2016 World Touring Car Championship

Last updated May 18, 2024

The 2016 World Touring Car Championship was the thirteenth season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the twelfth since the series was revived in 2005.^[1]

In 2016 a new manufacturer Polestar (with Volvo S60) entered while Citroën reduced the number of official entries to two, and announced their retirement in 2017. A new team time trial format was introduced for manufacturers, titled Manufacturers Against the Clock (MAC3), consisting in three cars per manufacturer completing two laps at the same time (only one lap at the Nürburgring) against the clock, whereby the total time of the last car determines the result. The cars must finish in a 15 seconds gap.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Manufacturer entries
Lada Sport Rosneft ^[2]	Lada Vesta WTCC ^[2]	2	Gabriele Tarquini ^[3]	All
		7	Hugo Valente ^[3]	All
		10	Nick Catsburg ^[3]	All
Honda Racing Team JAS ^[4]	Honda Civic WTCC ^[5]	5	Norbert Michelisz ^[5]	All
Honda Racing Team JAS ^[4]		34	Ryo Michigami ^[6]	9
Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team ^[5]		12	Robert Huff ^[5]	All
Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team ^[5]		18	Tiago Monteiro ^[5]	All
Citroën Racing ^[7]	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC ^[7]	37	José María López ^[7]	All
Citroën Racing ^[7]	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC ^[7]	68	Yvan Muller ^[7]	All
Polestar Cyan Racing ^[8]	Volvo S60 Polestar TC1	61	Fredrik Ekblom ^[9]	1–6, 10
		62	Thed Björk ^[9]	All
		63	Robert Dahlgren ^[10]	7–8, 11
		81	Néstor Girolami ^[11]	9
Independent entries
Sébastien Loeb Racing ^[12]	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	3	Tom Chilton ^[13]	All
		11	Grégoire Demoustier ^[14]	All
		25	Mehdi Bennani ^[12]	All
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	8	Sabine Schmitz	5
		15	James Thompson ^[15]	2, 4, 6–11
		77	René Münnich ^[4]	1, 3
ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	9	Tom Coronel ^[4]	All
Campos Racing ^[4]	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 ^[4]	27	John Filippi ^[16]	All
Campos Racing ^[4]	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 ^[4]	86	Esteban Guerrieri ^[17]	8
Zengő Motorsport ^[4]	Honda Civic WTCC ^[4]	55	Ferenc Ficza ^[18]	All
Zengő Motorsport ^[4]	Honda Civic WTCC ^[4]	99	Dániel Nagy ^[18]	1, 7–11
ETCC Entries ineligible to score points
Super 2000
Zengő Motorsport ^[19]	SEAT León Cup Racer	108	Norbert Nagy ^[19]	5
Rikli Motorsport^[19]	Honda Civic TCR	111	Kris Richard ^[19]	5
Rikli Motorsport^[19]	Honda Civic TCR	112	Peter Rikli^[19]	5
Lema Racing^[19]	SEAT León Cup Racer	114	Igor Stefanovski ^[19]	5
Lema Racing^[19]	SEAT León Cup Racer	137	Fábio Mota^[19]	5
ASK Lein Racing^[19]	SEAT León Cup Racer	117	Mladen Lalušić^[19]	5
Krenek Motorsport^[19]	SEAT León Cup Racer	119	Christjohannes Schreiber^[19]	5
Krenek Motorsport^[19]	SEAT León Cup Racer	122	Petr Fulín ^[19]	5
Sébastien Loeb Racing ^[20]	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup ^[20]	130	Teddy Clairet^[19]	5
Sébastien Loeb Racing ^[20]	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup ^[20]	138	David Pouget^[19]	5
Super 1600
RAVENOL Motorsport^[19]	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V	181	Niklas Mackschin ^[19]	5
		182	Ksenia Niks^[19]	5
		183	Daniel Niermann^[19]	5
		184	Ulrike Krafft^[19]	5
ETH Tuning^[19]	Peugeot 207 Sport	186	Andreas Rinke^[19]	5
ETH Tuning^[19]	Peugeot 207 Sport	187	David Griessner^[19]	5
Master KR Racing^[19]	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V ^[19]	195	Sergii Kravets^[19]	5
		197	Pavlo Kopylets^[19]	5

