2016 Ferrari Challenge Europe

The 2016 Ferrari Challenge – Europe is the 23rd season of Ferrari Challenge Europe and its predecessor, Ferrari Challenge Italy. The season consisted of 7 rounds, starting at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on April 2 and ending at the Daytona International Speedway on December 3.[1]

Calendar

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Rnd. Circuit Dates Map
1   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza April 2–3
2   Mugello Circuit April 30–May 1
3   Circuit de la Sarthe June 18
4   Sochi Autodrom July 30–31
5   Hockenheimring September 10–11
6   Circuito de Jerez October 8–9
7   Daytona International Speedway December 2–3

Entry list

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All teams and drivers used the Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo fitted with Pirelli tyres.

Trofeo Pirelli

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Team No. Driver Class Rounds
  Octane126 1   Björn Grossmann Pro All
42   Galip Atar Pro-Am 1, 5
67   James Fischer Pro-Am 1
68   Fabio Leimer Pro 4–5, 7
  Motor Service 3   Aleksey Basov Pro 4
26   Cedric Mezard Pro-Am 7
39   Vladimir Atoev Pro-Am 4, 6–7
58   Hui-Lin Han Pro-Am 5
77   Stephen Wyatt Pro-Am 3
  Rossocorsa 9   Marcello Puglisi Pro All
18   James Weiland Pro-Am 4
27   Alessandro Vezzoni Pro All
41   Fréderic Jean-Marie Fangio Pro-Am 2, 5, 7
59   John Farano Pro-Am 1–4, 6–7
71   Roman Yakuskin Pro-Am 1
86   Alberto Cola Pro 3
91   Philipp Baron Pro All
94   Giuseppe Ramelli Pro-Am 1–2
97   Tommaso Rocca Pro-Am All
  Scuderia Autoropa 10   Henrik Hedman Pro-Am 3, 5, 7
13   Martin Nelson Pro-Am 1–3, 5–7
55   Matteo Santoponte Pro 1
  Formula Racing 16   Niels Zibrandsen Pro-Am 7
19   Per Nielsen Pro-Am 3, 5, 7
  StileF Squadra Corse 22   Álex Palou Pro 6
32   Andreas Segler Pro-Am 1–3
74   Andrea Benenati Pro-Am 1–2, 6
  Gohm Motorsport 25   Alexander Nußbaumer Pro-Am 5
44   Jens Liebhauser Pro-Am 3, 5
  Scuderia Praha 37   Jan Danis Pro
Pro-Am
1–2
3, 5
  Kessel Racing 48   Liam Talbot Pro 3
79   Joshua Cartu Pro-Am 7
87   Peter Knoflach Pro-Am 2–3, 5
99   Jacques Duyver Pro-Am 7
  Ineco – MP Racing 50   David Gostner Pro 1–3, 5–6
  Ferrari Eberlein 51   Walter-Ben Dörrenberg Pro-Am 3, 5
  Baron Service 88   Florian Merckx Pro 3
  Stratstone Ferrari 92   Sam Smeeth Pro-Am All

Coppa Shell

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Team Driver Class Rounds
  Baron Service   Thomas Lindroth Am All
  CDP   Leonardo Baccarelli Am 1–2
  Renato di Amato Am 1, 3, 6–7
  Ferrari of Newport Beach   Alan Hegyi Am 1–3
  Gohm Motorsport   Klaus Hrubesch Am 3
  Christian Kinch Am All
  Ineco – MP Racing   Corinna Gostner Am 1–3, 5–7
  Manuela Gostner Am 1–3, 5–7
  Thomas Gostner Am 1–3, 5–7
  Erich Prinoth Am 1–3, 5–7
  Kessel Racing   Murat Cuhadaroğlu Am 1–6
  Daniel Künzli Am 1–2
  Rick Lovat Am 1–5, 7
  Fons Scheltema Am All
  Lüg Sportivo   Holger Harmsen Am 1, 5–7
  Motor Service   Eric Cheung Am 1–6
  Tani Hanna Am 1–3, 7
  Gary Kondakov Am 1
  Kriton Lendoudis Am 1, 3–7
  Michael Luzich Am 2, 4
  Rossocorsa   Jean-Claude Saada Am 1–3, 5
  Frank Selldorff Am 7
  Scuderia Autoropa   Ingvar Mattsson Am 2, 6–7
  Roger Samuelsson Am 3
  Alexander West Am 2
  Scuderia Niki Hasler   Deborah Mayer Am All
  Claudio Schiavoni Am All
  Scuderia Praha   Vladimir Hladik Am 3, 5–7
  Dušan Palcr Am 3
  StileF Squadra Corsa   Thomas Löfflad Am All
  Stratstone Ferrari   Wayne Marrs Am 1–3

