2016 GT4 European Series

2016 GT4 European Series

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The 2016 Competition102 GT4 European Series was the ninth season of the GT4 European Series, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 23 April at Autodromo Nazionale Monza and finished on 9 October at Circuit Park Zandvoort after six race weekends. ^[1]

Calendar

On 21 January 2016, the series announced the 2016 calendar. ^[2]

Round		Circuit	Length	Date	Event
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	50 min + 1 lap	23 April	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
	R2			24 April
2	R1	Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau, France		14 May	Pau Grand Prix
	R2			15 May
3		Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain	3 hours	12 June	British GT
4		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium	2 hours	10 July
5	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary	50 min + 1 lap	24 September	DTM
	R2			25 September
6	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands		9 October	Finaleraces
	R2

Entry list

For the rounds held in conjunction with British GT, GT4 European Series contenders entered with their usual car numbers, but with 100 added up to it.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds V8 Racing International Chevrolet Camaro GT4 1 Marcel Nooren P 1–3 Jelle Beelen 1, 3 Donald Molenaar 2 2 Luc Braams P 1–3 Duncan Huisman Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 4 Jelle Beelen P 4 Marcel Nooren 5 Luc Braams P 4 Duncan Huisman Las Moras Racing Team BMW M3 GT4 3 Liesette Braams A 3 Frans Verschuur Street Art Racing Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 7 Jérôme Demay A All Albert Bloem 1–3 Damien Dupont 4–6 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport Ekris M4 GT4 8 Simon Knap P All Rob Severs 9 Ricardo van der Ende [N 1] P All Bernhard van Oranje [N 1] NMT Racing Team BMW M3 GT4 10 Tristan Boorsma A 6 Yorick Boorsma Sofia Car Motorsport SIN R1 GT4 11 Hendrick Still P 1–3 Andreas Gülden 1–2 Michael Epps 3 Tim Coronel 4 Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje Nicolae Sergiu George A 5–6 Christopher Chadwick 5 Eduard Anton 6 RYS Team KTM [N 2] RYS Team Holinger [N 2] RYS Team KISKA [N 2] RYS Team WP [N 2] RYS Team Pankl [N 2] RYS Team InterNetX [N 2] RYS Team True Racing [N 2] RYS Team Hohenberg [N 2] KTM X-Bow GT4 14 Laura Kraihamer P 1–2, 4–6 Jamie Vandenbalck 24 Lennart Marioneck P 1–2, 4–6 Tim Stupple 34 Caitlin Wood P 1–2, 4–6 Maximilian Voelker 1, 4 Marko Helistekangas 2 Cédric Freiburghaus 5 Naomi Schiff 6 44 Rebecca Jackson P 1–2, 4–6 Thomas Krebs 54 Marko Helistekangas P 1, 4–6 Doreen Seidel 64 Immanuel Vinke P 1–2, 4–6 Chris Vlok 74 Cédric Freiburghaus P 1–2, 4–6 Anna Rathe 84 Maciej Dreszer P 1–2, 4–6 Mads Siljehaug BMW Espace Bienvenue BMW M3 GT4 17 André Grammatico A 1 P 2 Ricardo van der Ende [N 1] 2 PROsport Performance Porsche Cayman PRO4 GT4 18 Peter Terting P All Daniel Rymes 1 Jörg Viebahn 2–6 19 Mike Hansch P 1 Jörg Viebahn Nicolaj Møller Madsen 2–6 Andreas Patzelt 20 Carsten Struwe I 1 Riki Christodoulou A 3 Mike Hansch Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport Hendrick Still P 4 Carsten Struwe Porsche Cayman PRO4 GT4 Riki Christodoulou A 5 Carsten Struwe 21 Riki Christodoulou A 4, 6 Mike Hansch 4 Carsten Struwe 6 Allied Racing [N 3] Las Moras by Allied Racing [N 3] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport 22 Jan Kasperlik A 5–6 BMW M3 GT4 28 Jan Kasperlik A 1–4 Dietmar Lackinger Liesette Braams 5–6 Gaby Uljee 29 Paolo Meloni A 4 Massimilliano Tresoldi V-Action Racing Team Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 25 Juuso-Matti Pajuranta P 4 Jorge Rodrigues