# 2016 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 2016 in motorsport, including the major racing events, award ceremonies, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

## Annual events
### Sporting events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
| Date | Event |
| 2–16 January | 38th Dakar Rally |
| 30–31 January | 54th 24 Hours of Daytona |
| 21 February | 58th Daytona 500 |
| 28–29 May | 44th 24 Hours of Nürburgring |
| 29 May | 74th Monaco Grand Prix |
| 29 May | 100th Indianapolis 500 |
| 4–10 June | 98th Isle of Man TT |
| 18–19 June | 84th 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| 30–31 July | 68th 24 Hours of Spa |
| 31 July | 39th Suzuka 8 Hours |
| 21 August | 26th Masters of Formula 3 |
| 9 October | 59th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 |
| 20 November | 63rd Macau Grand Prix |

### Award ceremonies

| Date | Event | Ref |
| 2 December | FIA Prize Giving Ceremony | |

## Established championships/events

| First race | Championship |
| 7 February | Intercontinental GT Challenge |
| 27 March | BRDC British Formula 3 Championship |
| 2 April | Touring Car Endurance Series |
| 3 April | TCR Spanish Series |
| 16 April | ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship |
| 14 May | GT3 Le Mans Cup |
| 21 May | TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship |
| 21 May | TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship |
| 11 June | F4 Spanish Championship |
| 2 July | Formula 4 United States Championship |
| 5 August | Formula 4 South East Asia Championship |
| 18 November | 2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship |

## Disestablished championships/events

| Last race | Championship |
| 9 October | Auto GP |
| 16 October | European Junior Cup |
| 23 October | Renault Sport Trophy |
| 27 November | GP2 Series |

## Opened motorsport venues

| Date | Venue | First event |
| 23 April | Paris Street Circuit | Paris ePrix |
| 21 May | Berlin Street Circuit | Berlin ePrix |
| 19 June | Baku City Circuit | European Grand Prix |
| 9 October | Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit | Hong Kong ePrix |

## Closed motorsport venues

| Date | Venue | Last event | Ref |
| 3 July | Battersea Park Street Circuit | London ePrix | |

## Deaths

| Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note |
| 8 | January | Maria Teresa de Filippis | 89 | Italian | Racing driver | First female Formula One driver |
| 13 | January | Mike Salmon | 82 | British | Racing driver | |
| 16 | January | Bob Harkey | 85 | American | Racing driver | |
| 19 | January | Mike MacDowel | 83 | British | Racing driver | |
| 26 | January | Barney Hall | 83 | American | Motorsport commentator | Specialised on NASCAR |
| 4 | February | Dave Mirra | 41 | American | Racing driver | |
| 10 | February | Lennie Pond | 75 | American | Racing driver | |
| 3 | March | Alan Henry | 68 | British | Motorsport journalist | |
| 7 | March | Bobby Johns | 83 | American | Racing driver | |
| 26 | March | Yoshimi Katayama | 75 | Japanese | Racing driver | |
| 31 | March | Bertil Roos | 72 | Swedish | Racing driver and instructor | |
| 23 | April | Attila Ferjáncz | 69 | Hungarian | Rally driver | Hungarian Rally champion (1976–1982, 1985, 1990) |
| 29 | April | Don White | 89 | American | Racing driver | |
| 14 | May | Andre Wicky | 87 | Swiss | Racing driver and team owner | |
| 21 | May | Eddie Keizan | 71 | South African | Racing driver | |
| 28 | June | Andre Guelfi | 97 | French | Racing driver | |
| 29 | June | Carl Haas | 87 | American | Racing driver and team owner | |
| 7 | July | Peter Riley | 85 | British | Rally driver | |
| 3 | August | Chris Amon | 73 | New Zealander | Racing driver | Winner of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| 7 | August | Bryan Clauson | 27 | American | Racing driver | |
| 7 | August | Jack Sears | 86 | British | Race and rally driver | First BTCC champion |
| 9 | August | Bill Alsup | 78 | American | Racing driver | |
| 2 | September | Blackie Gejeian | 90 | American | Racing driver | Also known as hot rod builder |
| 8 | September | Hannes Arch | 48 | Austrian | Air racer | Red Bull Air World Race champion (2008). |
| 10 | October | Tony Adamowicz | 75 | American | Racing driver | |
| 24 | October | Jack Sellers | 72 | American | Racing driver | |
| 15 | November | Paul Rosche | 82 | German | Engineer | |
| 19 | November | Jacques Henry | 74 | French | Rally driver | |
| 10 | December | Herm Johnson | 63 | American | Racing driver | |