2016 Italian GT Championship

The 2016 Italian GT Championship is the 25th season of the Italian GT Championship, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the Italian automobile club (Automobile Club d'Italia). The season starts on 30 April at Monza and ends on 16 October at Mugello after seven double-header meetings.

Teams and drivers

SuperGT3

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Solaris Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	7	Massimiliano Mugelli[1]	All
			Francesco Sini[1]	All
Audi Sport Italia	Audi R8 LMS	8	Marco Mapelli[1]	All
			Filipe Albuquerque[1]	1–6
			Laurens Vanthoor[2]	7
Antonelli Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	9	Alberto di Folco[2]	7
			Adrian Zaugg[2]	7
		25	Riccardo Agostini[1]	1–6
			Alberto Di Folco[1]	1–6
Easy Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	10	Jaime Melo[2]	7
			Niccolò Schirò[2]	7
		11	Ferdinando Geri[1]	1–6
			Daniel Mancinelli[1]	1–3, 6
			Andrea Montermini[3]	4
			Niccolò Schirò[4]	5
		38	Daniel Mancinelli[3]	4
			Gregory Romanelli[3]	4
Ombra Srl	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	12	Alex Frassineti[1]	All
			Stefano Gattuso[1]	All
BMW Team Italia	BMW M6 GT3	15	Alberto Cerqui[1]	All
			Stefano Comandini[1]	All
		50	Alex Zanardi[2]	7
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	16	Mirko Bortolotti[1]	All
			Jeroen Mul[1]	All
		32	Giovanni Venturini[1]	All
			Stefano Pezzucchi[1]	1–6
			Patrick Kujala[2]	7
Drive Technology Italia Srl	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	23	Francesca Linossi[1]	1–6
			Lorenzo Bontempelli[1]	1–4
			Sean Walkinshaw[4]	5–6
Black Bull Swiss Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	46	Stefano Gai[1]	All
			Mirko Venturi[1]	All

GT3

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Krypton Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	53	Luca Pastorelli[1]	1–6
			Nicola Pastorelli[1]	1–6
			Mauro Deodati[2]	7
			Emanuele Romani[2]	7
Audi Sport Italia	Audi R8 LMS	58	Matías Russo[5]	2–7
			Emanuele Zonzini[5]	2–7
Malucelli Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	60	Marco Galassi[1]	1–5, 7
			Simone Tempesta[3]	4–5
Cars Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	61	Ferdinando Monfardini[1]	1–3
			Ronnie Valori[1]	1–3
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	63	Vito Postiglione[5]	2–7
			Andrea Gagliardini[5]	2–6
			Giacomo Barri[2]	7
Easy Race	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	69	Francesco La Mazza[2]	7
			Daniel Mancinelli[2]	7
Scuderia Baldini 27 Network	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	72	Eddie Cheever III[1]	All
			Federico Leo[1]	All
		91	Lorenzo Casè[6]	6–7
			Simone Tempesta[6]	6
			Lorenzo Bontempelli[2]	7
Ebimotors	Porsche 911 GT3 R	88	Alessandro Baccani[1]	All
			Paolo Venerosi[1]	All

SuperGTCup

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Antonelli Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	102	Simone Sartori[1]	1–4, 7
			Omar Galbiati[1]	1–4
			Manuel Deodati[2]	7
		103	Massimo Mantovani[1]	All
			Lorenzo Casè[1]	1
			Pierluigi Alessandri[5]	2–3, 6–7
			Pietro Negra[3]	4
			Lorenzo Veglia[4]	5
		104	Matteo Desideri[1]	All
			Takashi Kasai[1]	1, 3–7
			Pietro Negra[5]	2
		109	Marco Magli[1]	1–3
			Mikhail Spiridonov[1]	1
			Lorenzo Casè[5]	2
			Piero Necchi[7]	3–6
			Loris Spinelli[3]	4–6
		112	Leonardo Liberati[4]	5
			Kang Ling[4]	5
		132	Kikko Galbiati[6]	6–7
			Pietro Negra[6]	6
			Piero Necchi[2]	7
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	105	Bar Baruch[1]	All
			Liang Jia Tong[1]	1–6
			Jacopo Faccioni[2]	7
		106	Nicolas Costa[1]	All
			Fernando Croce Gomes[1]	1–2
			Amir Krenzia[7]	3–4
			Yuki Nemoto[4]	5–7
		114	Amir Krenzia[6]	6
			Liang Jia Tong[1]	7
			Jaime Melo[2]	7
Raton Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	107	Angelo Fabrizio Comi[1]	All
			Roberto Tanca[1]	All
		108	Andrea D'Amico[1]	1–6
			Adrian Zaugg[1]	1–6
			Antonio D'Amico[2]	7
GDL Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	111	Gianluca de Lorenzi[1]	1–2
			Piero Necchi[1]	1–2
Petri Corse Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	114	Davide Roda[5]	2
		116	Mauro Trentin[6]	6–7
			Walter Palazzo[6]	6
			Davide Amaduzzi[2]	7
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	131	Simone Pellegrinelli[4]	5–6
		135	Carina Lima[6]	6–7
			Andrea Palma[6]	6–7

