The following is an overview of the events of 2016 in motorsport, including the major racing events, award ceremonies, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
Date | Event | Ref |
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2–16 January | 38th Dakar Rally | [1] |
30–31 January | 54th 24 Hours of Daytona | [2] |
21 February | 58th Daytona 500 | [3] |
28–29 May | 44th 24 Hours of Nürburgring | [4] |
29 May | 74th Monaco Grand Prix | [5] |
100th Indianapolis 500 | [6] | |
4–10 June | 98th Isle of Man TT | [7] |
18–19 June | 84th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [8] |
30–31 July | 68th 24 Hours of Spa | [9] |
31 July | 39th Suzuka 8 Hours | [10] |
21 August | 26th Masters of Formula 3 | [11] |
9 October | 59th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 | [12] |
20 November | 63rd Macau Grand Prix | [13] |
Date | Event | Ref |
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2 December | FIA Prize Giving Ceremony |
First race | Championship | Ref |
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7 February | Intercontinental GT Challenge | [14] |
27 March | BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | [15] |
2 April | Touring Car Endurance Series | [16] |
3 April | TCR Spanish Series | [17] |
16 April | ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship | [18] |
14 May | GT3 Le Mans Cup | [19] |
21 May | TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship | [20] |
TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship | [21] | |
11 June | F4 Spanish Championship | [22] |
2 July | Formula 4 United States Championship | [23] |
5 August | Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | [24] |
18 November | 2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship | [25] |
Last race | Championship | Ref |
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9 October | Auto GP | [26] |
16 October | European Junior Cup | [27] |
23 October | Renault Sport Trophy | [28] |
27 November | GP2 Series | [29] |
Date | Venue | First event | Ref |
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23 April | Paris Street Circuit | Paris ePrix | [30] |
21 May | Berlin Street Circuit | Berlin ePrix | [31] |
19 June | Baku City Circuit | European Grand Prix | [32] |
9 October | Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit | Hong Kong ePrix | [33] |
Date | Venue | Last event | Ref |
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3 July | Battersea Park Street Circuit | London ePrix | [34] |
Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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8 | January | Maria Teresa de Filippis | 89 | Italian | Racing driver | First female Formula One driver | [35] |
13 | Mike Salmon | 82 | British | Racing driver | [36] | ||
16 | Bob Harkey | 85 | American | Racing driver | [37] | ||
19 | Mike MacDowel | 83 | British | Racing driver | [38] | ||
26 | Barney Hall | 83 | American | Motorsport commentator | Specialised on NASCAR | [39] | |
4 | February | Dave Mirra | 41 | American | Racing driver | [40] | |
10 | Lennie Pond | 75 | American | Racing driver | [41] | ||
3 | March | Alan Henry | 68 | British | Motorsport journalist | [42] | |
7 | Bobby Johns | 83 | American | Racing driver | [43] | ||
26 | Yoshimi Katayama | 75 | Japanese | Racing driver | [44] | ||
31 | Bertil Roos | 72 | Swedish | Racing driver and instructor | [45] | ||
23 | April | Attila Ferjáncz | 69 | Hungarian | Rally driver | Hungarian Rally champion (1976–1982, 1985, 1990) | [46] |
29 | Don White | 89 | American | Racing driver | [47] | ||
14 | May | Andre Wicky | 87 | Swiss | Racing driver and team owner | [48] | |
21 | Eddie Keizan | 71 | South African | Racing driver | [49] | ||
28 | June | Andre Guelfi | 97 | French | Racing driver | [50] | |
29 | Carl Haas | 87 | American | Racing driver and team owner | [51] | ||
7 | July | Peter Riley | 85 | British | Rally driver | [52] | |
3 | August | Chris Amon | 73 | New Zealander | Racing driver | Winner of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans | [53] |
7 | Bryan Clauson | 27 | American | Racing driver | [54] | ||
Jack Sears | 86 | British | Race and rally driver | First BTCC champion | [55] | ||
9 | Bill Alsup | 78 | American | Racing driver | [56] | ||
2 | September | Blackie Gejeian | 90 | American | Racing driver | Also known as hot rod builder | [57] |
8 | Hannes Arch | 48 | Austrian | Air racer | Red Bull Air World Race champion (2008). | [58] | |
10 | October | Tony Adamowicz | 75 | American | Racing driver | [59] | |
24 | Jack Sellers | 72 | American | Racing driver | [60] | ||
15 | November | Paul Rosche | 82 | German | Engineer | [61] | |
19 | Jacques Henry | 74 | French | Rally driver | [62] | ||
10 | December | Herm Johnson | 63 | American | Racing driver | [63] |