2016 Global Rally Series (ShaneEyoho) season

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2016 Global Rally Series (ShaneEyoho) season
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Drivers Champion	Manufacturers Champion
Felix Rosenqvist	Mitsubishi

The 2016 Global Rally Series was the forty-third season of the Global Rally Series, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

At the conclusion of the championship: Felix Rosenqvist won the Drivers Championship, whilst Mitsubishi won the Manufacturers Championship, the drivers title was decided at the final round at the Rally of Great Britain whilst the Manufacturers title was decided a round earlier at the Rally Catalunya de Espana.

Calendar

The championship was contested over twelve rounds.

Round	Dates		Rally	Rally headquarters	Rally details
	Start	Finish			Surface	Stages	Distance
2	January	January	Monte Carlo Rally	Gap, Hautes-Alpes	Mixed (Snow/Tarmac)	12	337.59km
3	February	February	Rally of Sweden	Torsby, Värmland County	Snow	12	226.48km
4	Early March	Early March	Rally of Mexico	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	8	399.67km
5	Late March	Late March	Rally of Argentina	Villa Carlos Paz	Gravel	12	364.68km
5	April	April	Template:AUS Rally of Australia	Monaro, New South Wales	Gravel	12	283.63km
6	May	May	Rally d'Italia	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel	12	324.60km
7	June	June	Rally of Germany	Triers	Tarmac	10	306.80km
8	July	July	Cyprus Rally	Larnaca	Mixed (Tarmac/Gravel)	10	331.34km
9	September	September	Rally of Finland	Jamsa	Tarmac	12	334.00km
10	October	October	Rally of Portugal	Faro, Algarve	Gravel	12	368.00km
11	Early November	Early November	Rally Catalunya de España	Tarragona	Mixed (Tarmac/Gravel)	10	321.08km
12	Late November	Late November	Template:GBR Rally of Great Britain	Deeside, Flintshire	Gravel	12	336.00km

Season summary

Winning times are rounded to the nearest minute.

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1	Monte Carlo Rally	1	Template:FRA Sebastien Loeb	Template:FRA Citroen (Citroen DS3 R5)	3:50:45.00
		2	Template:GBR Shane Wray	SKODA (Skoda Fabia R5)	+41.940
		3	Dani Sordo	Template:FRA Peugeot (Peugeot 208 R5)	+53.290
2	Rally of Sweden	1	Template:GBR Shane Wray	SKODA (Skoda Fabia R5)	2:06:14.00
		2	Robert Kubica	Template:FRA Peugeot (Peugeot 208 R5)	+32.294
		3	Template:USA Ken Block	Template:USA Ford (Ford Fiesta R5)	+37.052
3	Rally of Mexico	1	Dani Sordo	Template:FRA Peugeot (Peugeot 208 R5)	4:40:25.00
		2	Template:FRA Sebastien Loeb	Template:FRA Citroen (Citroen DS3 R5)	+15.949
		3	Kevin Abbring	Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Mirage R5)	+17.828
4	Rally of Argentina	1	Craig Breen	Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Mirage R5)	3:54:55.00
		2	Mattias Ekstrom	Template:FRA Peugeot (Peugeot 208 R5)	+14.529
		3	Petter Solberg	Volkswagen (Volkswagen Polo R5)	+33.590
5	Template:AUS Rally of Australia	1	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen (Volkswagen Polo R5)	3:29:55.00
		2	Felix Rosenqvist	Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Mirage R5)	+31.391
		3	Kevin Abbring	Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Mirage R5)	+33.750
6	Rally d'Italia	1	Template:FRA Sebastien Loeb	Template:FRA Citroen (Citroen DS3 R5)	3:52:02.00
		2	Felix Rosenqvist	Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Mirage R5)	+3.370
		3	Craig Breen	Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Mirage R5)	+26.470
7	Rally of Germany	1	Template:FRA Sebastien Loeb	Template:FRA Citroen (Citroen DS3 R5)	3:06:34.00
		2	Template:USA Ken Block	Template:USA Ford (Ford Fiesta R5)	+38.391
		3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen (Volkswagen Polo R5)	+40.309
8	Cyprus Rally	1	Felix Rosenqvist	Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Mirage R5)	3:04:57.00
		2	Template:GBR Kris Meeke	Template:FRA Citroen (Citroen DS3 R5)	+43.971
		3	Template:FRA Sebastien Loeb	Template:FRA Citroen (Citroen DS3 R5)	+51.762
9	Rally of Finland	1	Petter Solberg	Volkswagen (Volkswagen Polo R5)	2:48:34.00
		2	Felix Rosenqvist	Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Mirage R5)	+20.178
		3	Mads Ostberg	SKODA (Skoda Fabia R5)	+29.626
10	Rally of Portugal	1	Template:FRA Sebastien Loeb	Template:FRA Citroen (Citroen DS3 R5)	4:21:55.00
		2	Template:GBR Shane Wray	SKODA (Skoda Fabia R5)	+21.976
		3	Felix Rosenqvist	Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Mirage R5)	+26.166
11	Rally Catalunya de Espana	1	Kevin Abbring	Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Mirage R5)	3:31:22.00
		2	Mattias Ekstrom	Template:FRA Peugeot (Peugeot 208 R5)	+2.773
		3	Craig Breen	Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Mirage R5)	+5.744
12	Template:GBR Rally of Great Britain	1	Felix Rosenqvist	Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Mirage R5)	3:37:30.00
		2	Template:GBR Shane Wray	SKODA (Skoda Fabia R5)	+49.536
		3	Mads Ostberg	SKODA (Skoda Fabia R5)	+1:07.277

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. In the manufacturers' championship points were only awarded to the top two classified finishers representing a manufacturer.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers Championship

For the sake of simplicity in the GRS the first letter and the surname of a driver are used in the standings. (eg: C.Alonso)

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Felix Rosenqvist	114
2	Template:FRA Sebastien Loeb	106
3	Craig Breen	97
4	Template:GBR Shane Wray	89
5	Petter Solberg	88
6	Johan Kristoffersson	66
7	Mattias Ekstrom	65
8	Dani Sordo	61
9	Template:USA Ken Block	52
10	Mads Ostberg	51
11	Kevin Abbring	46
12	Template:GBR Kris Meeke	35
13	Robert Kubica	27
14	Andreas Bakkerud	15

Manufacturers Championship

The top 2 drivers for each manufacturer scored points for this championship if they were in the Top 10 at the end of a rally.

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Mitsubishi	246
2	Volkswagen	154
3	Template:FRA Peugeot	147
4	Template:FRA Citroen	141
5	SKODA	140
6	Template:USA Ford	67