2016 Renault Sport Trophy

2016 Renault Sport Trophy
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The 2016 Renault Sport Trophy was the second season of the Renault–supported sports car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the Renault Sport Series. The season began at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón on 16 April and finished on 23 October at Autódromo do Estoril. The series forms part of the Renault Sport Series meetings at six triple header events.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Oregon Team^[1]	1	Dario Capitanio^[2]	Pro	All
	1	Davide Roda^[3]	Am	All
	4	Bruno Bonifacio^[2]	Pro	1–4
		David Fumanelli^[4]	Pro	5–6
		Andrés Méndez^[2]	Am	All
	5	David Fumanelli^[2]	Pro	1–4
		Rodrigo Baptista^[4]		5
		Pedro Moleiro^[5]		6
		Ash Hand^[2]	Am	1–2
		"Due"^[6]		3–4
		Adalberto Baptista^[4]		5–6
R-ace GP^[1]	2	Raoul Owens^[7]	Pro	All
		Toni Forné^[2]	Am	1–2
		Jean-Marc Merlin^[8]		3
		Frederik Blomstedt^[9]		4–6
	3	Kevin Korjus^[2]^{[N 1]}	Pro	All
		Frederik Blomstedt^[2]	Am	1–3
		Philippe Haezebrouck^[4]	Am	5–6
V8 Racing^[1]	6	Jordan Grogor^[2]	Pro	1, 3–5
		Josh Webster^[10]	Pro	2, 6
		Carmen Jordá^[2]	Am	1–5
		Oliver Freymuth^[5]	Am	6
	7	Nicky Pastorelli^[2]	Pro	All
	7	Jelle Bellen^[2]	Am	All
	8	Meindert van Buuren^[2]	Pro	1–2, 5
		Duncan Huisman^[8]	Pro	3
		Max Braams^[2]	Am	1, 3
		Oliver Freymuth^[10]		2
		Diederik Sijthoff^[4]		5
Team Marc VDS EG 0,0^[11]	9	Markus Palttala^[11]	Pro	1–3, 5–6
		Renaud Kuppens^[9]	Pro	4
		Fabian Schiller^[11]	Am	All
	15	Tanart Sathienthirakul^[2]	Pro	All
	15	Fran Rueda^[2]	Am	All
High Class Racing^[1]	11	Anders Fjordbach^[2]	Pro	All
High Class Racing^[1]	11	Dennis Andersen^[2]	Am	All
Duqueine Engineering^[8]	16	Diego Mejía^[8]	Pro	3
		Nelson Panciatici^[9]		4, 6
		Robert Kubica^[4]		5
		Ben Anderson^[8]	Am	3
		Gilles Duqueine^[9]		4
		Christophe Hamon^[4]		5
		Thierry Soave^[5]		6
	17	Lonni Martins^[8]	Pro	3–6
		Christophe Hamon^[8]	Am	3–4, 6
		Philippe Bourgois^[4]	Am	5
Equipe Verschuur^[1]	19	Roy Geerts^[2]	Pro	1–3
		Mike Verschuur^[9]		4
		Steijn Schothorst^[4]		5–6
		Miguel Ramos^[2]	Am	All
	21	Pieter Schothorst^[2]	Pro	All
	21	Jeroen Schothorst^[2]	Am	All
Strakka Racing^[12]	42	Lewis Williamson^[12]	Pro	1–2
		Tim Sugden^[2]	Am	1
		Nick Leventis^[10]	Am	2

↑ Kevin Korjus raced round 4 without a partner in the Am category. Therefore, the #3 car only took part in the Pro Sprint race.

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 5 September 2015. Rounds at Imola, Spielberg, Le Castellet and Estoril will début in the series' calendar. All rounds will be collaboration with European Le Mans Series, except Aragón which will feature the Formula 3.5 V8.^[13]