Maserati Spa Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 27 Alessandro Iazzetti A 1 46 Romain Monti P 1 CMR Ginetta G55 GT4 30 Éric Cayrolle A 2 Didier Moureu Swiss Team Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 35 Mauro Calamia P All Giuseppe Fascicolo 36 Paolo Meloni A 5 Massimilliano Tresoldi Brookspeed Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport 40 Steven Liquorish A 2–6 Graeme Mundy 41 Luc Braams P 5–6 Duncan Huisman Villorba Corse Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 50 Antoni Chodzen A 1, 3–6 Piotr Chodzen 66 Łukasz Habaj I 3 Lucasz Kreski 77 Alessandro Fogliani A 1–2 Patrick Zamparini 90 Luca Anselmi P All Giorgio Sernagiotto 1, 3 Michael Blanchemain 2, 4 Patrick Zamparini 5–6 Primus Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 51 Peter Larsen A 5 Johan Rosén Delahaye Racing Team Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport 58 Pierre-Etienne Bordet A 4 Alexandre Viron Academy Motorsport Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 62 Will Moore P 6 Dennis Strandberg Bald Eagle Racing BMW M3 GT4 67 Kari Mäkinen A 5 Oskar Krüger eSKY INVENTO Racing Team Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 69 Łukasz Kręski A 4 Maciej Marcinkiewicz Racing Team Holland by Intercar BMW M3 GT4 72 Tim Coronel P 1, 6 Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje Autorlando Sport Porsche 997 GT4 76 Giuseppe Ghezzi A 1, 3–6 Alessandro Giovanelli Pall-Ex Slidesport Motorsport Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport 99 David Fairbrother A 4–5 Wayne Marrs Generation AMR Super Racing Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 144 Matthew George P 6 James Holder Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Pro Winners	Am Winners
1	R1	Monza	No. 9 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 90 Villorba Corse	No. 77 Villorba Corse
			Ricardo van der Ende Bernhard van Oranje	Luca Anselmi Giorgio Sernagiotto	Alessandro Fogliani Patrick Zamparini
	R2		No. 11 Sofia Car Motorsport	No. 46 Maserati Spa	No. 76 Autorlando Sport
			Andreas Gülden Hendrick Still	Romain Monti	Giuseppe Ghezzi Alessandro Giovanelli
2	R1	Pau	No. 19 PROsport Performance	No. 18 PROsport Performance	No. 28 Allied Racing
			Nicolaj Møller Madsen Andreas Patzelt	Peter Terting Jörg Viebahn	Jan Kasperlik Dietmar Lackinger
	R2		No. 19 PROsport Performance	No. 19 PROsport Performance	No. 28 Allied Racing
			Nicolaj Møller Madsen Andreas Patzelt	Nicolaj Møller Madsen Andreas Patzelt	Jan Kasperlik Dietmar Lackinger
3		Silverstone	No. 109 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 118 PROsport Performance	No. 176 Autorlando Sport
			Ricardo van der Ende Bernhard van Oranje	Peter Terting Jörg Viebahn	Giuseppe Ghezzi Alessandro Giovanelli
4		Spa-Francorchamps	No. 108 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 184 RYS Team Hohenberg	No. 107 Street Art Racing
			Simon Knap Rob Severs	Maciej Dreszer Mads Siljehaug	Jérôme Demay Damien Dupont
5	R1	Hungaroring	No. 90 Villorba Corse	No. 18 PROsport Performance	No. 21 PROsport Performance
			Luca Anselmi Patrick Zamparini	Peter Terting Jörg Viebahn	Riki Christodoulou Carsten Struwe
	R2		No. 90 Villorba Corse	No. 90 Villorba Corse	No. 7 Street Art Racing
			Luca Anselmi Patrick Zamparini	Luca Anselmi Patrick Zamparini	Jérôme Demay Damien Dupont
6	R1	Zandvoort	No. 41 Brookspeed	No. 84 RYS Team Hohenberg	No. 7 Street Art Racing
			Luc Braams Duncan Huisman	Maciej Dreszer Mads Siljehaug	Jérôme Demay Damien Dupont
	R2		No. 9 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 8 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 10 NMT Racing Team
			Ricardo van der Ende Bernhard van Oranje	Simon Knap Rob Severs	Tristan Boorsma Yorick Boorsma

