The 2016 Global Touring Car Championship (commercially known as the 2016 Sasol GTC Championship) was the inaugural season of the Global Touring Car Championship, a South African touring car racing series. The series was scheduled for six rounds, consisting of a total of fourteen races from 9 August until 3 December.
Michael Stephen became the series's first champion, taking seven race wins from the first eight races behind the wheel of an Audi A3 GTC. Daniel Rowe took the title in GTC Production, the second class of the series consisting of production racing cars, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTi.[1] BMW took the manufacturer's title in the GTC Class, while Volkswagen secured the GTC Production title.
Teams and drivers
GTC
GTC Production
Calendar
Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:[2]
| Race Position
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
4th
|
5th
|
6th
|
7th
|
8th
|
9th
|
10th
|
|
| Points
|
50
|
38
|
28
|
20
|
14
|
9
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying will also receive points.
| Qualifying Position
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
| Points
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
Drivers' Standings
|
|
Driver
|
ZWA1
|
ALD
|
KIL
|
KYA
|
ZWA2
|
PRI
|
Points
|
| GTC Class
|
| 1
|
Michael Stephen
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
22
|
1 1
|
23
|
2
|
11
|
Ret1
|
51
|
5 1
|
619
|
| 2
|
Gennaro Bonafede
|
33
|
33
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
33
|
11
|
33
|
11
|
11
|
3
|
13
|
43
|
1
|
508
|
| 3
|
Matthew Hodges
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
Ret
|
6
|
5
|
42
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
43
|
296
|
| 4
|
Hennie Groenewald
|
5
|
DNS
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
262
|
| 5
|
Simon Moss
|
6
|
5
|
53
|
23
|
Ret2
|
22
|
33
|
22
|
3
|
Ret
|
7
|
Ret
|
Ret2
|
DNS2
|
219
|
| 6
|
Graeme Nathan
|
4
|
2
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
Ret
|
7
|
Ret
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
215
|
| 7
|
Johan Fourie
|
|
|
22
|
Ret2
|
22
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
5
|
32
|
|
|
198
|
| 8
|
Michael van Rooyen
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret
|
4
|
Ret
|
5
|
|
|
34
|
|
| Colour |
Result
|
| Gold |
Winner
|
| Silver |
Second place
|
| Bronze |
Third place
|
| Green |
Points classification
|
| Blue |
Non-points classification
|
| Non-classified finish (NC)
|
| Purple |
Retired, not classified (Ret)
|
| Red |
Did not qualify (DNQ)
|
| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
|
| Black |
Disqualified (DSQ)
|
| White |
Did not start (DNS)
|
| Withdrew (WD)
|
| Race cancelled (C)
|
| Blank
|
Did not practice (DNP)
|
| Did not arrive (DNA)
|
| Excluded (EX)
|
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 – 5 Points for Pole
2 – 3 Points for P2
3 – 1 Point for P3
|
References