Round			Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	En	IntP	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	16 April	Lewis Williamson Tim Sugden	Lewis Williamson	Lewis Williamson	Strakka Racing
	En	Fin		16 April	Lewis Williamson Tim Sugden	Lewis Williamson Tim Sugden	Markus Palttala Fabian Schiller	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	Am			17 April	Fabian Schiller	Tim Sugden	Fabian Schiller	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	Pro			17 April	Lewis Williamson	Markus Palttala	Kevin Korjus	R-ace GP
2	En	IntA	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	14 May	Kevin Korjus Fredrik Blomstedt	Fredrik Blomstedt	Fabian Schiller	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	En	Fin		14 May	Kevin Korjus Fredrik Blomstedt	Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst	Kevin Korjus Fredrik Blomstedt	R-ace GP
	Am			15 May	Fredrik Blomstedt	Fredrik Blomstedt	Fabian Schiller	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	Pro			15 May	Bruno Bonifacio	Pieter Schothorst	Bruno Bonifacio	Oregon Team
3	En	IntP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	16 July	Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst	Pieter Schothorst	Pieter Schothorst	Equipe Verschuur
	En	Fin		16 July	Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst	Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst	Markus Palttala Fabian Schiller	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	Am			17 July	Fabian Schiller	Miguel Ramos	Fran Rueda	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	Pro			17 July	Pieter Schothorst	Pieter Schothorst	Pieter Schothorst	Equipe Verschuur
4	En	IntA	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	27 August	Tanart Sathienthirakul Fran Rueda	Fabian Schiller	Fran Rueda	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	En	Fin		27 August	Tanart Sathienthirakul Fran Rueda	Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst	Tanart Sathienthirakul Fran Rueda	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	Am			28 August	Fran Rueda	Fabian Schiller	Fredrik Blomstedt	R-ace GP
	Pro			28 August	David Fumanelli	Pieter Schothorst	Pieter Schothorst	Equipe Verschuur
5	En	IntA	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	24 September	Markus Palttala Fabian Schiller	Fabian Schiller	Fabian Schiller	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	En	Fin		24 September	Markus Palttala Fabian Schiller	Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst	Raoul Owens Fredrik Blomstedt	R-ace GP
	Am			25 September	Fabian Schiller	Fabian Schiller	Fabian Schiller	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	Pro			25 September	Pieter Schothorst	Pieter Schothorst	Pieter Schothorst	Equipe Verschuur
6	En	IntP	Autódromo do Estoril	22 October	Steijn Schothorst Miguel Ramos	Steijn Schothorst	Steijn Schothorst	Equipe Verschuur
	En	Fin		22 October	Steijn Schothorst Miguel Ramos	Steijn Schothorst Miguel Ramos	Steijn Schothorst Miguel Ramos	Equipe Verschuur
	Am			23 October	Fabian Schiller	Fredrik Blomstedt	Fabian Schiller	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0
	Pro			23 October	Steijn Schothorst	Steijn Schothorst	Steijn Schothorst	Equipe Verschuur

Championship standings

Pro Class

Pos.	Driver	ALC		IMO	RBR		CPR	SPA	EST		Pts.
Pos.	Driver	En	Pro	Pro	En	Pro	Pro	Pro	En	Pro	Pts.
1	Pieter Schothorst	3	10	Ret	1	1	1	1	Ret	4	156
2	Kevin Korjus	5	1	3	5	6	Ret	3	Ret	2	111
3	Markus Palttala	4	3	Ret	2	2		5	2	5	105
4	David Fumanelli	9	5	2	6	3	2	Ret	6	3	95
5	Tanart Sathienthirakul	7	9	8	4	5	Ret	8	3	10	52
6	Lewis Williamson	1	2	DSQ							43
7	Lonni Martins				Ret	4	6	Ret	5	8	38
8	Bruno Bonifacio	Ret	11	1	Ret	DSQ	4				37
9	Raoul Owens	6	Ret	10	8	Ret	5	7	Ret	9	37
10	Nicky Pastorelli	2	8	5	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	8	12	35
11	Josh Webster			6					4	7	34
12	Jordan Grogor	8	6		10	7	9	4			33
13	Dario Capitanio	Ret	Ret	4	7	Ret	7	10	Ret	13	30
14	Nelson Panciatici						3		8	6	29
15	Roy Geerts	10	4	Ret	3	Ret					28
16	Anders Fjordbach	Ret	12	9	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9	11	13
17	Meindert van Buuren	Ret	7	7				DNS			12
18	Renaud Kuppens						8				4
19	Duncan Huisman				9	Ret					2
20	Diego Mejía				11	Ret					0
21	Mike Verschuur						Ret				0
Guest drivers inelegible for points
	Steijn Schothorst							2	1	1	0
	Robert Kubica							4			0
	Rodrigo Baptista							9			0
	Pedro Moleiro								Ret	14	0
Pos.	Driver	En	Pro	Pro	En	Pro	Pro	Pro	En	Pro	Pts.
Pos.	Driver	ALC		IMO	RBR		CPR	SPA	EST		Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Am Class

