2016 Britcar Endurance Championship
The 2016 Dunlop Endurance Championship is a motor racing championship for GT cars, touring cars, sportscars and Production cars held across England. Cars compete in five classes with a car's class decided on horsepower, momentum, equipment, etc. It is the 14th season of a Britcar championship, the 5th run as the Britcar Endurance Championship and the 1st run as the Dunlop Britcar Endurance Championship.[1] The championship began on 26 March at Silverstone and ended on 13 November at Brands Hatch.
Calendar
[edit]The 2016 calendar was announced on 5 January 2016.[2] Each race would consist of one mandatory pit stop and a driver change.
Round | Circuit | Length | Date |
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1 | Silverstone GP, Northamptonshire | 120 min | 26 March |
2 | Snetterton 300, Norfolk | 240 min | 8 May |
3 | Donington GP, Leicestershire | 180 min | 4 June |
4 | Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire | 120 min | 3 July |
5 | Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire | 180 min | 23 July |
6 | Silverstone International, Northamptonshire | 150 min | 13 August |
7 | Oulton Park International, Cheshire | 150 min | 1 October |
8 | Brands Hatch Indy Circuit, Kent | 180 min | 12-13 November |
Teams and drivers
[edit]Cars are assigned classed based on speed, horsepower, momentum, equipment fitted to the car and the car's model;
Class 1: GT3, prototype cars
Class 2: Cup (one-make series) cars
Class 3: Cup (one-make series) and GT4 cars
Class 4: GT4, cup and touring cars
Class 5: Production cars
Class 1 | ||||
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Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
FF Corse | Ferrari 458 GT3 | 1 | Calum Lockie | 1, 3–8 |
David Mason | ||||
Neil Garner Motorsport[N 1] | Mosler MT900R GT3 | 3 | Manuel Cintrano | 1–2, 4–5, 8 |
Javier Morcillo | ||||
Praga R4S LM[N 2][3] | 7 | Nick Holden | 1 | |
Andrew McKenna | ||||
Renault R.S. 01 GT3 | Nick Holden | 1–3 | ||
Andrew McKenna | ||||
MacG Racing | Taranis | 8 | Jonny MacGregor | 1, 4, 6 |
Ben Sharich | 6 | |||
HUD Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS | 12 | Nigel Hudson | 1 |
Adam Wilcox | ||||
Wessex Vehicles | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | 15 | Craig Dolby | 4 |
Nigel Mustill | ||||
Carnell Nielsen Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 18 | Nigel Greensall | 1 |
Darren Nelson | ||||
Tockwith Motorsport[4] | Audi R8 LMS[4] | 19 | Phil Hanson[4] | All |
Nigel Moore[4] | ||||
ING Sport | BMW Z4 GT3 | 46 | Kevin Clarke | 1, 3, 5, 7–8 |
Ian Lawson | ||||
Ryan Lyndsay | 3 | |||
ABG Motorsport | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | 77 | Glynn Geddie | 1 |
Jim Geddie | ||||
Rollcentre Racing | Mosler MT900R GT3 | 888 | Richard Neary | 7 |
Martin Short | ||||
Class 2 | ||||
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
FF Corse | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 4 | Leyton Clarke | 6 |
Simon Atkinson | ||||
5 | Bonamy Grimes | 1–2, 6, 8 | ||
Johnny Mowlem | 1–2, 8 | |||
Charlie Hollings | 6 | |||
9 | Anthony Wilds | 2–4, 6 | ||
Mike Wilds | ||||
44 | Leyton Clarke | 3 | ||
Simon Atkinson | ||||
Moss Motorsport | BMW 1M E82 | 13 | Ashley Bird | 5 |
Tom Howard | ||||
Mike Moss | ||||
SG Racing | Porsche 997 Cup | 32 | Mark Cunningham | 6–7 |
Peter Cunningham | ||||
Porscheshop | Porsche 911 RSR | 34 | Ian Heward | 1–3 |
Darelle Wilson | ||||
WDC Racing | Ferrari 360 Challenge | 71 | Neil Garnham | 1 |
Rob Young | ||||
Class 2 Invitation | ||||
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
WDC Racing | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 71 | Matt Le Breton | 8 |
Neil Garnham | ||||
Rob Young | ||||
Class 3 | ||||
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
