The 2016 GT Series Sprint Cup (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup) was the fourth season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the third with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series or Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup. After developing their partnership, Blancpain and the SRO decided that 2016 would see both the Sprint and Endurance Series further integrated into the Blancpain GT Series, putting the emphasis on the prestigious overall drivers' and manufacturers' titles causing the Sprint Series name to change from Blancpain Sprint Series to Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.[1]
The series started at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli on 10 April and ended at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain on 2 October. The calendar was reduced to five events, dropping races at Nogaro, Moscow, Algarve, Zolder and Zandvoort, with the addition of races at Hungaroring and Nürburgring.[2]
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Circuit |
Date |
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1 |
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy |
10 April |
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2 |
Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain |
8 May |
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3 |
Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany |
3 July |
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4 |
Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary |
28 August |
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5 |
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain |
2 October |
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Class |
P |
Pro Cup |
PA |
Pro-Am Cup |
S |
Silver Cup |
Am |
Am Cup |
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Bold indicates overall winner.
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- Scoring system
Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Main Race. The pole-sitter in the Qualifying Race also received one point and entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.
- Qualifying Race points
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Position |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
Pole |
Points |
8 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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- Main Race points
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Position |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
Points |
25 |
18 |
15 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
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Drivers' championships
Overall
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Key |
Colour | Result |
Gold | Race winner |
Silver | 2nd place |
Bronze | 3rd place |
Green | Points finish |
Blue |
Non-points finish |
Non-classified finish (NC) |
Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
Black |
Disqualified (DSQ) |
Excluded (EX) |
White |
Did not start (DNS) |
Race cancelled (C) |
Withdrew (WD) |
Blank | Did not participate |
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap |
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Silver Cup
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- Notes
Teams' championships
Overall
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Only a limited number of cars per team were able to score points toward the Teams' championship. Therefore cars No. 2, 3 and 33 entered as Belgian Audi Club Team WRT, but in the Teams' championship the drivers of cars No. 2, 3 and 33 scored points for Team WRT. Car No. 66 entered as Black Pearl Racing and cars No. 333 and 458 entered as Rinaldi Racing.