Pos.	Driver	ALC	IMO		RBR	CPR		SPA		EST	Pts.
Pos.	Driver	Am	En	Am	Am	En	Am	En	Am	Am	Pts.
1	Fabian Schiller	1	1	1	2	Ret	5	1	1	1	178
2	Fran Rueda	2	5	3	1	1	2	9	4	2	147
3	Fredrik Blomstedt	11	2	2	6	2	1	2	5	DSQ	115
4	Miguel Ramos	3	6	6	Ret	3	3	3	3	4	103
5	Andrés Méndez	7	3	5	3	7	7	Ret	7	Ret	64
6	Christophe Hamon				8	4	4	4	6	6	56
7	Jelle Beelen	5	Ret	7	Ret	9	DSQ	Ret	2	3	51
8	Jeroen Schothorst	Ret	9	12	7	5	6	5	10	10	42
9	Carmen Jordá	8	NC	9	9	Ret	8	8	Ret		28
10	Toni Forné	Ret	4	4							24
11	Max Braams	4			4						24
12	Dennis Andersen	10	8	10	5	11	9	Ret	11	9	24
13	Davide Roda	Ret	Ret	13	13	Ret	11	11	12	5	16
14	Ash Hand	9	7	8							12
15	Tim Sugden	6									8
16	Oliver Freymuth		11	11						7	6
17	Gilles Duquein					8	12				4
18	"Due"				10	12	10				2
19	Nick Leventis		10	Ret							1
20	Jean-Marc Merlin				11						0
21	Ben Anderson				12						0
Guest drivers inelegible for points
	Adalberto Baptista							6	9	Ret	0
	Philippe Haezebrouck							7	8	8	0
	Philippe Bourgois							10	13		0
	Diederik Sijthoff							Ret	DNS		0
	Thierry Soave									Ret	0
Pos.	Driver	Am	En	Am	Am	En	Am	En	Am	Am	Pts.
Pos.	Driver	ALC	IMO		RBR	CPR		SPA		EST	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Endurance Trophy

