Audi Sport TT Cup 2016

The Audi Sport TT Cup 2016 was the second season of the Audi Sport TT Cup . The first run took place on May 7, 2016 at the Hockenheimring , the season finale there on October 16, 2016 as well. A total of 14 races were held this season in Germany, the Netherlands and Hungary.

The overall winner was Joonas Lappalainen from Finland with 282 points.

Starting field

The following drivers and guest drivers started the season.

No.	driver	Race weekend
2	Kevin Strohschänk	1-5
3	Gosia Rdest	all
4th	Joonas Lappalainen	all
5	Nicklas Nielsen	all
6th	Pavel Lefterov	1-5
7th	Christoph Hofbauer	1-2, 5-7
11	Max Hofer	all
12	Simon Larsson	all
14th	Josh Caygill	all
23	Philip Ellis	all
27	Dennis Marshal	all
31	Sheldon van der Linde	all
33	Emil Lindholm	all
42	Patrick Egsgaard	all
76	Paul Holton	1-5, 7
91	Yves Meyer	all
Guest driver
93	Michael Waldherr	7th
94	Zaid Ashkanani	3
	Drew Ridge	7th
95	Edy Saaiby	3
	Bernhard van Oranje	4th
	Simon Evans	5
	Milan Dontje	6-7
96	Andreas Mikkelsen	1
	Miriam Höller	2
	Michael Henke	3
	Adrien Théaux	4th
	Benedikt Mayr	5
	Chaz Davies	6th
	Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht	7th
97	Scott Speed	1
	Heinz Müller	2
	Marcos Martínez Ucha	3
	Peter Fill	4th
	Tayfun Baydar	5
	Javier Forés	6th
	Timothy Burton	7th
98	Mathieu Sentis	1
	Richard Meaden	2
	Atle Gulbrandsen	3
	Xavier Daffe	4th
	Robert Koistinen	5
	Jörg Petersen	6th
	Flemming Haslund	7th
99	Jakub Rejlek	1
	Sönke Brederlow	2
	Lucas di Grassi	3
	Allard Kalff	4th
	Gábor Telek	6th
	Jesse Adams	7th

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner
1	Run 1	Hockenheimring	May 7th	Dennis Marshal	Sheldon van der Linde	Sheldon van der Linde
	Run 2		8th of May	Dennis Marshal	Sheldon van der Linde	Sheldon van der Linde
2	Run 1	Nürburgring	May 27th	Dennis Marshal	Dennis Marshal	Dennis Marshal
	Run 2		28th of May	Sheldon van der Linde	Dennis Marshal	Sheldon van der Linde
3	Run 1	Norisring	25th June	Dennis Marshal	Dennis Marshal 1	Dennis Marshal
	Run 2		June 26th	Dennis Marshal	Paul Holton 2	Joonas Lappalainen 3
4th	Run 1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	16th of July	Nicklas Nielsen	Dennis Marshal	Nicklas Nielsen
	Run 2		17th July	Sheldon van der Linde	Sheldon van der Linde	Sheldon van der Linde
5	Run 1	Nürburgring	September 10	Sheldon van der Linde	Joonas Lappalainen	Joonas Lappalainen
	Run 2		September 11	Sheldon van der Linde	Joonas Lappalainen	Joonas Lappalainen
6th	Run 1	Hungaroring	September 24th	Dennis Marshal	Dennis Marshal	Dennis Marshal
	Run 2		25th of September	Dennis Marshal	Dennis Marshal	Dennis Marshal
7th	Run 1	Hockenheimring	15th October	Joonas Lappalainen	Sheldon van der Linde	Joonas Lappalainen
	Run 2		October, 16th	Dennis Marshal	Nicklas Nielsen	Dennis Marshal

¹ fastest lap by guest driver Lucas di Grassi.
² Fastest lap by guest driver Lucas di Grassi.
³ Victory by guest driver Lucas di Grassi.

Championship results

Point system

Points are awarded to the first 18 classified drivers in the following number:

