2016 International Formula Reject Challenge season

The 2016 International Formula Reject Challenge season was the first season of IFRC, a new series created to fill the void created by the cancellation of Rejects of LFS due to serious safety concerns.

Teams and drivers

All engines are of 3.0 V8 configuration.

Team	Engine	Tyres	#	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
Lavezzi IBR	Lancia-Judd		1	Salvatore Miccoli	1-	Santiago Guglielminpietro
			2	Marco Bizzarri	1-
Acura Racing Team	Acura-Cosworth		3	Alberto Cara	1-3, 6, 8-10, 12	Scott Marsden Marcos Marcia Angel Jose Castañeda Martin van der Maeyede
				Calvin Brooks	4-5, 7, 11
			4	Benoît Voeckler	1-
Aeroracing Engineering	Audi-Judd		5	Scott Marsden 4	1-	Rusty Gannit
			6	Akira Yamamura	1-
Takagi Racing Enterprises	Honda-Judd		7	Yui Megumi	1-	Tetsuya Takagi Hiroto Tojo Jimmy Hopkins Niko Eskola
			8	Ryan Knittefeld	1, 3-4, 10-
				Tetsuya Takagi	2
				Niko Eskola	5-9
ZimSport	Holden-Cosworth		9	Silvia Renaldi	1-	None
			10	Emma Kickert	1-
Winton Racing	Ilmor-Zytek		11	Natsuki Yaname	1-	Joseph Hannfield
Jones Racing	Ford-Cosworth		12	Terry Hawkin	1-	Gilles Massinion 1 Deividas Lukauskis
			13	Connor O'Heagan 1	1-
Speedworld Racing 3	Zytek		14	Ashley Lilly	1-	None
Nebula Grand Prix	Peugeot-Cosworth		15	Quentin Reatherson	1-	Jari Lappalainen Deividas Lukauskis
			40	Jules Vergne	1-3
				David Tenpecost	4-
Grands Travaux Inutiles	Trabant-Judd		16	Dorien Lamberigts	1-	Justin Case Wim-Bert Horrie
			17	Kevin Bainomugisha	1-
Ural Racing	Judd		18	Viktor Pasitchnjuk	1-	Ivan Lanin Volodomyr Borovsky Kristians Laganovski
			19	Yuki Matsudate	1-
Melrose Racing Team	BMW-Cosworth		20	Joel Melrose	1-	Daniel Melrose Pedro Oliveria
			21	Mike Stern	1
				Helio Hernandez	2
				Herberto Dominguez	3
				Jiri Komárek	4
				Giconi Okorie	5
				Bobby Dollar	6
				Alberto Cara	7
				Micko Glotch	8
				Alberto Donegro	9
				Pieter Kickert	10
				Jaropolk Petrovich	11
				Yoshi Suzuki	12
Red Bull World Race Team	Cosworth		22	Dieter Hallenstein	1-	Alexander Nog Steeds
			23	Mika Paasonen	1-
Tarantino Autosport	Judd		24	Hobson Tarantino	1-	Herberto Dominguez Rusty Gannit
			25	Lukas Zuber	1-
De Friis Motorsport	Lancia-Judd	File:Hankook logo.png	26	Karl van der Zwaart	1-	Jan de Friis
			27	Alessandro Lucarelli	1-
Racing Team Solvalou	Assoluto-Judd		28	Alexandre Dorval	1-	Chris Winter Markus Jacobson
			29	Marcos Marcia	1-
Cemex Team Rojo	Audi-Cosworth		30	Pablo Galaz	1-	Uladzimir Balanovich
			31	Julia Schilling 2	1-
Restov Racing	Lada-Zytek		32	Serge Blanco	1-	Abdel Genazzi
			33	Henry Paul	1-
/ Linton-Solindahl Motorsports	Zytek		34	Paul Traversen	1-	Rene LeClerc
			35	David Graham	1-
Kamaha Junior Racing Team	Yamaha-Zytek		36	Nobuo Takahashi	1-	Koyomi Setou
The Crusaders	Vauxhall-Cosworth		37	Raffaella Nicchi	1	Terenzio Nicchi
				Josh Carlisle	2-
			38	Adélaïde Voeckler	1-4, 7-
				Niko Bellic	5-6
Écurie Prenois	Citroën-Zytek		39	Mathilde Thybes	1-	Aimée Gauthier
Clockwork Racing	Ford-Zytek		41	Matt Brinson	1, 6-	None
				Geoff Donnelly	2-5
			42	Katie Lea Winter	1-

