2015 TCR International Series Buriram round

The 2015 TCR International Series Buriram round was the tenth round of the 2015 TCR International Series season as well as the third round of the 2015 TCR Asia Series season. It took place on 25 October at the Chang International Circuit.

Thailand    2015 TCR International Series Buriram round
Round details
Round 10 of 11 rounds in the
2015 TCR International Series
Layout of the Chang International Circuit
Layout of the Chang International Circuit
Location Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand
Course Permanent racing facility
4.554 km (2.830 mi)
Race 1
Date 25 October 2015
Laps 14
Pole position
Driver Italy Gianni Morbidelli WestCoast Racing
Time 1:43.423
Podium
First Spain Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Second Spain Jordi Gené Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Third Russia Sergey Afanasyev Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Gianni Morbidelli WestCoast Racing
Time 1:44.121 (on lap 3)
Race 2
Date 25 October 2015
Laps 14
Podium
First Switzerland Stefano Comini Target Competition
Second Netherlands Loris Hezemans Target Competition
Third Spain Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Fastest lap
Driver United States Kevin Gleason WestCoast Racing
Time 1:44.404 (on lap 7)

Pepe Oriola won the first race, starting from second position, and Stefano Comini gained the second one, both driving a SEAT León Cup Racer.

Success Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Stefano Comini and Michael Choi received +30 kg, Kevin Gleason and Frank Yu +20 kg and Jordi Gené and George Chou +10 kg.[1] Nevertheless, Yu and Chou didn't take part at this event, so they would have taken the ballast at the first round they would have participated.

Classification

Qualifying
Pos. No. Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Grid Points
1 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 1:43.855 1:43.423 1 5
2 74 Spain Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:44.301 1:43.601 2 4
3 24 United States Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 1:44.015 1:43.792 3 3
4 77 Russia Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:44.131 1:44.096 4 2
5 88 Spain Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:44.599 1:44.192 5 1
6 8 Russia Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf TCR Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:44.608 1:44.484 6
7 7 Italy Lorenzo Veglia SEAT León Cup Racer Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:44.749 1:44.506 7
8 15 Netherlands Loris Hezemans SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 1:44.494 1:44.513 8
9 25 Switzerland Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 1:44.564 1:44.530 9
10 45 France Hugo Valente Opel Astra OPC Spain Campos Racing 1:44.708 1:44.563 10
11 23 Germany René Münnich Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 1:44.483 1:44.746 11
12 80 Thailand Munkong Sathienthirakul SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 1:45.081 1:45.089 12
13 4 Sweden Tomas Engström Volkswagen Golf TCR Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:45.342 13
14 31 Thailand Tin Sritrai SEAT León Cup Racer Macau Asia Racing Team 1:45.387 14
15 52 Switzerland Alain Menu Subaru Impreza STi TCR Italy Top Run Motorsport 1:45.984 15
16 68 Hong Kong Michael Choi Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Hong Kong Prince Racing 1:46.074 16
17 35 France Rafaël Galiana SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 1:46.330 17
18 69 China Kevin Pu SEAT León Cup Racer Macau Asia Racing Team 1:46.399 18
19 66 Macau Filipe de Souza SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 1:46.932 241
20 38 Hong Kong Kenneth Lau Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Hong Kong Prince Racing 1:47.020 19
21 27 United States Robb Holland Ford Focus ST Hong Kong FRD HK Racing 1:47.078 20
22 97 Taiwan Johnson Huang SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 1:47.689 21
23 56 Hong Kong Samson Chan SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 1:47.772 22
24 65 Malaysia Douglas Khoo SEAT León Cup Racer Malaysia Niza Racing 1:55.241 232

[2]

Notes:

  • ^1 – Filipe de Souza's times were cancelled because of an irregular external assistance to get back on track after an accident.
  • ^2 – Douglas Khoo was moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit.

