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The 2016 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos is the second season of the TCR Portuguese Series. Starting from this season, the championship will run separate from the GT Class of the championship (that will form che Endurance Class) organised by FullEventos. As for the Italian series, TCR cars will be placed side by side with TCS, also with the addition of a trophy cars category (TCC class).

Teams and drivers

Hankook is the official tyre supplier.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
TCR Class
Baporo Motorsport	SEAT León Cup Racer	2	António Cabral	1–3, 5
			José Cabral	1–3, 5
Target Competition	Honda Civic TCR	3	Jürgen Schmarl	5
			Gosia Rdest	5
Team Novadriver	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	11	Francisco Abreu	All
			Manuel Gião	All
Veloso Motorsport	SEAT León Cup Racer	16	Nuno Batista	All
			Francisco Carvalho	All
	SEAT León TCR	26	Francisco Mora	All
DG Sport Compétition	Opel Astra TCR	23	Pierre-Yves Corthals	4
			Frédéric Caprasse	4
Ventilações Moura Laser	SEAT León Cup Racer	24	João Baptista	1
			Gustavo Moura	1, 4
	Opel Astra TCR		João Baptista	2
			Gustavo Moura	2
	Honda Civic TCR			5
Speedy Motorsport	SEAT León Cup Racer	25	Rafael Lobato	All
			César Machado	All
GEN Motorsport	Honda Civic TCR	27	José Rodrigues	All
LMS Racing	SEAT León TCR	28	Antti Buri	4
TCC Class
Tiago Ribeiro	Volkswagen Golf	31	Luís Carneiro	All
			Tiago Ribeiro	All
Vettra Motorsport	SEAT León Supercopa	44	Rui Dinis	1–3
			Paulo Ribeiro	1
			Valter Dinis	2–3
JCGroup Racing Team	SEAT León Mk2	50	José Correia	1
			Ricardo Gomes	1

Calendar and results

The 2016 schedule was announced on 3 December 2015, with one out of five events scheduled to be held in Spain. A reserve round was scheduled at Autódromo do Estoril for 27 November. The race format is divided into Sprint and Double Sprint: the first one contemplates two 25-minute-long races, the second one is formed by four 20-minute-long races. By early April, the Estoril round was moved from 17–18 September to the reserve date.

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Circuito Vasco Sameiro, Braga	14 May	Manuel Gião	Francisco Mora	Francisco Carvalho	Veloso Motorsport
	2				César Machado	Nuno Batista	Veloso Motorsport
	3		15 May	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Nuno Batista	Veloso Motorsport
	4				Francisco Mora	Francisco Carvalho	Veloso Motorsport
2	5	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, Vila Real	26 June	Rafael Lobato	Francisco Mora	Rafael Lobato	Speedy Motorsport	FIA WTCC Race of Portugal European Touring Car Cup
	6			José Rodrigues	José Rodrigues	José Rodrigues	GEN Motorsport
3	7	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	9 July	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport	Spanish F4 Championship
	8				José Rodrigues	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
	9		10 July	Francisco Mora	José Rodrigues	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
	10				Manuel Gião	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
4	11	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	11 September	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Pierre-Yves Corthals	DG Sport Compétition	TCR Trophy Europe
	12			Antti Buri	Antti Buri	Antti Buri	LMS Racing
5	13	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	26 November	Rafael Lobato	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
	14				Francisco Mora	Gustavo Moura	Ventilações Moura Laser
	15		27 November	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
	16				Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver BRA VIL POR JER EST  Pts.  TCR class 1 Francisco Carvalho Nuno Batista 1 1 1 1 5 DNS 4 2 3 4 7 4 213 2 Francisco Mora 3 Ret 6 8 2 DNS 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 211 3 Rafael Lobato César Machado 5 7 4 2 1 3 3 3 5 3 3 7 198 4 Francisco Abreu Manuel Gião 2 2 5 3 3 2 8 DNS 4 2 5 3 190 5 José Rodrigues 9 5 2 4 4 1 2 4 2 5 6 5 187 6 António Cabral José Cabral 6 3 3 5 6 4 5 5 6 6 124 7 Gustavo Moura 4 4 8 DNS 9 5 8 6 77 8 João Baptista 4 4 8 DNS 9 5 50 Guest drivers ineligible for points   Pierre-Yves Corthals Frédéric Caprasse 1 2 0   Antti Buri 4 1 0 TCC class 1 Luís Carneiro Tiago Ribeiro 7 9 9 6 7 6 7 7 7 8 9 8 299 2 Rui Dinis DNS DNS DNS DNS 8 Ret 6 6 8 7 118 3 Valter Dinis 8 Ret 6 6 8 7 116 4 José Correia Ricardo Gomes 8 8 7 7 92 5 Paulo Ribeiro DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 Pos. Driver BRA VIL POR JER EST  Pts.

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

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

References

1. ^ "Braga Entry List" (PDF). fpak.pt. 13 May 2016.
2. ^ "Team Novadriver com Golf" [Team Novadriver with Golf]. Velocidadeonline.com (in Portuguese). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
3. ^ "Nacional de Velocidade arranca em Braga" [Nacional de Velocidade starts in Braga]. fpak.pt (in Portuguese). 10 May 2016.
4. ^ Pereira, Carlos (25 February 2016). "CNV: Veloso Motorsport confirma 2 Seat Leon TCR para temporada 2016" [CNV: Veloso Motorsport confirms 2 Seat Leon TCR for the 2016 season]. multidesportos.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
5. ^ "Opel Astra TCR reforça Nacional de Velocidade" [Opel Astra TCR reinforces Nacional de Velocidade]. autoportal.iol.pt (in Portuguese). 7 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
6. ^ "Ventilações Moura Laser com SEAT em vez de Opel em Braga" [Ventilações Moura Laser with SEAT instead of Opel in Braga]. autosport.pt (in Portuguese). 13 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
7. "Calendários Campeonatos Nacionais Provisórios para 2016" [2016 national championships' provisional calendars] (PDF). fpak.pt (in Portuguese). 3 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

External links

• Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos Official website
• Federação Portuguesa de Automobilismo e Karting

• 2016 in TCR Series
• 2016 in Portuguese motorsport