The 2016 Renault Sport Trophy was the second and final season of the Renault–supported sports car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the Renault Sport Series. The season began at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón on 16 April and finished on 23 October at Autódromo do Estoril. The series forms part of the Renault Sport Series meetings at six triple header events.
Teams and drivers
Team Drivers Class Rounds Oregon Team 1 Dario Capitanio Pro All Davide Roda Am 4 Bruno Bonifacio Pro 1–4 David Fumanelli 5–6 Andrés Méndez Am All 5 David Fumanelli Pro 1–4 Rodrigo Baptista 5 Pedro Moleiro 6 Ash Hand Am 1–2 "Due" 3–4 Adalberto Baptista 5–6 R-ace GP 2 Raoul Owens Pro All Toni Forné Am 1–2 Jean-Marc Merlin 3 Frederik Blomstedt 4–6 3 Kevin Korjus Pro All Frederik Blomstedt Am 1–3 Philippe Haezebrouck 5–6 V8 Racing 6 Jordan Grogor Pro 1, 3–5 Josh Webster 2, 6 Carmen Jordá Am 1–5 Oliver Freymuth 6 7 Nicky Pastorelli Pro All Jelle Bellen Am 8 Meindert van Buuren Pro 1–2, 5 Duncan Huisman 3 Max Braams Am 1, 3 Oliver Freymuth 2 Diederik Sijthoff 5 Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 9 Markus Palttala Pro 1–3, 5–6 Renaud Kuppens 4 Fabian Schiller Am All 15 Tanart Sathienthirakul Pro All Fran Rueda Am High Class Racing 11 Anders Fjordbach Pro All Dennis Andersen Am Duqueine Engineering 16 Diego Mejía Pro 3 Nelson Panciatici 4, 6 Robert Kubica 5 Ben Anderson Am 3 Gilles Duqueine 4 Christophe Hamon 5 Thierry Soave 6 17 Lonni Martins Pro 3–6 Christophe Hamon Am 3–4, 6 Philippe Bourgois 5 Equipe Verschuur 19 Roy Geerts Pro 1–3 Mike Verschuur 4 Steijn Schothorst 5–6 Miguel Ramos Am All 21 Pieter Schothorst Pro All Jeroen Schothorst Am Strakka Racing 42 Lewis Williamson Pro 1–2 Tim Sugden Am 1 Nick Leventis 2
Race calendar and results The provisional calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 5 September 2015. Rounds at Imola, Spielberg, Le Castellet and Estoril will début in the series' calendar. All rounds will be collaboration with European Le Mans Series, except Aragón which will feature the Formula 3.5 V8.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 16 April Lewis Williamson Tim Sugden Lewis Williamson Lewis Williamson Strakka Racing Lewis Williamson Tim Sugden Markus Palttala Fabian Schiller Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 17 April Fabian Schiller Tim Sugden Fabian Schiller Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 Lewis Williamson Markus Palttala Kevin Korjus R-ace GP 2 En Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 14 May Kevin Korjus Fredrik Blomstedt Fredrik Blomstedt Fabian Schiller Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 Fin Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst Kevin Korjus Fredrik Blomstedt R-ace GP Am 15 May Fredrik Blomstedt Fredrik Blomstedt Fabian Schiller Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 Pro Bruno Bonifacio Pieter Schothorst Bruno Bonifacio Oregon Team 3 En IntP Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 16 July Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst Pieter Schothorst Pieter Schothorst Equipe Verschuur Fin Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst Markus Palttala Fabian Schiller Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 Am 17 July