The 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the first season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The season featured three rounds — after the cancellation of the 6 Hours of the Americas - starting with Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour on 7 February and the season concluded with the Sepang 12 Hours on 10 December.[1]
Calendar
editOn 29 January it was announced that the 6 Hours of the Americas would be cancelled with the official reason a lack of entrants.[2] The test days of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup were only four days after the event, so the European teams would be cutting it close for both events. Instead, the organizers postponed the race for a year, but there were no plans to run the race.
| Round | Event | Circuit | Date | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour |  Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia
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7 February | Report |
| 2 | Total 24 Hours of Spa |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
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30–31 July | Report |
| 3 | Sepang 12 Hours |  Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia
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10 December | Report |
| Source:[3] | ||||
Also part of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Entry list
editIntercontinental GT Challenge entries
edit
Am Drivers entries
editIt is unknown which drivers competed for the Am Drivers' championship at Round 1 at Bathurst, besides those who scored points. No drivers entered for the Am Drivers' championship at Round 3 at Sepang.
| Manufacturer | Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Martin |  Oman Racing Team
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V12 Vantage GT3 | 44 |  Jonathan Adam[7]
|
2 |
| Ahmad Al Harthy[7]
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| Devon Modell[7]
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| Darren Turner[7]
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| Audi |  Saintéloc Racing
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R8 LMS | 25 |  Marco Bonanomi[7]
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2 |
| Frédéric Bouvy[7]
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| Christian Kelders[7]
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| Marc Rostan[7]
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| R8 LMS ultra | 27 | Michael Blanchemain[7]
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2 | ||
| Jean-Paul Buffin[7]
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| Valentin Hasse-Clot[7]
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| Gilles Lallemant[7]
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 ISR
|
R8 LMS | 74 |  Philippe Giauque[7]
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2 | |
| Henry Hassid[7]
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| Nicolas Lapierre[7]
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| Franck Perera[7]
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| Melbourne Performance Centre
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75 | Steve McLaughlan
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1 | ||
 René Rast
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| Garth Tander
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 International Motorsport
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R8 LMS ultra | 82 | Rick Armstrong
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1 | |
| Andrew Bagnall
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| Matt Halliday
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| Bentley | Team Parker Racing
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Continental GT3 | 24 | Ian Loggie[7]
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2 |
| Callum MacLeod[7]
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| Andy Meyrick[7]
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| Tom Onslow-Cole[7]
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| 30 | Chris Harris[7]
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2 | |||
 David Perel[7]
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| Derek Pierce[7]
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 Carl Rosenblad[7]
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| BMW | Boutsen Ginion
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M6 GT3 | 12 | Julien Darras[7]
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2 |
 Olivier Grotz[7]
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 Karim Ojjeh[7]
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| Arno Santamato[7]
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| Ferrari | Kessel Racing
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488 GT3 | 11 | Alessandro Bonacini[7]
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2 |
 Michał Broniszewski[7]
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| Giacomo Piccini[7]
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| Andrea Rizzoli[7]
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| Classic & Modern Racing
|
458 Italia GT3 | 41 | Romain Brandela[7]
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2 | |
| Timothé Buret[7]
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| Bernard Delhez[7]
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| Mickaël Petit[7]
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| 42 | Sylvain Debs[7]
|
2 | |||
| David Loger[7]
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| Eric Mouez[7]
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| Thomas Nicolle[7]
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Kaspersky Motorsport[N 2] AF Corse[N 3] AT Racing[N 4]
|
49 |  Rui Águas[7]
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2 | ||
| Stéphane Lémeret[7]
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 Alexander Moiseev[7]
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| Davide Rizzo[7]
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| 488 GT3 | 51 | Matteo Cressoni[7]
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2 | ||
| Francisco Guedes[7]
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 Peter Mann[7]
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| Rino Mastronardi[7]
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| 52 | Duncan Cameron[7]
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2 | |||
 Matt Griffin[7]
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| Riccardo Ragazzi[7]
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| Andrew Scott[7]
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| 53 |  Olivier Beretta[7]
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2 | |||
| Lorenzo Bontempelli[7]
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| Giancarlo Fisichella[7]
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 Motoaki Ishikawa[7]
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| 55 | Francesco Castellacci[7]
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2 | |||
| Marco Cioci[7]
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| Thomas Flohr[7]
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| Piergiuseppe Perazzini[7]
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| Rinaldi Racing
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333 | Pierre Ehret[7]
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2 | ||
| Alexander Mattschull[7]
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| Rinat Salikhov[7]
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| Marco Seefried[7]
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| Lamborghini | Lago Racing
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Gallardo R-EX | 32 | Steve Owen
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1 |
| Luke Youlden
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| Roger Lago[7]
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| 132 | 2 | ||||
| Steve Owen[7]
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| David Russell[7]
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| Jonathon Webb[7]
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| GRT Grasser Racing Team
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Huracán GT3 | 63 | Diego Alessi[7]
|
2 | |
 Dennis Andersen[7]
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| Anders Fjordbach[7]
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| Nicolas Pohler[7]
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 ARC Bratislava
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69 | Miro Konôpka[7]
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2 | ||
| Andrzej Lewandowski[7]
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| Zdeno Mikuláško[7]
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| Teodor Myszkowski[7]
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| Barwell Motorsport
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78 | Marco Attard[7]
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2 | ||
| Tom Kimber-Smith[7]
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| Leo Machitski[7]
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| Marco Mapelli[7]
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| 666 | Oliver Gavin[7]
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2 | |||
| Phil Keen[7]
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| Jon Minshaw[7]
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| Joe Osborne[7]
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| Attempto Racing
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100 | Louis Machiels[7]
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2 | ||
 Jeroen Mul[7]
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| Max van Splunteren[7]
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| Giovanni Venturini[7]
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| Mercedes-Benz | Black Falcon
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 56 | Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal[7]
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2 |
 Daniel Juncadella[7]
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| Oliver Morley[7]
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| Miguel Toril[7]
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| AKKA ASP
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89 | Laurent Cazenave[7]
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2 | ||
| Michael Lyons[7]
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| Morgan Moullin-Traffort[7]
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| Daniele Perfetti[7]
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| Porsche | IMSA Performance
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911 GT3 R | 76 | Thierry Cornac[7]
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2 |
| Raymond Narac[7]
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| Maxime Jousse[7]
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| Patrick Pilet[7]
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| Attempto Racing
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77 | Nicolas Armindo[7]
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2 | ||
| Kévin Estre[7]
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| Jürgen Häring[7]
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| Clément Mateu[7]
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Co-drivers not competing for Am Drivers' championship.
