The 2016 Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup is the twenty-second season of the Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup, the German championship for touring cars, and the first under its current name after dropping the ADAC name. For this season a new category - Superproduction - was introduced, replacing Division 1, while Divisions 2 and 3 were reclassified as Production 1 and Production 2 respectively. Despite not using the ADAC name the series will support ADAC GT Masters and its support series. The calendar consists of eight separate race weekends with two races each, spread over eight different tracks. [1]
Dunlop is the official tyre supplier.
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Superproduction | ||||
Team Dombek | Mini John Cooper Works | 1 | Fredrik Lestrup | 1–4 |
Wolf Racing | Ford Fiesta ST | 3 | Heiko Hammel | All |
BASTUCK Motorsport | Kia pro Cee'd GT/R | 4 | Bernhard Wagner | 5–8 |
5 | Alexander Rambow | All | ||
22 | Thomas Winkelhock | 4 | ||
Ford Fiesta ST | 6 | Christian Schmitz | 1 | |
14 | Steve Kirsch | 3 | ||
15 | Michael Bräutigam | 2 | ||
Vukovic Motorsport | Audi S3 Saloon | 7 | Milenko Vukovic | All |
8 | Franjo Kovac | All | ||
Renault Clio IV RS | 9 | Tomas Pekar | 6–8 | |
Caisley AEG ID | Mini John Cooper Works | 17 | Reinhard Nehls | 1–5 |
18 | Kai Jordan | 1–2 | ||
Production 1 | ||||
IMC Motorsport | Mini John Cooper Works | 33 | Victoria Froß | All |
41 | Markus Spitzenberger | 1–2 | ||
50 | Jeremy Krüger | 5 | ||
90 | Dominique Schaak | 1–5 | ||
Mini Racing Team | Mini John Cooper Works | 44 | Dirk Lauth | All |
JAS Rennsport | Citroën DS3 | 46 | Alf Ahrens | 1–2 |
Glatzel Racing | Ford Fiesta ST | 79 | Ronny Reinsberger | 1–2, 4, 6–8 |
82 | Steffen Schwan | 1–3, 5–8 | ||
83 | Ralf Glatzel | All | ||
Caisley AEG ID | Mini John Cooper Works | 81 | Cora Schumacher | 5–7 |
Production 2 | ||||
Konrad Motorsport | Volkswagen Scirocco R | 92 | Heiko Fulsche | 1–2, 4–6 |
97 | Pavel Lefterov | 4–8 | ||
HTF Motorsport | 93 | Thomas Mühlenz | 1 | |
94 | Thomas Fulsche | 2, 4, 7 | ||
95 | Kevin Metzner | 1–2, 5 | ||
98 | John Kevin Grams | 6–7 | ||
99 | Matthias Meyer | 5–6 |
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Winner Production 1 | Winner Production 2 | |
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1 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 16 April | Heiko Hammel | Fredrik Lestrup | Fredrik Lestrup | Team Dombek | Ralf Glatzel | Thomas Mühlenz |
R2 | 17 April | Fredrik Lestrup | Fredrik Lestrup | Team Dombek | Markus Spitzenberger | Kevin Metzner | |||
2 | R3 | Sachsenring | 30 April | Heiko Hammel | Milenko Vukovic | Heiko Hammel | Wolf Racing | Markus Spitzenberger | Kevin Metzner |
R4 | 1 May | Fredrik Lestrup | Fredrik Lestrup | Team Dombek | Ralf Glatzel | Kevin Metzner | |||
3 | R5 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 14 May | Fredrik Lestrup | Fredrik Lestrup | Fredrik Lestrup | Team Dombek | Ralf Glatzel | No drivers entered |
R6 | 15 May | Heiko Hammel | Heiko Hammel | Wolf Racing | Dominique Schaak | ||||
4 | R7 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 18 June | Heiko Hammel | Heiko Hammel | Heiko Hammel | Wolf Racing | Ralf Glatzel | Thomas Fulsche |
R8 | 19 June | Heiko Hammel | Heiko Hammel | Wolf Racing | Dominique Schaak | Pavel Lefterov | |||
5 | R9 | Red Bull Ring | 23 July | Pavel Lefterov | Milenko Vukovic | Milenko Vukovic | Vukovic Motorsport | Dirk Lauth | Matthias Meyer |
R10 | 24 July | Franjo Kovac | Franjo Kovac | Vukovic Motorsport | Dirk Lauth | Matthias Meyer | |||
6 | R11 | Nürburgring | 6 August | Heiko Hammel | Milenko Vukovic | Milenko Vukovic | Vukovic Motorsport | Dirk Lauth | Matthias Meyer |
R12 | 7 August | Milenko Vukovic | Milenko Vukovic | Vukovic Motorsport | Victoria Froß | Pavel Lefterov | |||
7 | R13 | Circuit Zolder | 17 September | Heiko Hammel | Milenko Vukovic | Milenko Vukovic | Vukovic Motorsport | Ralf Glatzel | Pavel Lefterov |
R14 | 18 September | Milenko Vukovic | Heiko Hammel | Vukovic Motorsport | Ralf Glatzel | Pavel Lefterov | |||
8 | R15 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 8 October | Heiko Hammel | Milenko Vukovic | Milenko Vukovic | Vukovic Motorsport | Ralf Glatzel | Pavel Lefterov |
R16 | 9 October | Milenko Vukovic | Milenko Vukovic | Vukovic Motorsport | Ralf Glatzel | Pavel Lefterov |
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Bold – Pole |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
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Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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