# 2016 Audi Sport TT Cup

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 |
| 94 | Drew Ridge | 7 |
| 95 | Edy Saaiby | 3 |
| 95 | Bernhard van Oranje | 4 |
| 95 | Simon Evans | 5 |
| 95 | Milan Dontje | 6–7 |
| 96 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 1 |
| 96 | Miriam Höller | 2 |
| 96 | Michael Henke | 3 |
| 96 | Adrien Théaux | 4 |
| 96 | Benedikt Mayr | 5 |
| 96 | Chaz Davies | 6 |
| 96 | Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht | 7 |
| 97 | Scott Speed | 1 |
| 97 | Heinz Müller | 2 |
| 97 | Marcos Martínez | 3 |
| 97 | Peter Fill | 4 |
| 97 | Tayfun Baydar | 5 |
| 97 | Xavi Forés | 6 |
| 97 | Timothy Burton | 7 |
| 98 | Mathieu Sentis | 1 |
| 98 | Richard Meaden | 2 |
| 98 | Atle Gulbrandsen | 3 |
| 98 | Xavier Daffe | 4 |
| 98 | Robert Koistinen | 5 |
| 98 | Jörg Petersen | 6 |
| 98 | Flemming Haslund | 7 |
| 99 | Jakub Rejlek | 1 |
| 99 | Sönke Brederlow | 2 |
| 99 | Lucas di Grassi | 3 |
| 99 | Allard Kalff | 4 |
| 99 | Gábor Telek | 6 |
| 99 | Jesse Adams | 7 |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | 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 |
| 1 | R2 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg | 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 |
| 2 | R2 | Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate (Grand Prix Circuit) | 28 May | Sheldon van der Linde | Dennis Marschall | Sheldon van der Linde |
| 3 | R1 | Norisring, Nuremberg | 25 June | Dennis Marschall | Dennis Marschall | Dennis Marschall |
| 3 | R2 | Norisring, Nuremberg | 26 June | Dennis Marschall | Paul Holton | Joonas Lappalainen |
| 4 | R1 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland | 16 July | Nicklas Nielsen | Dennis Marschall | Nicklas Nielsen |
| 4 | R2 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland | 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 |
| 5 | R2 | Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate | 11 September | Sheldon van der Linde | Joonas Lappalainen | Joonas Lappalainen |
| 6 | R1 | Hungaroring, Mogyoród | 24 September | Dennis Marschall | Dennis Marschall | Dennis Marschall |
| 6 | R2 | Hungaroring, Mogyoród | 25 September | Dennis Marschall | Dennis Marschall | Dennis Marschall |
| 7 | R1 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg | 15 October | Joonas Lappalainen | Sheldon van der Linde | Joonas Lappalainen |
| 7 | R2 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg | 16 October | Dennis Marschall | Nicklas Nielsen | Dennis Marschall |

### Footnotes

* 1 2 Actual fastest lap achieved by guest driver Lucas di Grassi.
* ↑ Actual victory achieved by guest driver Lucas di Grassi.

## Championship standings
### Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top eighteen classified finishers as follows:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th |
| Points | 25 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

### Drivers' championship

| Pos. | Driver | HOC | HOC | NÜR | NÜR | NOR | NOR | ZAN | ZAN | NÜR | NÜR | HUN | HUN | HOC | 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 | HOC | NÜR | NÜR | NOR | NOR | ZAN | ZAN | NÜR | NÜR | HUN | HUN | HOC | HOC | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |