2016 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos

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).

2016 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos
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Teams and drivers

Hankook is the official tyre supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
TCR Class
Baporo Motorsport[1] SEAT León Cup Racer[1] 2 António Cabral[1] 1–3, 5
José Cabral[1] 1–3, 5
Target Competition Honda Civic TCR 3 Jürgen Schmarl 5
Gosia Rdest 5
Team Novadriver[2] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[2] 11 Francisco Abreu[3] All
Manuel Gião[3] All
Veloso Motorsport[4] SEAT León Cup Racer[4] 16 Nuno Batista[3] All
Francisco Carvalho[4] All
SEAT León TCR 26 Francisco Mora[3] All
DG Sport Compétition Opel Astra TCR 23 Pierre-Yves Corthals 4
Frédéric Caprasse 4
Ventilações Moura Laser[5] SEAT León Cup Racer[6] 24 João Baptista[6] 1
Gustavo Moura[6] 1, 4
Opel Astra TCR[5] João Baptista[5] 2
Gustavo Moura[5] 2
Honda Civic TCR 5
Speedy Motorsport[5] SEAT León Cup Racer[4] 25 Rafael Lobato[3] All
César Machado[3] All
GEN Motorsport[3] Honda Civic TCR[5] 27 José Rodrigues[3] All
LMS Racing SEAT León TCR 28 Antti Buri 4
TCC Class
Tiago Ribeiro[1] Volkswagen Golf[1] 31 Luís Carneiro[1] All
Tiago Ribeiro[1] All
Vettra Motorsport[1] SEAT León Supercopa[1] 44 Rui Dinis[1] 1–3
Paulo Ribeiro[1] 1
Valter Dinis 2–3
JCGroup Racing Team[1] SEAT León Mk2[1] 50 José Correia[1] 1
Ricardo Gomes[1] 1
  Ineligible for points

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.[7] 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. 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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 participate (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).
  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.
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