GTCup

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo	146	Ivan Benvenuti[1]	All
			Luca De Marchi[1]	All
Drive Technology Italia Srl	Porsche 997 Cup	155	Gianluca Carboni[1]	1, 4–7
			"Magister"[1]	1
			Davide Durante[3]	4–7
		156	Walter Palazzo[3]	4–5
			Mauro Trentin[3]	4–5
Master-KR Racing	Ferrari 458 Challenge	159	Vincenzo Sauto[1]	All
			Mirko Zanardini[1]	All
		161	Mauro Deodati[1]	1–6
			Emanuele Romani[1]	1–6
Victoria Speed Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo	160	Dario Caso[1]	1–2, 6–7
			Sossio Del Prete[1]	1–2, 6–7
Scuderia Giudici	Maserati GT Trofeo	169	Gianni Giudici[1]	1
Vago	Porsche 997 Cup	171	Enrico Di Leo[5]	2, 7
			"Poppy"[5]	2, 7
Ebimotors	Porsche 997 Cup	174	Carlo Curti[1]	All
			Lino Curti[1]	All
		175	Nicola Benucci[1]	1–4
			Tommaso Maino[1]	1–4
			Enrico Quinzio[2]	7
			Domenico Schiattarella[2]	7
CAAL Racing	Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo	176	Leonardo Baccarelli[3]	4
			Luigi Ferrara[3]	4
MP Racing	Ferrari 458 Challenge	177	Corinna Gostner[3]	4
			Manuela Gostner[3]	4
		178	David Gostner[3]	4
			Thomas Gostner[3]	4
		179	"Babalus"[3]	4
			Erich Prinoth[3]	4

GT4

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Autorlando Sport	Porsche 997 GT4	209	Dario Cerati[3]	4–5, 7
			Maurizio Fondi[3]	4
			Giuseppe Ghezzi[4]	5
			Lorenzo Uttini[2]	7
Scuderia Giudici	Ginetta G50	211	Claudio Giudici[1]	1

Cayman

All entries use a Cayman GT4 Clubsport.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Ebimotors	251	Riccardo Pera[5]	2–7
	252	Gianluigi Piccioli[5]	2–6
		Marco Iannotta[5]	2–3
		Sabino De Castro[4]	5–7
CVG Motorsport	253	Federico Zangari[5]	2–5
		Matteo Zangari[5]	2–5
		Giovanni Coggiola[6]	6
		Victor Coggiola[6]	6
		Dario Baruchelli[2]	7
		Ivano Giuliani[2]	7
Krypton Motorsport	254	Riccardo Bianco[5]	2–4
		Sabino De Castro[5]	2–4
Dinamic Motorsport	256	Jonathan Cecotto Sollazzi[5]	2–7
		Niccolò Mercatali[5]	2–7
Kinetic	280	Nicola Neri[5]	2, 7
		Filippo Bellini[2]	7
	299	Camillo Paparelli[5]	2
		Mikhail Spiridonov[5]	2

Race calendar and results

All races are scheduled to be held in Italy.

