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.
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. 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 Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Points 1 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 1:43.855 1:43.423 1 5 2 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:44.301 1:43.601 2 4 3 24 Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 1:44.015 1:43.792 3 3 4 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:44.131 1:44.096 4 2 5 88 Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:44.599 1:44.192 5 1 6 8 Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:44.608 1:44.484 6 7 7 Lorenzo Veglia SEAT León Cup Racer Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:44.749 1:44.506 7 8 15 Loris Hezemans SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 1:44.494 1:44.513 8 9 25 Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 1:44.564 1:44.530 9 10 45 Hugo Valente Opel Astra OPC Campos Racing 1:44.708 1:44.563 10 11 23 René Münnich Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 1:44.483 1:44.746 11 12 80 Munkong Sathienthirakul SEAT León Cup Racer Craft-Bamboo Racing 1:45.081 1:45.089 12 13 4 Tomas Engström Volkswagen Golf TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:45.342 13 14 31 Tin Sritrai SEAT León Cup Racer Asia Racing Team 1:45.387 14 15 52 Alain Menu Subaru Impreza STi TCR Top Run Motorsport 1:45.984 15 16 68 Michael Choi Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Prince Racing 1:46.074 16 17 35 Rafaël Galiana SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 1:46.330 17 18 69 Kevin Pu SEAT León Cup Racer Asia Racing Team 1:46.399 18 19 66 Filipe de Souza SEAT León Cup Racer Roadstar Racing 1:46.932 24 20 38 Kenneth Lau Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Prince Racing 1:47.020 19 21 27 Robb Holland Ford Focus ST FRD HK Racing 1:47.078 20 22 97 Johnson Huang SEAT León Cup Racer Roadstar Racing 1:47.689 21 23 56 Samson Chan SEAT León Cup Racer Roadstar Racing 1:47.772 22 24 65 Douglas Khoo SEAT León Cup Racer Niza Racing 1:55.241 23
Notes: – Filipe de Souza's times were cancelled because of an irregular external assistance to get back on track after an accident. – Douglas Khoo was moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit.
Race 1 Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 24:34.075 2 25 2 88 Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +1.369 5 18 3 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +2.649 4 15 4 24 Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 14 +3.517 3 12 5 25 Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 14 +7.684 9 10 6 15 Loris Hezemans SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 14 +10.520 8 8 7 7 Lorenzo Veglia SEAT León Cup Racer Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 +13.677 7 6 8 4 Tomas Engström Volkswagen Golf TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 +15.558 13 4 9 23 René Münnich Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 14 +15.932 11 2 10 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 14 +16.347 1 1 11 80 Munkong Sathienthirakul SEAT León Cup Racer Craft-Bamboo Racing 14 +19.201 12 12 31 Tin Sritrai SEAT León Cup Racer Asia Racing Team 14 +26.213 14 13 69 Kevin Pu SEAT León Cup Racer Asia Racing Team 14 +37.257 18 14 66 Filipe de Souza SEAT León Cup Racer Roadstar Racing 14 +47.633 24 15 38 Kenneth Lau Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Prince Racing 14 +1:00.504 19 16 97 Johnson Huang SEAT León Cup Racer Roadstar Racing 14 +1:01.203 21 17 56 Samson Chan SEAT León Cup Racer Roadstar Racing 14 +1:01.572 22 18 68 Michael Choi Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Prince Racing 14 +1:03.662 16 19 65 Douglas Khoo SEAT León Cup Racer Niza Racing 14 +1:58.210 23 20 52 Alain Menu Subaru Impreza STi TCR Top Run Motorsport 12 Differential 15 21 45 Hugo Valente Opel Astra OPC Campos Racing 12 Overheating 12 22 35 Rafaël Galiana SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 10 Puncture 17 Ret 27 Robb Holland Ford Focus ST FRD HK Racing 6 Technical 20 Ret 8 Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1 Gearbox 6
Race 2 Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 25 Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 14 24:40.174 2 25 2 15 Loris Hezemans SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 14 +2.746 3 18 3 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +3.163 9 15 4 88 Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +4.098 6 12 5 7 Lorenzo Veglia SEAT León Cup Racer Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 +15.594 4 10 6 4 Tomas Engström Volkswagen Golf TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 +15.993 13 8 7 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +16.442 7 6 8 31 Tin Sritrai SEAT León Cup Racer Asia Racing Team 14 +24.318 20 4 9 80 Munkong Sathienthirakul SEAT León Cup Racer Craft-Bamboo Racing 14 +25.773 12 2 10 35 Rafaël Galiana SEAT León Cup Racer Target Competition 14 +27.740 15 1 11 69 Kevin Pu SEAT León Cup Racer Asia Racing Team 14 +33.799 16 12 66 Filipe de Souza SEAT León Cup Racer Roadstar Racing 14 +37.157 19 13 68 Michael Choi Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Prince Racing 14 +41.082 14 14 38 Kenneth Lau Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Prince Racing 14 +41.988 17 15 97 Johnson Huang SEAT León Cup Racer Roadstar Racing 14 +52.669 18 16 56 Samson Chan SEAT León Cup Racer Roadstar Racing 14 +1:08.725 23 17 65 Douglas Khoo SEAT León Cup Racer Niza Racing 14 +1:30.432 24 18 24 Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 10 Retired 8 Ret 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 8 Engine 10 Ret 23 René Münnich Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) WestCoast Racing 8 Technical 11 Ret 45 Hugo Valente Opel Astra OPC Campos Racing 0 Clutch 1 DSQ 27 Robb Holland Ford Focus ST FRD HK Racing 14 +55.771 22 DNS 8 Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler Gearbox 5 DNS 52 Alain Menu Subaru Impreza STi TCR Top Run Motorsport Differential 21
Notes: – Tin Sritrai, Alain Menu, Robb Holland, Samson Chan and Douglas Khoo were moved to the back of the grid because of a parc fermé infringement. – Robb Holland was disqualified for not having served a drive through penalty.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Stefano Comini 299 2 Pepe Oriola 297 3 Jordi Gené 265 4 Gianni Morbidelli 223 5 Kevin Gleason 216
Teams' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 611 2 Target Competition 598 3 WestCoast Racing 491 4 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 295 5 Campos Racing 43
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.
References
External links TCR International Series official website