Race results
edit| Rnd. | Circuit | Pole Position | IGTC Winners | Am Winners | Winning Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bathurst
|
No. 59 Tekno Autosports
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No. 59 Tekno Autosports
|
No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre
|
McLaren |
| Shane van Gisbergen Álvaro Parente Jonathon Webb
|
Shane van Gisbergen Álvaro Parente Jonathon Webb
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Steve McLaughlan
| |||
| 2 | Spa-Francorchamps
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No. 28 Audi Sport Team WRT
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No. 88 AMG - Team AKKA ASP
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No. 76 IMSA Performance
|
Mercedes-Benz |
| Nico Müller René Rast Laurens Vanthoor
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Felix Rosenqvist Tristan Vautier Renger van der Zande
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Thierry Cornac
| |||
| 3 | Sepang
|
No. 9 K-PAX Racing
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No. 15 Audi Sport Team Phoenix
|
No entries | Audi |
| Shane van Gisbergen Côme Ledogar Álvaro Parente
|
Robin Frijns Christopher Haase Laurens Vanthoor
|
Championship standings
edit- Scoring system
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. A manufacturer only received points for its two highest placed cars in each round.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championships
editThe results indicate the classification relative to other drivers in the series, not the classification in the race.
|
Bold – Pole |
Am Drivers
edit| Pos. | Driver | Manufacturer | BAT
|
SPA
|
SEP
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve McLaughlan
|
Audi | 1 | 25 | ||
| 1 | Thierry Cornac
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Porsche | 1 | 25 | ||
| 2 | Roger Lago
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Lamborghini | 2 | 10 | 19 | |
| 3 | Philippe Giauque Henry Hassid
|
Audi | 2 | 18 | ||
| 4 | Rick Armstrong
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Audi | 3 | 15 | ||
| 4 | Jon Minshaw
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Lamborghini | 3 | 15 | ||
| 5 | Daniele Perfetti
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Mercedes-Benz | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | Michał Broniszewski
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Ferrari | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Ahmad Al Harthy
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Aston Martin | 6 | 8 | ||
| 8 | Marco Attard Leo Machitski
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Lamborghini | 7 | 6 | ||
| 9 | Oliver Morley
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Mercedes-Benz | 8 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Francisco Guedes Peter Mann Rino Mastronardi
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Ferrari | 9 | 2 | ||
| Pierre Ehret Alexander Mattschull Rinat Salikhov
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Ferrari | 11 | 0 | |||
| Miro Konôpka Andrzej Lewandowski Teodor Myszkowski
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Lamborghini | 12 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Andersen
|
Lamborghini | 13 | 0 | |||
| Christian Kelders Marc Rostan
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Audi | 14 | 0 | |||
| Duncan Cameron
|
Ferrari | 15 | 0 | |||
| Michael Blanchemain Jean-Paul Buffin Gilles Lallemant
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Audi | 16 | 0 | |||
| Louis Machiels
|
Lamborghini | 17 | 0 | |||
| Chris Harris David Perel Derek Pierce
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Bentley | 18 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Flohr Piergiuseppe Perazzini
|
Ferrari | Ret | ||||
| Karim Ojjeh
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BMW | Ret | ||||
| Stéphane Lémeret Alexander Moiseev Davide Rizzo
|
Ferrari | Ret | ||||
| Romain Brandela Bernard Delhez
|
Ferrari | Ret | ||||
| Sylvain Debs David Loger
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Ferrari | Ret | ||||
| Ian Loggie
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Bentley | Ret | ||||
| Jürgen Häring Clément Mateu
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Porsche | Ret | ||||
| Lorenzo Bontempelli Motoaki Ishikawa
|
Ferrari | Ret | ||||
| Pos. | Driver | Manufacturer | BAT
|
SPA
|
SEP
|
Points |
Manufacturers' championship
edit| Pos. | Manufacturer | Car | BAT
|
SPA
|
SEP
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audi | R8 LMS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 88 |
| 6 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Bentley | Continental GT3 | 2 | 3 | 51 | |
| 5 | 6 | |||||
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz | SLS AMG GT3/AMG GT3 | 4 | 1 | 49 | |
| Ret | 4 | |||||
| 3 | McLaren | 650S GT3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 49 |
| 7 | 10 | |||||
| Pos. | Manufacturer | Car | BAT
|
SPA
|
SEP
|
Points |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b Car No. 2 entered as Phoenix Racing and cars No. 6, 15 and 16 entered as Audi Sport Team Phoenix.
- ^ Car No. 49 entered as Kaspersky Motorsport.
- ^ Cars No. 51, 52 and 53 entered as AF Corse.
- ^ Car No. 55 entered as AT Racing under Austrian licence.
References
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- ^ "Intercontinental GT round at COTA to be cancelled". Motorsport.com. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ "SRO Motorsports Group Intercontinental GT Challenge". Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
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