2015 Guia Race of Macau

The 2015 Guia Race of Macau was the final round of the 2015 TCR International Series season as well as the fourth and last race of the 2015 TCR Asia Series season. It took place on 22 November at the Guia Circuit.

Macau    2015 TCR International Series Macau round
Round details
Round 11 of 11 rounds in the
2015 TCR International Series
Layout of the Guia Circuit
Layout of the Guia Circuit
Location Guia Circuit, Macau, China
Course Permanent racing facility
6.200 km (3.800 mi)
Race 1
Date 22 November 2015
Laps 10
Pole position
Driver United Kingdom Robert Huff WestCoast Racing
Time 2:31.522
Podium
First United Kingdom Robert Huff WestCoast Racing
Second Spain Jordi Gené Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Third Switzerland Stefano Comini Target Competition
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Robert Huff WestCoast Racing
Time 2:34.136 (on lap 7)
Race 2
Date 22 November 2015
Laps 10
Podium
First Switzerland Stefano Comini Target Competition
Second Italy Andrea Belicchi Target Competition
Third Russia Mikhail Grachev Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Fastest lap
Driver Spain Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Time 2:34.587 (on lap 7)

Robert Huff won the first race, starting from pole position, driving a Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2), and Stefano Comini gained the second one, driving a SEAT León Cup Racer.

The Swiss driver won the title, finishing also third in race 1.

Success Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Pepe Oriola and Munkong Sathienthirakul received +30 kg, Stefano Comini and Tin Sritrai +20 kg and Jordi Gené and Kevin Pu +10 kg.[1] Nevertheless, Sathienthirakul, Sritrai and Pu did not take part at this event, so they didn't take the ballast, whereas Frank Yu took the +20 kg from the Singapore round.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Grid Points
1 12 United Kingdom Robert Huff Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 2:34.977 2:31.522 1 5
2 24 United States Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 2:34.536 2:33.153 2 4
3 25 Switzerland Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 2:35.535 2:33.498 3 3
4 88 Spain Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2:35.873 2:33.528 4 2
5 74 Spain Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2:35.478 2:33.619 5 1
6 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 2:35.579 2:34.665 6
7 77 Russia Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2:35.743 2:35.207 7
8 21 Spain Jordi Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 2:35.415 2:35.207 8
9 33 Italy Andrea Belicchi SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 2:36.582 2:35.625 9
10 87 Macau Rodolfo Ávila SEAT León Cup Racer Macau Asia Racing Team 2:37.176 2:36.702 10
11 7 Italy Lorenzo Veglia Volkswagen Golf TCR Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 2:37.617 2:36.726 11
12 50 Portugal Francisco Mora SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 2:37.370 2:38.597 12
13 29 Macau Henry Ho Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Macau PAS Macau Racing Team 2:39.456 13
14 8 Russia Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf TCR Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 2:40.103 14
15 28 Hong Kong Sunny Wong Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 2:40.745 15
16 14 United Kingdom Josh Files Opel Astra OPC Spain Campos Racing 2:43.105 16
17 99 Hong Kong Frank Yu SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 2:43.545 181
18 69 United States Robb Holland SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 2:44.662 17
19 49 France Guillaume Cunnington SEAT León Cup Racer Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 2:45.863 222
20 68 Hong Kong Michael Choi Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Hong Kong Prince Racing 2:46.855 212
21 38 Hong Kong Kenneth Lau Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Hong Kong Prince Racing 2:46.972 202
22 98 Hong Kong Keith Chan SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 2:50.381 232
23 56 Hong Kong Samson Chan SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 2:53.443 242
24 63 Hong Kong Sam Lok SEAT León Cup Racer Macau Asia Racing Team 2:56.945 DNQ3
25 97 Taiwan Johnson Huang SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 2:57.640 DNQ3
26 65 Malaysia Douglas Khoo SEAT León Cup Racer Malaysia Niza Racing 3:05.583 DNQ3
27 73 United Kingdom James Nash Ford Focus ST Italy Proteam Racing no time 192
28 76 United Kingdom Dan Wells Opel Astra OPC Spain Campos Racing withdrew
29 35 France Rafaël Galiana SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition withdrew
30 52 Switzerland Alain Menu Subaru Impreza STi TCR Italy Top Run Motorsport withdrew

[2]

Notes:

  • ^1 Frank Yu was given a three-position grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during free practice.
  • ^2 James Nash, Kenneth Lau, Michael Choi, Guillaume Cunnington, Keith Chan and Samson Chan were moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit. The grid order was decided by the free practice combined classification.
  • ^3 Sam Lok, Johnson Huang and Douglas Khoo failed to set a lap time within 107% of the fastest time during the weekend. As a result, these drivers failed to qualify for the race.

