The 2016 Ferrari Challenge – Europe is the 23rd season of Ferrari Challenge Europe and its predecessor, Ferrari Challenge Italy. The season consisted of 7 rounds, starting at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on April 2 and ending at the Daytona International Speedway on December 3.^[1]

Rnd.	Circuit	Dates	Map
1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	April 2–3	Monza Mugello Le Mans Sochi Hockenheim Jerez Daytona
2	Mugello Circuit	April 30–May 1
3	Circuit de la Sarthe	June 18
4	Sochi Autodrom	July 30–31
5	Hockenheimring	September 10–11
6	Circuito de Jerez	October 8–9
7	Daytona International Speedway	December 2–3

All teams and drivers used the Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo fitted with Pirelli tyres.

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Octane126	1	Björn Grossmann	Pro	All
	42	Galip Atar	Pro-Am	1, 5
	67	James Fischer	Pro-Am	1
	68	Fabio Leimer	Pro	4–5, 7
Motor Service	3	Aleksey Basov	Pro	4
	26	Cedric Mezard	Pro-Am	7
	39	Vladimir Atoev	Pro-Am	4, 6–7
	58	Hui-Lin Han	Pro-Am	5
	77	Stephen Wyatt	Pro-Am	3
Rossocorsa	9	Marcello Puglisi	Pro	All
	18	James Weiland	Pro-Am	4
	27	Alessandro Vezzoni	Pro	All
	41	Fréderic Jean-Marie Fangio	Pro-Am	2, 5, 7
	59	John Farano	Pro-Am	1–4, 6–7
	71	Roman Yakuskin	Pro-Am	1
	86	Alberto Cola	Pro	3
	91	Philipp Baron	Pro	All
	94	Giuseppe Ramelli	Pro-Am	1–2
	97	Tommaso Rocca	Pro-Am	All
Scuderia Autoropa	10	Henrik Hedman	Pro-Am	3, 5, 7
	13	Martin Nelson	Pro-Am	1–3, 5–7
	55	Matteo Santoponte	Pro	1
Formula Racing	16	Niels Zibrandsen	Pro-Am	7
	19	Per Nielsen	Pro-Am	3, 5, 7
StileF Squadra Corse	22	Álex Palou	Pro	6
	32	Andreas Segler	Pro-Am	1–3
	74	Andrea Benenati	Pro-Am	1–2, 6
Gohm Motorsport	25	Alexander Nußbaumer	Pro-Am	5
	44	Jens Liebhauser	Pro-Am	3, 5
Scuderia Praha	37	Jan Danis	Pro Pro-Am	1–2 3, 5
Kessel Racing	48	Liam Talbot	Pro	3
	79	Joshua Cartu	Pro-Am	7
	87	Peter Knoflach	Pro-Am	2–3, 5
	99	Jacques Duyver	Pro-Am	7
Ineco – MP Racing	50	David Gostner	Pro	1–3, 5–6
Ferrari Eberlein	51	Walter-Ben Dörrenberg	Pro-Am	3, 5
Baron Service	88	Florian Merckx	Pro	3
Stratstone Ferrari	92	Sam Smeeth	Pro-Am	All

Team	Driver	Class	Rounds
Baron Service	Thomas Lindroth	Am	All
CDP	Leonardo Baccarelli	Am	1–2
	Renato di Amato	Am	1, 3, 6–7
Ferrari of Newport Beach	Alan Hegyi	Am	1–3
Gohm Motorsport	Klaus Hrubesch	Am	3
	Christian Kinch	Am	All
Ineco – MP Racing	Corinna Gostner	Am	1–3, 5–7
	Manuela Gostner	Am	1–3, 5–7
	Thomas Gostner	Am	1–3, 5–7
	Erich Prinoth	Am	1–3, 5–7
Kessel Racing	Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Am	1–6
	Daniel Künzli	Am	1–2
	Rick Lovat	Am	1–5, 7
	Fons Scheltema	Am	All
Lüg Sportivo	Holger Harmsen	Am	1, 5–7
Motor Service	Eric Cheung	Am	1–6
	Tani Hanna	Am	1–3, 7
	Gary Kondakov	Am	1
	Kriton Lendoudis	Am	1, 3–7
	Michael Luzich	Am	2, 4
Rossocorsa	Jean-Claude Saada	Am	1–3, 5
	Frank Selldorff	Am	7
Scuderia Autoropa	Ingvar Mattsson	Am	2, 6–7
	Roger Samuelsson	Am	3
	Alexander West	Am	2
Scuderia Niki Hasler	Deborah Mayer	Am	All
	Claudio Schiavoni	Am	All
Scuderia Praha	Vladimir Hladik	Am	3, 5–7
	Dušan Palcr	Am	3
StileF Squadra Corsa	Thomas Löfflad	Am	All
Stratstone Ferrari	Wayne Marrs	Am	1–3

