# 2016 Global Touring Car Championship

The 2016 Global Touring Car Championship (commercially known as the 2016 Sasol GTC Championship) was the inaugural season of the Global Touring Car Championship, a South African touring car racing series. The series was scheduled for six rounds, consisting of a total of fourteen races from 9 August until 3 December.
Michael Stephen became the series's first champion, taking seven race wins from the first eight races behind the wheel of an Audi A3 GTC. Daniel Rowe took the title in GTC Production, the second class of the series consisting of production racing cars, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTi. BMW took the manufacturer's title in the GTC Class, while Volkswagen secured the GTC Production title.

## Teams and drivers
### GTC

| Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Audi | Audi A3 GTC | Engen Xtreme Team | 12 | Michael Stephen | All |
| Audi | Audi A3 GTC | Engen Xtreme Team | 38 | Simon Moss | All |
| BMW | BMW M2 GTC | Sasol GTC Racing Team | 08 | Hennie Groenewald | All |
| BMW | BMW M2 GTC | Sasol GTC Racing Team | 32 | Gennaro Bonafede | All |
| BMW | BMW M2 GTC | EPS Couriers BMW | 14 | Johan Fourie | 2-5 |
| BMW | BMW M2 GTC | Rustenburg Steel Construction BMW | 95 | Michael van Rooyen | 4-5 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Jetta GTC | Volkswagen Motorsport | 21 | Graeme Nathan | All |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Jetta GTC | Volkswagen Motorsport | 57 | Matthew Hodges | All |

### GTC Production

| Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Golf GTi | Volkswagen Motorsport | 11 | Daniel Rowe | All |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Golf GTi | Volkswagen Motorsport | 44 | Mandla Mdakane | All |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Golf GTi | VW Genuine Parts | 15 | Charl Smalberger | All |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Golf GTi | Kalex VW | 35 | Devon Piazza Musso | 5-6 |
| Ford | Ford Focus ST | N/A | 42 | Shaun Duminy | 1-5 |
| BMW | BMW Z4 | GTCX Zambezi Auto | 74 | Mark du Toit | 3 |

## Calendar

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Overall Winner | GTC-P Winner |
| 1 | R1 | Zwartkops Raceway, Centurion | 9 August | Michael Stephen | Michael Stephen | Shaun Duminy |
| 1 | R2 | Zwartkops Raceway, Centurion | 9 August | Michael Stephen | Michael Stephen | Daniel Rowe |
| 2 | R1 | Aldo Scribante Circuit, Port Elizabeth | 10 September | Michael Stephen | Michael Stephen | Daniel Rowe |
| 2 | R2 | Aldo Scribante Circuit, Port Elizabeth | 10 September | Michael Stephen | Michael Stephen | Charl Smalberger |
| 2 | R3 | Aldo Scribante Circuit, Port Elizabeth | 10 September | Michael Stephen | Michael Stephen | Daniel Rowe |
| 3 | R1 | Killarney Race Track, Cape Town | 24 September | Michael Stephen | Michael Stephen | Daniel Rowe |
| 3 | R2 | Killarney Race Track, Cape Town | 24 September | Gennaro Bonafede | Gennaro Bonafede | Daniel Rowe |
| 3 | R3 | Killarney Race Track, Cape Town | 24 September | Michael Stephen | Michael Stephen | Daniel Rowe |
| 4 | R1 | Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand | 23 October | Gennaro Bonafede | Gennaro Bonafede | Daniel Rowe |
| 4 | R2 | Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand | 23 October | Gennaro Bonafede | Gennaro Bonafede | Daniel Rowe |
| 5 | R1 | Zwartkops Raceway, Centurion | 26 November | Michael Stephen | Michael Stephen | Daniel Rowe |
| 5 | R2 | Zwartkops Raceway, Centurion | 26 November | Michael Stephen | Gennaro Bonafede | Daniel Rowe |
| 6 | R1 | Prince George Circuit, East London | 3 December | Michael Stephen | Matthew Hodges | Charl Smalberger |
| 6 | R2 | Prince George Circuit, East London | 3 December | Michael Stephen | Gennaro Bonafede | Daniel Rowe |

## Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:
| Race Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | FL |
| Points | 50 | 38 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying will also receive points.
| Qualifying Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Points | 5 | 3 | 1 |

### Drivers' Standings

| Pos. | Driver | ZWA1 | ZWA1 | ALD | ALD | ALD | KIL | KIL | KIL | KYA | KYA | ZWA2 | ZWA2 | PRI | PRI | Points |
| GTC Class |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michael Stephen | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 2$^2$ | 1 $^1$ | 2$^3$ | 2 | 1$^1$ | Ret$^1$ | 5$^1$ | 5 $^1$ | 619 |
| 2 | Gennaro Bonafede | 3$^3$ | 3$^3$ | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3$^3$ | 1$^1$ | 3$^3$ | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 3 | 1$^3$ | 4$^3$ | 1 | 508 |
| 3 | Matthew Hodges | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 4$^2$ | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4$^3$ | 296 |
| 4 | Hennie Groenewald | 5 | DNS | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 262 |
| 5 | Simon Moss | 6 | 5 | 5$^3$ | 2$^3$ | Ret$^2$ | 2$^2$ | 3$^3$ | 2$^2$ | 3 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret$^2$ | DNS$^2$ | 219 |
| 6 | Graeme Nathan | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 215 |
| 7 | Johan Fourie | | | 2$^2$ | Ret$^2$ | 2$^2$ | 5 | 4 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 3$^2$ | | | 198 |
| 8 | Michael van Rooyen | | | | | | | | | Ret | 4 | Ret | 5 | | | 34 |
| 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) |