Race 1

Pos. No. Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12 United Kingdom Robert Huff Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 10 32:52.232 1 25
2 88 Spain Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 10 +7.832 4 18
3 25 Switzerland Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 10 +9.050 3 15
4 74 Spain Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 10 +10.459 5 12
5 21 Spain Jordi Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 10 +13.361 8 10
6 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 10 +16.268 6 8
7 24 United States Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 10 +17.008 2 6
8 33 Italy Andrea Belicchi SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 10 +18.229 9 4
9 7 Italy Lorenzo Veglia Volkswagen Golf TCR Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 10 +26.627 11 2
10 77 Russia Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 10 +34.592 7 1
11 8 Russia Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf TCR Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 10 +36.767 14
12 87 Macau Rodolfo Ávila SEAT León Cup Racer Macau Asia Racing Team 10 +48.016 10
13 14 United Kingdom Josh Files Opel Astra OPC Spain Campos Racing 10 +53.645 16
14 27 United States Robb Holland SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 10 +1:01.420 17
15 28 Hong Kong Sunny Wong Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 10 +1:24.708 15
16 68 Hong Kong Michael Choi Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Hong Kong Prince Racing 10 +1:39.400 21
17 49 France Guillaume Cunnington SEAT León Cup Racer Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 10 +2:09.842 22
18 98 Hong Kong Keith Chan SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 10 +2:17.575 23
19 56 Hong Kong Samson Chan SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 10 +2:28.983 24
Ret 73 United Kingdom James Nash Ford Focus ST Italy Proteam Racing 5 Overheating 19
NC 29 Macau Henry Ho SEAT León Cup Racer Macau PAS Macau Racing Team 3 +7 laps 13
Ret 50 Portugal Francisco Mora SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 0 Accident 12
Ret 99 Hong Kong Frank Yu SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 0 Collision 18
Ret 38 Hong Kong Kenneth Lau Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Hong Kong Prince Racing 0 Collision 20
DNQ 63 Hong Kong Sam Lok SEAT León Cup Racer Macau Asia Racing Team Did not qualify
DNQ 97 Taiwan Johnson Huang SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing Did not qualify
DNQ 65 Malaysia Douglas Khoo SEAT León Cup Racer Malaysia Niza Racing Did not qualify
WD 76 United Kingdom Dan Wells Opel Astra OPC Spain Campos Racing Water pump
WD 35 France Rafaël Galiana SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition Accident
WD 52 Switzerland Alain Menu Subaru Impreza STi TCR Italy Top Run Motorsport Engine

[3]

Race 2

Pos. No. Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 Switzerland Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 10 36:13.192 3 25
2 33 Italy Andrea Belicchi SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 10 +1.733 8 18
3 8 Russia Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf TCR Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 10 +26.549 11 15
4 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 10 +32.677 6 12
5 87 Macau Rodolfo Ávila SEAT León Cup Racer Macau Asia Racing Team 10 +55.890 12 10
6 27 United States Robb Holland SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 10 +56.665 14 8
7 98 Hong Kong Keith Chan SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 10 +2:17.210 18 6
8 21 Spain Jordi Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 8 Air intake4 5 4
9 74 Spain Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 7 Radiator 4 2
Ret 77 Russia Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1 Collision 10
Ret 12 United Kingdom Robert Huff Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 0 Collision 1
Ret 88 Spain Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 0 Collision 2
Ret 24 United States Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 0 Collision 7
Ret 7 Italy Lorenzo Veglia Volkswagen Golf TCR Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 0 Collision 9
Ret 14 United Kingdom Josh Files Opel Astra OPC Spain Campos Racing 0 Collision 13
Ret 28 Hong Kong Sunny Wong Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 0 Collision 15
Ret 68 Hong Kong Michael Choi Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Hong Kong Prince Racing 0 Collision 16
Ret 49 France Guillaume Cunnington SEAT León Cup Racer Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 0 Collision 17
Ret 56 Hong Kong Samson Chan SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 0 Collision 19
Ret 29 Macau Henry Ho Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Macau PAS Macau Racing Team 0 Collision 21
DNS 73 United Kingdom James Nash Ford Focus ST Italy Proteam Racing Overheating 20
DNS 50 Portugal Francisco Mora SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition Accident 22
DNS 99 Hong Kong Frank Yu SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing Collision 23
DNS 38 Hong Kong Kenneth Lau Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Hong Kong Prince Racing Collision 24
DNQ 63 Hong Kong Sam Lok SEAT León Cup Racer Macau Asia Racing Team Did not qualify
DNQ 97 Taiwan Johnson Huang SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing Did not qualify
DNQ 65 Malaysia Douglas Khoo SEAT León Cup Racer Malaysia Niza Racing Did not qualify
WD 76 United Kingdom Dan Wells Opel Astra OPC Spain Campos Racing Water pump
WD 35 France Rafaël Galiana SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition Accident
WD 52 Switzerland Alain Menu Subaru Impreza STi TCR Italy Top Run Motorsport Engine

[4]

Notes:

  • ^4 Jordi Oriola was given a 20-second penalty for having passed the pit lane exit line.

Standings after the event

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

References

  1. "Macau Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 6 November 2015.
  2. "Macau Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 21 November 2015.
  3. "Macau Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 22 November 2015.
  4. "Macau Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 22 November 2015.
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