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2016 Stock Car Brasil Championship

The 2016 Stock Car Brasil Championship is the thirty-eighth season of the Stock Car Brasil. The season began at Curitiba on March 6 and finished at Interlagos on December 11.

From this season, the league won the seal of Codasur (Automobile Confederation of South America) and will be called the Brazilian Championship and South American Stock Car.[1]

General Motors do Brasil announced the replacement of the Chevrolet Sonic for the New Chevrolet Cruze second generation as the official car of the category teams for the season of 2016 Brazilian and South American Stock Car. The car debut in second round at Velopark[2]

Teams and drivers

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Season entries
Manufacturer Team No. Driver Rounds
Chevrolet Cruze Red Bull Racing 0 Brazil  Cacá Bueno All
29 Brazil  Daniel Serra All
RZ Motorsport 1 Brazil  Thiago Marques 1
11 Brazil  César Ramos 2, 6–7
25 Brazil  Tuka Rocha 8–12
14 Brazil  Luciano Burti 1–2
56 Brazil  Danilo Dirani 6–9
117 Brazil  Guilherme Salas 10–12
C2 Team 4 Brazil  Júlio Campos All
83 Brazil  Gabriel Casagrande All
Vogel Motorsport 5 Brazil  Denis Navarro All
8 Brazil  Rafael Suzuki All
TMG Racing 9 Brazil  Gustavo Lima All
77 Brazil  Valdeno Brito All
Shell Racing 10 Brazil  Ricardo Zonta All
51 Brazil  Átila Abreu All
Full Time-ProGP 12 Brazil  Lucas Foresti All
66 Brazil  Felipe Guimarães 1–7
Full Time Sports 18 Brazil  Allam Khodair All
111 Brazil  Rubens Barrichello All
Ipiranga-RCM 21 Brazil  Thiago Camilo All
28 Brazil  Galid Osman All
Bardahl Hot Car 26 Brazil  Raphael Abbate All
110 Brazil  Felipe Lapenna All
Eurofarma RC 65 Brazil  Max Wilson All
90 Brazil  Ricardo Maurício All
Peugeot 408 União Química Basssani 3 Brazil  Bia Figueiredo All
70 Brazil  Diego Nunes All
Mico's Racing 6 Brazil  Alceu Feldmann 1
45 Brazil  Fábio Carbone 1–2
Cavaleiro Sports 7 Brazil  Beto Cavaleiro 1
73 Brazil  Sérgio Jimenez 2–12
74 Brazil  Popó Bueno 1–8
99 Brazil  Xandinho Negrão 9–12
Eisenbahn Racing Team 46 Brazil  Vitor Genz All
63 Argentina  Néstor Girolami All
Voxx Racing 80 Brazil  Marcos Gomes All
88 Brazil  Felipe Fraga All

Team changes

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  • After a difficult year in 2015, ProGP entered in 2016 as customer team of Full Time Sports, was renamed to Full Time-ProGP and returned to operate two cars.
  • After four years of partnership, Mico's Racing lost the sponsorship of Prati-Donaduzzi and returned to his official name.
  • Since 2012 Mobil Super had sponsored AMG Motorsport; in 2016 it sponsors Full Time Sports. The team is now called TMG Motorsport with the acquisition of 100% of corporate shares by Thiago Meneghel.
  • Carlos Alves keeps up the sponsorship of Brazil Kirin; the car and team name changed from Schin to Eisenbahn.
  • Boettger Competições which in 2003 had a champion with David Muffato left the championship.
  • Reigning Champion Voxx Racing changes its name to Cimed Racing, the action is part of the celebrations of 40 years of Cimed Group, team owner and main sponsor since the creation of the team in 2013.

Driver changes

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Changed teams

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  • In 2016 Néstor Girolami drove for the Eisenbahn Racing Team and is the first Argentine to compete in the Stock Car the full season and second foreigner to compete in container, the first was the Portuguese Pedro Queiroz Pereira in the seasons 1981 and 1982.[3]
  • After seven seasons Atila Abreu left AMG Motorsport and joined Shell Racing.[4]
  • Felipe Lapenna returned for Hot Car Competições after one year in Schin Racing Team.
  • With the withdrawal of sponsorship of Prati-Donaduzzi of Mico's Racing, Júlio Campos left the team and will compete for your own team C2.
  • Vítor Genz left the Boettger Competições and joined Eisenbahn Racing Team.
  • Diego Nunes left Vogel Motorsport and returns the União Química Bassani Racing in 2016 for which he raced in 2010, 2011 and 2013.
  • Sergio Jimenez left the C2 Team and joined Cavaleirop Racing.
  • Rafael Suzuki switched from RZ Motorsport to Vogel Motorsport.
  • Gustavo Lima who raced for ProGP part-time in 2015 switched to TMG Motorsport.
  • Lucas Foresti and Felipe Guimarães who raced for AMG Motorsport and Boettger Competições in 2015 are driving for Full Time-ProGP in 2016.

Entering/re-entering the series

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  • After five seasons, Thiago Marques returned for the series with RZ Motorsport.
  • Alceu Feldmann and Fábio Carbone competed only on first round in 2015, who raced for Mico's Racing in 2016.

Race calendar and results

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The 2016 schedule was announced on 3 December 2015.[5] The eighth edition of the Corrida do Milhão was held on September 11 at Interlagos. Like last year, the season was contested over twenty-one races at twelve rounds, with the first round being contested by two-driver entries with wildcard drivers. The race with wildcard drivers – the so-called "All Star Race" – was held at Curitiba. The series did not return to the Ribeirão Preto and Campo Grande, but returned to Londrina. Also the series debuted at a new track in Curvelo, called the Circuito dos Cristais. All races were held in Brazil.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Paraná (state)  Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba March 6 Brazil  Ricardo Maurício
Brazil  Guilherme Salas
Brazil  Thiago Camilo
Brazil  Lucas Di Grassi
Brazil  Marcos Gomes
Brazil  Antônio Pizzonia
Cimed Racing
2 R1 Rio Grande do Sul  Velopark, Nova Santa Rita April 10 Brazil  Cacá Bueno Brazil  Cacá Bueno Brazil  Cacá Bueno Red Bull Racing
R2 Brazil  Diego Nunes Brazil  Thiago Camilo Brazil  Diego Nunes União Química Racing
3 R1 Goiás  Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia), Goiânia May 22 Brazil  Cacá Bueno Brazil  Cacá Bueno Brazil  Marcos Gomes Cimed Racing
R2 Brazil  Rafael Suzuki Brazil  Ricardo Maurício Brazil  Galid Osman Ipiranga-RCM
4 R1 Rio Grande do Sul  Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul June 5 Brazil  Felipe Fraga Brazil  Felipe Fraga Brazil  Felipe Fraga Voxx Racing
R2 Brazil  Ricardo Zonta Brazil  Diego Nunes Brazil  Max Wilson Eurofarma RC
5 R1 Rio Grande do Sul  Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã June 26 Brazil  Rubens Barrichello Brazil  Felipe Fraga Brazil  Max Wilson Eurofarma-RC
R2 Brazil  Sérgio Jimenez Brazil  Ricardo Mauricio Brazil  Júlio Campos C2 Team
6 R1 Paraná (state)  Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel July 17 Brazil  Cacá Bueno Brazil  Marcos Gomes Brazil  Cacá Bueno Red Bull Racing
R2 Brazil  Daniel Serra Brazil  Marcos Gomes Brazil  Rubens Barrichello Full Time Sports
7 São Paulo (state)  Interlagos Circuit September 11 Brazil  Rubens Barrichello Brazil  Júlio Campos Brazil  Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing
8 R1 Paraná (state)  Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Londrina), Londrina September 25 Brazil  Max Wilson Brazil  Marcos Gomes Brazil  Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing
R2 Argentina  Néstor Girolami Brazil  Rubens Barrichello Brazil  Rubens Barrichello Full Time Sports
9 R1 Paraná (state)  Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba October 16 Brazil  Felipe Fraga Brazil  Ricardo Mauricio Brazil  Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing
R2 Brazil  Raphael Abbate Brazil  Thiago Camilo Brazil  Thiago Camilo Ipiranga-RCM
10 R1 Goiás  Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia), Goiânia November 6 Brazil  Rubens Barrichello Brazil  Felipe Fraga Brazil  Rubens Barrichello Medley Full Time Sports
R2 Brazil  Lucas Foresti Brazil  Thiago Camilo Brazil  Atila Abreu Shell Racing
11 R1 Minas Gerais  Circuito dos Cristais November 20 Brazil  Felipe Fraga Brazil  Marcos Gomes Brazil  Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing
R2 Brazil  Diego Nunes Brazil  Marcos Gomes Brazil  Ricardo Maurício Eurofarma-RC
12 São Paulo (state)  Interlagos Circuit December 11 Brazil  Felipe Fraga Brazil  Allam Khodair Brazil  Daniel Serra Red Bull Racing