WDC Racing | BMW M3 GT4 | 7 | Matt Le Breton | 6 |
Neil Garnham | ||||
Rob Young | ||||
Track Torque Racing | Chevron GR8 | 17 | Chris Hart | 1 |
Neil Primrose | ||||
Jono Brown | 3 | |||
Graham Roberts | ||||
SG Racing[5] | Porsche 997 Cup[5] | 32 | Mark Cunningham[5] | 1–2 |
Peter Cunningham[5] | ||||
Century Motorsport | Ginetta G55 Supercup | 43 | Steve Fresle | All |
Jacob Mathiassen | ||||
88 | Ruben Anakhasyan | 1–2 | ||
Ollie Hancock | ||||
Whitebridge Motorsport[6] | Aston Martin Vantage GT4[6] | 54 | Chris Murphy[6] | All |
Jody Fannin[6] | 1–3 | |||
Jonny Cocker | 4–7 | |||
Matty George | 8 | |||
Moss Motorsport | BMW M3 E46 | 57 | Frank Bradley | 1 |
Tom Howard | ||||
Hofmann's Henley Ltd[7] | Lotus Europa | 58 | Chris Randall[N 3][7] | 1–4, 6–7 |
Nick Randall[7] | 1–4, 7 | |||
Ben Salmon | 6 | |||
Bespoke Cars Racing | Porsche 997 Cup | 69 | Dave Benett | 1, 5–6 |
Marcus Fothergill | ||||
Adam Dawson | 5–6 | |||
Going Lean | Aston Martin Vantage GT4 | 76 | Dean Gibbs | 8 |
Jonathan Packer | ||||
Vantage Racing | Aston Martin Vantage GT4 | 91 | Stuart Hall | 2 |
Chris Kemp | ||||
Class 3 Invitation | ||||
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
Team HARD Racing | Ginetta G55 GT4 | 21 | Dan Kirby | 8 |
Tom Knight | ||||
34 | Darron Lewis | 8 | ||
Daniel Wylie | ||||
Orbital Sound | Lotus Exige | 55 | Chris Headlam | 7 |
Joey Foster | ||||
Class 4 | ||||
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
Geoff Steel Racing[8] | BMW M3 E36[8] | 13 | Del Shelton[8] | 1 |
Cuda Drinks | Ginetta G50 | 14 | Richard Burrows | 3 |
Glenn Finn | ||||
Atkins Motorsport With Snows BM[9] | BMW M3 E46 GTR | 38 | Sam Allpass | 1, 4, 7 |
Lee Atkins | ||||
Moss Motorsport | BMW M3 E46 | 57 | Mike Moss | 2–3, 6 |
Tom Howard | 2–3 | |||
David Cooper | 5–6 | |||
Jason Dixon | 5 | |||
Robert Gilham | ||||
Ashley Bird | 6 | |||
Scott Adam | 8 | |||
Shaun Hollamby | ||||
Andy Wilmott | ||||
SICL.com | SEAT León Supercopa | 60 | Keith Hemsworth | 1 |
Ash Woodman | ||||
Class 5 | ||||
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
Cuda Drinks | Ginetta G40 GT5 | 14 | Richard Burrows | 3 |
Glenn Finn | ||||
Newbridge Motorsport | Porsche Boxster | 24 | Fareed Ali | 3 |
Chris Valentine | ||||
Woodard Racing Organisation | BMW Mini JCW Challenge R56 | 49 | Adam Bewsey | 1 |
Alex Craven | ||||
Daniel Woodard | 2–3, 7–8 | |||
David Birrell | 2, 7–8 | |||
Aaron Steele | 3 | |||
Synchro Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R | 76 | Alyn James | 1–7 |
Martin Byford | 2, 6–7 | |||
Daniel Wheeler | 3, 5 |
Results
[edit]Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Overall Winner | Winning C1 | Winning C2 | Winning C3 | Winning C4 | Winning C5 |
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1 | Silverstone GP[11] | No. 1 FF Corse | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 34 Porscheshop | No. 43 Century Motorsport | No. 38 Atkins Motorsport With Snows BM | No. 76 Synchro Motorsport |
Calum Lockie David Mason |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Ian Heward Darelle Wilson |
Steve Fresle Jacob Mathiassen |
Sam Allpass Lee Atkins |
Alyn James | ||
2 | Snetterton 300[12] | No. 3 Neil Garner Motorsport | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 9 FF Corse | No. 7 Holden Autosport | No. 9 FF Corse | No. 88 Century Motorsport | No. 57 Moss Motorsport | No. 76 Synchro Motorsport |
Manuel Cintrano Javier Morcillo |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Anthony Wilds Mike Wilds |
Nick Holden Andrew McKenna |
Anthony Wilds Mike Wilds |
Ruben Anakhasyan Ollie Hancock |
Tom Howard Mike Moss |
Martin Byford Alyn James | ||
