The 2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the inaugural season of the GT3 Le Mans Cup. It began on 15 May at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari and finished on 23 October at the Autódromo do Estoril. The series was open to grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.

Calendar The provisional 2016 calendar was announced at 16 December 2015. All rounds supported the European Le Mans Series (excepting Silverstone) and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Round Circuit Location Race length Date Supporting 1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Italy 2 hours 14 May 4 Hours of Imola, ELMS 2 Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 1 hour 18 June 24 Hours of Le Mans, WEC 3 Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria 2 hours 16 July 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring, ELMS 4 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 2 hours 27 August 4 Hours of Le Castellet, ELMS 5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 2 hours 24 September 4 Hours of Spa, ELMS 6 Autódromo do Estoril Estoril, Portugal 2 hours 22 October 4 Hours of Estoril, ELMSSource:

Entry list

The full season was open to GT3 class cars.

Team Car Drivers Rounds FFF Racing Team by ACM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 5 Andrea Caldarelli 1, 3 Fu Songyang 1 Marco Attard 2 Matthew Bell 2 Taiyou Iida 3 McLaren 650S GT3 55 Hiroshi Hamaguchi All Adrian Quaife-Hobbs All BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 7 Matteo Cressoni 1, 4, 6 Luigi Lucchini 1, 4, 6 Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 8 Steeve Hiesse 1–2, 4–6 Cédric Mezard 1–2, 4–6 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 14 Adrien De Leener 2–6 Pierre Marie De Leener 2–6 Ferrari 488 GT3 51 Francesco Castellacci All Thomas Flohr All 57 Aleksey Basov 2 Viktor Shaytar 2 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 71 Filipe Barreiros All Mads Rasmussen All Duqueine Engineering Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 17 Christophe Hamon 2 Lonni Martins 2 Tockwith Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 19 Philip Hanson 1–3 Nigel Moore 1–3 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 22 Andrew Jarman 2 Devon Modell 2 34 Euan Hankey All Salih Yoluç All FF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 25 Ivor Dunbar All Johnny Mowlem All Classic & Modern Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 26 Nicolas Misslin 1–3 Matthieu Vaxivière 1–3 Soheil Ayari 4 Nicolas Tardif 4 Éric Cayrolle 5 Arno Santamato 5 Delahaye Racing Team Porsche 997 GT3 R 28 Pierre-Étienne Bordet 2 Alexandre Viron 2 IDEC Sport Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 37 Patrice Lafargue 2 Paul Lafargue 2 DKR Engineering BMW Z4 GT3 44 Niels Bouwhuis 2 Jan Storm 2 Larbre Compétition Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 50 Franck Labescat 2 Christian Philippon 2 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 66 James Cottingham 2 Joe Twyman 2 Richard Abra 4–5 Mark Poole 4–5 SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 72 Aleksey Basov 3–6 Viktor Shaytar 3–6 Optimum Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 75 Flick Haigh 4 Joe Osborne 4 Mentos Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 88 Egidio Perfetti All Klaus Bachler 1–3, 5–6 Ben Barker 4 Autoclub Excelsior Aston Martin Vantage GT3 90 Michael Schmetz 5 Tim Verbergt 5

Race results

Circuit Pole position Race winner 1 Imola No. 7 BMS Scuderia Italia No. 34 TF Sport Matteo Cressoni Luigi Lucchini Euan Hankey Salih Yoluç 2 Le Mans(report) GT3: No. 88 Mentos Racing GT3: No. 57 AF Corse Klaus Bachler Egidio Perfetti Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar LMP3: No. 2 United Autosports LMP3: No. 85 DC Racing Martin Brundle Christian England Alexandre Cougnaud Thomas Laurent 3 Red Bull Ring No. 72 SMP Racing No. 72 SMP Racing Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar 4 Paul Ricard No. 72 SMP Racing No. 72 SMP Racing Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar 5 Spa No. 72 SMP Racing No. 72 SMP Racing Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar 6 Estoril No. 88 Mentos Racing No. 34 TF Sport Klaus Bachler Egidio Perfetti Euan Hankey Salih YoluçSource:

Driver's championships (top-5) Driver Team IMO LM RBR LEC SPA EST Total 1 Aleksey Basov SMP Racing 1 1 1 1 2 121 1 Viktor Shaytar SMP Racing 1 1 1 1 2 121 2 Euan Hankey TF Sport 1 4 3 3 3 1 107 2 Salih Yoluç TF Sport 1 4 3 3 3 1 107 3 Egidio Perfetti Mentos RacingDNF 3 2 2 2 3 86 4 Klaus Bachler Mentos Racing Ret 3 2 2 3 68 5 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs FFF Racing Team by ACM 2 2DNS Ret 5 Ret 46 5 Hiroshi Hamaguchi FFF Racing Team by ACM 2 2DNS Ret 5 Ret 46Source:Bold – Pole

Teams Championship (top-5)

Team Car IMO LM RBR LEC SPA EST Total 1 No. 34 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1 4 3 3 3 1 107 2 No. 72 SMP RacingFerrari 488 GT3 1 1 1 2 96 3 No. 88 Mentos Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RDNF 3 2 2 2 3 86 4 No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM McLaren 650S GT3 2 2DNS Ret 5 Ret 46 5 No. 8 Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 7 10 5 6 535Source:Bold – Pole

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