2015 TCR International Series

The 2015 TCR International Series was the inaugural season of the TCR International Series, a motor racing championship for touring cars held across Asia and Europe. The season began at Sepang on 28 March and finished on 22 November at the Guia Circuit in Macau.

Stefano Comini won the drivers' championship, driving a SEAT León Cup Racer, and Target Competition won the teams' championship.

Teams and drivers Michelin is the official tire supplier.

Team Car Drivers Rounds Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing Lukoil Racing Team SEAT León Cup Racer 2 Aleksey Dudukalo 7 74 Pepe Oriola All 77 Sergey Afanasyev All 80 Munkong Sathienthirakul 10 88 Jordi Gené All 99 Frank Yu 1, 9, 11 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Audi TT Cup 3 Nicki Thiim 4 6 Franz Engstler 1–3 8 Mikhail Grachev 1–3 9 Kelvin van der Linde 4 SEAT León Cup Racer 4 Tomas Engström 7 7 Lorenzo Veglia 1–6, 8–10 8 Mikhail Grachev 4–7 49 Guillaume Cunnington 11 Volkswagen Golf TCR 4 Tomas Engström 9–10 7 Lorenzo Veglia 11 8 Mikhail Grachev 8–11 42 Pol Rosell 8 Target Competition SEAT León Cup Racer 5 Jiang Tengyi 2 15 Loris Hezemans 9–10 17 Michel Nykjær 1–7 21 Jordi Oriola 11 25 Stefano Comini All 33 Andrea Belicchi 1–8, 11 35 Rafaël Galiana 9–11 40 Gabriele Marotta 8 41 Michela Cerruti 8 50 Francisco Mora 11 98 Keith Chan 11 WestCoast Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 10 Gianni Morbidelli All 12 Robert Huff 11 20 Igor Skuz 3–6, 8 23 René Münnich 1–2, 9–10 24 Kevin Gleason All 26 Ildar Rakhmatullin 7 28 Sunny Wong 11 JSB Compétition SEAT León Cup Racer 11 Lucile Cypriano 3 32 David Cebrián 3 FRD HK Racing Ford Focus ST 13 Kenneth Ma 9 27 Robb Holland 10 Campos Racing Opel Astra OPC 14 Josh Files 11 16 Markus Östreich 6 19 Oscar Nogués 3–4 20 Igor Skuz 1 21 Jordi Oriola 1–3 22 Armando Parente 4 Fernando Monje 5–6, 9 44 Mak Hing Tak 9 45 Hugo Valente 10 76 Dan Wells 11 SEAT León Cup Racer 20 Igor Skuz 2 Veloso Motorsport SEAT León Cup Racer 18 José Monroy 4 50 Francisco Mora 4 Roadstar Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 27 Robb Holland 11 56 Samson Chan 9–11 66 Filipe de Souza 9–10 78 George Chou 9 97 Johnson Huang 10–11 PAS Macau Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 29 Henry Ho 11 Asia Racing Team SEAT León Cup Racer 31 Tin Sritrai 10 63 Sam Lok 11 69 Kevin Pu 10 87 Rodolfo Ávila 11 Bas Koeten Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 34 Bas Schouten 3, 6 B.D. Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 36 Antonio D'Amico 5 Prince Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 38 Kenneth Lau 9–11 68 Michael Choi 9–11 Zengő Motorsport SEAT León Cup Racer 43 Dániel Nagy 8 46 Zsolt Szabó 5–6 47 Norbert Tóth 2 55 Ferenc Ficza 1 90 Davide Roda 5 Top Run Motorsport Subaru Impreza STi TCR 51 Luca Rangoni 9 52 Alain Menu 10–11 Niza Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 65 Douglas Khoo 10–11 Proteam Racing Ford Focus ST 71 Tom Boardman 5 72 Diego Romanini 1, 8 73 James Nash 11

Calendar The provisional 2015 schedule was announced on 31 October 2014. On the same day that the announcement came that the series would be renamed TCR, it was confirmed that the round in Shanghai would go back a week, because the and switched places on the Formula One calendar. On 13 March 2015, it was announced that the Chilean round, due to be held on 9 August at Autódromo Internacional de Codegua, was postponed to 2016 due to circuit reconstruction. On 17 June 2015 the Argentine round, scheduled for 26 July at Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, was replaced by the Red Bull Ring due to organisational problems.

