World Touring Car Championship 2016

The World Touring Car Championship in 2016 (officially FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2016 , shortly WTCC) was the 13th season of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and the twelfth since the resumption of the series of 2005.

Teams and drivers

team	vehicle	No.	driver	Race weekend
LADA Sport Rosneft	LADA Vesta WTCC	02	Gabriele Tarquini	1-11
		07th	Hugo Valente	1-11
		10	Nicky Catsburg	1-11
Sébastien Loeb Racing	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	03	Tom Chilton	1-11
		11	Grégoire Demoustier	1-11
		25th	Mehdi Bennani	1-11
Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda Civic WTCC	05	Norbert Michelisz	1-11
		12	Rob Huff	1-11
		18th	Tiago Monteiro	1-11
		34	Ryō Michigami	9
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	08th	Sabine Schmitz	5
		15th	James Thompson	2, 4, 6-11
		77	René Münnich	1, 3
ROAL motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	09	Tom Coronel	1-11
Campos Racing	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	27	John Filippi	1-11
		86	Esteban Guerrieri	8th
Citroën Racing	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	37	José María López	1-11
		68	Yvan Muller	1-11
Zengõ Motorsport	Honda Civic WTCC	55	Ferenc Ficza	1-11
		99	Daniel Nagy	1-11
Polestar Cyan Racing	Volvo S60 TC1	61	Fredrik Ekblom	1-6, 10
		62	Thed Bjork	1-11
		63	Robert Dahlgren	7, 8, 11
		81	Nestor Girolami	9
NIKA Racing	Honda Civic WTCC	89	John Bryant-Meisner	1-11

Compensation weight

Distribution of additional weights	Average time distance to the reference vehicle *
	0.0s	+ 0.1s	+ 0.2s	+ 0.3s	+ 0.4s	+ 0.5s	+ 0.6s	+ 0.7s	> + 0.8s	Max	min
	+80 kg	+70 kg	+60 kg	+50 kg	+40 kg	+30 kg	+20 kg	+10 kg	± 0kg	+80 kg	± 0kg
	* Based on the previous 3 events

vehicle	FRA	SVK	HUN	MAR	GER	RUS	POR	ARG	JPN	CHN	QAT
Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg	+80 kg
Honda Civic WTCC	0 kg	0 kg	+70 kg	+40 kg	+40 kg	+30 kg	+60 kg	+60 kg	+80 kg	+60 kg	+30 kg
Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	+10 kg	0 kg	+10 kg	0 kg	0 kg
Lada Vesta WTCC	0 kg	0 kg	+50 kg	+30 kg	+40 kg	+20 kg	+70 kg	+50 kg	+50 kg	0 kg	0 kg
Volvo S60 Polestar TC1	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg

Racing calendar

The racing calendar includes 11 events with two races each. There shouldn't be any changes in the events compared to last year, but the race in Buriram was canceled during the season .

No.		date	Race name / place	winner	Second	Third
01	01	03rd of April	Race of France ( Le Castellet )	Rob Huff	Mehdi Bennani	Norbert Michelisz
	02			José María López	Tiago Monteiro	Norbert Michelisz
02	03	17th April	Race of Slovakia ( Orechová Potôň )	Tiago Monteiro	Mehdi Bennani	Rob Huff
	04th			José María López	Tiago Monteiro	Nicky Catsburg
03	05	April 24th	Race of Hungary ( Mogyoród )	Mehdi Bennani	Tom Chilton	Nicky Catsburg
	06th			José María López	Yvan Muller	Tiago Monteiro
04th	07th	08th of May	Race of Morocco ( Marrakech )	Tom Coronel	José María López	Yvan Muller
	08th			José María López	Yvan Muller	Gabriele Tarquini
05	09	28th of May	Race of Germany ( Nürburg )	José María López	Tom Chilton	Norbert Michelisz
	10			José María López	Norbert Michelisz	Tom Chilton
06th	11	June 12	Race of Russia ( Wolokolamsk )	Gabriele Tarquini	Nicky Catsburg	Yvan Muller
	12			Nicky Catsburg	Gabriele Tarquini	Norbert Michelisz
07th	13	June 26th	Race of Portugal ( Vila Real )	Tom Coronel	Tom Chilton	Nicky Catsburg
	14th			Tiago Monteiro	Yvan Muller	Norbert Michelisz
08th	15th	0August 7th	Race of Argentina ( Río Hondo )	Tom Chilton	Rob Huff	Yvan Muller
	16			José María López	Tom Coronel	Rob Huff
09	17th	0September 4th	Race of Japan ( Motegi )	Norbert Michelisz	Rob Huff	Tiago Monteiro
	18th			Yvan Muller	José María López	Tiago Monteiro
10	19th	25th of September	Race of China ( Shanghai )	Thed Bjork	Norbert Michelisz	Yvan Muller
	20th			José María López	Yvan Muller	Mehdi Bennani
11	21st	25. November	Race of Qatar ( Doha )	Gabriele Tarquini	Tom Chilton	Rob Huff
	22nd			Mehdi Bennani	Thed Bjork	José María López

World championship stands

Driver ranking

The driver who has accumulated the most points in the drivers' standings by the end of the season will be world champion. When distributing points for the drivers' ranking, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top ten drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

In addition, points were awarded to the first five pilots for qualifying according to the 5-4-3-2-1 scheme.

