2016 Touring Car Endurance Series Explained

The 2016 Touring Car Endurance Series powered by Hankook was the first season of the Touring Car Endurance Series (TCES). Creventic was the organiser and promoter of the series. The races were contested with touring cars. The 24H Silverstone and the 24H Epilog Brno were part of both the TCES and the 24H Series.

Calendar

Round	Event	Circuit	Date
1	24H Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom	1–3 April
2	24H Slovakia	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia	14–16 June
3	24H Epilog Brno	Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic	14–16 October
Source: ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Entry list

Team Car Drivers Rounds SP3 JR Motorsport BMW M3 E90 WTCC 102 Francesco Castellacci^[4] 3 Bob Herber 3 Martin Lanting 3 Ward Sluys 3 103 Mark van der Aa 3 Koen Bogaerts 3 Daan Meijer 3 Bas Schouten 3 RTR Projects KTM X-Bow GT4 224 Erik Janiš 3 Tomas Kwolek 3 Tomas Miniberger 3 Sergej Pavlovec 3 Daniel Skalický 3 CCS Racing KTM X-Bow GT4 226 Charel Arendt 3 Tom Kieffer 3 Tommy Rollinger 3 Uwe Schmidt 3 Georg Silbermayr 3 TCR Memac Ogilvy Duel Racing Seat León Cup Racer 1 Nabil Moutran^[5] 1 Ramzi Moutran 1 Sami Moutran 1 Phil Quaife 1 Saxon Motorsport BMW 135d GTR (E87) 117 Nick Barrow^[6] 2 Tom Barrow 2 Richard Corbett 2 NKPP Racing Seat León Cup Racer 125 Gijs Bessem All Harry Hilders All Martin van den Berge 1 Simon Gras 2 Rob Rappange 3 Team Bleekemolen Seat León Cup Racer 127 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 1 Dennis de Borst 1 Melvin de Groot 1 Pim van Riet 1 Zest Racecar Engineering Seat León Cup Racer 130 Andrew Hack 1 Lucas Orrock 1 Jon Cullom 1 Rob Cullom 1 TTC Racing Seat León Cup Racer 131 Klaus Kresnik 3 Daniel Schilliger 3 Fredy Suter 3 ARC Bratislava by Ferry Monster Autosport Seat León Cup Racer 134 Miro Horňák 2 Matej Konopka 2 Miro Konôpka 2 Zdeno Mikuláško 2 Andřej Studenič 2 RS Connect Seat León Cup Racer 144 Jacob Hodson 1 Lea Hodson 1 Adam Jones 1 Gavin Jones 1 Pit Lane Competizioni Seat León Cup Racer 156 Zach Arnold 1 Enrico Bettera 1 Roberto Ferri 1 Alberto Vescovi 1 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Seat León Cup Racer 303 Ivo Breukers All Rik Breukers All Bert de Heus 1 Kris Cools 2 Klaus Kresnik 2 Maxim Aronov 3 Monny Krant 3 SP-Touring JR Motorsport BMW M3 E90 WTCC 102 Bob Herber 1 Martin Lanting 1 Steven Liquorish 1 Christoph Ulrich 1 Saxon Motorsport BMW 135d GTR (E87) 117 Clint Bardwell 1 Nick Barrow 1 Neil Primrose 1 David Robinson 1 Vortex V8 GC Automobile GC10.2-V6 203 Lionel Amrouche 1 Cyril Calmon 1 Jérémy Reymond 1 Kurt Thiel 1 Team ABBA with Rollcentre Racing BMW M3 V8 (E46) 246 Charles Lamb 1 Richard Neary 1 Richard Roberts 1 Martin Short 1 A3 Cor Euser Racing BMW M3 (E46) 71 Dom Bastien 1 Derek Bennett 1 Cor Euser 1 Tom Webb 1 Craig Wilkins 1 Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type R (FK2) 76 Martin Byford 1 Alyn James 1 Daniel Wheeler 1 RKC/TGM Honda Civic Type R (FD2) 99 Ricky Coomber 3 David Drinkwater 3 Tom Gannon 3 William Gannon 3 James Kaye 3 Brunswick BMW 1 Series (E87) 100 Michael McInerney 1 Sean McInerney 1 Rory Penttinen 1 James Thorpe 1 R H Race Engineering SEAT León Supercopa 109 Clint Harvey 2 Malcolm Niall 2 David Nye 2 Mark Pilatti 2 track-club SEAT León Supercopa 111 Adam Balon 1 Adam Knight 1 Adam Mackay 1 Steven Train 1 Valek Autosport BMW M3 GTR (E36) 113 Marek Fried 3 Petr Válek 3 Dan Zelinský 3 Intersport Racing BMW M3 