Race Circuit Date Supporting 1 1 Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 28 March 2 29 March 2 3 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 11 April 4 12 April 3 5 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 3 May Campeonato de España de Resistencia 6 4 7 Algarve International Circuit, Portimão 10 May TCR Portuguese SeriesPortuguese GT Championship 8 5 9 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 24 May Targa Tricolore Porsche 10 6 11 Salzburgring, Salzburg 31 May Histo-Cup Austria Mozartpreis 12 7 13 Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 21 June TCR Russian SeriesSMP F4 Championship 14 8 15 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 12 July European Le Mans SeriesFormula Renault 3.5 Series 16 9 17 Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 19 September TCR Asia Series 18 20 September 10 19 Chang International Circuit, Buriram 25 October TCR Asia SeriesGT Asia Series 20 11 21 Guia Circuit, Macau 22 November Macau Grand PrixFIA GT World CupTCR Asia Series 22

Results Race Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report 1 1 Sepang International Circuit Kevin Gleason Stefano Comini Stefano Comini Target Competition Report 2 Andrea Belicchi Jordi Gené Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2 3 Shanghai International Circuit Gianni Morbidelli Gianni Morbidelli Gianni Morbidelli WestCoast Racing Report 4 Gianni Morbidelli Andrea Belicchi Target Competition 3 5 Circuit Ricardo Tormo Pepe Oriola Pepe Oriola Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil Report 6 Pepe Oriola Stefano Comini Target Competition 4 7 Algarve International Circuit Nicki Thiim Nicki Thiim Nicki Thiim Liqui Moly Team Engstler Report 8 Nicki Thiim Michel Nykjær Target Competition 5 9 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Gianni Morbidelli Kevin Gleason Gianni Morbidelli WestCoast Racing Report 10 Kevin Gleason Gianni Morbidelli WestCoast Racing 6 11 Salzburgring Kevin Gleason Kevin Gleason Kevin Gleason WestCoast Racing Report 12 Kevin Gleason Michel Nykjær Target Competition 7 13 Sochi Autodrom Jordi Gené Pepe Oriola Jordi Gené Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil Report 14 Stefano Comini Stefano Comini Target Competition 8 15 Red Bull Ring Gianni Morbidelli Gianni Morbidelli Stefano Comini Target Competition Report 16 Sergey Afanasyev Pol Rosell Liqui Moly Team Engstler 9 17 Marina Bay Street Circuit Stefano Comini Gianni Morbidelli Kevin Gleason WestCoast Racing Report 18 Jordi Gené Jordi Gené Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 10 19 Chang International Circuit Gianni Morbidelli Gianni Morbidelli Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil Report 20 Kevin Gleason Stefano Comini Target Competition 11 21 Guia Circuit Robert Huff Robert Huff Robert Huff WestCoast Racing Report 22 Pepe Oriola Stefano Comini Target Competition

Man of the Race At the end of every weekend, the Race Direction elects a driver who stood out during the event for a particular reason.

Race Driver Reason Sepang Gianni Morbidelli For performing the best overtaking manoeuvre in race 2, against Andrea Belicchi Shanghai Lorenzo Veglia For delivering an exciting but fair fight in race 2 Valencia Pepe Oriola For his superior pace in race 1 and the close fights in race 2 Portimão Mikhail Grachev For never giving up in a very difficult weekend Monza Fernando Monje For bringing the Opel Astra OPC consistently to the front of the action Salzburgring Andrea Belicchi For being involved in the middle of the action in both races Sochi Aleksey Dudukalo For playing the Stakhanovist during the whole event Red Bull Ring Pol Rosell He came, he saw, he won for Volkswagen Singapore Luca Rangoni For the determination shown to take part in both races Buriram Stefano Comini For maintaining the championship lead despite injury and technical issues Macau Jordi Oriola For proving that overtaking at Macau is possible