Round	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Trofeo Pirelli Winners	Coppa Shell Winners
1	1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	TP Pro: Matteo Santoponte TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Thomas Löfflad	TP Pro: Philipp Baron TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Thomas Löfflad	Pro: Matteo Santoponte Scuderia Autoropa Pro-Am: Martin Nelson Scuderia Autoropa	Am: Thomas Löfflad StileF Squadra Corse
	2		TP Pro: Philipp Baron TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Thomas Löfflad	TP Pro: Philipp Baron TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Thomas Löfflad	Pro: Philipp Baron Rossocorsa Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth Stratstone Ferrari	Am: Thomas Löfflad StileF Squadra Corse
2	1	Mugello Circuit	TP Pro: Björn Grossmann TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Erich Prinoth	TP Pro: Björn Grossmann TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Thomas Löfflad	Pro: Björn Grossmann Octane126 Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth Stratstone Ferrari	Am: Erich Prinoth Ineco – MP Racing
	2		TP Pro: Björn Grossmann TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Tani Hanna	TP Pro: Björn Grossmann TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Thomas Löfflad	Pro: Björn Grossmann Octane126 Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth Stratstone Ferrari	Am: Thomas Löfflad StileF Squadra Corse
3	1	Circuit de la Sarthe	TP Pro: Alberto Cola TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Tani Hanna	TP Pro: David Gostner TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Erich Prinoth	Pro: Marcello Puglisi Rossocorsa Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth Stratstone Ferrari	Am: Vladimir Hladik Scuderia Praha
4	1	Sochi Autodrom	TP Pro: Fabio Leimer TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Thomas Löfflad	TP Pro: Björn Grossmann TP Pro-Am: Vladimir Atoev CS Am: Rick Lovat	Pro: Björn Grossmann Octane126 Pro-Am: Vladimir Atoev Motor Service	Am: Fons Scheltema Kessel Racing
	2		TP Pro: Björn Grossmann TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Thomas Löfflad	TP Pro: Björn Grossmann TP Pro-Am: Vladimir Atoev CS Am: Claudio Schiavoni	Pro: Björn Grossmann Octane126 Pro-Am: Vladimir Atoev Motor Service	Am: Thomas Löfflad StileF Squadra Corse
5	1	Hockenheimring	TP Pro: Fabio Leimer TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Rick Lovat	TP Pro: Fabio Leimer TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Rick Lovat	Pro: Fabio Leimer Octane126 Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth Stratstone Ferrari	Am: Rick Lovat Kessel Racing
	2		TP Pro: Fabio Leimer TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Rick Lovat	TP Pro: Fabio Leimer TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Rick Lovat	Pro: Björn Grossmann Octane126 Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth Stratstone Ferrari	Am: Rick Lovat Kessel Racing
6	1	Circuito de Jerez	TP Pro: Álex Palou TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Fons Scheltema	TP Pro: Björn Grossmann TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Vladimir Hladik	Pro: Björn Grossmann Octane126 Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth Stratstone Ferrari	Am: Erich Prinoth Ineco – MP Racing
	2		TP Pro: Álex Palou TP Pro-Am: Vladimir Atoev CS Am: Thomas Löfflad	TP Pro: Álex Palou TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Thomas Löfflad	Pro: Álex Palou StileF Squadra Corse Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth Stratstone Ferrari	Am: Thomas Löfflad StileF Squadra Corse
7	1	Daytona International Speedway	TP Pro: Fabio Leimer TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Rick Lovat	TP Pro: Philipp Baron TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Thomas Löfflad	Pro: Philipp Baron Rossocorsa Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth Stratstone Ferrari	Am: Thomas Löfflad StileF Squadra Corse
	2		TP Pro: Björn Grossmann TP Pro-Am: Vladimir Atoev CS Am: Rick Lovat	TP Pro: Björn Grossmann TP Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth CS Am: Erich Prinoth	Pro: Björn Grossmann Octane126 Pro-Am: Sam Smeeth Stratstone Ferrari	Am: Rick Lovat Kessel Racing

