The 2016 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos is the second season of the TCR Portuguese Series. Starting from this season, the championship will run separate from the GT Class of the championship (that will form che Endurance Class) organised by FullEventos. As for the Italian series, TCR cars will be placed side by side with TCS, also with the addition of a trophy cars category (TCC class).
Teams and drivers Hankook is the official tyre supplier. Team Car Drivers Rounds TCR Class Baporo Motorsport SEAT León Cup Racer 2 António Cabral 1–3, 5 José Cabral 1–3, 5 Target CompetitionHonda Civic TCR3 Jürgen Schmarl5 Gosia Rdest5 Team Novadriver Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 11 Francisco AbreuAll Manuel GiãoAll Veloso Motorsport SEAT León Cup Racer 16 Nuno BatistaAll Francisco CarvalhoAllSEAT León TCR 26 Francisco Mora All DG Sport CompétitionOpel Astra TCR23 Pierre-Yves Corthals4 Frédéric Caprasse4 Ventilações Moura Laser SEAT León Cup Racer 24 João Baptista 1 Gustavo Moura 1, 4Opel Astra TCR João Baptista 2 Gustavo Moura 2Honda Civic TCR5 Speedy Motorsport SEAT León Cup Racer 25 Rafael LobatoAll César MachadoAll GEN Motorsport Honda Civic TCR 27 José RodriguesAll LMS RacingSEAT León TCR28 Antti Buri4 TCC Class Tiago Ribeiro Volkswagen Golf 31 Luís CarneiroAll Tiago RibeiroAll Vettra Motorsport SEAT León Supercopa 44 Rui Dinis 1–3 Paulo Ribeiro 1 Valter Dinis2–3 JCGroup Racing Team SEAT León Mk2 50 José Correia 1 Ricardo Gomes 1
Calendar and results The 2016 schedule was announced on 3 December 2015, with one out of five events scheduled to be held in Spain. A reserve round was scheduled at Autódromo do Estoril for 27 November. The race format is divided into Sprint and Double Sprint: the first one contemplates two 25-minute-long races, the second one is formed by four 20-minute-long races. By early April, the Estoril round was moved from 17–18 September to the reserve date.
Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 1 Circuito Vasco Sameiro, Braga 14 May Manuel Gião Francisco Mora Francisco Carvalho Veloso Motorsport 2 César Machado Nuno Batista Veloso Motorsport 3 15 May Francisco Mora Francisco Mora Nuno Batista Veloso Motorsport 4 Francisco Mora Francisco Carvalho Veloso Motorsport 2 5 Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, Vila Real 26 June Rafael Lobato Francisco Mora Rafael Lobato Speedy Motorsport FIA WTCC Race of PortugalEuropean Touring Car Cup 6 José Rodrigues José Rodrigues José Rodrigues GEN Motorsport 3 7 Algarve International Circuit, Portimão 9 July Francisco Mora Francisco Mora Francisco Mora Veloso Motorsport Spanish F4 Championship 8 José Rodrigues Francisco Mora Veloso Motorsport 9 10 July Francisco Mora José Rodrigues Francisco Mora Veloso Motorsport 10 Manuel Gião Francisco Mora Veloso Motorsport 4 11 Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 11 September Francisco Mora Francisco Mora Pierre-Yves Corthals DG Sport Compétition TCR Trophy Europe 12 Antti Buri Antti Buri Antti Buri LMS Racing 5 13 Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril 26 November Rafael Lobato Francisco Mora Francisco Mora Veloso Motorsport 14 Francisco Mora Gustavo Moura Ventilações Moura Laser 15 27 November Francisco Mora Francisco Mora Francisco Mora Veloso Motorsport 16 Francisco Mora Francisco Mora Veloso Motorsport
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship Driver BRA VIL POR JER EST RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 TCR class1 Francisco Mora 3 Ret 6 8 2 DNS 1 1 1 1 2 Ret13112992 Francisco Abreu Manuel Gião 2 2 5 3 3 2 8 DNS 4 2 5 34522252 3 Rafael Lobato César Machado 5 7 4 2 1 3 3 3 5 3 3 72453244 4 Francisco Carvalho Nuno Batista 1 1 1 1 5 DNS 4 2 3 4 7 48RetNCDNS221 5 José Rodrigues 9 5 2 4 4 1 2 4 2 5 6 566382206 António Cabral José Cabral 6 3 3 5 6 4 5 5 6 657751687 Gustavo Moura 4 4 8 DNS 9 5 8 631641458 João Baptista 4 4 8 DNS 9 550 Guest drivers ineligible for points- Pierre-Yves Corthals Frédéric Caprasse 1 2- - Antti Buri 4 1-- Jürgen Schmarl Gosia RdestRet246- TCC class 1 Luís Carneiro Tiago Ribeiro 7 9 9 6 7 6 7 7 7 8 9 87887365 2 Rui Dinis DNS DNS DNS DNS 8 Ret 6 6 8 7 118 3 Valter Dinis 8 Ret 6 6 8 7 116 4 José Correia Ricardo Gomes 8 8 7 7 92 5 Paulo Ribeiro DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 Driver BRA VIL POR JER EST Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
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