2016 Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup Explained

The 2016 Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup was the twenty-second season of the Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup, the German championship for touring cars, and the first under its current name after dropping the ADAC name. For this season a new category - Superproduction - was introduced, replacing Division 1, while Divisions 2 and 3 were reclassified as Production 1 and Production 2 respectively. Despite not using the ADAC name the series supported the ADAC GT Masters and its support series. The calendar consisted of eight separate race weekends with two races each, spread over eight different tracks.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Dunlop was the official tyre supplier.

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Superproduction
Team Dombek	Mini John Cooper Works	1	Fredrik Lestrup	1–4
Wolf Racing	Ford Fiesta ST	3	Heiko Hammel	All
BASTUCK Motorsport	Kia pro Cee'd GT/R	4	Bernhard Wagner	5–8
		5	Alexander Rambow	All
		22	Thomas Winkelhock	4
	Ford Fiesta ST	6	Christian Schmitz	1
		14	Steve Kirsch	3
		15	Michael Bräutigam	2
Vukovic Motorsport	Audi S3 Saloon	7	Milenko Vukovic	All
	Audi S3 Saloon	8	Franjo Kovac	All
	Renault Clio IV RS	9	Tomas Pekar	6–8
Caisley AEG ID	Mini John Cooper Works	17	Reinhard Nehls	1–5
Caisley AEG ID	Mini John Cooper Works	18	Kai Jordan	1–2
Production 1
IMC Motorsport	Mini John Cooper Works	33	Victoria Froß	All
		41	Markus Spitzenberger	1–2
		50	Jeremy Krüger	5
		90	Dominique Schaak	1–5
Mini Racing Team	Mini John Cooper Works	44	Dirk Lauth	All
JAS Rennsport	Citroën DS3	46	Alf Ahrens	1–2
Glatzel Racing	Ford Fiesta ST	79	Ronny Reinsberger	1–2, 4, 6–8
		82	Steffen Schwan	1–3, 5–8
		83	Ralf Glatzel	All
Caisley AEG ID	Mini John Cooper Works	81	Cora Schumacher	5–7
Production 2
Konrad Motorsport	Volkswagen Scirocco R	92	Heiko Fulsche	1–2, 4–6
Konrad Motorsport		97	Pavel Lefterov	4–8
HTF Motorsport		93	Thomas Mühlenz	1
		94	Thomas Fulsche	2, 4, 7
		95	Kevin Metzner	1–2, 5
		98	John Kevin Grams	6–7
		99	Matthias Meyer	5–6

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winner Production 1	Winner Production 2
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	16 April	Heiko Hammel	Fredrik Lestrup	Fredrik Lestrup	Team Dombek	Ralf Glatzel	Thomas Mühlenz
1	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	17 April		Fredrik Lestrup	Fredrik Lestrup	Team Dombek	Markus Spitzenberger	Kevin Metzner
2	R3	Sachsenring	30 April	Heiko Hammel	Milenko Vukovic	Heiko Hammel	Wolf Racing	Markus Spitzenberger	Kevin Metzner
2	R4	Sachsenring	1 May		Fredrik Lestrup	Fredrik Lestrup	Team Dombek	Ralf Glatzel	Kevin Metzner
3	R5	Circuit Park Zandvoort	14 May	Fredrik Lestrup	Fredrik Lestrup	Fredrik Lestrup	Team Dombek	Ralf Glatzel	No drivers entered
3	R6	Circuit Park Zandvoort	15 May		Heiko Hammel	Heiko Hammel	Wolf Racing	Dominique Schaak	No drivers entered
4	R7	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	18 June	Heiko Hammel	Heiko Hammel	Heiko Hammel	Wolf Racing	Ralf Glatzel	Thomas Fulsche
4	R8	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	19 June		Heiko Hammel	Heiko Hammel	Wolf Racing	Dominique Schaak	Pavel Lefterov
5	R9	Red Bull Ring	23 July	Pavel Lefterov	Milenko Vukovic	Milenko Vukovic	Vukovic Motorsport	Dirk Lauth	Matthias Meyer
5	R10	Red Bull Ring	24 July		Franjo Kovac	Franjo Kovac	Vukovic Motorsport	Dirk Lauth	Matthias Meyer
6	R11	Nürburgring	6 August	Heiko Hammel	Milenko Vukovic	Milenko Vukovic	Vukovic Motorsport	Dirk Lauth	Matthias Meyer
6	R12	Nürburgring	7 August		Milenko Vukovic	Milenko Vukovic	Vukovic Motorsport	Victoria Froß	Pavel Lefterov
7	R13	Circuit Zolder	17 September	Heiko Hammel	Milenko Vukovic	Milenko Vukovic	Vukovic Motorsport	Ralf Glatzel	Pavel Lefterov
7	R14	Circuit Zolder	18 September		Milenko Vukovic	Heiko Hammel	Vukovic Motorsport	Ralf Glatzel	Pavel Lefterov
8	R15	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	8 October	Heiko Hammel	Milenko Vukovic	Milenko Vukovic	Vukovic Motorsport	Ralf Glatzel	Pavel Lefterov
8	R16	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	9 October		Milenko Vukovic	Milenko Vukovic	Vukovic Motorsport	Ralf Glatzel	Pavel Lefterov

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	OSC		SAC		ZAN		OSC		RBR		NÜR		ZOL		SPA		Points
Superproduction^[2]
1	Milenko Vukovic			2	2	3	2	3		1		1	1	1	1	1	1	136
2	Heiko Hammel	2	2	1		2	1	1	1	2	3	2	2		2	2	2	132
5	Franjo Kovac										1	3		2				77
4	Fredrik Lestrup	1	1	3	1	1												50
5	Alexander Rambow		3					2		3								45
6	Reinhard Nehls								2		2		3	3				41
7	Bernhard Wagner																	28
8	Tomas Pekar														3	3	3	23
9	Kai Jordan	3			3													16
10	Steve Kirsch						3											10
11	Thomas Winkelhock								3									6
12	Michael Bräutigam																	2
13	Christian Schmitz																	1
Production 1^[3]
1	Dirk Lauth	1																134
2	Victoria Froß		3															112
3	Ralf Glatzel	2	2															111
4	Dominique Schaak	3																64
5	Ronny Reinsberger																	42
6	Cora Schumacher																	36
7	Steffen Schwan																	34
8	Markus Spitzenberger		1	1														23
9	Alf Ahrens																	7
10	Jeremy Krüger																	5
Production 2
1	Pavel Lefterov																	104
2	Heiko Fulsche																	61
3	Kevin Metzner																	44
4	Matthias Meyer																	43
5	Thomas Fulsche																	40
6	Thomas Mühlenz																	20
7	John Kevin Grams																	18
Pos	Driver	OSC		SAC		ZAN		OSC		RBR		NÜR		ZOL		SPA		Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Additionally 1 points is given for pole and 1 point for fastest lap

External links

Official Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup website

Notes and References

News: Termine/Ergebnisse 2016 (in German). Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup. 28 April 2016.
Web site: Championships Driver Database . 2023-05-21 . www.driverdb.com.
Web site: Championships Driver Database . 2023-05-21 . www.driverdb.com.