The 2016 TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship is the first season of the Champions. The season started on 21 May at Spa-Francorchamps and ended on 30 October at Mettet.
Michelin is the official tyre supplier.
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The 2016 schedule consists in six rounds in the Benelux region, across Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Each round includes five races: a 60-minute-long qualifying race with a mandatory driver change, and four 20-minute-long sprint races. The starting grid for the qualifying race is established by a popular vote via Facebook, through the Making the Grid application. Race 1 uses the fastest lap of after the pit stop during the qualifying race to determine the starting grid. Race 3 uses the fastest lap of before the pit stop during qualifying race. Races 2 and 4 include a rolling start using the finishing order, respectively, of Race 1 and 3. [25] The order for the qualifying race was subsequently revised with an aggregate score from the fan voting and the fastest laps from the final 15 minutes from the 45-minute Free Practice session (Fast lap window) held before the qualifying race. In case of a tie in the aggregate score, the results from the fan voting will have bigger weight. [26] The calendar was announced on 17 November 2015. [27]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 50 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
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 |
In every classification, points from the worst round are dropped.
In sprint races both the competing driver and the co-driver that is not competing score points.
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In contrast to the overall Drivers' championship only the driver competing scores points in sprint races.
Pos. | Driver | SPA‡ | ZAN | ZOL | GOO | ASS | MET | Pts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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QR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | QR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | QR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | QR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | QR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | QR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | |||
1 | Romain de Leval | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 200 | ||||||||||||
2 | Maxime Potty | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 2 | NC | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 198 | ||||||||||||
3 | Benjamin Lessennes | 5 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | DNS | 11 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 160 | ||||||||||||
4 | Amaury Richard | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | NC | 6 | 158 | ||||||||||||
5 | Mathieu Detry | 8 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Loris Hezemans | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | NC | 4 | NC | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Meindert van Buuren | 5 | 4 | 3 | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Francisco Mora | 9 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Willem Meijer | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Ghislain Cordeel | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Jamie Vandenbalck | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC | Olivier Hart | 13 | Ret | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | QR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | QR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | QR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | QR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | QR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | QR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts. |
SPA‡ | ZAN | ZOL | GOO | ASS | MET |
Points toward the Teams' championship are only awarded in the qualifying race.
Pos. | Team | SPA | ZAN | ZOL | GOO | ASS | MET | Pts. |
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1 | RACB National Team/Team WRT | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 216 |
2 | Boutsen Ginion Racing | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 196 |
3 | DG Sport Compétition | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 188 |
4 | Delahaye Racing Team | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 144 |
5 | Milo Racing | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 88 | |
6 | Ferry Monster Autosport | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 72 | |
7 | Bas Koeten Racing | 9 | 7 | 5 | 36 | |||
8 | Charleroi on Tracks | 8 | 9 | 12 | 32 | |||
9 | Peugeot Belgique Luxemburg | 5 | 20 | |||||
10 | Lubner Motorsport | 8 | 16 | |||||
Pos. | Team | SPA | ZAN | ZOL | GOO | ASS | MET | Pts. |
Points toward the Cars' championship are only awarded in the sprint races.
Pos. | Car | SPA‡ | ZAN | ZOL | GOO | ASS | MET | Pts. | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 400.5 |
2 | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 344 |
3 | SEAT León Cup Racer/León TCR | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 308 |
4 | Opel Astra TCR | Ret | DNS | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | EX | NC | DNS | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 266.5 |
5 | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | 5 | NC | NC | Ret | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | DNS | DNS | 11 | 9 | 76 | ||||||||||||
6 | Peugeot 308 Racing Cup | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pos. | Car | SPA‡ | ZAN | ZOL | GOO | ASS | MET | Pts. |
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