Calendar

The provisional 2016 schedule was revealed on 2 December 2015.^[21] With the confirmation of the 2016 SMP F4 Championship calendar, it was originally confirmed the season would start at the Sochi Autodrom, with the Russian round of the championship switching from Moscow Raceway.^[22] However, on 9 February 2016, the calendar was adjusted, leaving the Russian round at Moscow in June.^[23]

Rnd.	Race	Race Name	Circuit	Date
1	1	JVC Kenwood Race of France	Circuit Paul Ricard	3 April
1	2	JVC Kenwood Race of France	Circuit Paul Ricard	3 April
2	3	Race of Slovakia	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	17 April
2	4	Race of Slovakia	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	17 April
3	5	Race of Hungary	Hungaroring	24 April
3	6	Race of Hungary	Hungaroring	24 April
4	7	Afriquia Race of Morocco	Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan	8 May
4	8	Afriquia Race of Morocco	Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan	8 May
5	9	Race of Germany	Nürburgring Nordschleife	28 May
5	10	Race of Germany	Nürburgring Nordschleife	28 May
6	11	Rosneft Race of Russia	Moscow Raceway	12 June
6	12	Rosneft Race of Russia	Moscow Raceway	12 June
7	13	Race of Portugal	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real	26 June
7	14	Race of Portugal	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real	26 June
8	15	Race of Argentina	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo	7 August
8	16	Race of Argentina	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo	7 August
9	17	JVC Kenwood Race of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi	4 September
9	18	JVC Kenwood Race of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi	4 September
10	19	Race of China	Shanghai International Circuit	25 September
10	20	Race of China	Shanghai International Circuit	25 September
11	21	Race of Qatar	Losail International Circuit	25 November
11	22	Race of Qatar	Losail International Circuit	25 November

Calendar changes

The Race of Thailand was cancelled after the organiser Eurosport Events and the Thai ASN failed to come to an agreement. No replacement race will be held, reducing the calendar to 11 race weekends. ^[24]

Results and standings

Compensation weights

The most competitive cars keep an 80 kg compensation weight. The other cars get a lower one, calculated according to their results for the three previous rounds. The less the cars get some good results, the less they get a compensation weight, from 0 kg to 80 kg. For the first two rounds, Citroën C-Elysée WTCC had an 80 kg compensation weight.

Car	Paul Ricard	Slovakia Ring	Hungaroring	Marrakech	Nürburgring	Moscow	Vila Real	Termas de Río Hondo	Motegi	Shanghai	Losail
Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg
Honda Civic WTCC	0 kg	0 kg	+70 kg	+40 kg	+40 kg	+30 kg	+60 kg	+60 kg	+80 kg	+60 kg	+30 kg
Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	+10 kg	0 kg	+10 kg	0 kg	0 kg
Lada Vesta WTCC	0 kg	0 kg	+50 kg	+30 kg	+40 kg	+20 kg	+70 kg	+50 kg	+50 kg	0 kg	0 kg
Volvo S60 Polestar TC1	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg

