2016 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship

The 2016 TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship is the first season of the TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship. The season started on 21 May at Spa-Francorchamps and ends on 30 October at Mettet.

2016 TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship
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Locations of the European racing circuits

Teams and drivers

Michelin is the official tyre supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Status Rounds
Boutsen Ginion Racing[1] Honda Civic TCR[1] 1 Tom Coronel 5
Michael Verhagen 5
5 Renaud Kuppens All
Benjamin Lessennes[2] J All
13 Jean-Louis Dauger 2
Tiago Monteiro 2
18 Stéphane Lémeret[1] All
Tiago Monteiro[3] 1
Norbert Michelisz 2, 5-6
Matt Neal[4] 3
Kris Richard[5] 4
Delahaye Racing Team[6] SEAT León Cup Racer[7] 2 Edouard Mondron[7] All
Guillaume Mondron[7] All
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[6] 3 Didier van Dalen[8] All
Amaury Richard[8] J All
4 Romain de Leval[9] J All
Alexis van de Poele[9] All
Ferry Monster Autosport[10] SEAT León TCR[10] 6 Mathieu Detry 2, 4, 6
Lorenzo Donniacuo 2
Francisco Mora[11] J 3
José Rodrigues[11] 3
Matthieu de Robiano 4
Willem Meijer 6
10 Loris Hezemans[10] J 1–2
Vincent Radermecker[10] 1
Olivier Hart J 2
RACB National Team[12][N 1]
Team WRT[12][N 1]
 SEAT León Cup Racer[13] 7 Sam Dejonghe[13] All
Denis Dupont[13] All
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[14] 52 Maxime Potty[15] J All
Ronnie Latinne[15] 1–3
Stefano Comini[5] 4
Loris Hezemans 5
Grégoire Demoustier 6
Peugeot Belgique Luxembourg Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 8 Frédéric Bouvy 6
Aurélien Comte 6
Bas Koeten Racing[16] SEAT León Cup Racer[16] 9 Loris Cencetti[17] 1
Cédric Cherain[17] 1
Meindert van Buuren J 5
Marcel Dekker 5
11 Tom Coronel[18] 1
Jamie Vandenbalck[18] J 1
22 Ghislain Cordeel J 2
Jeffrey van Hooydonk 2
34 Bas Schouten[19] 2, 5
Michael Verhagen 2
Bas Koeten 5
Lubner Motorsport Honda Civic TCR 15 Roger Vögeli 6
Daniel Hadorn 6
Milo Racing[14] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[14] 20 Kévin Balthazar[20] 1–2
Frédéric Bouvy[20] 1
Vincent Radermecker 2–4, 6
Olivier Cartelle 3
Lorenzo Donniacuo 4
Stienes Longin 6
21 Steve van Bellingen[21] 1–4
David Dermont[21] 1–4
DG Sport Compétition[22] Opel Astra TCR[22] 23 Frédéric Caprasse[22] All
Pierre-Yves Corthals[22] All
Charleroi on Tracks[23] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[23] 27 Fabio Marchiafava[23] 4–6
Loris Cencetti[24] 4–5
Philippe Ménage 6
Icon Legend
J Junior
Notes
  1. Car No. 7 entered as RACB National Team and car No. 52 entered as Team WRT.

Calendar and results

The 2016 schedule consists in six rounds in the Benelux region, across Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Each round includes five races: a 60-minute-long qualifying race with a mandatory driver change, and four 20-minute-long sprint races. The starting grid for the qualifying race is established by a popular vote via Facebook, through the Making the Grid application. Race 1 uses the fastest lap of after the pit stop during the qualifying race to determine the starting grid. Race 3 uses the fastest lap of before the pit stop during qualifying race. Races 2 and 4 include a rolling start using the finishing order, respectively, of Race 1 and 3.[25] The order for the qualifying race was subsequently revised with an aggregate score from the fan voting and the fastest laps from the final 15 minutes from the 45-minute Free Practice session (Fast lap window) held before the qualifying race. In case of a tie in the aggregate score, the results from the fan voting will have bigger weight.[26] The calendar was announced on 17 November 2015.[27]

