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
editHankook is the official tyre supplier.
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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TCR Class | ||||
Baporo Motorsport[1] | SEAT León Cup Racer[1] | 2 | António Cabral[1] | 1–3, 5 |
José Cabral[1] | 1–3, 5 | |||
Target Competition | Honda Civic TCR | 3 | Jürgen Schmarl | 5 |
Gosia Rdest | 5 | |||
Team Novadriver[2] | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[2] | 11 | Francisco Abreu[3] | All |
Manuel Gião[3] | All | |||
Veloso Motorsport[4] | SEAT León Cup Racer[4] | 16 | Nuno Batista[3] | All |
Francisco Carvalho[4] | All | |||
SEAT León TCR | 26 | Francisco Mora[3] | All | |
DG Sport Compétition | Opel Astra TCR | 23 | Pierre-Yves Corthals | 4 |
Frédéric Caprasse | 4 | |||
Ventilações Moura Laser[5] | SEAT León Cup Racer[6] | 24 | João Baptista[6] | 1 |
Gustavo Moura[6] | 1, 4 | |||
Opel Astra TCR[5] | João Baptista[5] | 2 | ||
Gustavo Moura[5] | 2 | |||
Honda Civic TCR | 5 | |||
Speedy Motorsport[5] | SEAT León Cup Racer[4] | 25 | Rafael Lobato[3] | All |
César Machado[3] | All | |||
GEN Motorsport[3] | Honda Civic TCR[5] | 27 | José Rodrigues[3] | All |
LMS Racing | SEAT León TCR | 28 | Antti Buri | 4 |
TCC Class | ||||
Tiago Ribeiro[1] | Volkswagen Golf[1] | 31 | Luís Carneiro[1] | All |
Tiago Ribeiro[1] | All | |||
Vettra Motorsport[1] | SEAT León Supercopa[1] | 44 | Rui Dinis[1] | 1–3 |
Paulo Ribeiro[1] | 1 | |||
Valter Dinis | 2–3 | |||
JCGroup Racing Team[1] | SEAT León Mk2[1] | 50 | José Correia[1] | 1 |
Ricardo Gomes[1] | 1 |
Calendar and results
editThe 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.[7] 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.
Championship standings
editDrivers' Championship
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Braga Entry List" (PDF). fpak.pt. 13 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Team Novadriver com Golf" [Team Novadriver with Golf]. Velocidadeonline.com (in Portuguese). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Nacional de Velocidade arranca em Braga" [Nacional de Velocidade starts in Braga]. fpak.pt (in Portuguese). 10 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d Pereira, Carlos (25 February 2016). "CNV: Veloso Motorsport confirma 2 Seat Leon TCR para temporada 2016" [CNV: Veloso Motorsport confirms 2 Seat Leon TCR for the 2016 season]. multidesportos.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Opel Astra TCR reforça Nacional de Velocidade" [Opel Astra TCR reinforces Nacional de Velocidade]. autoportal.iol.pt (in Portuguese). 7 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ a b c "Ventilações Moura Laser com SEAT em vez de Opel em Braga" [Ventilações Moura Laser with SEAT instead of Opel in Braga]. autosport.pt (in Portuguese). 13 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Calendários Campeonatos Nacionais Provisórios para 2016" [2016 national championships' provisional calendars] (PDF). fpak.pt (in Portuguese). 3 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.