2016 TCR Trophy Europe
# 2016 TCR Trophy Europe

The 2016 TCR Trophy Europe was the first season of the TCR Trophy Europe.

## Calendar and results

The 2016 schedule was announced on 26 February 2016. The calendar includes rounds from the Russian, Italian, Benelux, German and Portuguese TCR series.

| Rnd. | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Points | Second driver | Points | Third driver | Points | Supporting |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Smolensk Ring, Safonovo, Russia | 14–15 May | Aleksey Dudukalo | 198 | Dmitry Bragin | 196 | Nikolay Karamyshev | 188 | Russian Circuit Racing Series |
| 2 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy | 12 June | Romy Dall'Antonia Samuele Piccin | 24 | Imerio Brigliadori Vincenzo Montalbano | 23 | Alberto Viberti | 20 | Italian Touring Car Championship |
| 3 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands | 15–17 July | Stéphane Lémeret Norbert Michelisz | 84 | Kévin Balthazar Vincent Radermecker | 68 | Romain de Leval Alexis van de Poele | 56 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship |
| 4 | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 6–7 August | Josh Files | 43 | Antti Buri | 25 | Mike Halder | 22 | ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship |
| 5 | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | 19–20 August | Pierre-Yves Corthals Frédéric Caprasse | 130 | Denis Dupont Sam Dejonghe | 83 | Vincent Radermecker Olivier Cartelle | 68 | 24 Hours of Zolder TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship |
| 6 | Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | 11 September | Pierre-Yves Corthals Frédéric Caprasse | 45 | Antti Buri | 41 | Francisco Abreu Manuel Gião | 24 | Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos |
| 7 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany | 1–2 October | Steve Kirsch | 43 | Dennis Strandberg | 40 | Josh Files | 30 | ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship Formula Renault 2.0 NEC ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship |

## Championship standings

Only the best four results count towards the championship. The race classification is given by the aggregate points classification of the round.

| Pos. | Driver | SMO | MIS | ZAN | NÜR | ZOL | JER | HOC | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pierre-Yves Corthals | | | $13^{17}$ | $7^{15}$ | $1^{130}$ | $1^{45}$ | $6^{12}$ | 64 |
| 2 | Frédéric Caprasse | | | | | $1^{130}$ | $1^{45}$ | | 50 |
| 3 | Antti Buri | | | | $2^{25}$ | | $2^{41}$ | $(9^8)$ | 36 |
| 4 | Josh Files | | | | $1^{43}$ | | | $(3^{30})$ | 25 |
| 5 | Stéphane Lémeret | | | $1^{84}$ | | $(4^{56})$ | | | 25 |
| 6 | Steve Kirsch | | | | $(8^{13})$ | | | $1^{43}$ | 25 |
| 7 | Romy Dall'Antonia Samuele Piccin | | $1^{24}$ | | | | | | 25 |
| 7 | Norbert Michelisz | | | $1^{84}$ | | | | | 25 |
| 7 | Aleksey Dudukalo | $1^{198}$ | | | | | | | 25 |
| 11 | Vincent Radermecker | | | $2^{68}$ | $12^6$ | $(3^{68})$ | | | 18 |
| 12 | Sam Dejonghe Denis Dupont | | | $4^{56}$ | | $2^{83}$ | | | 18 |
| 14 | Dmitry Bragin | $2^{196}$ | | | | | | | 18 |
| 14 | Imerio Brigliadori Vincenzo Montalbano | | $2^{23}$ | | | | | | 18 |
| 14 | Dennis Strandberg | | | | | | | $2^{40}$ | 18 |
| 14 | Kévin Balthazar | | | $2^{68}$ | | | | | 18 |
| 19 | Romain de Leval Alexis van de Poele | | | $3^{64}$ | | $(4^{37})$ | | | 15 |
| 21 | Olivier Cartelle | | | | | $3^{68}$ | | | 15 |
| 21 | Francisco Abreu Manuel Gião | | | | | | $3^{24}$ | | 15 |
| 21 | Nikolay Karamyshev | $3^{188}$ | | | | | | | 15 |
| 21 | Alberto Viberti | | $3^{21}$ | | | | | | 15 |
| 21 | Mike Halder | | | | $3^{22}$ | | | | 15 |
| 27 | Marco Costamagna | | $4^{12}$ | | | | | | 12 |
| 27 | Matt Neal | | | | | $4^{56}$ | | | 12 |
| 27 | Ronny Jost | | | | | | | $4^{15}$ | 12 |
| 27 | César Machado Rafael Lobato | | | | | | $4^{21}$ | | 12 |
| 27 | Jordi Oriola | | | | $4^{22}$ | | | | 12 |
| 27 | Roman Golikov | $4^{168}$ | | | | | | | 12 |
| 34 | Francisco Mora | | | | | $9^{31}$ | $5^{18}$ | | 12 |
| 35 | Ronnie Latinne Maxime Potty | | | $5^{55}$ | | $(5^{52})$ | | | 10 |
| 37 | Irek Minnakhmetov | $5^{166}$ | | | | | | | 10 |
| 37 | Luigi Bamonte | | $5^9$ | | | | | | 10 |
| 37 | Harald Proczyk | | | | | | | $5^{14}$ | 10 |
| 37 | Mario Dablander | | | | $5^{20}$ | | | | 10 |
| 41 | Benjamin Leuchter | | | | $6^{18}$ | | | $(8^{10})$ | 8 |
| 42 | Didier van Dalen Amaury Richard | | | $(10^{32})$ | | $6^{52}$ | | | 8 |
| 44 | Lev Tolkachev | $6^{164}$ | | | | | | | 8 |
| 44 | Daniele Cappellari Fabio Fabiani Daniele Verrocchio | | $6^8$ | | | | | | 8 |
| 44 | Ghislain Cordeel Jeffrey van Hooydonk | | | $6^{53}$ | | | | | 8 |
| 44 | Francisco Carvalho Nuno Batista | | | | | | $6^{18}$ | | 8 |
| 52 | José Rodrigues | | | | | $9^{31}$ | $7^{18}$ | | 8 |
| 53 | Edouard Mondron Guillaume Mondron | | | $(9^{36})$ | | $7^{42}$ | | | 6 |
| 55 | Kai Jordan | | | | | | | $7^{13}$ | 6 |
| 55 | Pavel Yashin | $7^{162}$ | | | | | | | 6 |
| 55 | Olivier Hart Loris Hezemans | | | $7^{43}$ | | | | | 6 |
| 59 | Renaud Kuppens Benjamin Lessennes | | | $8^{38}$ | | $10^{24}$ | | | 4 |
| 61 | Marat Sharapov | $8^{72}$ | | | | | | | 4 |
| 61 | Gustavo Moura | | | | | | $8^{12}$ | | 4 |
| 63 | Pascal Eberle | | | | $9^{11}$ | | | | 2 |
| 63 | Lukas Niedertscheider | | | | | | | $9^8$ | 2 |
| 65 | Jürgen Schmarl | | | | $10^{10}$ | | | | 1 |
| Pos. | Driver | SMO | MIS | ZAN | NÜR | ZOL | JER | HOC | Pts. |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
