2016 International GT Open explained

The 2016 International GT Open season was the eleventh season of the International GT Open, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It began on 23 April at Autódromo do Estoril and ended on 6 November, at Barcelona after seven double-header meetings.

Entry list

2016 Entry List
Team	Car		Drivers	Class	Rounds
BMW Team Teo Martín	BMW M6 GT3	1	Miguel Ramos^[1]	PA	All
			Roldán Rodríguez	1–3
			Pieter Schothorst^[2]	4–7
		2	Fernando Monje	PA	All
		2	Gustavo Yacamán		All
Drivex School	Audi R8 LMS ultra	5	César Campaniço	PA	1
			Andrés Saravia		1
			Juan Cruz Álvarez^[3]	2–3, 7
			Anna Rathe	2
			Miguel Ángel de Castro^[4]	3
			Esteban Gini^[5]	PA	7
FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	7	Andrea Caldarelli	PA	3
FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	7	Vitantonio Liuzzi		3
SF Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	7	Andrea Caldarelli^[6]	PA	5–7
SF Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	7	Fu Songyang		5–7
Radical Works	Radical RXC Turbo GT3	10	Colin Noble	PA	1–4
			James Abbott	1–3
			Steven Burgess	4
António Nogueira	Porsche 911 GT3 R (997)	11	António Nogueira	Am	1
TF Sport	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	11	Jon Barnes	PA	7
		11	Mark Farmer	7
		34	Euan Hankey	PA	All
		34	Salih Yoluç		All
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	13	John Dhillon	Am	3
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	13	Stéphane Lémeret		3
	Ferrari 488 GT3	49	Marco Cioci^[7]	PA	2, 6–7
		49	Aleksandr Moiseev		2, 6–7
		51	Marco Cioci	PA	3
		51	Piergiuseppe Perazzini		3
		54	Thomas Flohr	PA	1
		54	Francesco Castellacci		1
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	55	Claudio Sdanewitsch	Am	1–2
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	55	Stéphane Lémeret		1–2
V8 Racing	Renault Sport R.S. 01	14	Nicky Pastorelli	PA	2
		14	Josh Webster		2
		15	Filipe Barreiros	Am	All
			Diederik Sitjhoff	1
			Max Braams	2–3
			Martin Short	4
			Francisco Guedes	5–7
Petri Corse	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	17	Davide Roda	Am	3
Nigel Mustill	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX GT3	18	Craig Dolby	PA	4
Nigel Mustill	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX GT3	18	Tomáš Enge		4
Lechner Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3	19	Thomas Jäger	PA	5–7
Lechner Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3	19	Mario Plachutta		5–7
Solaris Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	21	Jody Fannin	PA	7
Solaris Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	21	Francesco Sini		7
Balfe Motorsport	McLaren 650S GT3	22	Shaun Balfe	PA	All
			Phil Keen	1–4, 6–7
			Adam Carroll	5
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	23	Simone Pellegrinelli	PA	6
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	23	Vito Postiglione		6
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus	SCG 003C	24	Lorenzo Bontempelli	Am	6
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus	SCG 003C	24	Beniamino Caccia		6
Antonelli Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	25	Marco Antonelli	PA	7
	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	25	Daniel Zampieri		7
	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	32	Kikko Galbiati	Am	6–7
			Omar Galbiati	6
			Manuel Deodati	Am	7
Orange 1 Team Lazarus	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	27	Thomas Biagi	PA	All
Orange 1 Team Lazarus	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	27	Fabrizio Crestani		All
Attempto Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	28	Kévin Estre	PA	7
		28	Peter Terting	PA	7
		29	Arkin Aka	Am	7
		29	Jürgen Häring		7
		30	Christian Krognes	PA	7
		30	Emil Lindholm		7
FF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	48	Paul McNeilly	Am PA
FF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	48	Jamie Stanley
Garage 59	McLaren 650S GT3	59	Michael Benham	PA	1–5, 7
		59	Duncan Tappy		1–5, 7
		88	Alexander West	PA	All
			Kévin Estre	1
			Côme Ledogar	2–4, 6–7
			Álvaro Parente	5
Ebimotors	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	64	Fabio Babini	PA	2–3, 5–6
Ebimotors	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	64	Emanuele Busnelli		2–3, 5–6
Kessel Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	65	Nicola Cadei	PA	7
		65	Alexis de Bernardi		7
		111	Stephen Earle	Am	7
		111	David Perel		7
AKKA ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3	87	Benjamin Ricci	Am	7
		87	Mauro Ricci		7
		89	Jean Luc Beaubelique	PA	7
		89	Jérôme Policand		7
RAW Motorsport	Radical RXC Turbo GT3	96	Thomas Ashton	PA	4
RAW Motorsport	Radical RXC Turbo GT3	96	Robert Wheldon		4
Sports and You	Mercedes-AMG GT3	99	António Coimbra "Manuel da Costa"	Am	1–3, 7 4–6
Sports and You	Mercedes-AMG GT3	99	Luís Silva "Miguel Sardinha"	1–3, 7 4–6