Championship standings Drivers' championship Driver SEP SHA VAL POR MNZ SAL SOC RBR SIN BUR MAC    1 Stefano Comini 13 4 4 2 63 1 5 11 Ret2 4 23 8 4 1 14 9 21 2 5 1 33 1 342 2 Pepe Oriola 2 2 Ret5 4 11 5 Ret3 4 23 Ret 64 2 23 2 3 2 45 3 12 3 45 9† 312 3 Jordi Gené 7 1 7 10 3 Ret 22 3 4 2 45 10 11 5 4 3 6 1 25 4 24 Ret 285 4 Gianni Morbidelli 4 3 11 3 8 3 Ret Ret 11 1 52 3 7 DNS 111 Ret 32 4 101 Ret 6 4 243 5 Kevin Gleason 61 7 33 6 11 4 7 2 6 Ret 11 6 8 6 52 5 13 5 43 18† 72 Ret 226 6 Andrea Belicchi 52 5 5 1 42 DSQ 12 10 35 5 3 5 32 Ret 2 11† 8 2 186 7 Sergey Afanasyev 3 Ret 10 11 25 9 11 Ret 114 DNS 8 4 5 4 65 4 54 18† 34 7 10 Ret 134 8 Mikhail Grachev Ret 8 144 Ret 5 Ret 6 6 12† 9 Ret 7 65 3 7 6 7 7 Ret DNS 11 3 105 9 Michel Nykjær 8 Ret 9 5 74 2 Ret 1 13† DNS 12 1 9 7 100 10 Lorenzo Veglia 10 11 11 8 10 7 34 Ret 7 8 7 11† 8 7 8 6 7 5 9 Ret 85 11 René Münnich Ret5 6 22 14 11 10 9 Ret 34 12 Loris Hezemans 9 8 6 2 32 13 Nicki Thiim 11 13† 30 14 Robert Huff 11 Ret 30 15 Pol Rosell 9 1 27 16 Fernando Monje 5 3 DNS DNS 10 19† 26 17 Tomas Engström 104 8 12 9 8 6 21 18 Franz Engstler Ret4 Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 16 19 Jordi Oriola DNS DNS WD WD NC Ret 5 8† 14 20 José Monroy 8 5 14 21 45 12† 13 22 Rodolfo Ávila 12 5 10 23 Igor Skuz DNS Ret 13 13 15 Ret 13 9 Ret 6 Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 24 Zsolt Szabó 8 7 11† DNS 10 25 Bas Schouten 9 8† 9 9 10 26 Robb Holland Ret DSQ 14 6 8 27 David Cebrián 14† 6 8 28 Oscar Nogués 13 Ret 9 7 8 29 Keith Chan 18 7 6 30 Francisco Mora 10 8 Ret DNS 5 31 Michela Cerruti 10 8 5 32 Tin Sritrai 12 8 4 32 Norbert Tóth 8 12 4 34 Antonio D'Amico 9 10 3 34 Ferenc Ficza 9 10† 3 36 Dániel Nagy Ret3 DNS 3 37 Frank Yu 11 9 16 14 Ret DNS 2 38 11 9 2 38 Aleksey Dudukalo 11 9 2 40 Jiang Tengyi 12 9 2 41 Rafaël Galiana 13 11 22† 10 WD WD 1 42 Tom Boardman 10 11 1 43 Ildar Rakhmatullin 12† 10 1 44 Gabriele Marotta 13 10 1 45 Markus Östreich 10 Ret 1 Kevin Pu 13 11 0 Michael Choi 14 12 18 13 16 Ret 0 Filipe de Souza Ret 15 14 12 0 Lucile Cypriano 12 Ret 0 George Chou 18 13 0 Josh Files 13 Ret 0 Kenneth Lau NC 16 15 14 Ret DNS 0 Johnson Huang 16 15 DNQ DNQ 0 Sunny Wong 15 Ret 0 Luca Rangoni 15 Ret 0 Samson Chan 17 17 17 16 19 Ret 0 Douglas Khoo 19 17 DNQ DNQ 0 Guillaume Cunnington 17 Ret 0 Alain Menu 20† DNS WD WD 0 Hugo Valente 21 Ret 0 Henry Ho NC Ret 0 Diego Romanini DNS DNS Ret Ret 0 James