Notes

1 Terry Hawkin was transferred pre-season by the Jones Racing outfit after Sammy Jones became frustrated with the level of bans and bad stewarding decisions made by the F2RWRS council. Gilles Massinion and Connor O'Heagan, who had been previously contracted to drive the full season, were to have equal seat time in the second car alongside Hawkin. It was later decided that Massinion would instead move to F2RWRS to fill the seat vacated by Hawkin.
2 Toru Fukui was originally going to drive Team Rojo's second car, but was sacked before the season due to an alleged drug addiction. The team's test and reserve driver Julia Schilling was promoted to the empty race seat.
3 Kingfisher Racing were forced to withdraw from the series due to their owner suffering from a serious illness. Their spot on the grid was taken by the new Speedworld Racing team.
4 Brucie Kibbutz was originally intended to drive for Aeroracing Engineering, but was called up to F1RWRS by Plus One at the last minute. In return Plus One sent their F1RDS driver Scott Marsden to Aeroracing.

Calendar

Testing

Date	Track	Fastest driver	Fastest team
March 26	Sandown International Raceway	Salvatore Miccoli	Lavezzi IBR
March 27		Salvatore Miccoli	Lavezzi IBR

Championship races

#	Round	Track	With	Date	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Round of Australia	Penrith Speedway	F2RWRS	April 2	HA	Salvatore Miccoli	Yui Megumi	Henry Paul	Restov Racing
				April 2	HB	Terry Hawkin	Hobson Tarantino	Hobson Tarantino	Tarantino Autosport
				April 3	F	Alessandro Lucarelli	Quentin Reatherson	Marco Bizzarri	Lavezzi IBR
2	Round of Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	Rejectrucks	April 16	HA	Quentin Reatherson	Natsuki Yaname	Scott Marsden	Aeroracing Engineering
				April 16	HB	Joel Melrose	Marco Bizzarri	Alexandre Dorval	Racing Team Solvalou
				April 17	F	Alessandro Lucarelli	Josh Carlisle	Lukas Zuber	Tarantino Autosport
3	Round of France	Circuit de Pau-Ville	F3RWRS	May 7	HA	Salvatore Miccoli	Salvatore Miccoli	Salvatore Miccoli	Lavezzi IBR
				May 7	HB	Akira Yamamura	Akira Yamamura	Akira Yamamura	Aeroracing Engineering
				May 8	F	Salvatore Miccoli	Salvatore Miccoli	Salvatore Miccoli	Lavezzi IBR
4	Round of the United Kingdom	Rockingham Motor Speedway	None	May 21	HA	Salvatore Miccoli	Salvatore Miccoli	Alessandro Lucarelli	De Friis Motorsport
				May 21	HB	Terry Hawkin	Terry Hawkin	Akira Yamamura	Aeroracing Engineering
				May 22	F	Alessandro Lucarelli	Alessandro Lucarelli	Alessandro Lucarelli	De Friis Motorsport
5	Round of Italy	Autodromo di Pergusa	None	June 4	HA
				June 4	HB
				June 5	F
6	Round of the United States	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	GT-R WC	June 18	HA
				June 18	HB
				June 19	F
7	Round of Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	RTCC Lupo GTI Cup	July 16	HA
				July 16	HB
				July 17	F
8	Round of the Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	F3RWRS RTCC Lupo GTI Cup	July 30	HA
				July 30	HB
				July 31	F
9	Round of Finland	Motopark Raceway	None	August 20	HA
				August 20	HB
				August 21	F
10	Round of Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	F3RWRS RTCC GT-R WC Lupo GTI Cup	September 10	HA
				September 10	HB
				September 11	F
11	Round of Russia	Sochi International Street Circuit	None	October 1	HA
				October 1	HB
				October 2	F
12	Round of Japan	Suzuka Circuit	RTCC	October 15	HA
				October 15	HB
				October 16	F

Non-championship races

#	Round	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Nobushige Fukuda Memorial Trophy	Autopolis International Racing Course	October 30

Championship standings

Points systems

Semifinal heats

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	FL	PP
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	0

Finals

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL	PP
Points	15	12	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Shinobu Katayama Trophy for Drivers