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

Trofeo Pirelli

Pos.	Driver	MNZ		MUG		LMS	SOC		HOC		JER		DAY		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Pro Class[2]
1	Björn Grossmann	3	6	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	3	3	1	234
2	Philipp Baron	2	1	4	2	5	4	3	3	3	5	2	1	DNS	170
3	Marcello Puglisi	Ret	3	2	3	1	5	4	5	5	4	4	2	Ret	145
4	Alessandro Vezzoni	5	7	5	4	3	6	6	4	4	3	5	4	3	126
5	Fabio Leimer						2	2	1	2			DNS	2	89
6	David Gostner	4	4	3	5	4			6	DNS	DNS	DNS			64
7	Álex Palou										2	1			39
8	Matteo Santoponte	1	2												37
9	Jan Danis	6	5	Ret	6										26
10	Aleksey Basov						3	5							21
11	Liam Talbot					6									9
12	Alberto Cola					Ret									8
13	Florian Merckx					Ret									1
Pro-Am Class[3]
1	Sam Smeeth	2	1	1	1	1	2	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	278
2	Tommasco Rocca	4	10	3	3	Ret	4	2	3	4	5	5	4	8	118
3	John Farano	8	4	2	4	10	3	4			3	4	3	2	117
4	Martin Nelson	1	2	9	2	9			Ret	3	4	3	Ret	4	105
5	Vladimir Atoev						1	1			2	2	Ret	Ret	76
6	Henrik Hedman					3			2	2			2	3	75
7	Andrea Benenati	3	6	5	Ret						6	6			41
8	Jan Danis					4			Ret	DNS					40
9	Andreas Segler	7	3	4	5	Ret									37
10	Peter Knoflach			6	6	5			7	8					32
11	Per Nielsen					6			6	7			10	10	23
12	Stephen Wyatt					2									21
=	James Weiland						5	3							21
14	Fréderic Jean-Marie Fangio			7	7				8	10			7	11	19
15	James Fischer	5	5												18
16	Jacques Duyver												6	5	15
=	Alexander Nußbaumer								5	6					15
=	Walter-Ben Dörrenberg					7			9	11					15
19	Jens Liebhauser					8			Ret	5					14
20	Giuseppe Ramelli	Ret	7	8	8										12
21	Hui-Lin Han								4	Ret					11
=	Cedric Mezard												5	9	11
23	Roman Yakuskin	6	9												9
=	Niels Zibrandsen												9	6	9
25	Joshua Cartu												8	7	8
26	Galip Atar	Ret	8						Ret	9					7

Coppa Shell

Pos.	Driver	MNZ		MUG		LMS	SOC		HOC		JER		DAY		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Am Class[4]
1	Thomas Löfflad	1	1	2	1	2	6	1	2	Ret	9	1	1	DNS	196
2	Rick Lovat	3	4	11	6	5	2	2	1	1			2	1	156
3	Fons Scheltema	2	5	3	12	3	1	5	4	4	Ret	3	11	3	130
4	Erich Prinoth	Ret	2	1	3	6			3	2	1	DNS	5	4	129
5	Vladimir Hladik					1			7	5	3	4	3	2	96
6	Renato di Amato	4	3			4					12	2	7	7	61
7	Eric Cheung	9	12	5	5	8	7	3	6	Ret	Ret	Ret			50
8	Claudio Schiavoni	Ret	Ret	14	13	11	4	9	9	Ret	2	5	15	8	48
=	Thomas Lindroth	7	7	7	7	10	5	6	8	7	10	Ret	10	14	48
10	Tani Hanna	5	6	Ret	2	22							4	15	45
11	Kriton Lendoudis	12	13			9	3	4	5	9	8	Ret	Ret	12	44
12	Christian Kinch	14	8	10	8	13	8	8	10	10	5	8	12	9	35
13	Thomas Gostner	Ret	DNS	13	9	7			13	8	15	9	6	6	31
14	Jean-Claude Saada	8	Ret	4	Ret	23			12	3					29
15	Holger Harmsen	Ret	11						11	6	6	6	9	13	24
16	Corinna Gostner	Ret	15	12	11	14					4	7	Ret	Ret	20
17	Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Ret	16	8	Ret	18	9	7	Ret	12	7	12			19
18	Leonardo Baccarelli	10	Ret	9	4										15
19	Ingvar Mattsson			Ret	DNS						13	10	14	5	12
20	Wayne Marrs	6	10	17	19	12									10
21	Manuela Gostner	Ret	9	16	14	21			15	11	11	Ret	13	10	9
22	Deborah Mayer	11	17	19	17	17	10	11	14	13	14	11	Ret	16	8
23	Alexander West			6	18										7
24	Frank Selldorff												8	11	4
25	Michael Luzich			18	15		11	10							3
=	Daniel Künzli	13	14	15	10										3
=	Alan Hegyi	16	19	20	16	19									3
28	Dušan Palcr					15									2
29	Gary Kondakov	15	18												1
=	Klaus Hrubesch					16									1
NC	Roger Samuelsson					20									0

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