Item	driver	FRA		SVK		HUN		MAR		GER		RUS		POR		ARG		JPN		CHN		QAT		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
01	J. López	6th	1 1	5	1 3	13	1 1	2	1 1	1	1 1	5	8th	5	5 5	5	1 1	4th	2 1	4th	1 1	9	3 3	381
02	Y. Muller	13	4 3	7th	5 1	12	2	3	2 3	DNF	DNS 2	3	11	9	2 2	3	5 4	5	1 2	3	2 3	4th	6 4	257
03	T. Monteiro	4th	2 2	1	2	11	3 4	DSQ	DSQ	DNF	DNS	6th	5	10	1 1	4th	4th	3	3 4	10	8th	DNF	5	214
04th	N. Michelisz	3	3	6th	4 4	DNS	10	DSQ	DSQ	3	2 4	10	3 5	8th	3 3	6th	8 2	1	8th	2	11	5	4 5	213
05	M. Bennani	2	8th	2	6th	1	8th	6th	5	5	5	9	10	4th	8th	8th	7th	15th	4 3	11	3 4	16	1 1	206
06th	R. Huff	1	6th	3	14 * 5	10	6 3	DSQ	DSQ	4th	4th	7th	4th	6th	4 4	2	3	2	9	9	13	3	8th	199
07th	N. Catsburg	8th	5 5	10	3 2	3	13	DNF	7 2	9	6th	2	1 1	3	7th	13	12	7th	11	5	4 2	8th	14th	175
08th	T. Chilton	11	9	8th	7th	2	5	5	DSQ	2	3 5	14th	16	2	10	1	9	8th	6 5	DNF	9	2	DNF	163
09	G. Tarquini	DNF	DNF	4th	13	5	DNF	4th	3	7th	9	1	2 2	12	13	14th	13	10	10	16 *	5	1	7th	147
10	T. Björk	7th	DNF	DSQ	DSQ	15th	4 5	9	10 5	DNF	8th	DNF	15th	7th	6th	11	14th	6th	7th	1	7 5	6th	2 2	117
11	T. Coronel	9	11 4	14th	9	14th	7 2	1	8 4	DNF	DNS 3	12	DNF	1	16	7th	2 3	17th	14th	7th	10	12	9	111
12	H. Valente	5	7th	11	DNF	6th	9	DNF	4th	6th	10	4th	7 3	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	6th	12	DNF	DNF	78
13	F. Ekblom	NC	10	9	8th	4th	11	7th	11	8th	7th	13	12							8th	6th			47
14th	J. Thompson			15th	11			DNF	6th			8th	6 4	11	11	9	11	12	12	12	14th	10	10	26th
15th	N. Girolami																	9	5					12
16	G. Demoustier	10	13	12	12	7th	DNF	8th	DNF	11	14th	16	13	16	12	12	15th	16	15th	13	17th	15th	12	11
17th	E. Guerrieri															DNF	6 5							9
18th	J. Filippi	12	12	13	10	8th	12	DNF	9	DNF	12	11	14th	15th	14th	10	10	13	16	DNF	15th	14th	13	9
19th	R. Dahlgren													13	DNF	16	16					7th	DNF	6th
20th	F. Ficza	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNS	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	12	13	15th	9	14th	15th	WD	WD	NC	18th	14th	16	13	11	2
21st	R. Münnich	14th	DNF			9	14th																	2
22nd	S. Schmitz									10	11													1
-	R. Michigami																	11	17th					0
-	D. Nagy	DNP	DNP	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	17th	DNF	15th	17th	14th	19th	15th	18th	11	15th	0
-	J. Bryant-Meisner	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	0
Item	driver	FRA		SVK		HUN		MAR		GER		RUS		POR		ARG		JPN		CHN		QAT		Points

Legend

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

• ¹ : first in qualifying, ² : second in qualifying, ...

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Lada confirms its 2016 WTCC driver line-up. touringcartimes.com, February 2, 2016, accessed March 6, 2016 . 
2. ^ Neil Hudson: Tom Chilton signs with Sébastien Loeb Racing for 2016 WTCC. touringcartimes.com, February 4, 2016, accessed March 6, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Neil Hudson: Grégoire Demoustier joins Sébastien Loeb Racing for 2016. touringcartimes.com, December 3, 2015, accessed on March 6, 2016 (English). 
4. ↑ Pietro Casillo: Sébastien Loeb Racing could run three cars in 2016. touringcartimes.com, November 25, 2015, accessed on March 6, 2016 (English). 
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Neil Hudson: Honda sign Rob Huff, Tiago Monteiro & Norbert Michelisz for 2016. touringcartimes.com, January 13, 2016, accessed on March 6, 2016 (English). 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Neil Hudson: 20-car entry announced for the 2016 World Touring Car Championship season. touringcartimes.com, March 2, 2016, accessed March 6, 2016 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Neil Hudson: Citroën to finish its WTCC program at the end of 2016. touringcartimes.com, November 19, 2015, accessed on March 6, 2016 (English). 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Neil Hudson: Thed Björk and Fredrik Ekblom confirmed as Volvo drivers for 2016. touringcartimes.com, December 14, 2015, accessed on March 6, 2016 (English). 
9. ↑ WTCC 2016 calendar adjusted. (No longer available online.) Fiawtcc.com, February 9, 2016, archived from the original on March 6, 2016 ; accessed on March 6, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Official website of the World Touring Car Championship