The 2015 TCR International Series Portimão round was the fourth round of the 2015 TCR International Series season. It took place on 10 May at the Algarve International Circuit.
Nicki Thiim won the first race, starting from pole position, driving an Audi TT Cup and Michel Nykjær gained the second one, driving a SEAT León Cup Racer.
Success Ballast Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Pepe Oriola received +30 kg, Stefano Comini +20 kg and Michel Nykjær +10 kg.
Classification
Qualifying Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Points 1 3 Nicki Thiim Audi TT Cup Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:54.172 1:53.863 1 5 2 88 Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:54.857 1:54.621 2 4 3 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:54.852 1:54.699 3 3 4 7 Lorenzo Veglia SEAT León Cup Racer Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:55.778 1:54.786 4 2 5 9 Kelvin van der Linde Audi TT Cup Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:55.132 1:54.842 5 1 6 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 1:55.572 1:54.945 6 7 25 Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 1:55.523 1:54.969 7 8 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:55.094 1:55.080 8 9 17 Michel Nykjær SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 1:55.246 1:55.277 9 10 24 Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 1:55.590 1:55.369 10 11 33 Andrea Belicchi SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 1:55.247 1:55.411 11 12 50 Francisco Mora SEAT León Cup Racer Veloso Motorsport 1:55.755 1:55.779 12 13 19 Oscar Nogués Opel Astra OPC Campos Racing 1:55.868 13 14 8 Mikhail Grachev SEAT León Cup Racer Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:56.291 14 15 18 José Monroy SEAT León Cup Racer Veloso Motorsport 1:56.437 15 16 20 Igor Skuz Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 1:58.533 16 17 22 Armando Parente Opel Astra OPC Campos Racing withdrew
Race 1 Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Nicki Thiim Audi TT Cup Liqui Moly Team Engstler 13 25:13.998 1 25 2 88 Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 13 +4.074 2 18 3 7 Lorenzo Veglia SEAT León Cup Racer Liqui Moly Team Engstler 13 +6.541 4 15 4 9 Kelvin van der Linde Audi TT Cup Liqui Moly Team Engstler 13 +12.086 5 12 5 25 Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 13 +14.541 7 10 6 8 Mikhail Grachev SEAT León Cup Racer Liqui Moly Team Engstler 13 +17.893 14 8 7 24 Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 13 +20.094 10 6 8 18 José Monroy SEAT León Cup Racer Veloso Motorsport 13 +20.425 15 4 9 19 Oscar Nogués Opel Astra OPC Campos Racing 13 +23.044 13 2 10 50 Francisco Mora SEAT León Cup Racer Veloso Motorsport 13 +30.107 12 1 11 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 13 +35.348 8 12 33 Andrea Belicchi SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 13 +42.451 11 13 20 Igor Skuz Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 13 +50.142 16 Ret 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 8 Puncture 3 Ret 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 8 Collision 6 Ret 17 Michel Nykjær SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 2 Collision 9 WD 22 Armando Parente Opel Astra OPC Campos Racing Withdrew
Race 2 Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 17 Michel Nykjær SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 13 35:18.975 2 25 2 24 Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 13 +3.152 1 18 3 88 Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 13 +6.360 9 15 4 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 13 +7.020 8 12 5 18 José Monroy SEAT León Cup Racer Veloso Motorsport 13 +7.496 14 10 6 8 Mikhail Grachev SEAT León Cup Racer Liqui Moly Team Engstler 13 +11.040 16 8 7 19 Oscar Nogués Opel Astra OPC Campos Racing 13 +12.030 13 6 8 50 Francisco Mora SEAT León Cup Racer Veloso Motorsport 13 +20.999 12 4 9 20 Igor Skuz Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 13 +22.644 15 2 10 33 Andrea Belicchi SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 13 +24.865 11 1 11 25 Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 13 +39.366 4 12 9 Kelvin van der Linde Audi TT Cup Liqui Moly Team Engstler 10 Technical 6 13 3 Nicki Thiim Audi TT Cup Liqui Moly Team Engstler 10 Puncture 10 Ret 7 Lorenzo Veglia SEAT León Cup Racer Liqui Moly Team Engstler 2 Collision 7 Ret 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 1 Collision 5 Ret 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1 Technical 3 WD 22 Armando Parente Opel Astra OPC Campos Racing Withdrew
Notes: — Mikhail Grachev was moved to the back of the grid because of a parc fermé infringement.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Stefano Comini 116 1 2 Pepe Oriola 104 1 3 Gianni Morbidelli 91 2 4 Jordi Gené 90 5 Kevin Gleason 81
Teams' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Target Competition 248 2 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 222 3 WestCoast Racing 194 4 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 121 5 Veloso Motorsport 26
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.
References
External links TCR International Series official website