2016 Masters Series season

**2016 Masters Series season**

Competition	Masters Series
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	5
Vehicle(s)	Audi TT Cup
Tyre Supplier(s)	Hankook H
Drivers	46
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion	Eric Stranne
Teams' Champion	Ice Cold Racing
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The 2016 Masters Series (sometimes referred to as the 2015/16 Masters Series despite the championship having taken place within the 2016 calander year only) was the seventh season of the Masters Series at the GPVWC. David Jundt entered the series as the reigning champion, having taken the crown in the ultimately shortened 2014 season and with the 2015 season never having taken place, but did not obtain a full-time drive.

Eric Stranne would win the Drivers' title at the penultimate round at Adelaide, with Ice Cold Racing taking the Teams' title at the final round at Brno. Stranne utterly dominated the season, winning all but one of the races in the season, narrowly missing out on becoming only the second driver in GPVWC history to win all races in a season after Dave Carr-Smith achieved the feat in the 2012 Winter GT season.

Teams and Drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2016 participation:

Masters Series Team	Base	Abbreviation	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenberg, Sweden	Ice Cold	H	2	Eric Stranne	1-2
				3	Lewis McGlade	1
				3	Lars Brugman	2
Epic Racing Team	Banbury, England	Epic	H	4	James Ross	1-2
Epic Racing Team	Banbury, England	Epic	H	5	Geoffrey Fournier	1-2
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	H	6	Philip Morby	1-2
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	H	7	Tom Parker	1-2
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, Netherlands	RTS	H	8	Argenis Riera	2
				8	Nico Barclay	1
				9	Nico Barclay	2
				9	Roy Schroten	1
CM-Tech Racing	Schoonhoven, Netherlands	CM-Tech	H	10	Wopke Hoekstra	1-2
				11	Robert Wiesenmüller	1
				11	Menno Klont	2
Malta Force GP	Siggiewi, Malta	Malta Force	H	12	Bart De Vos	1
				12	Mike Bell	2
				14	Mike Bell	1
				14	Jason Muscat	2
Hinss Motorsport	Melbourne, Australia	Hinss	H	15	Douwe Tapper	2
Hinss Motorsport	Melbourne, Australia	Hinss	H	16	David Francic	1-2
Simtech Enterprise GP	Bromley, England	EGP	H	17	Kevin Siggy	1-2
Simtech Enterprise GP	Bromley, England	EGP	H	18	Argo Teder	1-2
Cosmo Autosport	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England	Cosmo	H	1	David Jundt	5
				19	Matt Richards	1-2
				20	Andrew Waring	1-2
				20	Scott Sovik	3
TR Motorsports	Detroit, MI, United States	TR	H	21	Michael Teichmann	2
TR Motorsports	Detroit, MI, United States	TR	H	22	Maurice Brackhahn	1
EJ Engineering	Donnington, England	EJ	H	23	Jarrod Vanderweide	1-2
EJ Engineering	Donnington, England	EJ	H	24	Joel Pereira	1-2
Bosphorus Racing Team	Dordrecht, Netherlands	Bosphorus	H	25	Tjeerd Feddema	1-2
Bosphorus Racing Team	Dordrecht, Netherlands	Bosphorus	H	26	Ryan Ottens	1-2
SportsCar Driving Evolution	Paris, France	SDEv	H	27	Niranjan Kumar	1-2
SportsCar Driving Evolution	Paris, France	SDEv	H	28	Adrian Brezeanu	1-2
SimTech Jota Sport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	H	29	Roy Schroten	2
SimTech Jota Sport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	H	30	Adam Ozgur	1-2
RPM Racing	Bourne, England	RPM	H	31	Joshua Anderson	1-2
				32	Rob Mason	1
				32	Tobias Olsson	2

Returning Teams

Only Racing Team Schroten and TSA Racing returned to the series from the 2013 season, previously the last such season to feature teams.