Icon	Class
PA	Pro-Amateur
Am	Amateur
G	Guest

Notes

Race calendar

A seven-round provisional calendar was revealed on 12 November 2015.^[8] On 8 March 2016, the final round was pushed back a week.^[9]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Pro-Am Winner	Am Winner
1	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	23 April	No. 27 Orange 1 Team Lazarus	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 99 Sports and You
	R1		23 April	Thomas Biagi Fabrizio Crestani	Shaun Balfe Phil Keen	António Coimbra Luís Silva
	R2		24 April	No. 88 Garage 59	No. 59 Garage 59	No. 99 Sports and You
	R2		24 April	Kévin Estre Alexander West	Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	António Coimbra Luís Silva
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	21 May	No. 2 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 1 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 55 AF Corse
	R1		21 May	Fernando Monje Gustavo Yacamán	Miguel Ramos Roldán Rodríguez	Claudio Sdanewitsch Stéphane Lémeret
	R2		22 May	No. 88 Garage 59	No. 14 V8 Racing	No. 15 V8 Racing
	R2		22 May	Côme Ledogar Alexander West	Nicky Pastorelli Josh Webster	Filipe Barreiros Max Braams
3	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	4 June	No. 88 Garage 59	No. 1 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 15 V8 Racing
	R1		4 June	Côme Ledogar Alexander West	Miguel Ramos Roldán Rodríguez	Filipe Barreiros Max Braams
	R2		5 June	No. 59 Garage 59	No. 27 Orange 1 Team Lazarus	No. 15 V8 Racing
	R2		5 June	Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Thomas Biagi Fabrizio Crestani	Filipe Barreiros Max Braams
4	R1	Silverstone Circuit	23 July	No. 88 Garage 59	No. 18 Nigel Mustil	No. 48 FF Corse
	R1		23 July	Côme Ledogar Alexander West	Craig Dolby Tomáš Enge	Paul McNeilly Jamie Stanley
	R2		24 July	No. 48 FF Corse	No. 34 TF Sport	No. 99 Sports and You
	R2		24 July	Paul McNeilly Jamie Stanley	Euan Hankey Salih Yoluç	"Manuel da Costa" "Miguel Sardinha"
5	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	10 September	No. 7 SF Racing	No. 1 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 99 Sports and You
	R1		10 September	Andrea Caldarelli Fu Songyang	Miguel Ramos Pieter Schothorst	"Manuel da Costa" "Miguel Sardinha"
	R2		11 September	No. 1 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 2 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 99 Sports and You
	R2		11 September	Miguel Ramos Pieter Schothorst	Fernando Monje Gustavo Yacamán	"Manuel da Costa" "Miguel Sardinha"
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	1 October	No. 34 TF Sport	No. 34 TF Sport	No. 99 Sports and You
	R1		1 October	Euan Hankey Salih Yoluç	Euan Hankey Salih Yoluç	"Manuel da Costa" "Miguel Sardinha"
	R2		2 October	No. 27 Orange 1 Team Lazarus	No. 88 Garage 59	No. 99 Sports and You
	R2		2 October	Thomas Biagi Fabrizio Crestani	Côme Ledogar Alexander West	"Manuel da Costa" "Miguel Sardinha"
7	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	5 November	No. 27 Orange 1 Team Lazarus	No. 28 Attempto Racing	No. 111 Kessel Racing
	R1		5 November	Thomas Biagi Fabrizio Crestani	Kévin Estre Peter Terting	Stephen Earle David Perel
	R2		6 November	No. 25 Antonelli Motorsport	No. 25 Antonelli Motorsport	No. 29 Attempto Racing
	R2		6 November	Marco Antonelli Daniel Zampieri	Marco Antonelli Daniel Zampieri	Arkin Aka Jürgen Häring

Championship standings

Scoring systemThe scored points P in the race are calculated with the following formula: P = S + C.^[10] Being “S” the points scored in the Scratch classification and “C” the points scored in the class.Points per category (C) are allotted in its entirely if, at least, 6 participants start the race.If the number of participants starting the race is less than 6, 50% of the points will be allotted.