Results and standings

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Race results

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Round Race Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Trofeo Pirelli Winners Coppa Shell Winners
1 1   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza TP Pro:   Matteo Santoponte
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Thomas Löfflad
TP Pro:   Philipp Baron
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Thomas Löfflad
Pro:   Matteo Santoponte
Scuderia Autoropa
Pro-Am:   Martin Nelson
Scuderia Autoropa
Am:   Thomas Löfflad
StileF Squadra Corse
2 TP Pro:   Philipp Baron
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Thomas Löfflad
TP Pro:   Philipp Baron
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Thomas Löfflad
Pro:   Philipp Baron
Rossocorsa
Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
Stratstone Ferrari
Am:   Thomas Löfflad
StileF Squadra Corse
2 1   Mugello Circuit TP Pro:   Björn Grossmann
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Erich Prinoth
TP Pro:   Björn Grossmann
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Thomas Löfflad
Pro:   Björn Grossmann
Octane126
Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
Stratstone Ferrari
Am:   Erich Prinoth
Ineco – MP Racing
2 TP Pro:   Björn Grossmann
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Tani Hanna
TP Pro:   Björn Grossmann
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Thomas Löfflad
Pro:   Björn Grossmann
Octane126
Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
Stratstone Ferrari
Am:   Thomas Löfflad
StileF Squadra Corse
3 1   Circuit de la Sarthe TP Pro:   Alberto Cola
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Tani Hanna
TP Pro:   David Gostner
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Erich Prinoth
Pro:   Marcello Puglisi
Rossocorsa
Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
Stratstone Ferrari
Am:   Vladimir Hladik
Scuderia Praha
4 1   Sochi Autodrom TP Pro:   Fabio Leimer
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Thomas Löfflad
TP Pro:   Björn Grossmann
TP Pro-Am:   Vladimir Atoev
CS Am:   Rick Lovat
Pro:   Björn Grossmann
Octane126
Pro-Am:   Vladimir Atoev
Motor Service
Am:   Fons Scheltema
Kessel Racing
2 TP Pro:   Björn Grossmann
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Thomas Löfflad
TP Pro:   Björn Grossmann
TP Pro-Am:   Vladimir Atoev
CS Am:   Claudio Schiavoni
Pro:   Björn Grossmann
Octane126
Pro-Am:   Vladimir Atoev
Motor Service
Am:   Thomas Löfflad
StileF Squadra Corse
5 1   Hockenheimring TP Pro:   Fabio Leimer
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Rick Lovat
TP Pro:   Fabio Leimer
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Rick Lovat
Pro:   Fabio Leimer
Octane126
Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
Stratstone Ferrari
Am:   Rick Lovat
Kessel Racing
2 TP Pro:   Fabio Leimer
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Rick Lovat
TP Pro:   Fabio Leimer
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Rick Lovat
Pro:   Björn Grossmann
Octane126
Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
Stratstone Ferrari
Am:   Rick Lovat
Kessel Racing
6 1   Circuito de Jerez TP Pro:   Álex Palou
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Fons Scheltema
TP Pro:   Björn Grossmann
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Vladimir Hladik
Pro:   Björn Grossmann
Octane126
Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
Stratstone Ferrari
Am:   Erich Prinoth
Ineco – MP Racing
2 TP Pro:   Álex Palou
TP Pro-Am:   Vladimir Atoev
CS Am:   Thomas Löfflad
TP Pro:   Álex Palou
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Thomas Löfflad
Pro:   Álex Palou
StileF Squadra Corse
Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
Stratstone Ferrari
Am:   Thomas Löfflad
StileF Squadra Corse
7 1   Daytona International Speedway TP Pro:   Fabio Leimer
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Rick Lovat
TP Pro:   Philipp Baron
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Thomas Löfflad
Pro:   Philipp Baron
Rossocorsa
Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
Stratstone Ferrari
Am:   Thomas Löfflad
StileF Squadra Corse
2 TP Pro:   Björn Grossmann
TP Pro-Am:   Vladimir Atoev
CS Am:   Rick Lovat
TP Pro:   Björn Grossmann
TP Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
CS Am:   Erich Prinoth
Pro:   Björn Grossmann
Octane126
Pro-Am:   Sam Smeeth
Stratstone Ferrari
Am:   Rick Lovat
Kessel Racing

Championship standings

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Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

Race Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole   FLap   Start 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 1
Trofeo Pirelli
Pos. Driver  
MNZ
 
