2016 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos

Last updated October 23, 2025

The 2016 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos is the second season of the TCR Portuguese Series. Starting from this season, the championship will run separate from the GT Class of the championship (that will form che Endurance Class) organised by FullEventos. As for the Italian series, TCR cars will be placed side by side with TCS, also with the addition of a trophy cars category (TCC class).

Teams and drivers

Hankook is the official tyre supplier.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
TCR Class
Baporo Motorsport ^[1]	SEAT León Cup Racer ^[1]	2	António Cabral^[1]	1–3, 5
Baporo Motorsport ^[1]	SEAT León Cup Racer ^[1]	2	José Cabral^[1]	1–3, 5
Target Competition	Honda Civic TCR	3	Jürgen Schmarl	5
Target Competition	Honda Civic TCR	3	Gosia Rdest	5
Team Novadriver^[2]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR ^[2]	11	Francisco Abreu^[3]	All
Team Novadriver^[2]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR ^[2]	11	Manuel Gião ^[3]	All
Veloso Motorsport ^[4]	SEAT León Cup Racer ^[4]	16	Nuno Batista^[3]	All
	SEAT León Cup Racer ^[4]	16	Francisco Carvalho^[4]	All
	SEAT León TCR	26	Francisco Mora ^[3]	All
DG Sport Compétition	Opel Astra TCR	23	Pierre-Yves Corthals	4
DG Sport Compétition	Opel Astra TCR	23	Frédéric Caprasse	4
Ventilações Moura Laser^[5]	SEAT León Cup Racer ^[6]	24	João Baptista^[6]	1
	SEAT León Cup Racer ^[6]		Gustavo Moura^[6]	1, 4
	Opel Astra TCR ^[5]		João Baptista^[5]	2
	Opel Astra TCR ^[5]		Gustavo Moura^[5]	2
	Honda Civic TCR		Gustavo Moura^[5]	5
Speedy Motorsport^[5]	SEAT León Cup Racer ^[4]	25	Rafael Lobato^[3]	All
Speedy Motorsport^[5]	SEAT León Cup Racer ^[4]	25	César Machado^[3]	All
GEN Motorsport^[3]	Honda Civic TCR ^[5]	27	José Rodrigues^[3]	All
LMS Racing	SEAT León TCR	28	Antti Buri	4
TCC Class
Tiago Ribeiro^[1]	Volkswagen Golf ^[1]	31	Luís Carneiro^[1]	All
Tiago Ribeiro^[1]	Volkswagen Golf ^[1]	31	Tiago Ribeiro^[1]	All
Vettra Motorsport^[1]	SEAT León Supercopa ^[1]	44	Rui Dinis^[1]	1–3
			Paulo Ribeiro^[1]	1
			Valter Dinis	2–3
JCGroup Racing Team^[1]	SEAT León Mk2 ^[1]	50	José Correia^[1]	1
JCGroup Racing Team^[1]	SEAT León Mk2 ^[1]	50	Ricardo Gomes^[1]	1

Ineligible for points

Calendar and results

The 2016 schedule was announced on 3 December 2015, with one out of five events scheduled to be held in Spain. A reserve round was scheduled at Autódromo do Estoril for 27 November.^[7] The race format is divided into Sprint and Double Sprint: the first one contemplates two 25-minute-long races, the second one is formed by four 20-minute-long races. By early April, the Estoril round was moved from 17–18 September to the reserve date.

