2016 in motorsport

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.

Date	Event	Ref
2–16 January	38th Dakar Rally	[1]
30–31 January	54th 24 Hours of Daytona	[2]
21 February	58th Daytona 500	[3]
28–29 May	44th 24 Hours of Nürburgring	[4]
29 May	74th Monaco Grand Prix	[5]
	100th Indianapolis 500	[6]
4–10 June	98th Isle of Man TT	[7]
18–19 June	84th 24 Hours of Le Mans	[8]
30–31 July	68th 24 Hours of Spa	[9]
31 July	39th Suzuka 8 Hours	[10]
21 August	26th Masters of Formula 3	[11]
9 October	59th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	[12]
20 November	63rd Macau Grand Prix	[13]

Award ceremonies

Date	Event	Ref
2 December	FIA Prize Giving Ceremony

Established championships/events

First race	Championship	Ref
7 February	Intercontinental GT Challenge	[14]
27 March	BRDC British Formula 3 Championship	[15]
2 April	Touring Car Endurance Series	[16]
3 April	TCR Spanish Series	[17]
16 April	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship	[18]
14 May	GT3 Le Mans Cup	[19]
21 May	TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship	[20]
	TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship	[21]
11 June	F4 Spanish Championship	[22]
2 July	Formula 4 United States Championship	[23]
5 August	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship	[24]
18 November	2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship	[25]

Disestablished championships/events

Last race	Championship	Ref
9 October	Auto GP	[26]
16 October	European Junior Cup	[27]
23 October	Renault Sport Trophy	[28]
27 November	GP2 Series	[29]

Opened motorsport venues

Date	Venue	First event	Ref
23 April	Paris Street Circuit	Paris ePrix	[30]
21 May	Berlin Street Circuit	Berlin ePrix	[31]
19 June	Baku City Circuit	European Grand Prix	[32]
9 October	Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit	Hong Kong ePrix	[33]

Closed motorsport venues

Date	Venue	Last event	Ref
3 July	Battersea Park Street Circuit	London ePrix	[34]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
8	January	Maria Teresa de Filippis	89	Italian	Racing driver	First female Formula One driver	[35]
13		Mike Salmon	82	British	Racing driver		[36]
16		Bob Harkey	85	American	Racing driver		[37]
19		Mike MacDowel	83	British	Racing driver		[38]
26		Barney Hall	83	American	Motorsport commentator	Specialised on NASCAR	[39]
4	February	Dave Mirra	41	American	Racing driver		[40]
10		Lennie Pond	75	American	Racing driver		[41]
3	March	Alan Henry	68	British	Motorsport journalist		[42]
7		Bobby Johns	83	American	Racing driver		[43]
26		Yoshimi Katayama	75	Japanese	Racing driver		[44]
31		Bertil Roos	72	Swedish	Racing driver and instructor		[45]
23	April	Attila Ferjáncz	69	Hungarian	Rally driver	Hungarian Rally champion (1976–1982, 1985, 1990)	[46]
29		Don White	89	American	Racing driver		[47]
14	May	Andre Wicky	87	Swiss	Racing driver and team owner		[48]
21		Eddie Keizan	71	South African	Racing driver		[49]
28	June	Andre Guelfi	97	French	Racing driver		[50]
29		Carl Haas	87	American	Racing driver and team owner		[51]
7	July	Peter Riley	85	British	Rally driver		[52]
3	August	Chris Amon	73	New Zealander	Racing driver	Winner of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans	[53]
7		Bryan Clauson	27	American	Racing driver		[54]
		Jack Sears	86	British	Race and rally driver	First BTCC champion	[55]
9		Bill Alsup	78	American	Racing driver		[56]
2	September	Blackie Gejeian	90	American	Racing driver	Also known as hot rod builder	[57]
8		Hannes Arch	48	Austrian	Air racer	Red Bull Air World Race champion (2008).	[58]
10	October	Tony Adamowicz	75	American	Racing driver		[59]
24		Jack Sellers	72	American	Racing driver		[60]
15	November	Paul Rosche	82	German	Engineer		[61]
19		Jacques Henry	74	French	Rally driver		[62]
10	December	Herm Johnson	63	American	Racing driver		[63]

See also

• List of 2016 motorsport champions