2016 Italian Touring Car Championship

2016 Italian Touring Car Championship
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The 2016 Italian Touring Car Championship is the second season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 30th season since a national touring car series was revied in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo. Starting from this year, the championship takes place of Campionato Italiano Turismo Endurance and it will be divided into TCR and TCS class. The latter will include cars between 1.400 and 2.000cc, nearer to the production series.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Hankook is the official tyre supplier.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
TCR Class
BF Motorsport[2]	SEAT León Cup Racer[2]	2	Vincenzo Montalbano[3]	1-2
			Eugenio Pisani[4]	1
			Imerio Brigliadori	2
		7	Romy Dall'Antonia[3]	1-4, 6-7
			Samuele Piccin[3]	1-4, 6-7
		8	Fabio Fabiani[3]	1-3
			Emiliano Giorgi[3]	1
			Daniele Verrocchio	2
			Marika Diana[5]	3
2T Course & Reglage[6]	Citroën C3 Max TCR[6]	3	Marco Della Monica[6]	1
			Andrea Stassano[6]	1
			Giovanni Lopes	2
			Dario Pennica	2
			Gianluca Mauriello	4
			Massimo Arduini	4
			Giovanni Mancini	5
			Lorenzo Baroni	5
BRC Racing Team[7]	SEAT León Cup Racer[7]	4	Marco Costamagna[7]	1-2, 4, 6
		11	Gianluigi Ghione[7]	3, 5
			Mariano Costamagna	4, 7
		10		5
		36	Alberto Biraghi	3
		47	Alberto Viberti[8]	1-6
AGS Motorsport[9]	Honda Civic TCR[9]	5	Roberto Colciago[9]	1-6
MM Motorsport	Honda Civic TCR	6	Emanuele Alborghetti	4
			Aku Pellinen	7
	SEAT León Cup Racer	21	Luigi Bamonte	2, 4, 6-7
Tecnodom Sport[10]	SEAT León TCR[11]	9	Jonathan Giacon[10]	1
NOS Racing[12]	SEAT León Cup Racer[12]	14	Massimiliano Chini[12]	1
			Nello Nataloni[12]	1
Top Run[11]	Subaru Impreza STi TCR[11]	16	Luigi Ferrara	7
Krenek Motorsport	SEAT León Cup Racer	19	Petr Fulin	6
Pit Lane Competizioni	SEAT León Cup Racer	41	Enrico Bettera	3-4, 7
Esse Motorsport	SEAT León Cup Racer	40	Massimiliano Gagliano	3
CRC – Team Bassano[13]	SEAT León Cup Racer[13]	76	Daniele Cappellari[13]	All
VFR Racing	Honda Civic TCR	80	Finlay Crocker	4, 6
TCS/TCT Class
SEAT Motorsport Italia[11]	SEAT León Cupra ST[14]	101	Giampiero Wyhinny[15]	3-4, 6-7
			Orfei Emiliano Perucca	5
		107	Sandro Pelatti	4-7
		108	Alberto Bassi[15]	All
JAS Motorsport[16]	Honda Civic Type-R[16]	105	Roberto Colciago	7
		115	Hugo Nerman[16]	1
WP Racing	SEAT Ibiza	205	Davide Pigozzi	4-7
			Marco Baroncini	6
Leone Matteo	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.8	206	Matteo Leone	5
			Riccardo Missirolo	5
2T Course & Reglage[17]	Peugeot 308 Mi16[17]	308	Massimo Arduini[17]	1-2
			Renato Gaiofatto[18]	1-2
	Citroën C3 Max	603	Alberto Sabbatini	6
			Francesco Neri	6
			Paolo Pirovano	7
			Alessandro Baccani	7
Tecnodom Sport[19]	Alfa Romeo MiTo QV[19]	403	Kevin Giacon[19]	1-4
		404	Silvano Bolzoni[20]	1-4
	Abarth 595 OT	408	Tobia Zarpellon	4
V-Action Zatti Sport[21]	Abarth 595 OT[21]	405	Juuso-Matti Pajuranta[20]	1
		406	Manuel Fernandes[20]	1
Bacci Andrea	Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV	602	Andrea Bacci	5-7
Mosca Andrea	Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV	603	Andrea Mosca	5
		604		6-7
Scuderia Giudici[22]	Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV[23]	605	Gianni Giudici[23]	7