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Circuito Vasco Sameiro, Braga	14 May	Manuel Gião	Francisco Mora	Francisco Carvalho	Veloso Motorsport
	2		14 May		César Machado	Nuno Batista	Veloso Motorsport
	3		15 May	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Nuno Batista	Veloso Motorsport
	4		15 May		Francisco Mora	Francisco Carvalho	Veloso Motorsport
2	5	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, Vila Real	26 June	Rafael Lobato	Francisco Mora	Rafael Lobato	Speedy Motorsport	FIA WTCC Race of Portugal European Touring Car Cup
2	6	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, Vila Real	26 June	José Rodrigues	José Rodrigues	José Rodrigues	GEN Motorsport	FIA WTCC Race of Portugal European Touring Car Cup
3	7	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	9 July	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport	Spanish F4 Championship
	8		9 July		José Rodrigues	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
	9		10 July	Francisco Mora	José Rodrigues	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
	10		10 July		Manuel Gião	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
4	11	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	11 September	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Pierre-Yves Corthals	DG Sport Compétition	TCR Trophy Europe
4	12	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	11 September	Antti Buri	Antti Buri	Antti Buri	LMS Racing	TCR Trophy Europe
5	13	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	26 November	Rafael Lobato	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
	14		26 November		Francisco Mora	Gustavo Moura	Ventilações Moura Laser
	15		27 November	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
	16		27 November		Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos.	Driver	BRA				VIL		POR				JER		EST				Pts.
Pos.	Driver	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD4	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD4	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD4	Pts.
TCR class
1	Francisco Carvalho Nuno Batista	1	1	1	1	5	DNS	4	2	3	4	7	4					213
2	Francisco Mora	3	Ret	6	8	2	DNS	1	1	1	1	2	Ret					211
3	Rafael Lobato César Machado	5	7	4	2	1	3	3	3	5	3	3	7					198
4	Francisco Abreu Manuel Gião	2	2	5	3	3	2	8	DNS	4	2	5	3					190
5	José Rodrigues	9	5	2	4	4	1	2	4	2	5	6	5					187
6	António Cabral José Cabral	6	3	3	5	6	4	5	5	6	6							124
7	Gustavo Moura	4	4	8	DNS	9	5					8	6					77
8	João Baptista	4	4	8	DNS	9	5											50
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Pierre-Yves Corthals Frédéric Caprasse											1	2					0
	Antti Buri											4	1					0
TCC class
1	Luís Carneiro Tiago Ribeiro	7	9	9	6	7	6	7	7	7	8	9	8					299
2	Rui Dinis	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	8	Ret	6	6	8	7							118
3	Valter Dinis					8	Ret	6	6	8	7							116
4	José Correia Ricardo Gomes	8	8	7	7													92
5	Paulo Ribeiro	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS													2
Pos.	Driver	BRA				VIL		POR				JER		EST				Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Braga Entry List" (PDF). fpak.pt. 13 May 2016.
1 2 "Team Novadriver com Golf" [Team Novadriver with Golf]. Velocidadeonline.com (in Portuguese). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nacional de Velocidade arranca em Braga" [Nacional de Velocidade starts in Braga]. fpak.pt (in Portuguese). 10 May 2016.
1 2 3 4 Pereira, Carlos (25 February 2016). "CNV: Veloso Motorsport confirma 2 Seat Leon TCR para temporada 2016" [CNV: Veloso Motorsport confirms 2 Seat Leon TCR for the 2016 season]. multidesportos.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Opel Astra TCR reforça Nacional de Velocidade" [Opel Astra TCR reinforces Nacional de Velocidade]. autoportal.iol.pt (in Portuguese). 7 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
1 2 3 "Ventilações Moura Laser com SEAT em vez de Opel em Braga" [Ventilações Moura Laser with SEAT instead of Opel in Braga]. autosport.pt (in Portuguese). 13 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
↑ "Calendários Campeonatos Nacionais Provisórios para 2016" [2016 national championships' provisional calendars](PDF). fpak.pt (in Portuguese). 3 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

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[BragaEntry-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Braga Entry List" (PDF). fpak.pt. 13 May 2016.

[Novadriver-2] 1 2 "Team Novadriver com Golf" [Team Novadriver with Golf]. Velocidadeonline.com (in Portuguese). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[BragaDrivers-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nacional de Velocidade arranca em Braga" [Nacional de Velocidade starts in Braga]. fpak.pt (in Portuguese). 10 May 2016.

[Veloso-4] 1 2 3 4 Pereira, Carlos (25 February 2016). "CNV: Veloso Motorsport confirma 2 Seat Leon TCR para temporada 2016" [CNV: Veloso Motorsport confirms 2 Seat Leon TCR for the 2016 season]. multidesportos.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[Opel-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Opel Astra TCR reforça Nacional de Velocidade" [Opel Astra TCR reinforces Nacional de Velocidade]. autoportal.iol.pt (in Portuguese). 7 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[MouraLaser-6] 1 2 3 "Ventilações Moura Laser com SEAT em vez de Opel em Braga" [Ventilações Moura Laser with SEAT instead of Opel in Braga]. autosport.pt (in Portuguese). 13 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[7] "Calendários Campeonatos Nacionais Provisórios para 2016" [2016 national championships' provisional calendars](PDF). fpak.pt (in Portuguese). 3 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

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