Round		Circuit	Date	SuperGT3 winner	GT3 winner	SuperGTCup winner	GTCup winner	GT4 winner	Cayman winner
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	30 April	No. 8 Audi Sport Italia	No. 53 Krypton Motorsport	No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 146 Imperiale Racing	No. 211 Scuderia Giudici	No entries
				Filipe Albuquerque Marco Mapelli	Luca Pastorelli Nicola Pastorelli	Nicolas Costa Fernando Croce Gomes	Ivan Benvenuti Luca De Marchi	Claudio Giudici
	R2		1 May	No. 46 Black Bull Swiss Racing	No. 61 Cars Engineering	No. 111 GDL Racing	No. 146 Imperiale Racing	No. 211 Scuderia Giudici
				Stefano Gai Mirko Venturi	Ferdinando Monfardini Ronnie Valori	Gianluca de Lorenzi Piero Necchi	Ivan Benvenuti Luca De Marchi	Claudio Giudici
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	29 May	No. 16 Imperiale Racing	No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 104 Antonelli Motorsport	No. 160 Victoria Speed Motorsport	No entries	No. 251 Ebimotors
				Mirko Bortolotti Jeroen Mul	Andrea Gagliardini Vito Postiglione	Matteo Desideri Pietro Negra	Dario Caso Sossio Del Prete		Riccardo Pera
	R2			No. 8 Audi Sport Italia	No. 58 Audi Sport Italia	No. 111 GDL Racing	No. 171 Vago		No. 251 Ebimotors
				Filipe Albuquerque Marco Mapelli	Matías Russo Emanuele Zonzini	Gianluca de Lorenzi Piero Necchi	Enrico Di Leo "Poppy"		Riccardo Pera
3	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	12 June	No. 15 BMW Team Italia	No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 146 Imperiale Racing		No. 254 Krypton Motorsport
				Alberto Cerqui Stefano Comandini	Andrea Gagliardini Vito Postiglione	Nicolas Costa Amir Krenzia	Ivan Benvenuti Luca De Marchi		Riccardo Bianco Sabino De Castro
	R2			No. 46 Black Bull Swiss Racing	No. 58 Audi Sport Italia	No. 105 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 175 Ebimotors		No. 251 Ebimotors
				Stefano Gai Mirko Venturi	Matías Russo Emanuele Zonzini	Bar Baruch Liang Jia Tong	Nicola Benucci Tommaso Maino		Riccardo Pera
4	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	17 July	No. 25 Antonelli Motorsport	No. 72 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network	No. 108 Raton Racing	No. 179 MP Racing	No. 209 Autorlando Sport	No. 256 Dinamic Motorsport
				Riccardo Agostini Alberto Di Folco	Eddie Cheever III Federico Leo	Adrian Zaugg Antonio d'Amico	"Babalus" Erich Prinoth	Dario Cerati Maurizio Fondi	Jonathan Cecotto Sollazzi Niccolò Mercatali
	R2			No. 16 Imperiale Racing	No. 53 Krypton Motorsport	No. 104 Antonelli Motorsport	No. 155 Drive Technology Italia Srl	No. 209 Autorlando Sport	No. 251 Ebimotors
				Mirko Bortolotti Jeroen Mul	Luca Pastorelli Nicola Pastorelli	Matteo Desideri Takashi Kasai	Gianluca Carboni Davide Durante	Dario Cerati Maurizio Fondi	Riccardo Pera
5	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	11 September	No. 12 Ombra Srl	No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 112 Antonelli Motorsport	No. 146 Imperiale Racing	No. 209 Autorlando Sport	No. 251 Ebimotors
				Alex Frassineti Stefano Gattuso	Andrea Gagliardini Vito Postiglione	Leonardo Liberati Kang Ling	Ivan Benvenuti Luca De Marchi	Dario Cerati Giuseppe Ghezzi	Riccardo Pera
	R2			No. 25 Antonelli Motorsport	No. 58 Audi Sport Italia	No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 159 Master-KR Racing	No. 209 Autorlando Sport	No. 251 Ebimotors
				Riccardo Agostini Alberto Di Folco	Matías Russo Emanuele Zonzini	Nicolas Costa Yuki Nemoto	Vincenzo Sauto Mirko Zanardini	Dario Cerati Giuseppe Ghezzi	Riccardo Pera
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	25 September	No. 46 Black Bull Swiss Racing	No. 72 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network	No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 174 Ebimotors	No entries	No. 251 Ebimotors
				Stefano Gai Mirko Venturi	Eddie Cheever III Federico Leo	Nicolas Costa Yuki Nemoto	Carlo Curti Lino Curti		Riccardo Pera
	R2			No. 16 Imperiale Racing	No. 72 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network	No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 155 Drive Technology Italia Srl		No. 251 Ebimotors
				Mirko Bortolotti Jeroen Mul	Eddie Cheever III Federico Leo	Nicolas Costa Yuki Nemoto	Gianluca Carboni Davide Durante		Riccardo Pera
7	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	16 October	No. 46 Black Bull Swiss Racing	No. 91 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network	No. 104 Antonelli Motorsport	No. 155 Drive Technology Italia Srl	No. 209 Autorlando Sport	No. 252 Ebimotors
				Stefano Gai Mirko Venturi	Lorenzo Bontempelli Lorenzo Casè	Matteo Desideri Takashi Kasai	Gianluca Carboni Davide Durante	Dario Cerati Lorenzo Uttini	Sabino De Castro
	R2			No. 50 BMW Team Italia	No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 106 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 146 Imperiale Racing	No. 209 Autorlando Sport	No. 252 Ebimotors
				Alex Zanardi	Giacomo Barri Vito Postiglione	Nicolas Costa Yuki Nemoto	Ivan Benvenuti Luca De Marchi	Dario Cerati Lorenzo Uttini	Sabino De Castro