Calendar and results

The 2016 schedule was announced on 23 November 2015, with all events scheduled to be held in Italy.^[24] On 23 January, the Vallelunga round was postponed from 17 April to 4 September.^[25] On 16 March, the first round in Monza was moved forward to 30 October, while Adria was anticipated to 8 May.^[26]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Adria International Raceway, Adria	7 May	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport	Italian Formula 4 Championship Auto GP Formula Open
	2		8 May	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport
2	3	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	12 June	Imerio Brigliadori	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport	TCR Trophy Europe Italian GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
	4			Alberto Viberti	Roberto Colciago	Alberto Viberti	BRC Racing Team
3	5	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	3 July	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorspor
	6			Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport
4	7	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	17 July	Alberto Viberti	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport	Italian GT Championship Italian Formula 4 Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
	8			Alberto Viberti	Roberto Colciago	Alberto Viberti	BRC Racing Team
5	9	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	4 September	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
	10			Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport
6	11	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	25 September	Alberto Viberti	Alberto Viberti	Alberto Viberti	BRC Racing Team	Italian GT Championship Italian Formula 4 Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
	12			Alberto Viberti	Alberto Viberti	Alberto Viberti	BRC Racing Team
7	13	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	30 October	Aku Pellinen	Enrico Bettera	Aku Pellinen	MM Motorsport	Italian Formula 4 Championship
	14			Enrico Bettera	Enrico Bettera	Enrico Bettera	Pit Lane Competizioni

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver ADR^1 MIS MAG MUG VLL IMO MON  Pts.  TCR class 1 Roberto Colciago 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 8 1 1 3 2 221 2 Alberto Viberti 2 2 Ret 1 5 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 184 3 Romy Dall'Antonia Samuele Piccin 5 4 3 3 3 8 5 2 4 5 5 2 113 4 Daniele Cappellari 6 5 Ret 4 7 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 4 3 92 (96) 5 Enrico Bettera 6 3 3 Ret 2 1 67 6 Marco Costamagna 8 3 5 6 7 5 5 8 48 7 Vincenzo Montalbano 4 6 2 5 36 8 Luigi Bamonte 6 7 9 6 8 7 6 4 36 9 Finlay Crocker 4 3 7 5 32 10 Peter Fulin 2 3 27 11 Mariano Costamagna Ret DNS 5 5 7 5 25 12 Imerio Brigliadori 2 5 23 13 Aku Pellinen 1 Ret 21 14 Fabio Fabiani 7 7 4 Ret 9 9 20 14 Massimiliano Gagliano 2 7 19 15 Gianluigi Ghione 8 4 Ret 4 19 16 Alberto Biraghi 4 5 15 17 Eugenio Pissani 4 6 13 18 Jonathan Giacon 3 Ret 12 19 Luigi Ferrara 3 Ret 12 20 Daniele Verrocchio 4 DNS 8 21 Giovanni Mancini Lorenzo Baroni 4 Ret 8 22 Emiliano Giorgi 7 7 8 23 Giovanni Lopes Dario Pennica 7 8 7 24 Gianluca Mauriello Massimo Arduini 8 7 7 25 Massimiliano Chini Nello Nataloni 9 8 5 26 Marika Diana 9 9 4 27 Marco Della Monica Andrea Stassano 10† DNS 1 28 Emanuele Alborghetti Ret Ret 0 TCS class 1 Hugo Nerman 10 9 20 2 Massimo Arduini Renato Gaiofatto 11 10 20 3 Kevin Giacon 13 11 20 4 Juuso-Matti Pajuranta 14 12 20 5 Alberto Bassi 12 15† 20 6 Silvano Bolzoni 16 13 20 7 Manuel Fernandes 15 14 20 Pos. Driver ADR^1 MIS MAG MUG VLL IMO MON  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.

• ^1   - the Adria round assigned 5 points in every qualifying and race session to all the participants of the TCS class, regardless of the final result.^[27]

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External links

• Italian Touring Car Championship Official website