New Entries

Bosphorus Racing Team, EJ Engineering, RPM Racing, SportsCar Driving Evolution and TR Motorsports are all rookies to GPVWC competition.

2016 Calendar

Round	Event	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Time
Round	Event	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Laps	GMT/BST
1	Silverstone Masters	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	January 3rd	TBC	19:00
2	Assen Masters	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	TBC	January 10th	TBC	19:00
3	Laguna Seca Masters	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey	TBC	January 17th	TBC	19:00
4	Adelaide Masters	Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide	TBC	January 24th	TBC	19:00
5	Brno Masters	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	TBC	January 31st	TBC	19:00

Calendar changes

With the return to the Masters' original evening format came two returning events, the Silverstone Masters and the Laguna Seca Masters, both of which last ran in the 2012 season.
All other events on the calendar, based in Assen, Adelaide and Brno, were making their debuts in the series.

Results and Standings

Rounds

Rd.	Masters	Pole Position	Race One Fastest	Race One Winner	Race Two Fastest	Race Two Winner	Report
1	Silverstone Masters	Eric Stranne (2:09.172)	Eric Stranne (2:08.319)	Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing	Eric Stranne (2:09.428)	Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing	Report
2	Assen Masters	Eric Stranne (1:43.032)	Kevin Siggy (1:43.774)	Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing	Kevin Siggy (1:43.753)	David Francic Hinss Motorsport	Report
3	Laguna Seca Masters	Eric Stranne (1:27.096)	Eric Stranne (1:27.954)	Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing	Kevin Siggy (1:28.182)	Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing	Report
4	Adelaide Masters	Kevin Siggy (1:24.267)	Eric Stranne (1:24.979)	Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing	Bart De Vos (1:25.418)	Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing	Report
5	Brno Masters	Eric Stranne (2:05.248)	David Francic (2:05.642)	Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing	Bart De Vos (2:05.502)	Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing	Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Standings

