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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, all of which are support events for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and 24 Hours Nürburgring.

Entry list

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

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	Dennis Marschall
	R2		26 June	Dennis Marschall	Paul Holton	Joonas Lappalainen
4	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North 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:

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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

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.

External links

• The official website of the Audi Sport TT Cup

• Audi Sport TT Cup seasons
• 2016 in German motorsport