
					19	TBC
Hinss Motorsport	Melbourne, Australia	Hinss	Ford Focus	G	20	Kevin Ryan
					21	TBC
Holland Racing Team	The Netherlands	HRT	BMW 125i	G	22	Gerrit de Vries
					23	David Francic
Origin Front Row Racing	London, England	OFR	Honda Civic	G	24	TBC
					25	TBC
STAX Racing	Halifax, Canada	STAX	Honda Civic	G	26	Diego Carranza
					27	Carlos Andres Ladines
Streamline Engineering	Nottingham, England	Streamline	Mitsubishi Lancer	G	28	TBC
					29	TBC
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	Ford Focus	G	30	Thomas Hinss
					31	Niranjan Kumar

Team Changes

• Apex Racing, Bastvik Grand Prix, Cosmo Autosport, CSG Racing, Downforce iZone Racing, Measuric Racing, MTR Motorsport, Torrent Motorsports, Triple Twenty, TTF Racing, Wauters Automotive and YTF1 all did not continue into the 2016 season.
• Having withdrawn from the 2015 championship mid-season, THR did not return to the series in 2016.

New and returning entries

• Woods Racing returned to the series following a 2-year absence.
• Edonis Engineering, EVAL Simracing Team, Hinss Motorsport, Holland Racing Team, Origin Front Row Racing, STAX Racing and Streamline Engineering all entered the series for the first time in 2016.

2016 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Event	Circuit	Conditions	Platform	Date	Time
							Laps†	GMT/BST
1	British Touring Cup	2016 British Touring Cup	Donington Park, North West Leicestershire	TBC	rFactor 2	22nd August	TBC	19:00
2	Portuguese Touring Cup	2016 Portuguese Touring Cup	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	TBC	rFactor 2	5th September	TBC	19:00
3	Polish Touring Cup	2016 Polish Touring Cup	Tor Poznań, Poznań	TBC	rFactor 2	19th September	TBC	19:00
4	French Touring Cup	2016 French Touring Cup	Circuit de la Sarthe (Bugatti Circuit), Le Mans	TBC	rFactor 2	3rd October	TBC	19:00
5	Dubai Touring Cup	2016 Dubai Touring Cup	Dubai Autodrome, Dubailand	TBC	rFactor 2	17th October	TBC	19:00
6	Brazilian Touring Cup	2016 Brazilian Touring Cup	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	rFactor 2	31st October	TBC	19:00

^† each round consists of three races of equal length.

Calendar changes

• For the first time in its history, the series calendar was shortened. Running at six rounds long, it is set to be the shortest International Touring Cup season to date.
• Though returning alongside two other established touring cups, the Brazilian round would be the only example of a returning circuit for the 2016 season.
• Both the British and Portuguese Touring Cups returned, both traveling to new circuits; Donington Park and the Autódromo do Estoril respectively.
• Three brand new touring cups were established for this season based in Poland, France and Dubai.

Results and standings

Rounds

Round		Event	Pole Position	Pole Time	Fastest Lap	F/L Time	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	R1	British Touring Cup		-		-			Report
	R2					-
	R3					-
2	R4	Portuguese Touring Cup		-		-			Report
	R5					-
	R6					-
3	R7	Polish Touring Cup		-		-			Report
	R8					-
	R9					-
4	R10	French Touring Cup		-		-			Report
	R11					-
	R12					-
5	R13	Dubai Touring Cup		-		-			Report
	R14					-
	R15					-
6	R16	Brazilian Touring Cup		-		-			Report
	R17					-
	R18					-

Preceded by: 2015 International Touring Cup season

GPVWC International Touring Cup season 2016

Succeeded by: 2017 International Touring Cup season