Scratch Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
Points	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Class Race points

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

Teams' Championship

^[11]	Class	Team	Car	EST		SPA		LEC		SIL		RBR		MNZ		CAT		Total
1	PA	Orange 1 Team Lazarus #27	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	3	3	8	5	5	1	2	4	7	2	2	3	2	2	185
2	PA	align=left rowspan=2	Balfe Motorsport #22	align=left	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	1	4	4	4	7	7								133
2	PA	align=left	McLaren 650S GT3							5	5	3	4	4	9	3	4		133
3	PA	Teo Martín Motorsport #2	BMW M6 GT3	2	6	Ret	DNS	Ret	2	6	2	4	1	5	2	7	8	125
4	PA	Teo Martín Motorsport #1	BMW M6 GT3	7	Ret	1	8	1	8	3	6	1	7	6	Ret	6	1	124
5	PA	TF Sport #34	Aston Martin Vantage GT3			6	6	4	3	4	1	6	6	1	Ret	5	Ret	102
6	PA	Garage 59 #88	McLaren 650S GT3	4	10	3	9	9	5	10	8	5	3	3	1	9	Ret	95
7	PA	Garage 59 #59	McLaren 650S GT3	6	1	10	2	10	14	8	3	Ret	5			4	14	79
8	A	Sports And You #99	Mercedes-AMG GT GT3	8	7	11	13	13	Ret	9	9	8	10	11	8	Ret	5	71
9	PA	V8 Racing #14	Renault Sport R.S. 01			2	1											40
10	A	V8 Racing #15	Renault Sport R.S. 01	9	12	Ret	10	12	11	11	11	9	11	Ret	Ret			38
11	PA	Attempto Racing #11	Porsche 911 GT3 R													1	7	28
11	PA	AF Corse #51	Ferrari 488 GT3					2	4									28
12	PA	AF Corse #49	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3			5	3							7	5			26
13	PA	Lechner Racing Team #19	Mercedes-AMG GT GT3									2	12	9	6			23
13	A	Antonelli Motorsport #32	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo													8	6	23
14	PA	Nigel Mustill #18	Lamborghini Gallardo Rex GT3							1	13							22
15	A	AF Corse #55	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	10	8	7	12											21
16	PA	Drivex School #5	Audi R8 LMS ultra	13	2	13	14	8	13									20
17	PA	FFF Racing Team by ACM #7	Lamborghini Huracán GT3					3	6									18
18	PA	Ebimotors #64	Lamborghini Huracán GT3			9	11	6	9			10	9	10	7			17
19	PA	AF Corse #54	Ferrari 488 GT3	5	5													16
20	PA	Imperiale Racing #23	Lamborghini Huracán											8	4			12
21	A	FF Corse #48	Ferrari 488 GT3							7								11
21	PA								7									11
22	A	Antonelli Motorsport #32	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo											12	10			8
23	A	AF Corse #13	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3					14	12									7
24	A	Antonio Nogueira #11	Porsche 997 GT3 R	11	11													5
25	A	Petri Corse #17	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo					15	15									5
26	PA	Radical Works Team #10	Radical RXC V8	12	9	12	7	11	10	Ret	12							4
27	A	Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus #24	SCG 003C											13	Ret			3
28	PA	SF Racing #7	Ferrari 488 GT3									11	8	Ret	Ret			2
29	PA	RAW Motorsport #96	Radical RXC V8							Ret	10							0

Notes and References

Web site: Circuito de Estoril Entry List. International GT Open. GT Sport. 3 June 2016.
Web site: Silverstone Circuit Entry List. International GT Open. GT Sport. 23 July 2016.
Web site: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Entry List. International GT Open. GT Sport. 3 June 2016.
Web site: Circuit Paul Ricard Entry List. International GT Open. GT Sport. 3 June 2016.
Web site: Circuit de Catalunya Entry List. International GT Open. GT Sport. 3 November 2016.
Web site: Red Bull Ring Entry List. International GT Open. GT Sport. 10 September 2016.
Web site: Autodromo di Monza Entry List. International GT Open. GT Sport. 1 October 2016.
News: 2016 calendar made official. 12 November 2015. International GT Open. GT Sport. 29 November 2015.
News: GT Sport confirms 2016 calendars, Barcelona one week later. International GT Open. GT Sport. 8 March 2016. 9 March 2016.
Web site: Scoring system . 21 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160613140646/http://gtopen.net/contenuti/files/2016%20Season/General/2016%20GT%20Open%20Sporting%20Regulations%20%20.pdf#page=83 . 2016-06-13.
Web site: 2016 teams championship . gtopen.net . 5 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190405203048/http://www.gtopen.net/contenuti/files/2016%20Season/7%20-%20BARNA/igtoclasgen_FIN.pdf . 2019-04-05.