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

Driver ranking

space driver HOC ONLY NOR ZAN ONLY HUN HOC Points 1 Joonas Lappalainen 3 4th 2 3 3 2 5 5 1 1 2 2 1 3 282 2 Dennis Marshal 2 5 1 2 1 4th 3 4th 5 13 1 1 5 1 269 3 Nicklas Nielsen 10 2 6th 4th 8th 6th 1 2 6th 2 3 7th 2 2 238 4th Sheldon van der Linde 1 1 7th 1 4th DNF 2 1 8th DNF 4th 3 3 4th 231 5 Emil Lindholm 12 7th 4th 5 5 3 6th 7th 2 DNF DNF 5 4th 7th 177 6th Philip Ellis 14th 9 5 6th 6th 8th 4th 6th 4th 3 5 4th 19th DNF 170 7th Max Hofer 8th 8th 19th 7th 9 10 7th 3 DNF 4th 6th 8th 7th 6th 156 8th Gosia Rdest 6th 10 8th 12 DNF 5 8th 9 3 5 8th 12 9 10 149 9 Christoph Hofbauer 6th 3 3 8th 6th DNF 7th 6th 6th 9 125 10 Josh Caygill 5 6th 9 9 DNF 11 12 10 15th 7th 9 9 18th DNF 117 11 Patrick Egsgaard DNF 13 15th 10 DNF 9 9 8th 11 10 DNF 11 10 11 100 12 Simon Larsson 15th 15th 12 11 12 14th DNF 12 12 9 12 14th 11 DNF 96 13 Yves Meyer DNF 18th 14th 13 11 DNS DNF DNS 10 6th 11 16 12 13 81 14th Paul Holton 11 12 10 18th DNF 7th 10 16 DNF DNF DNF 8th 70 15th Kevin Strohschänk 16 20th 18th DNF 13 13 15th 15th 13 11 58 16 Pavel Lefterov DNF 16 11 14th DNF 16 11 13 DNF DNS 39 Guest drivers without championship points evaluation Lucas di Grassi 2 1 0 Scott Speed 7th 11 0 Zaid Ashkanani 7th 12 0 Simon Evans 7th 8th 0 Andreas Mikkelsen 9 17th 0 Milan Dontje 10 10 8th 5 0 Marcos Martínez Ucha 10 DNF 0 Robert Koistinen 14th 12 0 Michael Waldherr 14th 12 0 Allard Kalff 13 11 0 Mathieu Sentis 13 14th 0 Gábor Telek 14th 13 0 Javier Forés 13 15th 0 Jesse Adams 13 15th 0 Richard Meaden 13 17th 0 Bernhard van Oranje 14th 14th 0 Edy Saaiby 14th 15th 0 Drew Ridge 15th 14th 0 Tayfun Baydar DNF 14th 0 Jörg Petersen 15th 17th 0 Sönke Brederlow 17th 15th 0 Heinz Müller 16 16 0 Flemming Haslund 16 17th 0 Timothy Burton 17th 16 0 Adrien Théaux 16 19th 0 Benedikt Mayr 16 DNF 0 Peter Fill 17th 18th 0 Michael Henke DNS 17th 0 Xavier Daffe DNF 17th 0 Jakub Rejlek DNF 19th 0 Miriam Höller 20th DNS 0 Chaz Davies DNF DNF 0 Atle Gulbrandsen DNF DNS 0 Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht DNQ DNQ 0 space driver HOC ONLY NOR ZAN ONLY HUN HOC Points

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Audi Media Center - website: Audi Sport TT Cup with two additional races. From: www.audi-mediacenter.com , January 22, 2016, accessed July 3, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Audi Media Center - website: Audi Sport Factbook 2016. At: www.audi-mediacenter.com , May 2, 2016, accessed on July 4, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Audi Media Center - website: Audi Sport TT Cup before the start of the second season. From: www.audi-mediacenter.com , March 7, 2016, accessed July 3, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Audi Media Center - website: Spotter Guide Audi Sport TT Cup 01/2016 - Hockenheim. From: www.audi-mediacenter.com , May 4, 2016, accessed July 4, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Audi Media Center - website: Spotter Guide Audi Sport TT Cup 02/2016 - Nürburgring. From: www.audi-mediacenter.com , May 24, 2016, accessed July 4, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Audi Media Center - website: Spotter Guide Audi Sport TT Cup 03/2016 - Norisring. From: www.audi-mediacenter.com , June 24, 2016, accessed July 4, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Audi Media Center - website: Spotter Guide Audi Sport TT Cup 04/2016 - Zandvoort. From: www.audi-mediacenter.com , July 13, 2016, accessed July 4, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Audi Media Center - website: Spotter Guide Audi Sport TT Cup 05/2016 - Nürburgring. From: www.audi-mediacenter.com , September 9, 2016, accessed July 4, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Audi Media Center - website: Spotter Guide Audi Sport TT Cup 06/2016 - Budapest. From: www.audi-mediacenter.com , September 23, 2016, accessed July 4, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Audi Media Center - website: Spotter Guide Audi Sport TT Cup 07/2016 - Hockenheim final. From: www.audi-mediacenter.com , October 14, 2016, accessed July 4, 2018 .