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Monza, Pau, Hungaroring and Zandvoort

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	37.5	27	22.5	18	15	12	9	6	3	1.5

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver Team MNZ PAU SIL SPA HUN ZAN Points Pro Class 1 Peter Terting PROsport Performance 14 17 1 Ret 1 3 1 3 8 11 141.5 1 Jörg Viebahn PROsport Performance 20 23 1 Ret 1 3 1 3 8 11 141.5 2 Maciej Dreszer Mads Siljehaug RYS Team Hohenberg EX Ret 3 Ret 2 4 8 1 3 112.5 3 Nicolaj Møller Madsen Andreas Patzelt PROsport Performance 2 1 2 6 8 7 13 10 109 4 Luca Anselmi Villorba Corse 1 8 9 10 4 Ret 20 1 5 4 108 5 Ricardo van der Ende Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport 2 6 WD WD 6 Ret 3 12 2 2 106 BMW Espace Bienvenue 6 15 6 Simon Knap Rob Severs Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport 3 9 Ret DNS 3 Ret 2 Ret 3 1 101.5 7 Bernhard van Oranje Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport 2 6 WD WD 6 Ret 3 12 2 2 95 8 Luc Braams Duncan Huisman V8 Racing International 6 2 Ret 2 5 Ret 84 Brookspeed 15 11 10 6 9 Lennart Marioneck Tim Stupple RYS Team Holinger 23 5 8 3 4 7 6 Ret DNS 77.5 10 Mauro Calamia Giuseppe Fascicolo Swiss Team 22 14 12 4 Ret 5 5 2 14 7 69 11 Giorgio Sernagiotto Villorba Corse 1 8 4 51 12 Patrick Zamparini Villorba Corse 20 1 5 4 49 13 Marcel Nooren V8 Racing International 4 3 4 Ret Ret WD 39 14 Hendrick Still Sofia Car Motorsport 8 Ret 14 7 Ret 28 PROsport Performance 7 15 Jelle Beelen V8 Racing International 4 3 Ret WD 27 16 Romain Monti Maserati Spa Ret 1 25 17 Caitlin Wood RYS Team KISKA 13 13 16 9 9 11 20 21 21 20 18 Laura Kraihamer Jamie Vandenbalck RYS Team KTM 11 19 10 8 EX 10 17 Ret 12 18 19 Tim Coronel Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje Racing Team Holland by Intercar DNS 16 12 5 16 Sofia Car Motorsport Ret 19 Andreas Gülden Sofia Car Motorsport 8 Ret 14 7 16 20 Rebecca Jackson Thomas Krebs RYS Team WP 10 15 13 6 Ret 23 21 23 20 15 21 Maximilian Voelker RYS Team KISKA 13 13 9 13 22 Donald Molenaar V8 Racing International 4 Ret 12 22 Carsten Struwe PROsport Performance 7 12 23 André Grammatico BMW Espace Bienvenue 6 15 11 24 Marko Helistekangas RYS Team Pankl 19 24 11 10 RYS Team KISKA 16 9 22 22 19 19 25 Juuso-Matti Pajuranta Jorge Rodrigues RODRIGUES 8 9 26 Immanuel Vinke Chris Vlok RYS Team InterNetX 9 21 11 Ret 17 16 23 15 24 9 27 Michael Blanchemain