# 2016 World Touring Car Championship

The 2016 World Touring Car Championship was the thirteenth season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the twelfth since the series was revived in 2005.
In 2016 a new manufacturer Polestar (with Volvo S60) entered while Citroën reduced the number of official entries to two, and announced their retirement in 2017. A new team time trial format was introduced for manufacturers, titled Manufacturers Against the Clock (MAC3), consisting in three cars per manufacturer completing two laps at the same time (only one lap at the Nürburgring) against the clock, whereby the total time of the last car determines the result. The cars must finish in a 15 seconds gap.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Manufacturer entries |||||
| Lada Sport Rosneft | Lada Vesta WTCC | 2 | Gabriele Tarquini | All |
| Lada Sport Rosneft | Lada Vesta WTCC | 7 | Hugo Valente | All |
| Lada Sport Rosneft | Lada Vesta WTCC | 10 | Nick Catsburg | All |
| Honda Racing Team JAS | Honda Civic WTCC | 5 | Norbert Michelisz | All |
| Honda Racing Team JAS | Honda Civic WTCC | 34 | Ryo Michigami | 9 |
| Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team | Honda Civic WTCC | 12 | Robert Huff | All |
| Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team | Honda Civic WTCC | 18 | Tiago Monteiro | All |
| Citroën Racing | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 37 | José María López | All |
| Citroën Racing | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 68 | Yvan Muller | All |
| Polestar Cyan Racing | Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 | 61 | Fredrik Ekblom | 1–6, 10 |
| Polestar Cyan Racing | Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 | 62 | Thed Björk | All |
| Polestar Cyan Racing | Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 | 63 | Robert Dahlgren | 7–8, 11 |
| Polestar Cyan Racing | Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 | 81 | Néstor Girolami | 9 |
| Independent entries |||||
| Sébastien Loeb Racing | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 3 | Tom Chilton | All |
| Sébastien Loeb Racing | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 11 | Grégoire Demoustier | All |
| Sébastien Loeb Racing | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 25 | Mehdi Bennani | All |
| ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 8 | Sabine Schmitz | 5 |
| ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 15 | James Thompson | 2, 4, 6–11 |
| ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 77 | René Münnich | 1, 3 |
| ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 9 | Tom Coronel | All |
| Campos Racing | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 27 | John Filippi | All |
| Campos Racing | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 86 | Esteban Guerrieri | 8 |
| Zengő Motorsport | Honda Civic WTCC | 55 | Ferenc Ficza | All |
| Zengő Motorsport | Honda Civic WTCC | 99 | Dániel Nagy | 1, 7–11 |
| ETCC Entries ineligible to score points |||||
| Super 2000 |||||
| Zengő Motorsport | SEAT León Cup Racer | 108 | Norbert Nagy | 5 |
| Rikli Motorsport | Honda Civic TCR | 111 | Kris Richard | 5 |
| Rikli Motorsport | Honda Civic TCR | 112 | Peter Rikli | 5 |
| Lema Racing | SEAT León Cup Racer | 114 | Igor Stefanovski | 5 |
| Lema Racing | SEAT León Cup Racer | 137 | Fábio Mota | 5 |
| ASK Lein Racing | SEAT León Cup Racer | 117 | Mladen Lalušić | 5 |
| Krenek Motorsport | SEAT León Cup Racer | 119 | Christjohannes Schreiber | 5 |
| Krenek Motorsport | SEAT León Cup Racer | 122 | Petr Fulín | 5 |
| Sébastien Loeb Racing | Peugeot 308 Racing Cup | 130 | Teddy Clairet | 5 |
| Sébastien Loeb Racing | Peugeot 308 Racing Cup | 138 | David Pouget | 5 |
| Super 1600 |||||
| RAVENOL Motorsport | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | 181 | Niklas Mackschin | 5 |
| RAVENOL Motorsport | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | 182 | Ksenia Niks | 5 |
| RAVENOL Motorsport | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | 183 | Daniel Niermann | 5 |
| RAVENOL Motorsport | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | 184 | Ulrike Krafft | 5 |
| ETH Tuning | Peugeot 207 Sport | 186 | Andreas Rinke | 5 |
| ETH Tuning | Peugeot 207 Sport | 187 | David Griessner | 5 |
| Master KR Racing | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | 195 | Sergii Kravets | 5 |
| Master KR Racing | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | 197 | Pavlo Kopylets | 5 |