Rnd. Race Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 QR Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps 21 May Stéphane Lémeret
Tiago Monteiro		 Frédéric Caprasse
Pierre-Yves Corthals		 Stéphane Lémeret
Tiago Monteiro		 Boutsen Ginion Racing International GT Open
Formula V8 3.5 Series
Euroformula Open
R1 22 May Tom Coronel Vincent Radermecker Tiago Monteiro Boutsen Ginion Racing
R2 Sam Dejonghe Guillaume Mondron Delahaye Racing Team
R3 Pierre-Yves Corthals Renaud Kuppens Renaud Kuppens Boutsen Ginion Racing
R4 Loris Hezemans Renaud Kuppens Boutsen Ginion Racing
2 QR Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 15 July Jean-Louis Dauger
Tiago Monteiro		 Olivier Hart
Loris Hezemans		 Sam Dejonghe
Denis Dupont		 RACB National Team Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
TCR Trophy Europe
R1 16 July Tiago Monteiro Norbert Michelisz Norbert Michelisz Boutsen Ginion Racing
R2 Amaury Richard Vincent Radermecker Milo Racing
R3 17 July Loris Hezemans Jeffrey van Hooydonk Jeffrey van Hooydonk Bas Koeten Racing
R4 Didier van Dalen Loris Hezemans Ferry Monster Autosport
3 QR Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 18 August Frédéric Caprasse
Pierre-Yves Corthals		 Frédéric Caprasse
Pierre-Yves Corthals		 Frédéric Caprasse
Pierre-Yves Corthals		 DG Sport Compétition 24 Hours of Zolder
TCR Trophy Europe
R1 20 August Sam Dejonghe Didier van Dalen Vincent Radermecker Milo Racing
R2 Frédéric Caprasse Vincent Radermecker Milo Racing
R3 Pierre-Yves Corthals Amaury Richard Pierre-Yves Corthals DG Sport Compétition
R4 Pierre-Yves Corthals Pierre-Yves Corthals DG Sport Compétition
4 QR Circuit Goodyear, Colmar-Berg 24 September Stefano Comini
Maxime Potty		 Stefano Comini
Maxime Potty		 Stefano Comini
Maxime Potty		 Team WRT Headline
R1 25 September Maxime Potty Maxime Potty Stéphane Lémeret Boutsen Ginion Racing
R2 Frédéric Caprasse Frédéric Caprasse DG Sport Compétition
R3 Stefano Comini Vincent Radermecker Stefano Comini Team WRT
R4 Mathieu Detry Pierre-Yves Corthals DG Sport Compétition
5 QR TT Circuit Assen, Assen 23 October Loris Hezemans
Maxime Potty		 Norbert Michelisz
Stéphane Lémeret		 Sam Dejonghe
Denis Dupont		 RACB National Team Dutch Supercar Challenge
R1 Renaud Kuppens Renaud Kuppens Renaud Kuppens Boutsen Ginion Racing
R2 Renaud Kuppens Renaud Kuppens Boutsen Ginion Racing
R3 Norbert Michelisz Norbert Michelisz Norbert Michelisz Boutsen Ginion Racing
R4 Norbert Michelisz Norbert Michelisz Boutsen Ginion Racing
6 QR Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet 30 October Norbert Michelisz
Stéphane Lémeret		 Norbert Michelisz
Stéphane Lémeret		 Norbert Michelisz
Stéphane Lémeret		 Boutsen Ginion Racing 10 Hours of Mettet
R1 Amaury Richard Frédéric Caprasse Benjamin Lessennes Boutsen Ginion Racing
R2 Frédéric Caprasse Frédéric Caprasse DG Sport Compétition
R3 Norbert Michelisz Norbert Michelisz Norbert Michelisz Boutsen Ginion Racing
R4 Norbert Michelisz Norbert Michelisz Boutsen Ginion Racing

Championship standings
Scoring systems
Qualifying race
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 50 36 30 24 20 16 12 8 4 2
Sprint races
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

In every classification, points from the worst round are dropped.