3 | Donington GP[13] | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 44 FF Corse | No. 43 Century Motorsport | No. 57 Moss Motorsport | No. 76 Synchro Motorsport |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Simon Atkinson Leyton Clarke |
Steve Fresle Jacob Mathiassen |
Tom Howard Mike Moss |
Alyn James Daniel Wheeler | ||
4 | Thruxton Circuit[14] | No. 15 Wessex Vehicles | No. 15 Wessex Vehicles | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 9 FF Corse | No. 43 Century Motorsport | No. 38 Atkins Motorsport With Snows BM | No. 76 Synchro Motorsport |
Craig Dolby Nigel Mustill |
Craig Dolby Nigel Mustill |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Anthony Wilds Mike Wilds |
Steve Fresle Jacob Mathiassen |
Sam Allpass Lee Atkins |
Alyn James | ||
5 | Croft Circuit[15] | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 13 Moss Motorsport | No. 54 Whitebridge Motorsport | No. 57 Moss Motorsport | No. 76 Synchro Motorsport |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Ashley Bird Tom Howard Mike Moss |
Jonny Cocker Chris Murphy |
David Cooper Jason Dixon Robert Gilham |
Alyn James Daniel Wheeler | ||
6 | Silverstone International[16] | No. 1 FF Corse | No. 1 FF Corse | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 9 FF Corse | No. 69 Bespoke Cars Racing | No. 57 Moss Motorsport | No. 76 Synchro Motorsport |
Calum Lockie David Mason |
Calum Lockie David Mason |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Anthony Wilds Mike Wilds |
Dave Benett Adam Dawson Marcus Fothergill |
Ashley Bird David Cooper Mike Moss |
Martin Byford Alyn James | ||
7 | Oulton Park International[17] | No. 1 FF Corse | No. 1 FF Corse | No. 888 Rollcentre Racing | No. 888 Rollcentre Racing | No. 32 SG Racing | No. 43 Century Motorsport | No. 38 Atkins Motorsport With Snows BM | No. 76 Synchro Motorsport |
Calum Lockie David Mason |
Calum Lockie David Mason |
Richard Neary Martin Short |
Richard Neary Martin Short |
Mark Cunningham Peter Cunningham |
Steve Fresle Jacob Mathiassen |
Sam Allpass Lee Atkins |
Martin Byford Alyn James | ||
8 | Brands Hatch Indy[18] | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 19 Tockwith Motorsport | No. 3 Neil Garner Motorsport | No. 3 Neil Garner Motorsport | No. 5 FF Corse | No. 34 Team HARD Racing | No. 57 Moss Motorsport | No. 49 Woodard Racing Organisation |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
Manuel Cintrano Javier Morcillo |
Manuel Cintrano Javier Morcillo |
Bonamy Grimes Johnny Mowlem |
Darron Lews Daniel Wylie |
Scott Adam Shaun Hollamby Andy Wilmott |
David Birrell Daniel Woodard |
Overall championship standings
[edit]Points are awarded as follows in all classes
System | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | PP | FL |
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+3 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
(key)
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Class championship standings
[edit]Points are awarded as follows in all classes
System | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | PP | FL |
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+3 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
(key)
Pos. | Drivers | No. | SILGP | SNE | DON | THR | CRO | SILINT | OUL | BRH | Pts |
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Class 1 | |||||||||||
1 | Phil Hanson Nigel Moore |
19 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 170 |
2 | Calum Lockie David Mason |
1 | Ret | 15 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 107 | |
3 | Manuel Cintrano Javier Morcillo |
3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 91 | |||
4 | Kevin Clarke Ian Lawson |
46 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 82 | |||
Ryan Lyndsay | 6 | ||||||||||
5 | Nick Holden Andrew McKenna |
7 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 55 | |||||