Villorba Corse 9 10 Ret 8 28 Doreen Seidel RYS Team Pankl 19 24 11 22 22 19 19 6 29 Cédric Freiburghaus RYS Team True Racing 15 18 15 Ret 12 16 22 6 RYS Team KISKA 11 20 30 Anna Rathe RYS Team True Racing 15 18 15 Ret 12 WD WD 16 22 3 Daniel Rymes PROsport Performance 14 17 0 Mike Hansch PROsport Performance 20 23 0 Naomi Schiff RYS Team KISKA 21 21 0 Michael Epps Sofia Car Motorsport Ret Guest drivers ineligible for Pro Class points Will Moore Dennis Strandberg Academy Motorsport 4 13 Matthew George James Holder Generation AMR Super Racing 22 23 Am Class 1 Jérôme Demay Street Art Racing 21 25 19 13 12 1 9 4 6 18 163.5 2 Jan Kasperlik Allied Racing 7 7 5 5 11 16 17 10 7 Ret 161 3 Giuseppe Ghezzi Alessandro Giovanelli Autorlando Sport 16 4 9 10 Ret 14 20 14 133.5 4 Damien Dupont Street Art Racing 1 9 4 6 18 115.5 5 Dietmar Lackinger Allied Racing 7 7 5 5 11 16 113 6 Riki Christodoulou PROsport Performance 7 WD 6 19 17 15 101.5 7 Steven Liquorish Graeme Mundy Brookspeed 17 12 8 13 18 15 Ret Ret 99.5 8 Carsten Struwe PROsport Performance 6 19 17 15 64 9 Alessandro Fogliani Patrick Zamparini Villorba Corse 5 10 18 14 62 10 Antoni Chodzen Piotr Chodzen Villorba Corse 12 22 10 Ret Ret DNS Ret 17 53 11 Liesette Braams Las Moras Racing Team Ret 50 Las Moras by Allied Racing 19 13 18 16 12 Albert Bloem Street Art Racing 21 25 19 13 12 48 13 Mike Hansch PROsport Performance 7 WD 37.5 14 Éric Cayrolle Didier Moureu CMR 7 11 36 15 David Fairbrother Wayne Marrs Pall-Ex Slidesport Motorsport 15 24 16 29 16 Alessandro Iazzetti Maserati Spa 18 12 20 17 Pierre-Etienne Bordet Alexandre Viron Delahaye Racing Team 14 18 18 Paolo Meloni Massimilliano Tresoldi Allied Racing Ret 15 Swiss Team 12 Ret 19 André Grammatico BMW Espace Bienvenue Ret 11 12 Frans Verschuur Las Moras Racing Team Ret Łukasz Kręski Maciej Marcinkiewicz eSKY INVENTO Racing Team Ret Guest drivers ineligible for Am Class points Nicolae Sergiu George Sofia Car Motorsport 13 5 9 9 Christopher Chadwick Sofia Car Motorsport 13 5 Tristan Boorsma Yorick Boorsma NMT Racing Team 11 8 Eduard Anton Sofia Car Motorsport 9 9 Kari Mäkinen Oskar Krüger Bald Eagle Racing 14 9 Gaby Uljee Las Moras by Allied Racing 19 13 18 16 Peter Larsen Johan Rosén Primus Racing 21 18 Invitational Class Carsten Struwe PROsport Performance 17 20 Łukasz Habaj Łukasz Kręski Villorba Corse DNS Pos. Driver Team MNZ PAU SIL SPA HUN ZAN Points