Pos	Driver	AUS		MEX		FRA		GBR		ITA		USA		GER		NED		FIN		BEL		RUS		JAP		Pts.
		H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F
1	Hobson Tarantino	B:1	Ret	B:2	Ret	B:4	7	B:5	7																	36
2	Salvatore Miccoli	A:7†	6	A:Ret	DNQ	A:1	1	A:Ret	DNQ																	35
3	Lukas Zuber	A:Ret	Ret	A:Ret	1	A:2	4	A:Ret	3																	34
4	Akira Yamamura	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	Ret	B:1	Ret	B:1	2																	33
5	Alexandre Dorval	B:5†	4	B:1	Ret	B:5	Ret	B:4	10																	31
6	Scott Marsden	A:Ret	DNQ	A:1	5	A:4	DSQ	A:12†	4																	28
7	Silvia Renaldi	A:Ret	2	A:Ret	DNQ	A:3	6	A:Ret	6																	28
8	Alessandro Lucarelli	A:8†	Ret	A:Ret	Ret	A:14†	Ret	A:1	1																	26
9	Karl van der Zwaart	B:8†	INJ	B:4	3	B:3	Ret	B:6	Ret																	24
10	Terry Hawkin	B:Ret	Ret	B:Ret	DNQ	B:11	2	B:2	Ret																	22
11	Josh Carlisle			A:3	7	A:5	9	A:6	Ret																	20
12	Marco Bizzarri	B:7†	1	B:8†	11	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ																	19
13	Alberto Cara	A:Ret	Ret	A:6	2	A:8	8																			19
14	Yui Megumi	A:2	Ret	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ	A:2	Ret																	17
15	Paul Traversen	B:3	Ret	B:3	Ret	B:7	Ret	B:Ret	9																	16
16	Yuki Matsudate	A:4	8	A:8	12	A:7	13	A:4	14																	16
17	Connor O'Heagan	A:5†	7	A:Ret	6	A:Ret	DNQ	7	12																	15
18	Henry Paul	A:1	Ret	A:7	9	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ																	14
19	Marcos Marcia	A:3	Ret	A:4	Ret	A:9	Ret	A:9	8																	14
20	Julia Schilling	A:Ret	Ret	A:11†	4	A:12	Ret	A:3	Ret																	13
21	Dieter Hallenstein	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:8	Ret	B:3	5																	13
22	Mika Paasonen	A:Ret	DNQ	A:2	8	A:11	Ret	A:8	Ret																	12
23	Mathilde Thybes	A:6†	9	A:Ret	Ret	A:6	12	A:5	Ret																	12
24	Pablo Galaz	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:2	Ret	B:7	11																	10
25	Natsuki Yaname	A:Ret	DNQ	A:9	16†	A:13	3	A:Ret	DNQ																	10
26	Quentin Reatherson	A:Ret	3	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ																	10
27	Nobuo Takahashi	B:Ret	Ret	B:Ret	10	B:6	5	B:Ret	DNQ																	10
28	Ryan Knittefeld	B:2	12			B:13	Ret	B:Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ							8
29	Ashley Lilly	B:Ret	5	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ																	6
30	Jules Vergne	B:4	13	B:Ret	DNQ	B:10	11																			5
31	Kevin Bainomugisha	A:Ret	DNQ	A:5	15	A:Ret	DNQ	A:11	16																	4
32	Tetsuya Takagi			B:5	Ret																					4
33	Viktor Pasitchnjuk	B:Ret	11	B:6	Ret	B:Ret	DNQ	B:12	Ret																	3
34	Emma Kickert	B:6†	Ret	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ																	3
35	Dorien Lamberigts	B:Ret	Ret	B:7	13	B:Ret	DNQ	B:13	18																	2
36	Serge Blanco	B:Ret	10	B:Ret	DNQ	B:12	10	B:11	19																	2
37	Katie Lea Winter	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:8	13																	1
38	Benoît Voeckler	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	14	B:9	Ret	B:10	Ret																	0
39	David Tenpecost							B:9	17																	0
40	Geoff Donnelly			A:10	NC	A:15	NC	B:Ret	DNQ																	0
41	Calvin Brooks							A:10	15																	0
42	David Graham	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ	A:10	Ret	A:Ret	DNQ																	0
43	Adélaïde Voeckler	B:Ret	INJ	B:Ret	Ret	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ													0
44	Joel Melrose	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ																	0
45	Matt Brinson	A:Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ															0
46	Mike Stern	A:Ret	Ret																							0
47	Helio Hernandez			A:Ret	Ret																					0
48	Raffaella Nicchi	A:Ret	DNQ																							0
49	Herberto Dominguez					B:Ret	DNQ																			0
50	Jiri Komárek							B:Ret	DNQ																	0
51	Bobby Dollar																									0
52	Giconi Okorie																									0
53	Micko Glotch																									0
54	Alberto Donegro																									0
55	Pieter Kickert																									0
56	Jaropolk Petrovich																									0
57	Yoshi Suzuki																									0