Pos.	Driver	ALC	IMO	RBR	CPR	SPA	EST	Pts.
1	Fabian Schiller	1	3	1	Ret	9	2	87
1	Markus Palttala	1	3	1		9	2	87
2	Frederik Blomstedt	2	1	4	9	1	Ret	82
3	Miguel Ramos	Ret	5	2	3	5	1	78
4	Kevin Korjus	2	1	4	Ret	4	Ret	67
5	Fran Rueda Tanart Sathienthirakul	Ret	9	3	1	7	3	63
6	Pieter Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst	5	6	8	2	2	Ret	58
7	Raoul Owens	4	4	9	9	1	Ret	53
8	Christophe Hamon			Ret	4	3	5	37
9	Andrés Méndez	Ret	2	Ret	8	Ret	6	30
10	Roy Geerts	Ret	5	2				28
11	David Fumanelli	6	8	10	7	Ret	6	27
12	Toni Forné	4	4					24
13	Lonni Martins			Ret	4	10	5	24
14	Bruno Bonifacio	Ret	2	Ret	8			22
15	Lewis Williamson	3	7					21
16	Carmen Jordá	7	12	7	Ret	6		20
17	Jordan Grogor	7		7	Ret	6		20
18	Nicky Pastorelli Jelle Beelen	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	7	16
19	Mike Verschuur				3			15
20	Tim Sugden	3						15
21	Josh Webster		12				4	12
21	Oliver Freymuth		11				4	12
22	Ash Hand	6	8					12
23	Anders Fjordbach Dennis Andersen	Ret	10	Ret	6	Ret	9	11
24	Max Braams	Ret		5				10
24	Duncan Huisman			5				10
25	Dario Capitanio Davide Roda	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	8
26	"Due"			10	7			1
27	Nick Leventis		7					6
28	Nelson Panciatici				10		8	5
29	Jean-Marc Merlin			9				2
30	Gilles Duqueine				10			1
31	Diego Mejía Ben Anderson			11				0
32	Meindert van Buuren	Ret	11			Ret		0
33	Renaud Kuppens				Ret			0
Guest drivers inelegible for points
	Steijn Schothorst					5	1	0
	Robert Kubica					3		0
	Philippe Haezebrouck					4	Ret	0
	Adalberto Baptista					8	Ret	0
	Rodrigo Baptista					8	Ret	0
	Thierry Soave						8	0
	Pedro Moleiro						Ret	0
	Diederik Sijthoff					Ret		0
Pos.	Driver	ALC	IMO	RBR	CPR	SPA	EST	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	No.	ALC			IMO			RBR			CPR			SPA			EST			Pts.
Pos.	Team	No.	En	Am	Pro	En	Am	Pro	En	Am	Pro	En	Am	Pro	En	Am	Pro	En	Am	Pro	Pts.
1	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0	9	1	1	3	3	1	Ret	1	2	2	Ret	5	8	9	1	5	2	1	5	476
1	Team Marc VDS EG 0,0	15	Ret	2	9	9	3	8	3	1	5	1	2	Ret	7	4	8	3	2	10	476
2	Equipe Verschuur	19	Ret	3	4	5	6	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	3	3	Ret	5	3	2	1	4	1	366
2	Equipe Verschuur	21	5	Ret	10	6	12	Ret	8	7	1	2	6	1	2	10	1	Ret	10	4	366
3	R-ace GP	2	4	Ret	Ret	4	4	10	9	11	Ret	9	1	7	1	5	6	Ret	DSQ	9	312
3	R-ace GP	3	2	11	1	1	2	3	4	6	6	Ret		Ret	4	8	3	Ret	8	2	312
4	Oregon Team	4	Ret	7	11	2	5	1	Ret	3	DSQ	8	7	4	Ret	7	Ret	6	Ret	3	234
4	Oregon Team	5	6	9	5	8	8	2	10	10	3	7	10	2	8	9	10	Ret	5	13	234
5	V8 Racing	7	Ret	5	8	Ret	7	5	5	4	Ret	5	DSQ	10	Ret	2	Ret	7	3	12	170
5	V8 Racing	8	Ret	4	7	11	11	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	9	6	Ret	4	4	7	7	170
6	Strakka Racing	42	3	6	2	7	Ret	DSQ													47
7	High Class Racing	11	Ret	10	12	10	10	9	Ret	5	Ret	6	9	11	Ret	11	Ret	9	9	11	37
Pos.	Team	No.	En	Am	Pro	En	Am	Pro	En	Am	Pro	En	Am	Pro	En	Am	Pro	En	Am	Pro	Pts.
Pos.	Team	No.	ALC			IMO			RBR			CPR			SPA			EST			Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "THE RENAULT SPORT TROPHY YEAR TWO". Renault Sport Series. Renault Sport. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
↑ "Davide Roda con l'Oregon Team nel Renault Sport Trophy RS.01" [Davide Roda with Oregon Team in the Renault Sport Trophy RS.01]. Motorsport.com (in Italian). 10 April 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "A return to La Source for the Renault Sport Trophy". Renault Sport Series. Renault Sport. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
1 2 3 "The Schothorst duo sets the tone in Estoril practice". Renault Sport Series. Renault Sport. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
↑ "Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 fastest in practice at the Red Bull Ring". Renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 15 July 2016.
↑ "Owens Enters RS01 with ART Junior Team | News | Driver Club Management". driverclubmanagement.com. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The mid way point of the Renault Sport Trophy season". Renault Sport Series. Renault Sport. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 "Circuit Paul Ricard entry list" (PDF). Renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
1 2 3 "Ad Imola debutta Webster" [Webster debuts in Imola]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). InPagina. 10 May 2016.
1 2 3 "Marc VDS Race With Renault R.S.01 in 2016". Endurance-Info.com. 9 March 2016.
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↑ "RENAULT SPORT AND THE ELMS JOIN FORCES". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

External links

Renault-Sport official website

Renault Sport Series
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Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Renault Sport Trophy	2015 2016
Formula Renault 3.5 Series	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Eurocup Mégane Trophy	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
F4 Eurocup 1.6	2010
Eurocup Clio	2011 2012 2013 2014

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