Pos	Driver	UK		NED		USA		AUS		CZE		Points
1	Eric Stranne	1	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	236
2	Kevin Siggy	2	3	3	2	4	8	2	2	2	3	169
3	David Francic	Ret	7	7	1	9	2	10	3	3	11	113
4	Tom Parker	6	4	5	3			4	9	5	6	91
5	Bart De Vos	4	5			5	6	Ret	7	4	2	87
6	Nico Barclay	Ret	9	4	10	8	4			7	4	69
7	Argo Teder	9	15	9	9	14	12	5	4	6	15	63
8	Lewis McGlade	3	2			Ret	Ret	7	Ret	9	10	58
9	Matthew Chirgwin					2	3					36
10	Lars Brugman			2	4							33
11	Thomas Hinss							3	5	16	12	31
12	Philip Morby	5	6	18	15			8	Ret	Ret	Ret	30
13	Tjeerd Feddema	10	16	8	7			9	Ret	Ret	DNS	30
14	Kevin Rötting					7	Ret	6	6			29
15	Ryan Ottens	8	8	DSQ	Ret	15	13	13	11	Ret	DNS	28
16	Thomas Jacobs					3	5					27
17	Jason Muscat			Ret	19^†	6	14^†	Ret	Ret	10	7	27
18	Geoffrey Fournier		20	Ret	12	13	16^†	11	8	12	17	24
19	Ruben Correa Alves					11	10	12	Ret	13	13	21
20	Matt Richards		Ret	6	6							20
21	Andrew Waring	7	10	Ret	11							20
22	Michael Teichmann			12	Ret	10	7					19
23	Roy Schroten	16^†	11	11	8							18
24	Douwe Tapper			Ret	15	Ret	9	Ret	10	14	14	18
25	Niels Brugman									11	8	13
26	Alexander van der Woude									Ret	5	11
27	Menno Klont			14	Ret	12	Ret	17	12	19	18	10
28	Tobias Olsson			Ret	DNS			Ret	Ret	8	Ret	8
29	David Jundt									Ret	9	7
30	Niranjan Kumar	Ret	18	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	15	16	7
31	Adrian Brezeanu	12	Ret	13	17	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	7
32	Argenis Riera			16	DNS	Ret	11					5
33	Jarrod Vanderweide	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS					5
34	Mike Bell	15	12	18^†	Ret							5
35	Adam Ozgur	14	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	13	Ret	DNS	5
36	Wopke Hoekstra	17^†	14	15	14							5
37	Robert Wiesenmüller	Ret	13									3
38	Joshua Anderson	13	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	16	16	18	20	3
39	James Ross	Ret	Ret	20	16			Ret	14	17	19	2
40	Scott Bennett							14	Ret			2
41	Joel Pereira	Ret	21^†	17	18	Ret	Ret	15	15	Ret	DNS	2
42	Rudolph Mare					16	15					1
43	Rob Mason	Ret	17									0
44	Scott Sovik					Ret	DNS					0
45	Yuri Bascope							Ret	DNS			0
46	Maurice Brackhahn	Ret	DNS									0
Pos	Driver	UK		NED		USA		AUS		CZE		Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Blank	Did not participate (-)
	Excluded (EX)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	Car No.	UK		NED		USA		AUS		CZE		Points
1	Ice Cold Racing	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	327
1	Ice Cold Racing	3	3	2	2	4	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	9	10	327
2	Simtech Enterprise GP	17	2	3	3	2	4	8	2	2	2	3	232
2	Simtech Enterprise GP	18	9	15	9	9	14	12	5	4	6	15	232
3	TSA Racing	6	5	6	18	15	2	3	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	184
3	TSA Racing	7	6	4	5	3	3	5	4	9	5	6	184
4	Hinss Motorsport	15			Ret	15	Ret	9	Ret	10	14	14	131
4	Hinss Motorsport	16	Ret	7	7	1	9	2	10	3	3	11	131
5	Malta Force GP	12	4	5	Ret	19^†	6	14^†	Ret	Ret	10	7	119
5	Malta Force GP	14	15	12	18^†	Ret	5	6	Ret	7	4	2	119
6	Racing Team Schroten	8	Ret	9	4	10	8	4	14	Ret	7	4	82
6	Racing Team Schroten	9	16^†	11	16	DNS	Ret	11					82
7	TR Motorsports	21			12	Ret	10	7	Ret	DNS	11	8	72
7	TR Motorsports	22	Ret	DNS			7	Ret	6	6	Ret	5	72
8	Bosphorus Racing Team	25	10	16	8	7	16	15	9	Ret	Ret	DNS	59
8	Bosphorus Racing Team	26	8	8	DSQ	Ret	15	13	13	11	Ret	DNS	59
9	Cosmo Autosport	19	7	10	Ret	11	Ret	DNS					47
9	Cosmo Autosport	20/1		Ret	6	6					Ret	9	47
10	CM-Tech Racing	10	17^†	14	15	14	11	10	12	Ret	13	13	39
10	CM-Tech Racing	11	Ret	13	14	Ret	12	Ret	17	12	19	18	39
11	EJ Engineering	23	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	3	5	16	12	38
11	EJ Engineering	24	Ret	21^†	17	18	Ret	Ret	15	15	Ret	DNS	38
12	Epic Racing Team	4	Ret	Ret	20	16			Ret	14	17	19	23
12	Epic Racing Team	5		20	Ret	12	13	16^†	11	8	12	17	23
13	SimTech Jota Sports	29			11	8							18
13	SimTech Jota Sports	30	14	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	13	Ret	DNS	18
14	SportsCar Driving Evolution	27	Ret	18	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	15	16	14
14	SportsCar Driving Evolution	28	12	Ret	13	17	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	14
15	RPM Racing	31	13	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	16	16	18	20	11
15	RPM Racing	32	Ret	17	Ret	DNS			Ret	Ret	8	Ret	11
Pos	Team	Car No.	UK		NED		USA		AUS		CZE		Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Blank	Did not participate (-)
	Excluded (EX)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)