Fabian Schiller Miguel Ramos Fran Rueda Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 Pro Pieter Schothorst Pieter Schothorst Pieter Schothorst Equipe Verschuur 4 En IntA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 27 August Tanart Sathienthirakul Fran Rueda Fabian Schiller Fran Rueda Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 Fin Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst Tanart Sathienthirakul Fran Rueda Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 Am 28 August Fran Rueda Fabian Schiller Fredrik Blomstedt R-ace GP Pro David Fumanelli Pieter Schothorst Pieter Schothorst Equipe Verschuur 5 En IntA Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 24 September Markus Palttala Fabian Schiller Fabian Schiller Fabian Schiller Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 Fin Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst Raoul Owens Fredrik Blomstedt R-ace GP Am 25 September Fabian Schiller Fabian Schiller Fabian Schiller Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 Pro Pieter Schothorst Pieter Schothorst Pieter Schothorst Equipe Verschuur 6 En IntP Autódromo do Estoril 22 October Steijn Schothorst Miguel Ramos Steijn Schothorst Steijn Schothorst Equipe Verschuur Fin Steijn Schothorst Miguel Ramos Steijn Schothorst Miguel Ramos Equipe Verschuur Am 23 October Fabian Schiller Fredrik Blomstedt Fabian Schiller Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 Pro Steijn Schothorst Steijn Schothorst Steijn Schothorst Equipe Verschuur
Championship standings
Pro Class Driver ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA EST Pro En Pro Pro Pro En Pro 1 Pieter Schothorst 3 10 Ret 1 1 1 1 Ret 4 156 2 Kevin Korjus 5 1 3 5 6 Ret 3 Ret 2 111 3 Markus Palttala 4 3 Ret 2 2 5 2 5 105 4 David Fumanelli 9 5 2 6 3 2 Ret 6 3 95 5 Tanart Sathienthirakul 7 9 8 4 5 Ret 8 3 10 52 6 Lewis Williamson 1 2 DSQ 43 7 Lonni Martins Ret 4 6 Ret 5 8 38 8 Bruno Bonifacio Ret 11 1 Ret DSQ 4 37 9 Raoul Owens 6 Ret 10 8 Ret 5 7 Ret 9 37 10 Nicky Pastorelli 2 8 5 Ret Ret 10 Ret 8 12 35 11 Josh Webster 6 4 7 34 12 Jordan Grogor 8 6 10 7 9 4 33 13 Dario Capitanio Ret Ret 4 7 Ret 7 10 Ret 13 3014 Nelson Panciatici 3 8 6 29 15 Roy Geerts 10 4 Ret 3 Ret 28 16 Anders Fjordbach Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 11 Ret 9 11 13 17 Meindert van Buuren Ret 7 7 DNS 12 18 Renaud Kuppens 8 4 19 Duncan Huisman 9 Ret 2 20 Diego Mejía 11 Ret 0 21 Mike Verschuur Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Steijn Schothorst 2 1 1 0 Robert Kubica 4 0 Rodrigo Baptista 9 0 Pedro Moleiro Ret 14 0 Driver Pro En Pro Pro Pro En Pro ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA ESTBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
Am Class Driver ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA EST Am Am En Am En Am Am 1 Fabian Schiller 1 1 1 2 Ret 5 1 1 1 178 2 Fran Rueda 2 5 3 1 1 2 9 4 2 147 3 Fredrik Blomstedt 11 2 2 6 2 1 2 5 DSQ 115 4 Miguel Ramos 3 6 6 Ret 3 3 3 3 4 103 5 Andrés Méndez 7 3 5 3 7 7 Ret 7 Ret 64 6 Christophe Hamon 8 4 4 4 6 6 56 7 Jelle Beelen 5 Ret 7 Ret 9 DSQ Ret 2 3 51 8 Jeroen Schothorst Ret 9 12 7 5 6 5 10 10 42 9 Carmen Jordá 8 NC 9 9 Ret 8 8 Ret 28 10 Toni Forné Ret 4 4 24 11 Max Braams 4 4 24 12 Dennis Andersen 10 8 10 5 11 9 Ret 11 9 24 13 Davide