2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge

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]

2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge
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Shane van Gisbergen, Álvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb won the Bathurst 12 Hour, the inaugural event of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, in a McLaren 650S GT3 run by Tekno Autosports.

Calendar

On 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 7 February Report
2 Total 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium 30–31 July Report
3 Sepang 12 Hours Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia 10 December Report
Source:[3]
  Also part of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

Entry list

Intercontinental GT Challenge entries
Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Audi Audi Sport Team WRT R8 LMS 1 Will Stevens[4] P 2
Dries Vanthoor[4]
Frédéric Vervisch[4]
28 Nico Müller[4] P 2
René Rast[4]
Laurens Vanthoor[4]
Phoenix Racing[N 1]
Audi Sport Team Phoenix[N 1]
 2 Alex Davison[5] PA 1
Laurens Vanthoor[5]
Markus Winkelhock[5]
6 P 2
Christopher Mies[4]
Frank Stippler[4]
15 Robin Frijns[6] P 3
Christopher Haase[6]
Laurens Vanthoor[6]
16 Pierre Kaffer[6] P 3
René Rast[6]
Markus Winkelhock[6]
Melbourne Performance Centre 74 Christopher Haase[5] PA 1
Marco Mapelli[5]
Christopher Mies[5]
75 Steve McLaughlan[5] PA 1
René Rast[5]
Garth Tander[5]
Bentley Bentley Team M-Sport Continental GT3 7 Vincent Abril[4] P 2
Steven Kane[4]
Guy Smith[4]
8 Wolfgang Reip[4] P 2
Andy Soucek[4]
Maxime Soulet[4]
10 Matt Bell[5] PA 1
Steven Kane[5]
Guy Smith[5]
31 David Russell[5] PA 1
Andy Soucek[5]
Maxime Soulet[5]
McLaren K-PAX Racing 650S GT3 9 Shane van Gisbergen[6] P 3
Côme Ledogar[6]
Álvaro Parente[6]
McElrea Racing 11 Matt Campbell[5] Am 1
Warren Luff[5]
Tim Slade[5]
Tony Walls[5]
Keltic Racing 37 Craig Baird[5] Am 1
Klark Quinn[5]
Tony Quinn[5]
Garage 59 58 Rob Bell[4] P 2
Shane van Gisbergen[4]
Côme Ledogar[4]
59 Alex Fontana[4] P 2
Struan Moore[4]
Andrew Watson[4]
60 Pipo Derani[4] P 2
Bruno Senna[4]
Duncan Tappy[4]
Tekno Autosports 59 Shane van Gisbergen[5] PA 1
Álvaro Parente[5]
Jonathon Webb[5]
60 Rob Bell[5] PA 1
Will Davison[5]
Andrew Watson[5]
Mercedes-Benz AMG - Team Black Falcon AMG GT3 00 Yelmer Buurman[4] P 2
Maro Engel[4]
Bernd Schneider[4]
Mishumotors SLS AMG GT3 33 Alex Kapadia[5] PA 1
Mirco Schultis[5]
Patrick Simon[5]
Renger van der Zande[5]
Erebus Motorsport 36 Nico Bastian[5] PA 1
Thomas Jäger[5]
David Reynolds[5]
63 Austin Cindric[5] PA 1
Maro Engel[5]
Bernd Schneider[5]
AMG - Team HTP Motorsport AMG GT3 84 Dominik Baumann[4] P 2
Maximilian Buhk[4]
Jazeman Jaafar[4]
86 Maximilian Götz[4] P 2
Thomas Jäger[4]
Gary Paffett[4]
AMG - Team AKKA ASP 88 Felix Rosenqvist[4] P 2
Tristan Vautier[4]
Renger van der Zande[4]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Am Drivers entries

It 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 V12 Vantage GT3 44 Jonathan Adam[7] 2
Ahmad Al Harthy[7]
Devon Modell[7]
Darren Turner[7]
Audi Saintéloc Racing R8 LMS 25 Marco Bonanomi[7] 2
Frédéric Bouvy[7]
Christian Kelders[7]
Marc Rostan[7]
R8 LMS ultra 27 Michael Blanchemain[7] 2
Jean-Paul Buffin[7]
Valentin Hasse-Clot[7]
Gilles Lallemant[7]
ISR R8 LMS 74 Philippe Giauque[7] 2
Henry Hassid[7]
Nicolas Lapierre[7]
Franck Perera[7]
Melbourne Performance Centre 75 Steve McLaughlan 1
René Rast
Garth Tander
International Motorsport R8 LMS ultra 82 Rick Armstrong 1
Andrew Bagnall
Matt Halliday
Bentley Team Parker Racing Continental GT3 24 Ian Loggie[7] 2
Callum MacLeod[7]
Andy Meyrick[7]
Tom Onslow-Cole[7]
30 Chris Harris[7] 2
David Perel[7]
Derek Pierce[7]
Carl Rosenblad[7]
BMW Boutsen Ginion M6 GT3 12 Julien Darras[7] 2
Olivier Grotz[7]
Karim Ojjeh[7]
Arno Santamato[7]
Ferrari Kessel Racing 488 GT3 11 Alessandro Bonacini[7] 2
Michał Broniszewski[7]
Giacomo Piccini[7]
Andrea Rizzoli[7]
Classic & Modern Racing 458 Italia GT3 41 Romain Brandela[7] 2
Timothé Buret[7]
Bernard Delhez[7]
Mickaël Petit[7]
42 Sylvain Debs[7] 2
David Loger[7]
Eric Mouez[7]
Thomas Nicolle[7]
Kaspersky Motorsport[N 2]