Races

Race	Race Name	MAC3 winner	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer	Independent winner	Report
1	Race of France	Citroën		Robert Huff	Robert Huff	Castrol Honda	Honda	Mehdi Bennani	Report
2	Race of France	Citroën	José María López	Yvan Muller	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani	Report
3	Race of Slovakia	Citroën Honda		Robert Huff	Tiago Monteiro	Castrol Honda	Honda	Mehdi Bennani	Report
4	Race of Slovakia	Citroën Honda	Yvan Muller	José María López	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani	Report
5	Race of Hungary	Honda		José María López	Mehdi Bennani	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani	Report
6	Race of Hungary	Honda	José María López	José María López	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Tom Chilton	Report
7	Race of Morocco	Citroën		Hugo Valente	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	Tom Coronel	Report
8	Race of Morocco	Citroën	Robert Huff	Gabriele Tarquini	José María López ^{[N 1]}	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani	Report
9	Race of Germany	Honda		Tom Chilton	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Tom Chilton	Report
10	Race of Germany	Honda	José María López	Mehdi Bennani	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Tom Chilton	Report
11	Race of Russia	Honda		Nick Catsburg	Gabriele Tarquini	Lada Sport Rosneft	Lada	James Thompson	Report
12	Race of Russia	Honda	Nick Catsburg	Ferenc Ficza	Nick Catsburg	Lada Sport Rosneft	Lada	James Thompson	Report
13	Race of Portugal	Citroën		José María López	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	Tom Coronel	Report
14	Race of Portugal	Citroën	Tiago Monteiro	Robert Huff	Tiago Monteiro	Castrol Honda	Honda	Mehdi Bennani	Report
15	Race of Argentina	Honda		José María López	Tom Chilton	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Citroën	Tom Chilton	Report
16	Race of Argentina	Honda	José María López	José María López	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Tom Coronel	Report
17	Race of Japan	Citroën		Thed Björk	Norbert Michelisz	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	Tom Chilton	Report
18	Race of Japan	Citroën	José María López	José María López	Yvan Muller	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani	Report
19	Race of China	Honda		Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Polestar Cyan Racing	Volvo	Tom Coronel	Report
20	Race of China	Honda	José María López	José María López	José María López	Citroën Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani	Report
21	Race of Qatar	Citroën		Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	Lada Sport Rosneft	Lada	Tom Chilton	Report
22	Race of Qatar	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani	Nick Catsburg	Mehdi Bennani	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Citroën	Mehdi Bennani	Report

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	FRA		SVK		HUN		MAR		GER		RUS		PRT		ARG		JPN		CHN		QAT		Pts.
1	José María López	6	1¹	5	1³	13	1¹	2	1¹	1	1¹	5	8	5	5⁵	5	1¹	4	2¹	4	1¹	9	3³	381
2	Yvan Muller	13	4³	7	5¹	12	2	3	2³	Ret	DNS²	3	11	9	2²	3	5⁴	5	1²	3	2³	4	6⁴	257
3	Tiago Monteiro	4	2²	1	2	11	3⁴	DSQ	DSQ	Ret	DNS	6	5	10	1¹	4	4	3	3⁴	10	8	Ret	5	214
4	Norbert Michelisz	3	3	6	4⁴	DNS	10	DSQ	DSQ	3	2⁴	10	3⁵	8	3³	6	8²	1	8	2	11	5	4⁵	213
5	Mehdi Bennani	2	8	2	6	1	8	6	5	5	5	9	10	4	8	8	7	16	4³	11	3⁴	16	1¹	206
6	Robert Huff	1	6	3	14⁵	10	6³	DSQ	DSQ	4	4	7	4	6	4⁴	2	3	2	9	9	13	3	8	199
7	Nick Catsburg	8	5⁵	11	3²	3	13	Ret	7²	9	6	2	1¹	3	7	13	12	7	11	5	4²	8	14	175
8	Tom Chilton	11	9	9	7	2	5	5	DSQ	2	3⁵	14	16	2	10	1	9	8	6⁵	Ret	9	2	Ret	163
9	Gabriele Tarquini	Ret	Ret	4	13	5	Ret	4	3	7	9	1	2²	12	13	14	13	10	10	16†	5	1	7	147
10	Thed Björk	7	Ret	DSQ	DSQ	15	4⁵	9	10⁵	Ret	8	Ret	15	7	6	11	14	6	7	1	7⁵	6	2²	117
11	Tom Coronel	9	11⁴	15	9	14	7²	1	8⁴	Ret	DNS³	12	Ret	1	16	7	2³	17	14	7	10	12	9	111
12	Hugo Valente	5	7	12	Ret	6	9	Ret	4	6	10	4	7³	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	6	12	Ret	Ret	78
13	Fredrik Ekblom	NC	10	10	8	4	11	7	11	8	7	13	12							8	6			47
14	James Thompson			16	11			Ret	6			8	6⁴	11	11	9	11	13	12	12	14	10	10	24
15	Néstor Girolami																	9	5					12
16	Grégoire Demoustier	10	13	13	12	7	Ret	8	Ret	11	14	16	13	16	12	12	15	17	15	13	17	15	12	11
17	Esteban Guerrieri															Ret	6⁵							9
18	John Filippi	12	12	14	10	8	12	Ret	9	Ret	12	11	14	15	14	10	10	14	16	Ret	15	14	13	9
19	Robert Dahlgren													13	Ret	16	16					7	Ret	6
20	Ferenc Ficza	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	12	13	15	9	14	15	WD	WD	18	18	14	16	13	11	2
21	René Münnich	14	Ret			9	14																	2
22	Sabine Schmitz									10	11													1
—	Dániel Nagy	WD	WD											17	Ret	15	17	15	19	15	18	11	15	0
—	Ryo Michigami																	11	17					0
Pos.	Driver	FRA		SVK		HUN		MAR		GER		RUS		PRT		ARG		JPN		CHN		QAT		Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:

