2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Explained

The 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia season was the tenth Porsche Carrera Cup Italy season. It began on 30 April at Monza and finished on 16 October in Mugello, after seven events with three races at each event.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team		Drivers	Class	Rounds
Dinamic Motorsport	3	Mattia Drudi	S	1
	25	Daniele di Amato	S	1
	28	Eric Scalvini	S	1
	67	Alex de Giacomi	M	1
	76	Marco Pellegrini	M	1
	77	Stefano Zanini	M	1
	91	Walter Ben	M	1
Ghinzani Arco Motorsport	7	Kevin Giovesi	S	1
	7	Simone Iaquinta	S	1
	32	Gianmarco Quaresmini		1
	50	Glauco Solieri	M	1
	81	Marco Cassarà	M	1
Ebimotors	12	Alessio Rovera	S	1
Ebimotors	16	Matteo Cairoli		1
Tsunami Racing Team	13	Côme Ledogar		1
	13	Oleksandr Gaidai		1
	33	Mikaël Grenier	S	1
	33	Matteo Torta		1
TAM-Racing	17	Enrico Fulgenzi		1
TAM-Racing	44	Hans-Peter Koller		1

Icon	Class
M	Michelin Cup
S	Scholarship Programme

Race calendar and results

Starting from 2016, each round includes three races: two sprints on Saturday and an endurance on Sunday. Each one of the sprint races' starting grid is defined by a qualifying session; for the endurance race, the starting grid is determined by the summation of the best laps of each qualifying session.^[2]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	30 April	Matteo Cairoli	Matteo Cairoli	Matteo Cairoli	Ebimotors
	R2		30 April	Matteo Cairoli	Matteo Cairoli	Matteo Cairoli	Ebimotors
	R3		1 May	Matteo Cairoli	Matteo Cairoli	Matteo Cairoli	Ebimotors
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	28 May	Côme Ledogar	Mattia Drudi	Côme Ledogar	Tsunami Racing Team
	R2		28 May	Gianluca Giraudi	Gianluca Giraudi	Mattia Drudi	Dinamic Motorsport
	R3		29 May	Côme Ledogar	Mattia Drudi	Côme Ledogar	Tsunami Racing Team
3	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	11 June	Mattia Drudi	Mattia Drudi	Mattia Drudi	Dinamic Motorsport
	R2		11 June	Mattia Drudi	Mattia Drudi	Mattia Drudi	Dinamic Motorsport
	R3		12 June	Mattia Drudi	Côme Ledogar	Mattia Drudi	Dinamic Motorsport
4	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	16 July	Côme Ledogar	Côme Ledogar	Côme Ledogar	Tsunami Racing Team
	R2		16 July	Côme Ledogar	Côme Ledogar	Côme Ledogar	Tsunami Racing Team
	R3		17 July	Côme Ledogar	Mattia Drudi	Côme Ledogar	Tsunami Racing Team
5	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano	10 September	Côme Ledogar	Côme Ledogar	Côme Ledogar	Tsunami Racing Team
	R2		10 September	Côme Ledogar	Côme Ledogar	Côme Ledogar	Tsunami Racing Team
	R3		11 September	Côme Ledogar	Côme Ledogar	Mattia Drudi	Dinamic Motorsport
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	24 September	Mattia Drudi	Mattia Drudi	Mattia Drudi	Dinamic Motorsport
	R2		24 September	Côme Ledogar	Côme Ledogar	Mattia Drudi	Dinamic Motorsport
	R3		25 September	Mattia Drudi	Côme Ledogar	Alessio Rovera	Ebimotors
7	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	15 October
	R2		15 October
	R3		16 October

Championship standings

Points system
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Pole	FL
Sprint	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1						1	1
Endurance	25	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1		1

Drivers' Championship

Only the best Sprint Race for each weekend counts towards the championship.

Pos	Driver	MNZ			IMO	MIS	MUG	VAL	IMO	MUG	Pts
1	Matteo Cairoli	1	(1)	1							43
2	Mattia Drudi	Ret	2	2							34
3	Alessio Rovera	4	(5)	3							28
4	Côme Ledogar	2		5							28
5	Eric Scalvini	3	(4)	6							24
6	Daniele di Amato	Ret	6	4							23
7	Oleksandr Gaidai		7	5							20
9	Mikaël Grenier		3	9							18
9	Glauco Solieri	7	(9)	7							16
10	Marco Cassarà	6	11	8							15
11	Matteo Torta	12		9							8
12	Stefano Zanini	8	14	11							8
13	Gianmarco Quaresmini	9	(10)	12							6
14	Hans-Peter Koller	11	13	10							6
15	Enrico Fulgenzi	5	16†	Ret							6
16	Alex de Giacomi	(10)	8	Ret							3
17	Marco Pellegrini	Ret	12	13							3
18	Walter Ben	13	15	14							2
	Kevin Giovesi		17†	Ret							0
	Simone Iaquinta	DSQ		Ret							0
Pos	Driver	MNZ			IMO	MIS	MUG	VAL	IMO	MUG	Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† - Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	MNZ			IMO	MIS	MUG	VAL	IMO	MUG	Pts
1	Ebimotors	1	1	1							55
2	Dinamic Motorsport 1	3	2	2							44
3	Tsunami Racing Team	2	3	5							38
4	Ghinzani Arco Motorsport	6	9	7
5	TAM-Racing	5	13	10							12
6	Dinamic Motorsport 2	8	12	11							8
Pos	Team	MNZ			IMO	MIS	MUG	VAL	IMO	MUG	Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† - Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Michelin Cup

The Michelin Cup is the trophy reserved to the gentlemen drivers.

Pos	Driver	Team	Points
1	Glauco Solieri	Ghinzani	23
2	Marco Cassarà	Ghinzani	22
3	Stefano Zanini	Dinamic 2	16
4	Marco Pellegrini	Dinamic 2	42
5	Alex de Giacomi	Dinamic 1	10
6	Walter Ben	Dinamic 2	10

Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Scholarship Programme

The Scholarship Programme Cup is the trophy reserved to the under-26 drivers elected by Porsche at the beginning of the season.

Pos	Driver	Team	Points
1	Mattia Drudi	Dinamic 1	34
2	Alessio Rovera	Ebimotors	28
3	Eric Scalvini	Dinamic 1	24
4	Daniele di Amato	Dinamic 1	23
5	Mikaël Grenier	Tsunami	18
	Kevin Giovesi	Ghinzani	0
	Simone Iaquinta	Ghinzani	0

Notes and References

News: Calendario della stagione 2016. Italian. 2016 season's calendar. 20 November 2015. 20 January 2016. carreracupitalia.it. Porsche AG.
News: Porsche Carrera Cup Italy 2016 - new format. 9 December 2015. 20 January 2016. carreracupitalia.it. Porsche AG.