Roda Ret Ret 13 13 Ret 11 11 12 5 16 14 Ash Hand 9 7 8 12 15 Tim Sugden 6 8 16 Oliver Freymuth 11 11 7 6 17 Gilles Duquein 8 12 4 18 "Due" 10 12 10 2 19 Nick Leventis 10 Ret 1 20 Jean-Marc Merlin 11 0 21 Ben Anderson 12 0 Guest drivers inelegible for points Adalberto Baptista 6 9 Ret 0 Philippe Haezebrouck 7 8 8 0 Philippe Bourgois 10 13 0 Diederik Sijthoff Ret DNS 0 Thierry Soave Ret 0 Driver Am Am En Am En Am Am ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA ESTBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
Endurance Trophy DriverALCIMORBRCPRSPAEST 1 Fabian Schiller 1 3 1 Ret 9 2 87 1 Markus Palttala 1 3 1 9 2 87 2 Frederik Blomstedt 2 1 4 9 1 Ret 82 3 Miguel Ramos Ret 5 2 3 5 1 78 4 Kevin Korjus 2 1 4 Ret 4 Ret 67 5 Fran Rueda Tanart Sathienthirakul Ret 9 3 1 7 3 63 6 Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst 5 6 8 2 2 Ret 58 7 Raoul Owens 4 4 9 9 1 Ret 53 8 Christophe Hamon Ret 4 3 5 37 9 Andrés Méndez Ret 2 Ret 8 Ret 6 30 10 Roy Geerts Ret 5 2 28 11 David Fumanelli 6 8 10 7 Ret 6 27 12 Toni Forné 4 4 24 13 Lonni Martins Ret 4 10 5 24 14 Bruno Bonifacio Ret 2 Ret 8 22 15 Lewis Williamson 3 7 21 16 Carmen Jordá 7 12 7 Ret 6 20 17 Jordan Grogor 7 7 Ret 6 20 18 Nicky Pastorelli Jelle Beelen Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 7 16 19 Mike Verschuur 3 15 20 Tim Sugden 3 15 21 Josh Webster 12 4 12 21 Oliver Freymuth 11 4 12 22 Ash Hand 6 8 12 23 Anders Fjordbach Dennis Andersen Ret 10 Ret 6 Ret 9 11 24 Max Braams Ret 5 10 24 Duncan Huisman 5 10 25 Dario Capitanio Davide Roda Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 8 26 "Due" 10 7 1 27 Nick Leventis 7 6 28 Nelson Panciatici 10 8 5 29 Jean-Marc Merlin 9 2 30 Gilles Duqueine 10 1 31 Diego Mejía Ben Anderson 11 0 32 Meindert van Buuren Ret 11 Ret 0 33 Renaud Kuppens Ret 0 Guest drivers inelegible for points Steijn Schothorst 5 1 0 Robert Kubica 3 0 Philippe Haezebrouck 4 Ret 0 Adalberto Baptista 8 Ret 0 Rodrigo Baptista 8 Ret 0 Thierry Soave 8 0 Pedro Moleiro Ret 0 Diederik Sijthoff Ret 0 DriverALCIMORBRCPRSPAEST Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
Teams' Championship Team No. ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA EST En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro 1 Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 9 1 1 3 3 1 Ret 1 2 2 Ret 5 8 9 1 5 2 1 5 476 15 Ret 2 9 9 3 8 3 1 5 1 2 Ret 7 4 8 3 2 10 2 Equipe Verschuur 19 Ret 3 4 5 6 Ret 2 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret 5 3 2 1 4 1 366 21 5 Ret 10 6 12 Ret 8 7 1 2 6 1 2 10 1 Ret 10 4 3 R-ace GP 2 4 Ret Ret 4 4 10 9 11 Ret 9 1 7 1 5 6 Ret DSQ 9 312 3 2 11 1 1 2 3 4 6 6 Ret Ret 4 8 3 Ret 8 2 4 Oregon Team 4 Ret 7 11 2 5 1 Ret 3 DSQ 8 7 4 Ret 7 Ret 6 Ret 3 234 6 9 5 8 8 2 10 10 3 7 10 2 8 9 10 Ret 5 13 5 V8 Racing 7 Ret 5 8 Ret 7 5 5 4 Ret 5 DSQ 10 Ret 2 Ret 7 3 12 170 Ret 4 7 11 11 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 9 6 Ret 4 4 7 7 6 Strakka Racing 42 3 6 2 7 Ret DSQ 47 7 High Class Racing 11 Ret 10 12 10 10 9 Ret 5 Ret 6 9 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 9 11 37 Team No. En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro En Am Pro ALC IMO RBR CPR SPA ESTBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
References
External links Renault-Sport official website