Nash Ret DNS 0 Kenneth Ma DNS Ret 0 Mak Hing Tak DNS DNS 0 Davide Roda DNS DNS 0 Sam Lok DNQ DNQ 0 Dan Wells WD WD 0 Armando Parente WD WD 0 Driver SEP SHA VAL POR MNZ SAL SOC RBR SIN BUR MAC   Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship Team SEP SHA VAL POR MNZ SAL SOC RBR SIN BUR MAC    1 Target Competition 12 4 4 1 42 1 5 1 32 4 23 1 32 1 14 8 21 2 5 1 33 1 669 53 5 5 2 63 2 12 10 13†5 5 3 5 4 7 2 9 9 8 6 2 5 2 2 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2 1 74 4 11 5 22 3 23 2 44 2 11 2 35 2 44 1 12 3 24 9† 650 3 2 10 10 24 9 113 4 44 Ret 65 4 23 4 4 3 55 3 24 4 45 Ret 3 WestCoast Racing 41 3 11 3 8 3 75 2 11 1 11 3 7 6 51 5 12 4 41 18† 11 4 545 65 6 22 6 11 4 13 9 6 6 52 6 8 10 112 Ret 33 5 93 Ret 6 Ret 4 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 104 8 63 7 55 7 11 6 7 8 7 7 64 3 7 1 7 6 75 5 9 3 320 Ret 11 11 8 10 Ret 34 12† 12† 9 Ret 11† 105 8 8 6 8 7 8 6 11 Ret 5 Campos Racing DNS Ret 13 13 13 Ret 9 7 5 3 10 Ret 10 19† 21† Ret 13 Ret 44 DNS DNS WD WD NC Ret WD WD DNS DNS DNS DNS WD WD 6 Zengő Motorsport 9 10† 85 12 8 7 11† DNS Ret3 DNS 33 DNS DNS 7 Veloso Motorsport 8 5 26 10 8 8 Asia Racing Team 12 8 12 5 13 13 11 DNQ DNQ 9 Bas Koeten Racing 9 8† 9 9 18 10 Roadstar Racing 17 13 14 12 14 6 11 18 15 16 15 19 Ret 11 JSB Compétition 12 6 9 14† Ret 12 Prince Racing 14 12 15 13 16 Ret 4 NC 16 18 14 Ret DNS 13 B.D. Racing 9 10 3 14 Proteam Racing DNS DNS 10 11 Ret Ret Ret DNS 1 Top Run Motorsport 15 Ret 20† DNS WD WD 0 Niza Racing 19 17 DNQ DNQ 0 PAS Macau Racing Team NC Ret 0 FRD HK Racing DNS Ret Ret DSQ 0 Team SEP SHA VAL POR MNZ SAL SOC RBR SIN BUR MAC   Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

OMP Trophy All drivers displaying an OMP are eligible for the OMP Trophy. Points are awarded for championships and the use of OMP safety equipment. At the end of the season, the top four drivers win a cash prize.

Pos Driver Manufacturer Points 1 Stefano Comini SEAT 474 2 Pepe Oriola SEAT 389 3 Kevin Gleason Honda 380 4 Jordi Gené SEAT 362 5 Gianni Morbidelli Honda 309 6 Andrea Belicchi SEAT 276 7 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT 211 8 Michel Nykjær SEAT 177 9 Igor Skuz OpelSEATHonda 108 10 René Münnich Honda 43 11 Zsolt Szabó SEAT 30 12 Bas Schouten SEAT 24 13 Jordi Oriola OpelSEAT 20 14 Diego Romanini Ford 16 15 Oscar Nogués Opel 12

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