2016 in motorsport

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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.

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Annual events

Sporting events

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.

DateEventRef
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]

Award ceremonies

DateEventRef
2 December FIA Prize Giving Ceremony

Established championships/events

First raceChampionshipRef
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]

Disestablished championships/events

Last raceChampionshipRef
9 October Auto GP [26]
16 October European Junior Cup [27]
23 October Renault Sport Trophy [28]
27 November GP2 Series [29]

Opened motorsport venues

DateVenueFirst eventRef
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]

Closed motorsport venues

DateVenueLast eventRef
3 July Battersea Park Street Circuit London ePrix [34]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
8 January Maria Teresa de Filippis 89ItalianRacing driverFirst female Formula One driver [35]
13 Mike Salmon 82BritishRacing driver [36]
16 Bob Harkey 85AmericanRacing driver [37]
19 Mike MacDowel 83BritishRacing driver [38]
26 Barney Hall 83AmericanMotorsport commentatorSpecialised on NASCAR [39]
4 February Dave Mirra 41AmericanRacing driver [40]
10 Lennie Pond 75AmericanRacing driver [41]
3 March Alan Henry 68BritishMotorsport journalist [42]
7 Bobby Johns 83AmericanRacing driver [43]
26 Yoshimi Katayama 75JapaneseRacing driver [44]
31 Bertil Roos 72SwedishRacing driver and instructor [45]
23 April Attila Ferjáncz 69HungarianRally driver Hungarian Rally champion (1976–1982, 1985, 1990) [46]
29 Don White 89AmericanRacing driver [47]
14 May Andre Wicky 87SwissRacing driver and team owner [48]
21 Eddie Keizan 71South AfricanRacing driver [49]
28 June Andre Guelfi 97FrenchRacing driver [50]
29 Carl Haas 87AmericanRacing driver and team owner [51]
7 July Peter Riley85BritishRally driver [52]
3 August Chris Amon 73New ZealanderRacing driverWinner of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans [53]
7 Bryan Clauson 27AmericanRacing driver [54]
Jack Sears 86BritishRace and rally driverFirst BTCC champion [55]
9 Bill Alsup 78AmericanRacing driver [56]
2 September Blackie Gejeian 90AmericanRacing driverAlso known as hot rod builder [57]
8 Hannes Arch 48AustrianAir racer Red Bull Air World Race champion (2008). [58]
10 October Tony Adamowicz 75AmericanRacing driver [59]
24 Jack Sellers 72AmericanRacing driver [60]
15 November Paul Rosche 82GermanEngineer [61]
19 Jacques Henry 74FrenchRally driver [62]
10 December Herm Johnson 63AmericanRacing driver [63]

See also

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