Race 1
Pos. No. Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 74 Spain Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 24:34.075 2 25
2 88 Spain Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +1.369 5 18
3 77 Russia Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +2.649 4 15
4 24 United States Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 14 +3.517 3 12
5 25 Switzerland Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 14 +7.684 9 10
6 15 Netherlands Loris Hezemans SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 14 +10.520 8 8
7 7 Italy Lorenzo Veglia SEAT León Cup Racer Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 +13.677 7 6
8 4 Sweden Tomas Engström Volkswagen Golf TCR Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 +15.558 13 4
9 23 Germany René Münnich Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 14 +15.932 11 2
10 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 14 +16.347 1 1
11 80 Thailand Munkong Sathienthirakul SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 14 +19.201 12
12 31 Thailand Tin Sritrai SEAT León Cup Racer Macau Asia Racing Team 14 +26.213 14
13 69 China Kevin Pu SEAT León Cup Racer Macau Asia Racing Team 14 +37.257 18
14 66 Macau Filipe de Souza SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 14 +47.633 24
15 38 Hong Kong Kenneth Lau Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Hong Kong Prince Racing 14 +1:00.504 19
16 97 Taiwan Johnson Huang SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 14 +1:01.203 21
17 56 Hong Kong Samson Chan SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 14 +1:01.572 22
18 68 Hong Kong Michael Choi Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Hong Kong Prince Racing 14 +1:03.662 16
19 65 Malaysia Douglas Khoo SEAT León Cup Racer Malaysia Niza Racing 14 +1:58.210 23
20 52 Switzerland Alain Menu Subaru Impreza STi TCR Italy Top Run Motorsport 12 Differential 15
21 45 France Hugo Valente Opel Astra OPC Spain Campos Racing 12 Overheating 12
22 35 France Rafaël Galiana SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 10 Puncture 17
Ret 27 United States Robb Holland Ford Focus ST Hong Kong FRD HK Racing 6 Technical 20
Ret 8 Russia Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf TCR Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1 Gearbox 6

[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 14 24:40.174 2 25
2 15 Netherlands Loris Hezemans SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 14 +2.746 3 18
3 74 Spain Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +3.163 9 15
4 88 Spain Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +4.098 6 12
5 7 Italy Lorenzo Veglia SEAT León Cup Racer Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 +15.594 4 10
6 4 Sweden Tomas Engström Volkswagen Golf TCR Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 +15.993 13 8
7 77 Russia Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +16.442 7 6
8 31 Thailand Tin Sritrai SEAT León Cup Racer Macau Asia Racing Team 14 +24.318 203 4
9 80 Thailand Munkong Sathienthirakul SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 14 +25.773 12 2
10 35 France Rafaël Galiana SEAT León Cup Racer Italy Target Competition 14 +27.740 15 1
11 69 China Kevin Pu SEAT León Cup Racer Macau Asia Racing Team 14 +33.799 16
12 66 Macau Filipe de Souza SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 14 +37.157 19
13 68 Hong Kong Michael Choi Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Hong Kong Prince Racing 14 +41.082 14
14 38 Hong Kong Kenneth Lau Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Hong Kong Prince Racing 14 +41.988 17
15 97 Taiwan Johnson Huang SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 14 +52.669 18
16 56 Hong Kong Samson Chan SEAT León Cup Racer Hong Kong Roadstar Racing 14 +1:08.725 233
17 65 Malaysia Douglas Khoo SEAT León Cup Racer Malaysia Niza Racing 14 +1:30.432 243
18 24 United States Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 10 Retired 8
Ret 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 8 Engine 10
Ret 23 Germany René Münnich Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Sweden WestCoast Racing 8 Technical 11
Ret 45 France Hugo Valente Opel Astra OPC Spain Campos Racing 0 Clutch 1
DSQ 27 United States Robb Holland Ford Focus ST Hong Kong FRD HK Racing 14 +55.7714 223
DNS 8 Russia Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf TCR Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler Gearbox 5
DNS 52 Switzerland Alain Menu Subaru Impreza STi TCR Italy Top Run Motorsport Differential 213

[4]

Notes:

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

References
  1. "Buriram Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 13 October 2015.
  2. "Buriram Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 24 October 2015.
  3. "Buriram Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 October 2015.
  4. "Buriram Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 October 2015.
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