2016 Audi Sport TT Cup

The 2016 Audi Sport TT Cup was the second season of the Audi Sport TT Cup. It began on 7 May at Hockenheim and finished on 16 October at Hockenheim after seven double-header meetings,[1] all of which are support events for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and 24 Hours Nürburgring.[1]

Entry list

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On 7 March 2016, 14 out of 20 drivers were announced.[2]

No. Drivers Rounds
2 Germany Kevin Strohschänk 1–5
3 Poland Gosia Rdest All
4 Finland Joonas Lappalainen All
5 Denmark Nicklas Nielsen All
6 Bulgaria Pavel Lefterov 1–5
7 Germany Christoph Hofbauer 1–2, 5–7
11 Austria Max Hofer All
12 Sweden Simon Larsson All
14 United Kingdom Josh Caygill All
23 United Kingdom Philip Ellis All
27 Germany Dennis Marschall All
31 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde All
33 Finland Emil Lindholm All
42 Denmark Patrick Egsgaard All
76 United States Paul Holton 1–5, 7
91 Switzerland Yves Meyer All
Guest drivers
93 Germany Michael Waldherr 7
94 Kuwait Zaid Ashkanani 3
Kuwait Drew Ridge 7
95 Lebanon Edy Saaiby 3
Netherlands Bernhard van Oranje 4
New Zealand Simon Evans 5
Netherlands Milan Dontje 6–7
96 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 1
Germany Miriam Höller 2
Germany Michael Henke 3
France Adrien Théaux 4
Germany Benedikt Mayr 5
United Kingdom Chaz Davies 6
Germany Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht 7
97 United States Scott Speed 1
Germany Heinz Müller 2
Spain Marcos Martínez 3
Italy Peter Fill 4
Germany Tayfun Baydar 5
Spain Xavi Forés 6
United Kingdom Timothy Burton 7
98 France Mathieu Sentis 1
United Kingdom Richard Meaden 2
Norway Atle Gulbrandsen 3
Belgium Xavier Daffe 4
Finland Robert Koistinen 5
Germany Jörg Petersen 6
Denmark Flemming Haslund 7
99 Czech Republic Jakub Rejlek 1
Germany Sönke Brederlow 2
Brazil Lucas di Grassi 3
Netherlands Allard Kalff 4
Hungary Gábor Telek 6
South Africa Jesse Adams 7

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 R1 Germany Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 7 May Germany Dennis Marschall South Africa Sheldon van der Linde South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
R2 8 May Germany Dennis Marschall South Africa Sheldon van der Linde South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
2 R1 Germany Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate
(Grand Prix Circuit) 		27 May Germany Dennis Marschall Germany Dennis Marschall Germany Dennis Marschall
R2 28 May South Africa Sheldon van der Linde Germany Dennis Marschall South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
3 R1 Germany Norisring, Nuremberg 25 June Germany Dennis Marschall Germany Dennis Marschall[N 1] Germany Dennis Marschall
R2 26 June Germany Dennis Marschall United States Paul Holton[N 1] Finland Joonas Lappalainen[N 2]
4 R1 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland 16 July Denmark Nicklas Nielsen Germany Dennis Marschall Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
R2 17 July South Africa Sheldon van der Linde South Africa Sheldon van der Linde South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
5 R1 Germany Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate 10 September South Africa Sheldon van der Linde Finland Joonas Lappalainen Finland Joonas Lappalainen
R2 11 September South Africa Sheldon van der Linde Finland Joonas Lappalainen Finland Joonas Lappalainen
6 R1 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 24 September Germany Dennis Marschall Germany Dennis Marschall Germany Dennis Marschall
R2 25 September Germany Dennis Marschall Germany Dennis Marschall Germany Dennis Marschall
7 R1 Germany Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 15 October Finland Joonas Lappalainen South Africa Sheldon van der Linde Finland Joonas Lappalainen
R2 16 October Germany Dennis Marschall Denmark Nicklas Nielsen Germany Dennis Marschall

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Actual fastest lap achieved by guest driver Lucas di Grassi.
  2. ^ Actual victory achieved by guest driver Lucas di Grassi.

