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

Manufacturer Car Team No. Drivers Rounds
Germany Audi Audi A3 GTC Engen Xtreme Team 12 South Africa Michael Stephen All
38 South Africa Simon Moss All
Germany BMW BMW M2 GTC Sasol GTC Racing Team 08 South Africa Hennie Groenewald All
32 South Africa Gennaro Bonafede All
EPS Couriers BMW 14 South Africa Johan Fourie 2-5
Rustenburg Steel Construction BMW 95 South Africa Michael van Rooyen 4-5
Germany Volkswagen Volkswagen Jetta GTC Volkswagen Motorsport 21 South Africa Graeme Nathan All
57 South Africa Matthew Hodges All

GTC Production

Manufacturer Car Team No. Drivers Rounds
Germany Volkswagen Volkswagen Golf GTi Volkswagen Motorsport 11 South Africa Daniel Rowe All
44 South Africa Mandla Mdakane All
VW Genuine Parts 15 South Africa Charl Smalberger All
Kalex VW 35 South Africa Devon Piazza Musso 5-6
United States Ford Ford Focus ST N/A 42 South Africa Shaun Duminy 1-5
Germany BMW BMW Z4 GTCX Zambezi Auto 74 South Africa Mark du Toit 3

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole position Overall Winner GTC-P Winner
1 R1 South Africa Zwartkops Raceway, Centurion 9 August South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Shaun Duminy
R2 South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Daniel Rowe
2 R1 South Africa Aldo Scribante Circuit, Port Elizabeth 10 September South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Daniel Rowe
R2 South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Charl Smalberger
R3 South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Daniel Rowe
3 R1 South Africa Killarney Race Track, Cape Town 24 September South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Daniel Rowe
R2 South Africa Gennaro Bonafede South Africa Gennaro Bonafede South Africa Daniel Rowe
R3 South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Daniel Rowe
4 R1 South Africa Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand 23 October South Africa Gennaro Bonafede South Africa Gennaro Bonafede South Africa Daniel Rowe
R2 South Africa Gennaro Bonafede South Africa Gennaro Bonafede South Africa Daniel Rowe
5 R1 South Africa Zwartkops Raceway, Centurion 26 November South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Daniel Rowe
R2 South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Gennaro Bonafede South Africa Daniel Rowe
6 R1 South Africa Prince George Circuit, East London 3 December South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Matthew Hodges South Africa Charl Smalberger
R2 South Africa Michael Stephen South Africa Gennaro Bonafede South Africa Daniel Rowe

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  FL
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

Pos. Driver ZWA1
South Africa		 ALD
South Africa		 KIL
South Africa		 KYA
South Africa		 ZWA2
South Africa		 PRI
South Africa		 Points
GTC Class
1 South Africa Michael Stephen 11 11 11 11 11 11 22 1 1 23 2 11 Ret1 51 5 1 619
2 South Africa Gennaro Bonafede 33 33 3 4 5 33 11 33 11 11 3 13 43 1 508
3 South Africa Matthew Hodges 2 4 6 3 6 Ret 6 5 42 5 4 4 1 43 296
4 South Africa Hennie Groenewald 5 DNS 4 5 3 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 2 2 2 2 262
5 South Africa Simon Moss 6 5 53 23 Ret2 22 33 22 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret2 DNS2 219
6 South Africa Graeme Nathan 4 2 7 6 4 Ret 7 Ret 5 3 6 6 3 3 215
7 South Africa Johan Fourie 22 Ret2 22 5 4 4 Ret Ret 5 32 198
8 South Africa Michael van Rooyen Ret 4 Ret 5 34
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 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

  1. ↑ "Sasol GTC Championship Crowns Maiden Champion". GTC Africa. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Racing Regulatrions". GTC Africa. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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