Championship standings

Only the best twelve results count towards each championship.

GT3 championship

Pos Driver MNZ IMO MIS MUG VLL IMO MUG Points Super GT3 1 Stefano Gai Mirko Venturi 3 1 32 2 Mirko Bortolotti Jeroen Mul 2 3 27 3 Filipe Albuquerque Marco Mapelli 1 11 22 4 Riccardo Agostini Alberto Di Folco 7 2 19 5 Lorenzo Bontempelli Francesca Linossi 5 6 12 6 Stefano Pezzucchi Giovanni Venturini 8 4 11 7 Alberto Cerqui Stefano Comandini 4 14 9 8 Ferdinando Geri Daniel Mancinelli 11 5 9 9 Massimiliano Mugelli Francesco Sini 6 7 9 10 Alex Frassineti Stefano Gattuso Ret 10 3 GT3 1 Luca Pastorelli Nicola Pastorelli 9 9 35 2 Ferdinando Monfardini Ronnie Valori 13 8 28 3 Alessandro Baccani Paolo Venerosi 10 12 27 4 Marco Galassi 12 13 20 Eddie Cheever III Federico Leo Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver MNZ IMO MIS MUG VLL IMO MUG Points

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) <span style="font-size:

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GTCup championship

Pos	Driver	MNZ		IMO		MIS		MUG		VLL		IMO		MUG		Points
Super GTCup
1	Nicolas Costa Fernando Croce Gomes	1	5													27
2	Lorenzo Casè Massimo Mantovani	2	4													23
3	Gianluca de Lorenzi Piero Necchi	Ret	1													20
4	Andrea D'Amico Adrian Zaugg	7	2													19
5	Bar Baruch Liang Jia Tong	6	3													17
6	Marco Magli Mikhail Spiridonov	4	6													13
7	Matteo Desideri Takashi Kasai	3	Ret													12
8	Angelo Fabrizio Comi Roberto Tanca	4	8													11
9	Omar Galbiati Simone Sartori	10	11													6
GTCup
1	Ivan Benvenuti Luca De Marchi	8	7													40
2	Nicola Benucci Tommaso Maino	11	9													27
3	Vincenzo Sauto Mirko Zanardini	9	13													22
4	Carlo Curti Lino Curti	12	10													20
5	Mauro Deodati Emanuele Romani	Ret	12													8
6	Gianni Giudici	14	DNS													7
7	Gianluca Carboni "Magister"	Ret	12													5
	Dario Caso Sossio Del Prete	DNS	DNS													5
GT4
1	Claudio Giudici	13	14													40
Pos	Driver	MNZ		IMO		MIS		MUG		VLL		IMO		MUG		Points

References

External links

• Official website