2016 Mercedes-Benz Challenge season

2016 Mercedes-Benz Challenge

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2016 Stock Car Brasil event:
2016 Stock Car Brasil
2016 Brasileiro de Marcas
2016 Formula 3 Brasil
2016 Brasileiro de Turismo

The 2016 Mercedes-Benz Challenge is the sixth season of the Mercedes-Benz Challenge.

Entry list

• CLA AMG Cup drivers compete utilising the Mercedes-Benz CLA AMG while C250 Cup drivers use the Mercedes-Benz C250. All drivers were Brazilian-registered, excepting João Lemos, who raced under Portuguese racing license.

2016 Entry List
Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
CLA AMG Cup
WCR	3	Cristian Mohr	3–8
	6	Fernando Júnior	1, 3–4
CKR Racing	10	Pierre Ventura	All
	46	Carlos Kray	All
		Henrique Assunção	All
Bläu Motorsport	16	Marcelo Hahn	1, 4–8
		Victor Guerin	5
Mottin Racing	20	Roger Sandoval	All
	32	Fernando Fortes	All
	45	Paulo Tortaro	3–5
Ourocar Racing	19	Luis Carlos Ribeiro	All
Cordova Motorsports	33	Adriano Rabelo	All
	37	Lorenzo Varassin	All
		Paulo Varassin	1–5, 7–8
	76	Danilo Pinto	5, 7
	90	José Vitte	1, 3–5, 7–8
L3 Motorsport	11	Neto de Nigris	1–5
	27	Claudio Dahruj	1–3, 5–8
	89	Beto Giorgi	6–8
		Daniel Paludo	6
		Claudio Vinicius	7
		Otávio Mesquita	8
Comark Racing	17	Noberto Gresse	8
	77	Arnaldo Diniz Filho	1–7
Center Bus Sambaiba Racing	60	Betão Fonseca	All
	61	César Fonseca	1
	62	Gustavo Magnabosco	8
Scuderia 111	45	Paulo Tortaro	1
RSports Racing	3	Cristian Mohr	1–2
	555	Renato Braga	All
Sul Racing	18	Fernando Poeta	All
	76	Danilo Pinto	1
	88	Fernando Amorim	All
C250 Cup
Paioli Racing	7	Betinho Sartorio	1
	21	Peter Michael Gottschalk	All
	111	Marcos Paioli	All
		Peter Gottschalk Jr.	All
Hot Car Competições	26	Flavio Andrade	All
	100	Matheus Biriba	2, 5–7
Ensite Racing Team	41	João Lemos	2–8
	55	Fábio Escorpioni	All
Center Bus Sambaiba Racing	64	Carlos Alberto Guilherme	All
		Sérgio Kuba	3–4, 6–8
	65	Claudio Simão	All
	66	André Paulo Varassin	1
	67	Sergio Maggi	2
	68	Rodrigo Carvalho	5
	166	Vinicius Simão	2, 4
RSports	13	Beto Rossi	All
		Ydenis Roberto de Souza	1
	99	Romualdo Magro Júnior	2–4, 6, 8
		Ydenis Roberto de Souza	2
		Bruno Alvarenga	3–4, 5–7
	225	Max Mohr	1–4, 6
RSports/Yrosfly	40	Ydenis Roberto de Souza	1–3, 5–8
		Arthur Bragantini	3
		Leandro Reis	7–8
Lagoa Racing	73	Raphael Teixeira	2
Sallo Racing	73	Raphael Teixeira	6–8
		Rodrigo Cruvinel	6–8

Race calendar and results

All races were held in Brazil.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	C250 Cup winner
1	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	March 6	Arnaldo Dinz Filho	Betão Fonseca	Arnaldo Diniz Filho	Comark Racing	Claudio Simão
2	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	May 22	Fernando Fortes	Fernando Fortes	Fernando Fortes	Mottin Racing	Marcos Paioli Peter Gottschalk
3	Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã	June 26	Adriano Rabelo	Adriano Rabelo	Adriano Rabelo	Cordová Motorsport	Marcos Paioli Peter Gottschalk
4	Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel	July 17	Lorenzo Varassim Paulo Varassim	Lorenzo Varassim Paulo Varassim	Marcelo Hahn	Blau Motorsport	Peter Michel Gottschalk
5	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	September 11	Arnaldo Diniz Filho	Adriano Rabelo	Arnaldo Diniz Filho	Comark Racing	Claudio Simão
6	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	October 16	Lorenzo Varassim Paulo Varassim	Betão Fonseca	Cristian Mohr	WCR	Fabio Escorpioni
7	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	November 6	Adriano Rabelo	Fernando Fortes	Betão Fonseca	CenterBus Sambaiba Racing	Peter MichaelGottschalk
8	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	December 11	Fernando Fortes	Fernando Fortes	Adriano Rabelo	Cordova Motorsport	Marcos Paioli Peter Gottschalk

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)