CSL (E46) 114 Simon Atkinson 1 Kevin Clarke 1 Fiona James 1 Ryan Lindsay 1 WEC Motorsport BMW M3 (E46) 120 Dave Cox 1 Jason Cox 1 Michael Cox 1 George Haynes 1 Kinetic Racing SEAT León Supercopa 122 Abdulaziz Abdulla 1 Hamad Saeed Al-Asam 1 Mike Nash 1 Graham Saul 1 Dave Ward 1 K&S Motorsport BMW M3 CSL (E46) 123 Luke Bennett 1–2 Nathan Dew 1–2 Paul Mensley 1–2 Kenny Coleman 1 Mark Wright 1 Malcolm Harding 2 Ross Murray 2 Team BRIT Volkswagen Golf GTI (Mk7) 136 Mark Allen 1 Martyn Compton 1 David Pittard 1 Julian Thomas 1 Sub Zero Wolf SEAT León Supercopa 139 Craig Davies 1 Paul Smith 1 Robert Smith 1 Motoreasy Racing SEAT León Supercopa 155 Joe Fulbrook 1 Aaron Mason 1 Simon Tomlinson 1 Tom Wilson 1 Team Altran Peugeot Peugeot 208 GTI 205 Gérard Bonjean 1 Patrick Brochier 1 Gilles Courtois 1 Sébastien Dussolliet 1 208 Thierry Blaise 1 Guillaume Roman 1 Stéphane Ventaja 1 Sarah Bovy 1 Bradley Philpot 1 Scangrip Racing BMW 335i Coupé (E92) 335 Niels Borum 1 Maurice O'Reilley 1 Morten Dons 1 Frederik Nymark 1 CUP1 Bonk Motorsport BMW M235i Racing 146 Hermann Bock 3 Axel Burghardt 3 Max Partl 3 Rainer Partl 3 Volker Piepmeyer 3 Sorg Rennsport BMW M235i Racing 151 Siegfried Kuzdas 2 Thomas Müller 2 Ace Robey 2 Speedlover BMW M235i Racing 153 Jesús Díez 2 Jean-Michel Gerome 2 José Manuel de los Milagros 2 Pierre-Yves Paque 2 JJ Motorsport BMW M235i Racing 154 Richard Abra 1 Mark Lemmer 1 Mark Poole 1 Timur Sardarov 1 DUWO Racing BMW M235i Racing 235 Jean-Marie Dumont 1 Philip Harris 1 Adrian Watt 1 Alexander W. Wetzlich 1 Chris Wilson 1 A2 RKC/TGM Honda Civic Type R (FD2) 99 Ricky Coomber 1 David Drinkwater 1 Tom Gannon 1 William Gannon 1 Gavin Spencer 1 presenza.eu Racing Team Clio Renault Clio Cup (III) 112 Luigi Stanco 1–2 Stefan Tanner 1–2 Michel Schaap 1–2 Christian Dijkhof 1 Stephan Jäggi 1 Armando Stanco 2 Endy Stanco 2 Renault Clio Cup (IV) 212 Ole Klitgaard 1 Niels Nyboe 1 Mads Pedersen 1 Christian Rytter 1 Tim Söderhamn 1 Patrik Meier 2 Michel Schaap 2 Luigi Stanco 2 Stefan Tanner 2 António Teixeira 2 Rogue Motorsport Toyota GT86 162 Alric Kitson 1 Patrick Mortell 1 Merill Readett 1 Chris Valentine 1 163 Clive Bailye 1 Malcolm Edeson 1 J. M. Littman 1 Patrick Mortell 1 AREA/Owens Endurance Honda Civic (EP3) 168 Mark Harris 1 Rob Howard 1 Endaf Owens 1 Carl Swift 1 Team K-Rejser Peugeot RCZ 171 Jan Engelbrecht 1 Jacob Kristensen 1 Jens Mølgaard 1 Thomas Sørensen 1 Team Sally Racing Renault Clio Cup (III) 172 Mads Christensen 1 Steffan Jusjong 1 Sune Marcussen 1 Peter Obel 1 Martin Sally Pedersen 1 VDS Racing Adventures Honda Civic Type R (EP3) 173 José Close 1 Grégory Paisse 1 Raphaël van der Straten 1 Thierry de Latre du Bosqueau 1 Scantech Racing by Sorg Rennsport Renault Clio RS (III) 175 Rickard Nilsson 2 Tanja Nilsson 2 Modena Motorsports Renault Clio Cup (III) 216 John Shen 1 Wayne Shen 1 Francis Tjia 1 217 John Shen 1 Wayne Shen 1 Francis Tjia 1 D1 Winkler Tuning BMW 320d (E46) 190 Markus Haider 2 Simon Kölbl 2 Markus Mair 2 Markus Reitbauer 2 Michael Winkler 2 RECY RACING TEAM BMW 120d (E87) 194 Erik Crabbe 1 Johan van Loo 1 Wim Meulders 1 Thomas Piessens 1 Jan de Vocht 1 Red Camel-Jordans.nl SEAT León TDI (Mk2) 195 Maarten Mus 1–2 Tim Stanbridge 1–2 Sjaco Griffioen 1 Henk Thijssen 2 Dieselpower Volkswagen Golf TDI Cup (Mk5) 197 Berend van Berkel 2 Andreas Kempf 2 Maarten Mus 2 Tim Stanbridge 2 Henk Thijssen 2 Equipe Verschuur BMW 123d (E87) 198 Jarno Iprenburg 1 Hans Kuipers 1 Tom van de Mosselaar 1 Dries Zwienenberg 1