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top eighteen classified finishers as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th 
Points 25 21 18 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver HOC
Germany 		NÜR
Germany 		NOR
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		NÜR
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		HOC
Germany 		Points
1 Finland Joonas Lappalainen 3 4 2 3 3 2 5 5 1 1 2 2 1 3 282
2 Germany Dennis Marschall 2 5 1 2 1 4 3 4 5 13 1 1 5 1 269
3 Denmark Nicklas Nielsen 10 2 6 4 8 6 1 2 6 2 3 7 2 2 238
4 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde 1 1 7 1 4 Ret 2 1 8 Ret 4 3 3 4 231
5 Finland Emil Lindholm 12 7 4 5 5 3 6 7 2 Ret Ret 5 4 7 177
6 United Kingdom Philip Ellis 14 9 5 6 6 8 4 6 4 3 5 4 19 Ret 170
7 Austria Max Hofer 8 8 19 7 9 10 7 3 Ret 4 6 8 7 6 156
8 Poland Gosia Rdest 6 10 8 12 Ret 5 8 9 3 5 8 12 9 10 149
9 Germany Christoph Hofbauer 6 3 3 8 6 Ret 7 6 6 9 125
10 United Kingdom Josh Caygill 5 6 9 9 Ret 11 12 10 15 7 9 9 18 Ret 117
11 Denmark Patrick Egsgaard Ret 13 15 10 Ret 9 9 8 11 10 Ret 11 10 11 100
12 Sweden Simon Larsson 15 15 12 11 12 14 Ret 12 12 9 12 14 11 Ret 96
13 Switzerland Yves Meyer Ret 18 14 13 11 DNS Ret DNS 10 6 11 16 12 13 81
14 United States Paul Holton 11 12 10 18 Ret 7 10 16 Ret Ret Ret 8 70
15 Germany Kevin Strohschänk 16 20 18 Ret 13 13 15 15 13 11 58
16 Bulgaria Pavel Lefterov Ret 16 11 14 Ret 16 11 13 Ret DNS 39
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
Brazil Lucas di Grassi 2 1 0
United States Scott Speed 7 11 0
Kuwait Zaid Ashkanani 7 12 0
New Zealand Simon Evans 7 8 0
Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 9 17 0
Netherlands Milan Dontje 10 10 8 5 0
Spain Marcos Martínez 10 Ret 0
Finland Robert Koistinen 14 12 0
Germany Michael Waldherr 14 12 0
Netherlands Allard Kalff 13 11 0
France Mathieu Sentis 13 14 0
Hungary Gábor Telek 14 13 0
Spain Xavi Forés 13 15 0
South Africa Jesse Adams 13 15 0
United Kingdom Richard Meaden 13 17 0
Netherlands Bernhard van Oranje 14 14 0
Lebanon Edy Saaiby 14 15 0
Australia Drew Ridge 15 14 0
Germany Tayfun Baydar Ret 14 0
Germany Jörg Petersen 15 17 0
Germany Sönke Brederlow 17 15 0
Germany Heinz Müller 16 16 0
Denmark Flemming Haslund 16 17 0
United Kingdom Timothy Burton 17 16 0
France Adrien Théaux 16 19 0
Germany Benedikt Mayr 16 Ret 0
Italy Peter Fill 17 18 0
Germany Michael Henke DNS 17 0
Belgium Xavier Daffe Ret 17 0
Czech Republic Jakub Rejlek Ret 19 0
Germany Miriam Höller 20 DNS 0
United Kingdom Chaz Davies Ret Ret 0
Norway Atle Gulbrandsen Ret DNS 0
Germany Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht DNQ DNQ 0
Pos. Driver HOC
Germany 		NÜR
Germany 		NOR
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		NÜR
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		HOC
Germany 		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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  1. ^ a b "Audi Sport TT Cup with two additional races". Audi Mediacenter. Audi. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Audi Sport TT Cup before start of second season". Audi Mediacenter. Audi. 7 March 2016.
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