Longines Cup for Teams

Pos	Team	#	AUS		MEX		FRA		GBR		ITA		USA		GER		NED		FIN		BEL		RUS		JAP		Pts.
			H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F
1	Tarantino-Judd	24	B:1	Ret	B:2	Ret	B:4	7	B:5	Q																	57
		25	A:Ret	Ret	A:Ret	1	A:2	4	A:Ret	Q
2	IBR-Lancia	1	A:7†	6	A:Ret	DNQ	A:1	1	A:Ret	DNQ																	54
		2	B:7†	1	B:8†	11	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ
3	Aeroracing-Audi	5	A:Ret	DNQ	A:1	5	A:4	DSQ	A:12†	Q																	42
		6	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	Ret	B:1	Ret	B:1	Q
4	RTS-Assoluto	28	B:5†	4	B:1	Ret	B:5	Ret	B:4	Q																	41
		29	A:3	Ret	A:4	Ret	A:9	Ret	A:9	Q
5	De Friis-Lancia	26	B:8†	DNS	B:4	3	B:3	Ret	B:6	Q																	38
		27	A:8†	Ret	A:Ret	Ret	A:14†	Ret	A:1	Q
6	Jones-Ford	12	B:Ret	Ret	B:Ret	DNQ	B:11	2	B:2	Q																	36
		13	A:5†	7	A:Ret	6	A:Ret	DNQ	A:7	Q
7	Takagi-Honda	7	A:2	Ret	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ	A:2	Q																	29
		8	B:2	12	B:5	Ret	B:13	Ret	B:Ret	DNS
8	ZimSport-Holden	9	A:Ret	2	A:Ret	DNQ	A:3	6	A:Ret	Q																	26
		10	B:6†	Ret	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ
9	Rojo-Audi	30	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:2	Ret	B:7	Q																	23
		31	A:Ret	Ret	A:11†	4	A:12	Ret	A:3	Q
10	Crusaders-Vauxhall	37	A:Ret	DNQ	A:3	7	A:5	9	A:6	Q																	20
		38	B:Ret	DNS	B:Ret	Ret	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNS
12	Red Bull-Cosworth	22	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:8	Ret	B:3	Q																	19
		23	A:Ret	DNQ	A:2	8	A:11	Ret	A:8	Q
12	Vittore-Acura	3	A:Ret	Ret	A:6	2	A:8	8	A:10	Q																	19
		4	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	14	B:9	Ret	B:10	Q
13	Ural-Judd	18	B:Ret	11	B:6	Ret	B:Ret	DNQ	B:12	Q																	19
		19	A:4	8	A:8	12	A:7	13	A:4	Q
14	Restov-Lada	32	B:Ret	10	B:Ret	DNQ	B:12	10	B:11	Q																	16
		33	A:1	Ret	A:7	9	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ
15	Nebula-Peugeot	15	A:Ret	3	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ																	15
		40	B:4	13	B:Ret	DNQ	B:10	11	B:9	Q
16	/ LSM-Zytek	34	B:3	Ret	B:3	Ret	B:7	Ret	B:Ret	Q																	14
		35	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ	A:10	Ret	A:Ret	DNQ
17	Prenois-Citroën	39	A:6†	9	A:Ret	Ret	A:6	12	A:5	Q																	12
18	Winton-Ilmor	11	A:Ret	DNQ	A:9	16†	A:13	3	A:Ret	DNQ																	10
19	Kamaha-Yamaha	36	B:Ret	Ret	B:Ret	10	B:6	5	B:Ret	DNQ																	10
20	GTI-Trabant	16	B:Ret	Ret	B:7	13	B:Ret	DNQ	B:13	Q																	6
		17	A:Ret	DNQ	A:5	15	A:Ret	DNQ	A:11	Q
21	Speedworld-Zytek	14	B:Ret	5	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ																	6
22	Clockwork-Ford	41	A:Ret	Ret	A:10	NC	A:15	NC	A:Ret	DNQ																	1
		42	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:8	Q
23	MRT-BMW	20	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ																	0
		21	A:Ret	Ret	A:Ret	Ret	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ

† Did not finish, but was classified due to being among the last eight or ten cars running or completing at least 90% of the race distance.