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

Notes

¹²³⁴⁵ refers to the classification of the drivers after the qualifying for the main race (second race), where bonus points are awarded 5–4–3–2–1.

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	FRA			SVK			HUN			MAR			GER			RUS			PRT			ARG			JPN			CHN			QAT			Pts.
Pos.	Manufacturer	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	M	R1	R2	Pts.
1	Citroën	1	2	1¹	1	2	1¹	2	1	1¹	1	2	1¹	2	1	1¹	2	5	8⁴	1	1	2²	2	1	1¹	1	4	1¹	Ret	3	1¹	1	2	1¹	957
1	Citroën	1	6	4³	1	5	5³	2	2	2	1	3	3³	2	5	5²	2	9	10⁵	1	5	5⁴	2	3	5³	1	5	2²	Ret	4	2³	1	4	3³	957
2	Honda	3	1	2²	1	1	2⁴	1	10	3²	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	1	3	2³	1	6	3³	2	6	1¹	1	2	3²	2	1	3	1	2	8	DNP	3	4⁴	675
2	Honda	3	3	3⁵	1	3	4⁵	1	11	6³	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	1	4	4	1	7	4	2	8	3³	1	4	4⁴	2	2	8	1	9	11	DNP	5	5⁵	675
3	Lada	2	5	5⁴	Ret	4	3²	3	3	9⁵	2	4	3²	DNP	6	6⁴	3	1	1¹	3	3	7	3	13	12⁵	3	7	10⁵	2	5	4²	DNP	1	7	536
3	Lada	2	8	7	Ret	11	13	3	5	13	2	Ret	4⁵	DNP	7	9	3	2	2²	3	12	9	3	14	13	3	10	11	2	6	5⁵	DNP	8	14	536
4	Volvo	DNP	7	10	DNP	10	8	DNP	4	4⁴	DNP	7	10⁴	DNP	8	7⁵	DNP	13	12	DNP	7	6⁵	DNP	11	14	DNP	6	5⁴	DNP	1	6⁴	DNP	6	2²	321
4	Volvo	DNP	NC	Ret	DNP	DSQ	DSQ	DNP	15	11	DNP	9	11	DNP	Ret	8	DNP	Ret	15	DNP	13	Ret	DNP	16	16	DNP	9	7	DNP	8	7	DNP	7	Ret	321
Pos.	Manufacturer	FRA			SVK			HUN			MAR			GER			RUS			PRT			ARG			JPN			CHN			QAT			Pts.

Notes

Only the two best placed cars of each manufacturer earned points.

¹²³⁴⁵ refers to the classification of the drivers in the main race qualification, where bonus points are awarded 5–4–3–2–1. Points were only awarded to the fastest two cars from each manufacturer.

