The 2016 Italian Touring Car Championship is the second season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 30th season since a national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo. Starting from this year, the championship takes place of Campionato Italiano Turismo Endurance and it will be divided into TCR and TCS class. The latter will include cars between 1.400 and 2.000cc, nearer to the production series. [1]
Hankook is the official tyre supplier.
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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TCR Class | ||||
BF Motorsport [2] | SEAT León Cup Racer [2] | 2 | Vincenzo Montalbano [3] | 1-2 |
Eugenio Pisani [4] | 1 | |||
Imerio Brigliadori | 2 | |||
7 | Romy Dall'Antonia [3] | 1-4, 6-7 | ||
Samuele Piccin [3] | 1-4, 6-7 | |||
8 | Fabio Fabiani [3] | 1-3 | ||
Emiliano Giorgi [3] | 1 | |||
Daniele Verrocchio | 2 | |||
Marika Diana [5] | 3 | |||
2T Course & Reglage [6] | Citroën C3 Max TCR [6] | 3 | Marco Della Monica [6] | 1 |
Andrea Stassano [6] | 1 | |||
Giovanni Lopes | 2 | |||
Dario Pennica | 2 | |||
Gianluca Mauriello | 4 | |||
Massimo Arduini | 4 | |||
Giovanni Mancini | 5 | |||
Lorenzo Baroni | 5 | |||
BRC Racing Team [7] | SEAT León Cup Racer [7] | 4 | Marco Costamagna [7] | 1-2, 4, 6 |
11 | Gianluigi Ghione [7] | 3, 5 | ||
Mariano Costamagna | 4, 7 | |||
10 | 5 | |||
36 | Alberto Biraghi | 3 | ||
47 | Alberto Viberti [8] | 1-6 | ||
AGS Motorsport [9] | Honda Civic TCR [9] | 5 | Roberto Colciago [9] | 1-6 |
MM Motorsport | Honda Civic TCR | 6 | Emanuele Alborghetti | 4 |
Aku Pellinen | 7 | |||
SEAT León Cup Racer | 21 | Luigi Bamonte | 2, 4, 6-7 | |
Tecnodom Sport [10] | SEAT León TCR [11] | 9 | Jonathan Giacon [10] | 1 |
NOS Racing [12] | SEAT León Cup Racer [12] | 14 | Massimiliano Chini [12] | 1 |
Nello Nataloni [12] | 1 | |||
Top Run [11] | Subaru Impreza STi TCR [11] | 16 | Luigi Ferrara | 7 |
Krenek Motorsport | SEAT León Cup Racer | 19 | Petr Fulin | 6 |
Pit Lane Competizioni | SEAT León Cup Racer | 41 | Enrico Bettera | 3-4, 7 |
Esse Motorsport | SEAT León Cup Racer | 40 | Massimiliano Gagliano | 3 |
CRC – Team Bassano [13] | SEAT León Cup Racer [13] | 76 | Daniele Cappellari [13] | All |
VFR Racing | Honda Civic TCR | 80 | Finlay Crocker | 4, 6 |
TCS Class | ||||
SEAT Motorsport Italia [11] | SEAT León Cupra ST [14] | 101 | Giampiero Wyhinny [15] | 3-4, 6-7 |
Orfei Emiliano Perucca | 5 | |||
107 | Sandro Pelatti | 4-7 | ||
108 | Alberto Bassi [15] | All | ||
JAS Motorsport [16] | Honda Civic Type-R [16] | 105 | Roberto Colciago | 7 |
115 | Hugo Nerman [16] | 1 | ||
WP Racing | SEAT Ibiza | 205 | Davide Pigozzi | 4-7 |
Marco Baroncini | 6 | |||
Leone Matteo | Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.8 | 206 | Matteo Leone | 5 |
Riccardo Missiroli | 5 | |||
2T Course & Reglage [17] | Peugeot 308 Mi16 [17] | 308 | Massimo Arduini [17] | 1-2 |
Renato Gaiofatto [18] | 1-2 | |||
Citroën C3 Max | 603 | Alberto Sabbatini | 6 | |
Francesco Neri | 6 | |||
Paolo Pirovano | 7 | |||
Alessandro Baccani | 7 | |||
Tecnodom Sport [19] | Alfa Romeo MiTo QV [19] | 403 | Kevin Giacon [19] | 1-4 |
404 | Silvano Bolzoni [20] | 1-4 | ||
Abarth 595 OT | 408 | Tobia Zarpellon | 4 | |
V-Action Zatti Sport [21] | Abarth 595 OT [21] | 405 | Juuso-Matti Pajuranta [20] | 1 |
406 | Manuel Fernandes [20] | 1 | ||
TCT Class | ||||
Bacci Andrea | Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV | 602 | Andrea Bacci | 5-7 |
Mosca Andrea | Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV | 603 | Andrea Mosca | 5 |
604 | 6-7 | |||
Scuderia Giudici [22] | Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV [23] | 605 | Gianni Giudici [23] | 7 |
The 2016 schedule was announced on 23 November 2015, with all events scheduled to be held in Italy. [24] On 23 January, the Vallelunga round was postponed from 17 April to 4 September. [25] On 16 March, the first round in Monza was moved forward to 30 October, while Adria was anticipated to 8 May. [26]
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.
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