MUG
 
LMS
 
SOC
 
HOC
 
JER
 
DAY
Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
Pro Class[2]
1   Björn Grossmann 3 6 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 234
2   Philipp Baron 2 1 4 2 5 4 3 3 3 5 2 1 DNS 170
3   Marcello Puglisi Ret 3 2 3 1 5 4 5 5 4 4 2 Ret 145
4   Alessandro Vezzoni 5 7 5 4 3 6 6 4 4 3 5 4 3 126
5   Fabio Leimer 2 2 1 2 DNS 2 89
6   David Gostner 4 4 3 5 4 6 DNS DNS DNS 64
7   Álex Palou 2 1 39
8   Matteo Santoponte 1 2 37
9   Jan Danis 6 5 Ret 6 26
10   Aleksey Basov 3 5 21
11   Liam Talbot 6 9
12   Alberto Cola Ret 8
13   Florian Merckx Ret 1
Pro-Am Class[3]
1   Sam Smeeth 2 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 278
2   Tommasco Rocca 4 10 3 3 Ret 4 2 3 4 5 5 4 8 118
3   John Farano 8 4 2 4 10 3 4 3 4 3 2 117
4   Martin Nelson 1 2 9 2 9 Ret 3 4 3 Ret 4 105
5   Vladimir Atoev 1 1 2 2 Ret Ret 76
6   Henrik Hedman 3 2 2 2 3 75
7   Andrea Benenati 3 6 5 Ret 6 6 41
8   Jan Danis 4 Ret DNS 40
9   Andreas Segler 7 3 4 5 Ret 37
10   Peter Knoflach 6 6 5 7 8 32
11   Per Nielsen 6 6 7 10 10 23
12   Stephen Wyatt 2 21
=   James Weiland 5 3 21
14   Fréderic Jean-Marie Fangio 7 7 8 10 7 11 19
15   James Fischer 5 5 18
16   Jacques Duyver 6 5 15
=   Alexander Nußbaumer 5 6 15
=   Walter-Ben Dörrenberg 7 9 11 15
19   Jens Liebhauser 8 Ret 5 14
20   Giuseppe Ramelli Ret 7 8 8 12
21   Hui-Lin Han 4 Ret 11
=   Cedric Mezard 5 9 11
23   Roman Yakuskin 6 9 9
=   Niels Zibrandsen 9 6 9
25   Joshua Cartu 8 7 8
26   Galip Atar Ret 8 Ret 9 7
Coppa Shell
Pos. Driver  
MNZ
 
MUG
 
LMS
 
SOC
 
HOC
 
JER
 
DAY
Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
Am Class[4]
1   Thomas Löfflad 1 1 2 1 2 6 1 2 Ret 9 1 1 DNS 196
2   Rick Lovat 3 4 11 6 5 2 2 1 1 2 1 156
3   Fons Scheltema 2 5 3 12 3 1 5 4 4 Ret 3 11 3 130
4   Erich Prinoth Ret 2 1 3 6 3 2 1 DNS 5 4 129
5   Vladimir Hladik 1 7 5 3 4 3 2 96
6   Renato di Amato 4 3 4 12 2 7 7 61
7   Eric Cheung 9 12 5 5 8 7 3 6 Ret Ret Ret 50
8   Claudio Schiavoni Ret Ret 14 13 11 4 9 9 Ret 2 5 15 8 48
=   Thomas Lindroth 7 7 7 7 10 5 6 8 7 10 Ret 10 14 48
10   Tani Hanna 5 6 Ret 2 22 4 15 45
11   Kriton Lendoudis 12 13 9 3 4 5 9 8 Ret Ret 12 44
12   Christian Kinch 14 8 10 8 13 8 8 10 10 5 8 12 9 35
13   Thomas Gostner Ret DNS 13 9 7 13 8 15 9 6 6 31
14   Jean-Claude Saada 8 Ret 4 Ret 23 12 3 29
15   Holger Harmsen Ret 11 11 6 6 6 9 13 24
16   Corinna Gostner Ret 15 12 11 14 4 7 Ret Ret 20
17   Murat Cuhadaroğlu Ret 16 8 Ret 18 9 7 Ret 12 7 12 19
18   Leonardo Baccarelli 10 Ret 9 4 15
19   Ingvar Mattsson Ret DNS 13 10 14 5 12
20   Wayne Marrs 6 10 17 19 12 10
21   Manuela Gostner Ret 9 16 14 21 15 11 11 Ret 13 10 9
22   Deborah Mayer 11 17 19 17 17 10 11 14 13 14 11 Ret 16 8
23   Alexander West 6 18 7
24   Frank Selldorff 8 11 4
25   Michael Luzich 18 15 11 10 3
=   Daniel Künzli 13 14 15 10 3
=   Alan Hegyi 16 19 20 16 19 3
28   Dušan Palcr 15 2
29   Gary Kondakov 15 18 1
=   Klaus Hrubesch 16 1
NC   Roger Samuelsson 20 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli 2016 Calendar". Driver Database AB. 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Pro 2016 standings". Driver Database AB. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am 2016 standings". Driver Database AB. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Ferrari Challenge Europe – Coppa Shell Am 2016 standings". Driver Database AB. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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