AF Corse[N 3]

AT Racing[N 4]		 49 Rui Águas[7] 2
Stéphane Lémeret[7]
Alexander Moiseev[7]
Davide Rizzo[7]
488 GT3 51 Matteo Cressoni[7] 2
Francisco Guedes[7]
Peter Mann[7]
Rino Mastronardi[7]
52 Duncan Cameron[7] 2
Matt Griffin[7]
Riccardo Ragazzi[7]
Andrew Scott[7]
53 Olivier Beretta[7] 2
Lorenzo Bontempelli[7]
Giancarlo Fisichella[7]
Motoaki Ishikawa[7]
55 Francesco Castellacci[7] 2
Marco Cioci[7]
Thomas Flohr[7]
Piergiuseppe Perazzini[7]
Rinaldi Racing 333 Pierre Ehret[7] 2
Alexander Mattschull[7]
Rinat Salikhov[7]
Marco Seefried[7]
Lamborghini Lago Racing Gallardo R-EX 32 Steve Owen 1
Luke Youlden
Roger Lago[7]
132 2
Steve Owen[7]
David Russell[7]
Jonathon Webb[7]
GRT Grasser Racing Team Huracán GT3 63 Diego Alessi[7] 2
Dennis Andersen[7]
Anders Fjordbach[7]
Nicolas Pohler[7]
ARC Bratislava 69 Miroslav Konopka[7] 2
Andrzej Lewandowski[7]
Zdeno Mikuláško[7]
Teodor Myszkowski[7]
Barwell Motorsport 78 Marco Attard[7] 2
Tom Kimber-Smith[7]
Leo Machitski[7]
Marco Mapelli[7]
666 Oliver Gavin[7] 2
Phil Keen[7]
Jon Minshaw[7]
Joe Osborne[7]
Attempto Racing 100 Louis Machiels[7] 2
Jeroen Mul[7]
Max van Splunteren[7]
Giovanni Venturini[7]
Mercedes-Benz Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 56 Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal[7] 2
Daniel Juncadella[7]
Oliver Morley[7]
Miguel Toril[7]
AKKA ASP 89 Laurent Cazenave[7] 2
Michael Lyons[7]
Morgan Moullin-Traffort[7]
Daniele Perfetti[7]
Porsche IMSA Performance 911 GT3 R 76 Thierry Cornac[7] 2
Raymond Narac[7]
Maxime Jousse[7]
Patrick Pilet[7]
Attempto Racing 77 Nicolas Armindo[7] 2
Kévin Estre[7]
Jürgen Häring[7]
Clément Mateu[7]
  Co-drivers not competing for Am Drivers' championship.

Race results
Rnd. Circuit Pole Position IGTC Winners Am Winners Winning Manufacturer
1 Bathurst No. 59 Tekno Autosports No. 59 Tekno Autosports No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre McLaren
Shane van Gisbergen
Álvaro Parente
Jonathon Webb		 Shane van Gisbergen
Álvaro Parente
Jonathon Webb		 Steve McLaughlan
2 Spa-Francorchamps No. 28 Audi Sport Team WRT No. 88 AMG - Team AKKA ASP No. 76 IMSA Performance Mercedes-Benz
Nico Müller
René Rast
Laurens Vanthoor		 Felix Rosenqvist
Tristan Vautier
Renger van der Zande		 Thierry Cornac
3 Sepang No. 9 K-PAX Racing No. 15 Audi Sport Team Phoenix No entries Audi
Shane van Gisbergen
Côme Ledogar
Álvaro Parente		 Robin Frijns
Christopher Haase
Laurens Vanthoor

Championship standings
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

The results indicate the classification relative to other drivers in the series, not the classification in the race.

Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
 SPA
 SEP
 Total
1 Laurens Vanthoor Audi 3 2 1 58
2 René Rast Audi 6 2 2 44
3 Shane van Gisbergen McLaren 1 9 3 42
4 Álvaro Parente McLaren 1 3 40
5 Markus Winkelhock Audi 3 11 2 33
6 Steven Kane
Guy Smith		 Bentley 2 6 26
7 Renger van der Zande Mercedes-Benz Ret 1 25
7 Christopher Haase Audi Ret 1 25
7 Jonathon Webb McLaren 1 25
7 Felix Rosenqvist
Tristan Vautier		 Mercedes-Benz 1 25
7 Robin Frijns Audi 1 25
7 Andy Soucek
Maxime Soulet		 Bentley 5 3 25
8 Thomas Jäger Mercedes-Benz 4 4 24
9 Matt Bell Bentley 2 18
9 Nico Müller Audi 2 18
9 Pierre Kaffer Audi 2 18
10 Côme Ledogar McLaren 9 3 17
11 Alex Davison Audi 3 15
11 Wolfgang Reip Bentley 3 15
12 Nico Bastian
David Reynolds		 Mercedes-Benz 4 12
12 Maximilian Götz
Gary Paffett		 Mercedes-Benz 4 12
13 David Russell Bentley 5 10
13 Dominik Baumann
Maximilian Buhk
Jazeman Jaafar		 Mercedes-Benz 5 10
14 Steve McLaughlan
Garth Tander		 Audi 6 8
14 Vincent Abril Bentley 6 8
14 Rob Bell McLaren 7 9 8
15 Andrew Watson McLaren 7 Ret 6
15 Will Davison McLaren 7 6
15 Maro Engel
Bernd Schneider		 Mercedes-Benz Ret 7 6
15 Yelmer Buurman Mercedes-Benz 7 6
16 Will Stevens
Dries Vanthoor
Frédéric Vervisch		 Audi 8 4
17 Pipo Derani
Bruno Senna
Duncan Tappy		 McLaren 10 1
Christopher Mies Audi Ret 11 0
Frank Stippler Audi 11 0
Austin Cindric Mercedes-Benz Ret
Craig Baird
Klark Quinn
Tony Quinn		 McLaren Ret
Alex Kapadia
Mirco Schultis
Patrick Simon		 Mercedes-Benz Ret
Marco Mapelli Audi Ret
Matt Campbell
Warren Luff
Tim Slade
Tony Walls		 McLaren Ret
Alex Fontana
Struan Moore		 McLaren Ret
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
 SPA
 SEP
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Am Drivers
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
 SPA
 SEP
 Total
1 Steve McLaughlan Audi 1 25
1 Thierry Cornac Porsche 1 25
2 Roger Lago Lamborghini 2 10 19
3 Philippe Giauque
Henry Hassid		 Audi 2 18
4 Rick Armstrong Audi 3 15
4 Jon Minshaw Lamborghini 3 15
5 Daniele Perfetti Mercedes-Benz 4 12
6 Michał Broniszewski Ferrari 5 10
7 Ahmad Al Harthy Aston Martin 6 8
8 Marco Attard
Leo Machitski		 Lamborghini 7 6
9 Oliver Morley Mercedes-Benz 8 4
10 Francisco Guedes
Peter Mann
Rino Mastronardi		 Ferrari 9 2
Pierre Ehret
Alexander Mattschull
Rinat Salikhov		 Ferrari 11 0
Miroslav Konopka
Andrzej Lewandowski
Teodor Myszkowski		 Lamborghini 12 0
Dennis Andersen Lamborghini 13 0
Christian Kelders
Marc Rostan		 Audi 14 0
Duncan Cameron Ferrari 15 0
Michael Blanchemain
Jean-Paul Buffin
Gilles Lallemant		 Audi 16 0
Louis Machiels Lamborghini 17 0
Chris Harris
David Perel
Derek Pierce		 Bentley 18 0
Thomas Flohr
Piergiuseppe Perazzini		 Ferrari Ret
Karim Ojjeh BMW Ret
Stéphane Lémeret
Alexander Moiseev
Davide Rizzo		 Ferrari Ret
Romain Brandela
Bernard Delhez		 Ferrari Ret
Sylvain Debs
David Loger		 Ferrari Ret
Ian Loggie Bentley Ret
Jürgen Häring
Clément Mateu		 Porsche Ret
Lorenzo Bontempelli
Motoaki Ishikawa		 Ferrari Ret
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
 SPA
 SEP
 Points

Manufacturers' championship
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

Notes
  1. Car No. 2 entered as Phoenix Racing and cars No. 6, 15 and 16 entered as Audi Sport Team Phoenix.
  2. Car No. 49 entered as Kaspersky Motorsport.
  3. Cars No. 51, 52 and 53 entered as AF Corse.
  4. Car No. 55 entered as AT Racing under Austrian licence.

References
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