In MAC3 points are awarded if 3 cars of the same manufacturer within a 15 seconds gap. MAC3 points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd
Points	10	8	6

WTCC Trophy

WTCC Trophy points are awarded to the first eight drivers classified in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. One point is awarded to the highest-placed WTCC Trophy competitor in qualifying and for another for the fastest lap in each race.

Pos.	Driver	FRA		SVK		HUN		MAR		GER		RUS		PRT		ARG		JPN		CHN		QAT		Pts.
1	Mehdi Bennani	2	8	2	6	1	8	6	5	5	5	9	10	4	8	8	7	16	4	11	3	16	1	190
2	Tom Chilton	11	9	9	7	2	5	5	DSQ	2	3	14	16	2	10	1	8	8	6	Ret	9	2	Ret	155
3	Tom Coronel	9	11	15	9	14	7	1	8	Ret	DNS	12	Ret	1	16	7	2	12	14	7	10	12	9	134
4	James Thompson			16	11			Ret	6			8	6	11	11	9	11	13	12	12	14	10	10	93
5	John Filippi	12	12	14	10	8	12	Ret	9	Ret	12	11	14	15	14	10	10	14	16	Ret	15	14	13	83
6	Grégoire Demoustier	10	13	13	12	7	Ret	8	Ret	11	14	16	13	16	12	12	15	17	15	13	17	15	12	76
7	Ferenc Ficza	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	12	13	15	9	14	15			18	18	14	16	13	11	45
8	Dániel Nagy	WD	WD											17	Ret	15	19	15	19	15	18	11	15	21
9	Sabine Schmitz									10	11													12
10	René Münnich	14	Ret			9	14																	11
11	Esteban Guerrieri															Ret	6							9
Pos.	Driver	FRA		SVK		HUN		MAR		GER		RUS		PRT		ARG		JPN		CHN		QAT		Pts.

WTCC Teams' Trophy

All the teams taking part in the championship were eligible to score points towards the Teams' Trophy, with the exception of manufacturer teams, with the first two cars from each team scoring points in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.

Pos	Team	FRA		SVK		HUN		MAR		GER		RUS		PRT		ARG		JPN		CHN		QAT		Pts
1	Sébastien Loeb Racing	2	8	2	6	1	5	5	5	2	3	9	10	2	8	1	7	8	4	11	3	2	1	334
1	Sébastien Loeb Racing	10	9	9	7	2	8	6	Ret	5	5	14	13	4	10	8	8	16	6	13	9	15	12	334
2	ROAL Motorsport	9	11	15	9	14	7	1	8	Ret	DNS	12	Ret	1	16	7	2	12	14	7	10	12	9	131
3	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	14	Ret	16	11	9	14	Ret	6	10	11	8	6	11	11	9	11	13	12	12	14	10	10	117
4	Campos Racing	12	12	14	10	8	12	Ret	9	Ret	12	11	14	15	14	10	6	14	16	Ret	15	14	13	95
4	Campos Racing															Ret	10							95
5	Zengő Motorsport	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	12	13	15	9	14	15	15	19	15	18	14	16	11	11	75
5	Zengő Motorsport	WD	WD											17	Ret			18	19	15	18	13	15	75
Pos	Team	FRA		SVK		HUN		MAR		GER		RUS		PRT		ARG		JPN		CHN		QAT		Pts

Regulation changes

The sporting regulations were approved by the FIA, at the December 2015 meeting of the World Motor Sport Council.^[25]

Sporting regulations

The reverse grid race of the weekend was switched from race two to race one, with the length of race two being increased by one lap.
A new qualifying time trial format was introduced for manufacturers, titled Manufacturers Against the Clock (MAC3), to be held at the end of the regular three-part qualifying session.
Compensation weight for the most successful car was increased to 80 kg.

Footnotes

↑ The original winner Robert Huff. However, he was disqualified in the Honda cars of the technical regulation violations.

