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]
On 21 January 2016, the series announced the 2016 calendar. [2]
Round | Circuit | Length | Date | Event | |
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1 | R1 | ![]() | 50 min + 1 lap | 23 April | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
R2 | 24 April | ||||
2 | R1 | ![]() | 14 May | Pau Grand Prix | |
R2 | 15 May | ||||
3 | ![]() | 3 hours | 12 June | British GT | |
4 | ![]() | 2 hours | 10 July | ||
5 | R1 | ![]() | 50 min + 1 lap | 24 September | DTM |
R2 | 25 September | ||||
6 | R1 | ![]() | 9 October | Finaleraces | |
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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.
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Bold indicates overall winner.
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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.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 37.5 | 27 | 22.5 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MNZ ![]() | PAU ![]() | SIL ![]() | SPA ![]() | HUN ![]() | ZAN ![]() | Points | ||||
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1 | ![]() | Porsche | 14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 111 | ||||
2 | ![]() | Chevrolet | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 84 | |||||
Aston Martin | Ret | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | Maserati | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 | Ret | 58.5 | ||||
4 | ![]() | BMW | 2 | 6 | Ret | DNS | 3 | Ret | 55 | ||||
5 | ![]() | KTM | 23 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 51 | |||||
5 | ![]() | BMW | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 51 | ||||
6 | ![]() | Aston Martin | 21 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 45.5 | ||||
7 | ![]() | KTM | EX | Ret | 3 | Ret | 2 | 45 | |||||
8 | ![]() | Porsche | 16 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 35 | ||||||
9 | ![]() | Maserati | 22 | 14 | 12 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 28 | ||||
10 | ![]() | Maserati | 18 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||
11 | ![]() | SIN | 8 | Ret | 14 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 16 | ||||
12 | ![]() | Porsche | 17 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 15 | ||||||
12 | ![]() | KTM | 13 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 15 | |||||
13 | ![]() | BMW | Ret | 11 | 6 | 15 | 14 | ||||||
13 | ![]() | KTM | 10 | 15 | 13 | 6 | Ret | 14 | |||||
14 | ![]() | Maserati | 8 | 10 | |||||||||
15 | ![]() | KTM | 11 | 19 | 10 | 8 | EX | 10 | |||||
16 | ![]() | KTM | 9 | 21 | 11 | Ret | 17 | 9 | |||||
17 | ![]() | Ginetta | 7 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||
18 | ![]() | KTM | 19 | 24 | 11 | 6 | |||||||
19 | ![]() | KTM | 15 | 18 | 15 | Ret | 12 | 3 | |||||
20 | ![]() | Porsche | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
20 | ![]() | Porsche | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
20 | ![]() | BMW | DNS | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
20 | ![]() | BMW | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
20 | ![]() | Maserati | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MNZ ![]() | PAU ![]() | SIL ![]() | SPA ![]() | HUN ![]() | ZAN ![]() | Points |
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