Results and standings

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Classes	Silverstone (Round 1)^[7]	Slovakia (Round 2)^[8]	Brno (Round 3)^[9]
SP3 Winners	did not participate	No. 125 NKPP Racing
	Gijs Bessem Harry Hilders Rob Rappange
TCR Winners	No. 303 Red Camel-Jordans.nl	No. 134 ARC Bratislava by Ferry Monster Autosport	Merged with SP3 class
	Ivo Breukers Rik Breukers Bert de Heus	Miro Horňák Matej Konopka Miro Konôpka Zdeno Mikuláško Andřej Studenič
SP-Touring Winners	No. 246 Team ABBA with Rollcentre Racing	No entries
	Charles Lamb Richard Neary Richard Roberts Martin Short
A3 Winners	No. 208 Team Altran Peugeot	Merged with CUP1 class	No. 99 RKC/TGM
	Thierry Blaise Sarah Bovy Bradley Philpot Guillaume Roman Stéphane Ventaja	Ricky Coomber David Drinkwater Tom Gannon William Gannon James Kaye
CUP1 Winners	No. 154 JJ Motorsport	No. 153 Speedlover	Merged with A3 class
	Richard Abra Mark Lemmer Mark Poole Timur Sardarov	Jesús Díez Jean-Michel Gerome José Manuel de los Milagros Pierre-Yves Paque
A2 Winners	No. 216 Modena Motorsports	No. 112 presenza.eu Racing Team Clio	No entries
	John Shen Wayne Shen Francis Tjia	Michel Schaap Armando Stanco Endy Stanco Luigi Stanco Stefan Tanner
D1 Winners	No. 194 RECY RACING TEAM	No. 190 Winkler Tuning
	Erik Crabbe Johan van Loo Wim Meulders Thomas Piessens Jan de Vocht	Markus Haider Simon Kölbl Markus Mair Markus Reitbauer Michael Winkler

See also

• Touring Car Endurance Series
• 2016 24H Series

Notes and References

1. News: Creventic launches Touring Car Endurance Series (TCES). Motorsport.com. 4 February 2016. 5 February 2016.
2. News: Creventic presenteert Touring Car Endurance Series powered by Hankook. Creventic. 5 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161010125838/http://www.touringcarenduranceseries.com/uploads/files/TCES/2016/160204%20Persbericht%20Touring%20Car%20Endurance%20Series%20powered%20by%20Hankook%20NL.pdf. 10 October 2016. dead. dmy-all.
3. News: Final round of the TCE SERIES 2016 will be included in the 24H EPILOG BRNO. Motorsport.com. 5 October 2016. 17 October 2016.
4. News: Hankook 24H Epilog Brno 2016 Entry List. Creventic. October 15, 2016. October 15, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170324084201/http://www.24htceseries.com/2016/24h-epilog-brno-2016/entry-list. March 24, 2017. dead.
5. News: Hankook 24H Silverstone 2016 Entry List. Creventic. March 30, 2016. April 1, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170324174119/http://www.24htceseries.com/2016/24h-silverstone-2016/entry-list. March 24, 2017. dead.
6. News: Hankook 24H Slovakia 2016 Entry List. https://web.archive.org/web/20201117175204/http://www.24htceseries.com/2016/24h-slovakia-ring-2016/entry-list. dead. November 17, 2020. Creventic. June 15, 2016. June 15, 2016.
7. News: Hankook 24H Silverstone 2016 Results per class. Creventic. April 3, 2016. April 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413174913/http://www.raceresults.nu/uitslagen//2016/24H%20Series/Hankook%2024H%20SILVERSTONE%202016/24H%20-%20Race%20-%20per%20class.pdf. April 13, 2016. dead.
8. News: Hankook 24H Slovakiaring 2016 Overall results. Creventic. June 16, 2016. June 16, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160811200212/http://www.touringcarenduranceseries.com/uploads/files/results/Hankook%2024H%20SLOVAKIA%20RING%202016/Results%20Hankook%2024H%20SLOVAKIA%20RING%20after%2024%20hours_overall.pdf. August 11, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
9. News: Hankook 24H Epilog Brno 2016 Overall results per class. Creventic. October 16, 2016. October 16, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161019032851/http://www.raceresults.nu/uitslagen//2016/24H%20Series/Hankook%2024H%20EPILOG%20BRNO%202016/24H%20-%20Race%20-%20per%20class.pdf. October 19, 2016. dead.