Championship standings

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Points system

Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 60 points per event.

Points format Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Dual race 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Feature races 30 25 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 5 3 1
Sprint races 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Final race 60 50 44 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 10 6 2
  • Dual Race: Used for the first round with Wildcard drivers.
  • Feature races: Used for the first race of each event and the Stock Car Million race.
  • Sprint races: Used for the second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid.
  • Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver CUR1 VEL GOI1 SCZ TAR CAS INT1 LON CUR2 GOI2 CRI INT2 Pts
1 Brazil  Felipe Fraga 16 4 4 12 2 1 15 2 Ret 8 9 1 1 12 1 14 2 18† 1 16 10 310
2 Brazil  Rubens Barrichello 20† 6 5 11 3 21 2 17† 11 17 1 2 6 1 11 2 1 5 3 22† 2 295
3 Brazil  Daniel Serra 4 2 6 19 Ret 3 12 4 13 10 21† 8 20 Ret 4 13 7 15 Ret 3 1 229
4 Brazil  Valdeno Brito 22† 9 2 3 17 24† 13 5 12 6 7 3 2 14 5 20† 3 20† Ret 4 9 229
5 Brazil  Marcos Gomes 1 3 14 1 16 4 DSQ 3 Ret 25† 4 Ret 4 10 21† Ret 4 7 2 10 15 213
6 Brazil  Ricardo Maurício 3 22† DNS 2 15 5 6 6 21 19 11† DSQ 3 8 2 18 Ret DNS 12 1 3 207
7 Brazil  Diego Nunes 9 10 1 17 7 13 DSQ 18† 7 3 Ret 6 8 11 24† Ret 5 3 10 14 16 190
8 Brazil  Átila Abreu 6 8 3 6 18 6 10 14 10 24† DNS 20† 14 2 17 21† 9 1 5 13 14 187
9 Brazil  Cacá Bueno Ret 1 11 20 6 18 7 20 5 1 12 18† 7 15 8 15 22† Ret 16 24† 4 186
10 Brazil  Allam Khodair 2 Ret 9 Ret 8 2 Ret Ret 3 18 2 5 13 6 3 12 Ret DNS 4 23† 12 181
11 Brazil  Júlio Campos Ret Ret 16 9 Ret 11 Ret Ret 1 Ret 3 7 Ret Ret 6 Ret 6 19† 7 8 5 170
12 Brazil  Max Wilson 18 5 Ret 4 19 22 1 1 16 5 8 4 22† 9 Ret 3 21† 4 Ret 7 Ret 167
13 Brazil  Vitor Genz 7 11 23 5 20 8 18† 8 18 4 18 10 Ret 3 15 4 12 8 Ret 6 22 158
14 Brazil  Galid Osman 11 Ret DNS 14 1 17 5 19 9 21 6 14 11 Ret 19† 5 16 6 9 DNS 17 142
15 Brazil  Thiago Camilo 14 Ret 8 13 5 19 Ret Ret 2 15 13† 17† 15 4 22† 1 13 2 6 15 Ret 141
16 Brazil  Ricardo Zonta 5 14 DNS 16 4 10 9 Ret 8 2 10 22† Ret 5 14 Ret Ret DSQ DSQ DNS 13 130
17 Brazil  Rafael Suzuki 10 15 10 10 21 16 8 DSQ EX 7 14 Ret Ret Ret 20 11 19 12 13 20 7 117
18 Brazil  Denis Navarro 12 7 7 15 12 DSQ Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 23† 7 18 6 Ret 14 17 5 11 114
19 Brazil  Gustavo Lima Ret Ret 22 22† 9 14 16 11 14 12 16 Ret 17 Ret 13 17 18 9 14 18 8 113
20 Brazil  Sérgio Jimenez Ret* 18 Ret 8 Ret 9 17† 10 Ret 9 19† 19† 5 13 Ret 7 Ret 11 15 21 23 110
21 Brazil  Gabriel Casagrande Ret 16 18 Ret DNS 7 14 15 4 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 10 17 Ret 8 17 Ret 89