Drivers' championships

In sprint races both the competing driver and the co-driver that is not competing score points.

Pos. Driver SPA‡
 ZAN
 ZOL
 GOO
 ASS
 MET
 Pts.
QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Stéphane Lémeret 1 2 2 3 7 6 8 4 2 4 1 4 NC 8 NC 1 3 2 487
2 Frédéric Caprasse 2 Ret DNS 14 12 9 1 4 2 2 4 1 3 10 EX 2 2 1 429.5
Pierre-Yves Corthals 2 3 3 14 3 Ret 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 NC DNS 2 3 Ret
3 Sam Dejonghe 4 2 10 1 13 7 3 3 4 Ret 7 7 1 2 NC 3 5 7 314
Denis Dupont 4 8 6 1 11 11 3 2 6 Ret 8 6 1 NC DNS 3 9 6
4 Romain de Leval 3 3 4 2 5 5 Ret 5 Ret 5 9 8 8 9 6 4 4 5 292
Alexis van de Poele 3 4 12 2 6 13 Ret 3 4 5 5 3 8 5 5 4 4 3
5 Renaud Kuppens 5 1 1 DNS 15 4 4 DNS DNS 11 11 Ret 2 1 1 7 NC 5 283.5
Benjamin Lessennes 5 12 Ret DNS 6 2 4 11 DNS 11 Ret Ret 2 9 4 7 1 3
6 Maxime Potty 11 8 5 5 10 5 2 10 Ret 1 2 2 NC 3 2 10 7 9 281
7 Norbert Michelisz 3 1 3 NC 1 1 1 1 1 271
8 Edouard Mondron 6 6 4 6 12 7 5 7 3 3 10 9 6 8 6 11 5 5 251
Guillaume Mondron 6 10 1 6 7 6 5 9 DNS 3 6 5 6 6 4 11 6 4
9 Didier van Dalen 7 11 Ret 10 4 12 6 2 6 9 9 7 4 12 7 6 6 7 220
Amaury Richard 7 9 7 10 2 Ret 6 5 Ret 9 3 3 4 3 3 6 NC 6
10 Vincent Radermecker 12 5 9 4 3 1 7 1 1 10 7 Ret 13 10 11 150
11 Ronnie Latinne 11 10 8 5 4 4 2 10 5 122
12 Tiago Monteiro 1 1 2 12 Ret 11 121
13 Stefano Comini 1 1 Ret 111
14 Kévin Balthazar 13 4 6 4 9 9 96
Loris Hezemans 12 13 13 13 2 1 NC 4 NC
15 Mathieu Detry 8 8 3 7 4 4 9 6 Ret 95
16 Kris Richard 4 3 2 94
17 Frédéric Bouvy 13 5 11 5 9 8 90
18 Olivier Cartelle 7 8 8 68
Michael Verhagen 7 11 12 NC 5 NC
19 Tom Coronel 10 7 3 NC 2 2 64
20 Aurélien Comte 5 2 2 62
21 Loris Cencetti 9 6 8 8 10 5 9 7 7 61
22 Lorenzo Donniacuo 8 8 10 10 5 6 58
Bas Schouten 7 5 Ret 7 6 NC
23 Matt Neal 8 6 5 56
24 Ghislain Cordeel 9 9 8 53
Jeffrey van Hooydonk 9 1 2
25 Steve van Bellingen 8 12 10 11 10 Ret Ret 9 Ret 6 10 8 52.5
David Dermont 8 9 7 11 13 8 Ret 7 7 6 Ret 12
26 Meindert Vanbuuren 5 4 3 52
Marcel Dekker 5 10 8
27 Mathieu de Robiano 7 7 8 46
28 Olivier Hart 13 Ret 13 43
29 Fabio Marchiafava 8 NC Ret 9 12 8 12 DNS DNS 11 9 40
30 Bas Koeten 7 7 5 36
31 Francisco Mora 9 6 3 31
José Rodrigues 9 8 Ret
32 Cédric Cherain 9 7 5 23
33 Jamie Vandenbalck 10 11 9 20
34 Willem Meijer 9 8 10 17
35 Grégoire Demoustier 10 7 NC 16
36 Roger Vogeli 8 11 12 13
Daniel Hadorn 8 10 8
37 Stienes Longin 13 NC 10 2
Philippe Ménage 12
38 Jean-Louis Dauger 12 14 10 1
Pos. Driver QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts.
SPA‡
 ZAN
 ZOL
 GOO
 ASS
 MET
 
