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]

2016 Audi Sport TT Cup
Previous: 2015 Next: 2017
Parent series:
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
DTM Support series:
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
FIA European Formula 3

Entry list

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

No. Drivers Rounds
2 Kevin Strohschänk 1–5
3 Gosia Rdest All
4 Joonas Lappalainen All
5 Nicklas Nielsen All
6 Pavel Lefterov 1–5
7 Christoph Hofbauer 1–2, 5–7
11 Max Hofer All
12 Simon Larsson All
14 Josh Caygill All
23 Philip Ellis All
27 Dennis Marschall 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 drivers
93 Michael Waldherr 7
94 Zaid Ashkanani 3
Drew Ridge 7
95 Edy Saaiby 3
Bernhard van Oranje 4
Simon Evans 5
Milan Dontje 6–7
96 Andreas Mikkelsen 1
Miriam Höller 2
Michael Henke 3
Adrien Théaux 4
Benedikt Mayr 5
Chaz Davies 6
Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht 7
97 Scott Speed 1
Heinz Müller 2
Marcos Martínez 3
Peter Fill 4
Tayfun Baydar 5
Xavi Forés 6
Timothy Burton 7
98 Mathieu Sentis 1
Richard Meaden 2
Atle Gulbrandsen 3
Xavier Daffe 4
Robert Koistinen 5
Jörg Petersen 6
Flemming Haslund 7
99 Jakub Rejlek 1
Sönke Brederlow 2
Lucas di Grassi 3
Allard Kalff 4
Gábor Telek 6
Jesse Adams 7

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

Footnotes
  1. Actual fastest lap achieved by guest driver Lucas di Grassi.
  2. Actual victory achieved by guest driver Lucas di Grassi.

Championship standings
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
Pos. Driver HOC
 NÜR
 NOR
 ZAN
 NÜR
 HUN
 HOC
 Points
1 Joonas Lappalainen 3 4 2 3 3 2 5 5 1 1 2 2 1 3 282
2 Dennis Marschall 2 5 1 2 1 4 3 4 5 13 1 1 5 1 269
3 Nicklas Nielsen 10 2 6 4 8 6 1 2 6 2 3 7 2 2 238
4 Sheldon van der Linde 1 1 7 1 4 Ret 2 1 8 Ret 4 3 3 4 231
5 Emil Lindholm 12 7 4 5 5 3 6 7 2 Ret Ret 5 4 7 177
6 Philip Ellis 14 9 5 6 6 8 4 6 4 3 5 4 19 Ret 170
7 Max Hofer 8 8 19 7 9 10 7 3 Ret 4 6 8 7 6 156
8 Gosia Rdest 6 10 8 12 Ret 5 8 9 3 5 8 12 9 10 149
9 Christoph Hofbauer 6 3 3 8 6 Ret 7 6 6 9 125
10 Josh Caygill 5 6 9 9 Ret 11 12 10 15 7 9 9 18 Ret 117
11 Patrick Egsgaard Ret 13 15 10 Ret 9 9 8 11 10 Ret 11 10 11 100
12 Simon Larsson 15 15 12 11 12 14 Ret 12 12 9 12 14 11 Ret 96
13 Yves Meyer Ret 18 14 13 11 DNS Ret DNS 10 6 11 16 12 13 81
14 Paul Holton 11 12 10 18 Ret 7 10 16 Ret Ret Ret 8 70
15 Kevin Strohschänk 16 20 18 Ret 13 13 15 15 13 11 58
16 Pavel Lefterov Ret 16 11 14 Ret 16 11 13 Ret DNS 39
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
Lucas di Grassi 2 1 0
Scott Speed 7 11 0
Zaid Ashkanani 7 12 0
Simon Evans 7 8 0
Andreas Mikkelsen 9 17 0
Milan Dontje 10 10 8 5 0
Marcos Martínez 10 Ret 0
Robert Koistinen 14 12 0
Michael Waldherr 14 12 0
Allard Kalff 13 11 0
Mathieu Sentis 13 14 0
Gábor Telek 14 13 0
Xavi Forés 13 15 0
Jesse Adams 13 15 0
Richard Meaden 13 17 0
Bernhard van Oranje 14 14 0
Edy Saaiby 14 15 0
Drew Ridge 15 14 0
Tayfun Baydar Ret 14 0
Jörg Petersen 15 17 0
Sönke Brederlow 17 15 0
Heinz Müller 16 16 0
Flemming Haslund 16 17 0
Timothy Burton 17 16 0
Adrien Théaux 16 19 0
Benedikt Mayr 16 Ret 0
Peter Fill 17 18 0
Michael Henke DNS 17 0
Xavier Daffe Ret 17 0
Jakub Rejlek Ret 19 0
Miriam Höller 20 DNS 0
Chaz Davies Ret Ret 0
Atle Gulbrandsen Ret DNS 0
Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht DNQ DNQ 0
Pos. Driver HOC
 NÜR
 NOR
 ZAN
 NÜR
 HUN
 HOC
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
  1. "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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