6 | Jonny MacGregor | 8 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 37 | |||||
Ben Sharich | 11 | ||||||||||
7 | Richard Neary Martin Short |
888 | 1 | 25 | |||||||
8 | Craig Dolby Nigel Mustill |
15 | 2 | 22 | |||||||
9 | Nigel Greensall Darren Nelson |
18 | 2 | 20 | |||||||
10 | Nigel Hudson Adam Wilcox |
12 | 4 | 14 | |||||||
– | Glynn Geddie Jim Geddie |
77 | Ret | 0 | |||||||
Class 2 | |||||||||||
1 | Anthony Wilds Mike Wilds |
9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 85 | ||||
2 | Ian Heward Darelle Wilson |
34 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 60 | |||||
3 | Bonamy Grimes | 5 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56 | ||||
Johnny Mowlem | Ret | 9 | 4 | ||||||||
Charlie Hollings | 5 | ||||||||||
4 | Neil Garnham Rob Young |
71 | 21 | 20 | |||||||
5 | Ashley Bird Tom Howard Mike Moss |
13 | 10 | 20 | |||||||
6 | Mark Cunningham Peter Cunningham |
32 | NC | 4 | 15 | ||||||
drivers ineligible for points | |||||||||||
– | Neil Garnham Matt Le Breton Rob Young |
71 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Class 3 | |||||||||||
1 | Steve Fresle Jacob Mathiassen |
43 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | NC | 5 | 8 | 170 |
2 | Chris Murphy | 54 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 145 |
Jody Fannin | 10 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||
Jonny Cocker | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
Matty George | 11 | ||||||||||
3 | Chris Randall | 58 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 74 | ||
Nick Randall | 8 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | ||||||
Ben Salmon | 10 | ||||||||||
4 | Dave Benett Marcus Fothergill |
69 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 55 | |||||
Adam Dawson | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
5 | Mark Cunningham Peter Cunningham |
32 | 7 | 10 | 37 | ||||||
6 | Ruben Anakhasyan Ollie Hancock |
88 | 16 | 4 | 34 | ||||||
7 | Chris Hart Neil Primrose |
17 | 9 | 31 | |||||||
Jono Brown Graham Roberts |
13 | ||||||||||
8 | Neil Garnham Matt Le Breton Rob Young |
7 | 9 | 17 | |||||||
8 | Frank Bradley Tom Howard |
57 | 13 | 10 | |||||||
10 | Stuart Hall Chris Kemp |
91 | 15 | 10 | |||||||
– | Dean Gibbs Jonathan Packer |
76 | DNS | 0 | |||||||
drivers ineligible for points | |||||||||||
– | Chris Headlam Joey Foster |
55 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
– | Darron Lewis Daniel Wylie |
34 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
– | Dan Kirby Tom Knight |
21 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Class 4 | |||||||||||
1 | Tom Howard | 57 | 14 | 8 | 93 | ||||||
Mike Moss | 14 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
David Cooper | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
Jason Dixon Robert Gillham |
6 | ||||||||||
Ashley Bird | 8 | ||||||||||
Scott Adam Shaun Hollamby Andy Wilmott |
6 | ||||||||||
2 | Sam Allpass Lee Atkins |
38 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 55 | |||||
3 | Del Shelton | 13 | 12 | 20 | |||||||
4 | Ash Woodman Keith Hemsworth |
60 | 18 | 15 | |||||||
5 | Richard Burrows Glenn Finn |
14 | 11 | 10 | |||||||
Class 5 | |||||||||||
1 | Alyn James | 76 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 116 | |
Martin Byford | 7 | 12 | 7 | ||||||||
Daniel Wheeler | 9 | 8 | |||||||||
2 | Adam Bewsey Alex Craven |
49 | 22 | 63 | |||||||
Daniel Woodard | 9 | 12 | 10 | 12 | |||||||
David Birrell | 9 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||
Aaron Steele | 12 | ||||||||||
3 | Richard Burrows Glenn Finn |
14 | 19 | 20 | |||||||
– | Fareed Ali Chris Valentine |
24 | DNS | 0 | |||||||
Pos. | Drivers | No. | SILGP | SNE | DON | THR | CRO | SILINT | OUL | BRH | Pts |
Notes
[edit]References
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