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)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes
  • ‡ – Half points were awarded in Race 4 at Spa-Francorchamps as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed due to heavy rain.

Junior class

In contrast to the overall Drivers' championship only the driver competing scores points in sprint races.

Pos. Driver SPA‡
 ZAN
 ZOL
 GOO
 ASS
 MET
 Pts.
QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Romain de Leval 3 3 4 2 5 5 Ret 5 Ret 5 9 8 8 9 6 4 4 5 200
2 Maxime Potty 11 8 5 5 10 5 2 10 Ret 1 2 2 NC 3 2 10 7 9 198
3 Benjamin Lessennes 5 12 Ret DNS 6 2 4 11 DNS 11 Ret Ret 2 9 4 7 1 3 160
4 Amaury Richard 7 9 7 10 2 Ret 6 5 Ret 9 3 3 4 3 3 6 NC 6 158
5 Mathieu Detry 8 8 3 7 4 4 9 6 Ret 75
6 Loris Hezemans 12 13 13 13 2 1 NC 4 NC 55
7 Meindert van Buuren 5 4 3 47
8 Francisco Mora 9 6 3 27
9 Willem Meijer 9 8 10 9
10 Ghislain Cordeel 9 9 8 6
11 Jamie Vandenbalck 10 11 9 2
NC Olivier Hart 13 Ret 13 0
Pos. Driver QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts.
SPA‡
 ZAN
 ZOL
 GOO
 ASS
 MET
 
Notes
  • ‡ – Half points were awarded in Race 4 at Spa-Francorchamps as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed due to heavy rain.

Teams' championship

Points toward the Teams' championship are only awarded in the qualifying race.

Pos. Team SPA
 ZAN
 ZOL
 GOO
 ASS
 MET
 Pts.
1 RACB National Team/Team WRT 4 1 2 1 1 3 216
2 Boutsen Ginion Racing 1 3 4 4 2 1 196
3 DG Sport Compétition 2 14 1 2 3 2 188
4 Delahaye Racing Team 3 2 5 3 4 4 144
5 Milo Racing 8 4 7 6 13 88
6 Ferry Monster Autosport 12 8 9 7 9 72
7 Bas Koeten Racing 9 7 5 36
8 Charleroi on Tracks 8 9 12 32
9 Peugeot Belgique Luxemburg 5 20
10 Lubner Motorsport] 8 16
Pos. Team SPA
 ZAN
 ZOL
 GOO
 ASS
 MET
 Pts.

Cars' championship

Points toward the Cars' championship are only awarded in the sprint races.

Pos. Car SPA‡
 ZAN
 ZOL
 GOO
 ASS
 MET
 Pts.
1 Honda Civic TCR 1 2 1 1 1 2 7 4 6 5 4 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 400.5
2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 3 4 4 7 2 1 4 5 1 1 3 4 2 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 5 4 3 344
3 SEAT León Cup Racer/León TCR 2 1 6 4 7 6 1 1 3 3 2 3 7 6 4 4 2 3 6 6 5 4 5 5 308
4 Opel Astra TCR Ret DNS 3 3 12 9 3 Ret 4 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 10 EX NC DNS 2 1 3 Ret 266.5
5 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 5 NC NC Ret 12 8 7 7 DNS DNS 11 9 76
6 Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 9 8 2 2 56
Pos. Car SPA‡
 ZAN
 ZOL
 GOO
 ASS
 MET
 Pts.
Notes
  • ‡ – Half points were awarded in Race 4 at Spa-Francorchamps as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed due to heavy rain.

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