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References

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1 2 Klein, Jamie (6 December 2015). "Huff expecting major step from Lada in 2016". Motorsport.com . Retrieved 14 December 2015.
1 2 3 "Lada confirms its 2016 WTCC driver line-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "20 car entry announced for the 2016 World Touring Car Championship season". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 "Honda sign Rob Huff, Tiago Monteiro & Norbert Michelisz for 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 13 January 2016.
↑ "Honda enters fourth car for Japanese race". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Citroën to finish its WTCC programme at the end of 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
↑ "Volvo announce multi-year WTCC programme with the S60 Polestar TC1". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
1 2 "Thed Björk and Fredrik Ekblom confirmed as Volvo drivers for 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
↑ "Dahlgren returns to WTCC replacing Ekblom in Volvo". Motorsport.com . 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
↑ "Determined Girolami earns factory WTCC chance in Japan". World Touring Car Championship . 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
1 2 "Sébastien Loeb Racing could run three cars in 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
↑ "Tom Chilton signs with Sébastien Loeb Racing for 2016 WTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
↑ "Grégoire Demoustier joins Sébastien Loeb Racing for 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
↑ Hudson, Neil (8 April 2016). "James Thompson makes WTCC return with Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
↑ "John Filippi present sur la grille du WTCC 2016". Oscaro. Twitter Inc. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
↑ "Argentinean Guerrieri gets dream WTCC chance". World Touring Car Championship . 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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[25] The original winner Robert Huff. However, he was disqualified in the Honda cars of the technical regulation violations.

[SportingRegs-1] 1 2 3 2016 Sporting regulations – FIA World Touring Car Championship

[Lada-2] 1 2 Klein, Jamie (6 December 2015). "Huff expecting major step from Lada in 2016". Motorsport.com . Retrieved 14 December 2015.

[LadaDrivers-3] 1 2 3 "Lada confirms its 2016 WTCC driver line-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

[Entry-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "20 car entry announced for the 2016 World Touring Car Championship season". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

[Honda-5] 1 2 3 4 5 "Honda sign Rob Huff, Tiago Monteiro & Norbert Michelisz for 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 13 January 2016.

[6] "Honda enters fourth car for Japanese race". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

[Citroën-7] 1 2 3 4 "Citroën to finish its WTCC programme at the end of 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[8] "Volvo announce multi-year WTCC programme with the S60 Polestar TC1". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[VolvoDrivers-9] 1 2 "Thed Björk and Fredrik Ekblom confirmed as Volvo drivers for 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

[Dahlgren-10] "Dahlgren returns to WTCC replacing Ekblom in Volvo". Motorsport.com . 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

[Girolami-11] "Determined Girolami earns factory WTCC chance in Japan". World Touring Car Championship . 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

[LoebRacing-12] 1 2 "Sébastien Loeb Racing could run three cars in 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[13] "Tom Chilton signs with Sébastien Loeb Racing for 2016 WTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[Demoustier-14] "Grégoire Demoustier joins Sébastien Loeb Racing for 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

[15] Hudson, Neil (8 April 2016). "James Thompson makes WTCC return with Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

[16] "John Filippi present sur la grille du WTCC 2016". Oscaro. Twitter Inc. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

[17] "Argentinean Guerrieri gets dream WTCC chance". World Touring Car Championship . 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[ZengoDrivers-18] 1 2 "Ferenc Ficza and Daniel Nagy confirmed for Zengo". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[NurburgringEntry-19] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "FIA ETCC Nurburgring Nordschleife Entry List 2016" (PDF). TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

[SLR-Peugeot-20] 1 2 "Sébastien Loeb Racing will also run Peugeots at the Nordschleife". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 20 April 2016.

[21] "FIA confirms details of the 2016 WTCC calendar". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

[22] Allen, Peter (8 January 2016). "Dutch F4 concept to form part of SMP series from 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[23] "WTCC 2016 calendar adjusted". World Touring Car Championship. 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

[24] Hudson, Neil (28 September 2016). "WMSC confirms cancellation of Race of Thailand, José María López confirmed champion". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

[Regulations-26] Abbott, Andrew (2 December 2015). "Sporting regulations tweaked for the 2016 WTCC season". TouringCars.Net. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

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