2016 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship

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

Teams and drivers Michelin is the official tyre supplier. Team Car Drivers Status Rounds Boutsen Ginion Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 1 Tom Coronel 5 Michael Verhagen 5 5 Renaud Kuppens All Benjamin Lessennes All 13 Jean-Louis Dauger 2 Tiago Monteiro 2 18 Stéphane Lémeret All Tiago Monteiro 1 Norbert Michelisz 2, 5–6 Matt Neal 3 Kris Richard 4 Delahaye Racing Team SEAT León Cup Racer 2 Edouard Mondron All Guillaume Mondron All Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 3 Didier van Dalen All Amaury Richard All 4 Romain de Leval All Alexis van de Poele All Ferry Monster Autosport SEAT León TCR 6 Mathieu Detry 2, 4, 6 Lorenzo Donniacuo 2 Francisco Mora 3 José Rodrigues 3 Matthieu de Robiano 4 Willem Meijer 6 10 Loris Hezemans 1–2 Vincent Radermecker 1 Olivier Hart 2 RACB National Team Team WRT SEAT León Cup Racer 7 Sam Dejonghe All Denis Dupont All Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 52 Maxime Potty All Ronnie Latinne 1–3 Stefano Comini 4 Loris Hezemans 5 Grégoire Demoustier 6 Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 8 Frédéric Bouvy 6 Aurélien Comte 6 Bas Koeten Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 9 Loris Cencetti 1 Cédric Cherain 1 Meindert van Buuren 5 Marcel Dekker 5 11 Tom Coronel 1 Jamie Vandenbalck 1 22 Ghislain Cordeel 2 Jeffrey van Hooydonk 2 34 Bas Schouten 2, 5 Michael Verhagen 2 Bas Koeten 5 Lubner Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 15 Roger Vögeli 6 Daniel Hadorn 6 Milo Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 20 Kévin Balthazar 1–2 Frédéric Bouvy 1 Vincent Radermecker 2–4, 6 Olivier Cartelle 3 Lorenzo Donniacuo 4 Stienes Longin 6 21 Steve van Bellingen 1–4 David Dermont 1–4 DG Sport Compétition Opel Astra TCR 23 Frédéric Caprasse All Pierre-Yves Corthals All Charleroi on Tracks Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 27 Fabio Marchiafava 4–6 Loris Cencetti 4–5 Philippe Ménage 6 Icon Legend Junior Notes

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. 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. The calendar was announced on 17 November 2015.

Race Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 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 OpenFormula V8 3.5 SeriesEuroformula Open 22 May Tom Coronel Vincent Radermecker Tiago Monteiro Boutsen Ginion Racing Sam Dejonghe Guillaume Mondron Delahaye Racing Team Pierre-Yves Corthals Renaud Kuppens Renaud Kuppens Boutsen Ginion Racing 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 MastersTCR 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 ZolderTCR 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 R125 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. Driver SPA‡ ZAN ZOL GOO ASS MET 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 11114 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 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 van Buuren 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 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 SPA‡ ZAN ZOL GOO ASS MET 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. Driver SPA‡ ZAN ZOL GOO ASS MET 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 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 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 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. Team SPA ZAN ZOL GOO ASS MET 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 Team SPA ZAN ZOL GOO ASS MET

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

Car SPA‡ ZAN ZOL GOO ASS MET RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 1 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 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 Car 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.

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