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

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	MNZ		PAU		SIL	SPA	HUN		ZAN		Points
1	PROsport Performance	Porsche	14	17	1	1	1	3					111
2	V8 Racing International	Chevrolet	4	2	4	2	5						84
		Aston Martin						Ret
3	Villorba Corse	Maserati	1	8	9	10	4	Ret					58.5
4	Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	BMW	2	6	Ret	DNS	3	Ret					55
5	RYS Team Holinger	KTM	23	5	8	3		4					51
5	Allied Racing	BMW	7	7	5	5	10	16					51
6	Street Art Racing	Aston Martin	21	25	19	13	11	1					45.5
7	RYS Team Hohenberg	KTM	EX	Ret	3	Ret		2					45
8	Autorlando Sport	Porsche	16	4			9	10					35
9	Swiss Team	Maserati	22	14	12	4	Ret	5					28
10	Maserati Spa	Maserati	18	1									25
11	Sofia Car Motorsport	SIN	8	Ret	14	7	Ret	Ret					16
12	Brookspeed	Porsche			17	12	8	13					15
12	RYS Team KISKA	KTM	13	13	16	9		9					15
13	BMW Espace Bienvenue	BMW	Ret	11	6	15							14
13	RYS Team WP	KTM	10	15	13	6		Ret					14
14	V-Action Racing Team	Maserati						8					10
15	RYS Team KTM	KTM	11	19	10	8		EX					10
16	RYS Team InterNetX	KTM	9	21	11	Ret		17					9
17	CMR	Ginetta			7	11							8
18	RYS Team Pankl	KTM	19	24				11					6
19	RYS Team True Racing	KTM	15	18	15	Ret		12					3
20	Delahaye Racing Team	Porsche						14					0
20	Pall-Ex Slidesport Motorsport	Porsche						15					0
20	Racing Team Holland by Intercar	BMW	DNS	16									0
20	Las Moras Racing Team	BMW					Ret						0
20	eSKY INVENTO Racing Team	Maserati						Ret					0
Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	MNZ		PAU		SIL	SPA	HUN		ZAN		Points

Notes

1. Bernhard van Oranje crashed during Free Practice 1 at Pau causing the Ekris team to withdraw the No. 9 car, because the damage could not be fixed in time for the races on Saturday and Sunday. Van Oranje did not race, but Ricardo van der Ende was able to team up with solo driver André Grammatico in the No. 17 BMW Espace Bienvenue car.
2. Car No. 14 entered as RYS Team KTM, car No. 24 entered as RYS Team Holinger, car No. 34 entered as RYS Team KISKA, car No. 44 entered as RYS Team WP, car No. 54 entered as RYS Team Pankl, car No. 64 entered as RYS Team InterNetX, car No. 74 entered as RYS Team True Racing and car No. 84 entered as RYS Team Hohenberg.
3. Cars No. 22 and 29 entered as Allied Racing, car No. 28 entered as Allied Racing until Round 4 and as Las Moras by Allied Racing at Rounds 5 and 6.

References

1. "GT4 European Series becomes part of SRO Motorsports Group". GT4 European Series . Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 10 November 2015. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
2. "GT4 European Series confirms 2016 calendar". GT4 European Series . Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
3. "Competition102 GT4 European Series - Round 1 - Monza" (PDF). GT4 European Series . Stéphane Ratel Organisation. April 18, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
4. "Competition102 GT4 European Series - Round 2 - Pau" (PDF). GT4 European Series . Stéphane Ratel Organisation. April 30, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
5. "British GT Championship Silverstone Entry List". British GT Championship . Stéphane Ratel Organisation . Retrieved October 8, 2016.
6. "British GT Championship Spa-Francorchamps Entry List". British GT Championship . Stéphane Ratel Organisation . Retrieved October 8, 2016.
7. "Competition102 GT4 European Series - Round 5 - Budapest" (PDF). GT4 European Series . Stéphane Ratel Organisation. September 20, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
8. "Competition102 GT4 European Series - Round 6 - Zandvoort" (PDF). GT4 European Series . Stéphane Ratel Organisation. October 5, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.

External links

• Official website