22 Argentina  Néstor Girolami Ret 21 15 Ret 10 Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 Ret 16 10 Ret 16 8 8 23† Ret 9 Ret 77
23 Brazil  Raphael Abbate 23† Ret 21 21† DNS 20 4 Ret 17 13 17 12 9 18† 10 Ret Ret DNS Ret 12 DSQ 67
24 Brazil  Lucas Foresti 8 19 19 Ret Ret 12 11 9 20 Ret 20† Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 10 22 Ret Ret 20 67
25 Brazil  Tuka Rocha Ret* 16 16 9 16 11 16 18 2 19 60
26 Brazil  Bia Figueiredo Ret 17 24 18 14 23† DNS 16 6 23 Ret 13 21 17 Ret 19† 15 21† 19 11 Ret 57
27 Brazil  Guilherme Salas 3* 20 10 11 19 6 55
28 Brazil  Felipe Guimarães 21† 12 Ret 7 22† Ret 3 Ret 19 22 5 51
29 Brazil  Felipe Lapenna 13 Ret 12 Ret 13 Ret Ret 7 15 20 Ret 11 19 Ret 23† Ret Ret 13 21† DNS 18 51
30 Brazil  Popó Bueno 17 20 17 Ret 11 15 Ret 12 Ret 16 Ret 23† 12 Ret 46
31 Brazil  Danilo Dirani 4* 14 15 15 18 Ret 25† 9 30
32 Brazil  Xandinho Negrão 12 Ret 14 17 20 25† 21 23
33 Brazil  Luciano Burti Ret 13 20 11
34 Brazil  Fábio Carbone 15 23† 13 2
Brazil  Alceu Feldmann 19 0
Brazil  César Ramos Ret* Ret DNS Ret Ret 21† 0
Brazil  Beto Cavaleiro Ret 0
Brazil  Thiago Marques Ret 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Brazil  Antônio Pizzonia 1
Portugal  António Félix da Costa 2
Belgium  Laurens Vanthoor 5
Brazil  Nelson Piquet Jr. 6
Brazil  David Muffato 7
Brazil  Luiz Razia 8
Brazil  Dennis Dirani 9
Argentina  Franco Vivian 10
Argentina  Damián Fineschi 11
Brazil  Felipe Maluhy 12
Brazil  Marco Cozzi 13
Brazil  Lucas di Grassi 14
Brazil  Vicente Orige 15
Brazil  Rodrigo Sperafico 16
Brazil  Norberto Gresse 17
Brazil  Vítor Meira 18
Brazil  Tarso Marques 19
Brazil  Augusto Farfus 20†
Brazil  Duda Pamplona 21†
Belgium  Maxime Martin 22†
Brazil  Nicolas Costa 23†
Brazil  Allan Heillmeister Ret
Brazil  Ricardo Sperafico Ret
Brazil  Márcio Campos Ret
Brazil  Beto Monteiro Ret
Brazil  Felipe Giaffone Ret
Argentina  Franco Girolami Ret
Pos Driver CUR1 VEL GOI1 SCZ TAR CAS INT1 LON CUR2 GOI2 CRI INT2 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 position
Italics – Fastest lap
† – Retired, but classified

  • * –Inegible to score points in first round.

References

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  1. ^ "STOCK CAR PASSA A SER TAMBÉM SUL-AMERICANA" (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  2. ^ "O NOVO CHEVROLET DA STOCK CAR" (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  3. ^ "Schin Racing Team anuncia Genz e Girolami" (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  4. ^ "Átila Abreu será piloto da equipe Shell Racing em 2016" (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  5. ^ "Brazilian V8 Stock Cars: 2016 calendar announced". Motorsport.com. December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
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