The 2016 TCR International Series Singapore round was the ninth round of the 2016 TCR International Series season. It took place on 16–18 September at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

Jean-Karl Vernay won the first race, starting from pole position driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR and Mikhail Grachev gained the second one, driving a Honda Civic TCR.

Ballast Due to the results obtained in the previous round, James Nash received +30 kg, Pepe Oriola +20 kg and Stefano Comini +10 kg.

In addition, the Balance of Performance was reviewed for this round: the returning Opel Astra TCR received +30 kg in ballast and the engine power was limited to 95%.

Classification

Qualifying Driver Car Team Q1 Points 1 2 Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 2:24.511 1 5 2 70 Maťo Homola SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 2:25.019 2 4 3 1 Stefano Comini Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 2:25.115 3 3 4 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 2:25.389 9 2 5 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2:25.887 4 1 6 54 James Nash SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2:25.899 5 7 9 Attila Tassi SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 2:26.033 6 8 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2:26.059 7 9 62 Dušan Borković SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 2:26.253 8 10 8 Mikhail Grachev Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 2:26.594 18 11 24 Kevin Gleason Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 2:26.930 10 12 22 Petr Fulín Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Mulsanne Racing 2:27.402 15 13 33 Jordi Oriola Opel Astra TCR Kissling Motorsport 2:28.306 13 14 7 Davit Kajaia Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 2:28.479 16 15 35 Rafaël Galiana Honda Civic TCR Target Competition 2:28.572 11 16 68 Filipe de Souza Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 2:29.040 12 17 99 Martin Cao Ford Focus TCR FRD Motorsports 2:30.226 17 18 64 Neric Wei Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Son Veng Racing Team 2:33.696 14 19 65 Douglas Khoo SEAT León TCR Viper Niza Racing 2:36.246 19 20 50 Loris Hezemans SEAT León TCR Target Competition No time 20

— Davit Kajaia, Gianni Morbidelli, Petr Fulín, Kevin Gleason, Jordi Oriola, Rafaël Galiana, Dušan Borković, Neric Wei, Douglas Khoo, Pepe Oriola and Martin Cao all had their fastest laptimes removed for not respecting the track limits. — Davit Kajaia, Gianni Morbidelli, Petr Fulín and Martin Cao all received a 6 place grid penalties for not respecting the track limits during qualifying. — Kevin Gleason and Jordi Oriola both received a 3 place grid penalties for not respecting the track limits during qualifying. — Douglas Khoo and Loris Hezemans were 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 2 Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 10 24:33.044 1 25 2 1 Stefano Comini Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 10 +3.132 3 18 3 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 10 +7.101 4 15 4 70 Maťo Homola SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 10 +9.688 2 12 5 54 James Nash SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 10 +11.570 5 10 6 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 10 +12.589 7 8 7 62 Dušan Borković SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 10 +13.489 8 6 8 24 Kevin Gleason Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 10 +15.735 10 4 9 9 Attila Tassi SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 10 +17.835 6 2 10 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 10 +18.264 9 1 11 8 Mikhail Grachev Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 10 +18.873 18 12 33 Jordi Oriola Opel Astra TCR Kissling Motorsport 10 +42.029 13 13 99 Martin Cao Ford Focus TCR FRD Motorsports 10 +49.346 17 14 35 Rafaël Galiana Honda Civic TCR Target Competition 10 +88.099 11 15 64 Neric Wei Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Son Veng Racing Team 10 +139.332 14 16 50 Loris Hezemans SEAT León TCR Target Competition 8 Accident 20 17 7 Davit Kajaia Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 7 Technical 16 Ret 65 Douglas Khoo SEAT León TCR Viper Niza Racing 6 Accident 19 NC 22 Petr Fulín Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Mulsanne Racing 6 +4 laps 15 Ret 68 Filipe de Souza Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 5 Technical 12

Race 2 Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Mikhail Grachev Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 9 +25:55.217 1 25 2 62 Dušan Borković SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 9 +0.456 2 18 3 54 James Nash SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 9 +0.751 5 15 4 1 Stefano Comini Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 9 +0.903 8 12 5 70 Maťo Homola SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 9 +1.423 9 10 6 2 Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 9 +1.631 10 8 7 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 9 +2.423 7 6 8 7 Davit Kajaia Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 9 +3.070 14 4 9 22 Petr Fulín Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Mulsanne Racing 9 +3.567 12 2 10 24 Kevin Gleason Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 9 +3.924 11 1 11 33 Jordi Oriola Opel Astra TCR Kissling Motorsport 9 +4.581 13 12 99 Martin Cao Ford Focus TCR FRD Motorsports 9 +5.160 17 13 68 Filipe de Souza Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 9 +6.046 16 14 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 9 +6.114 6 15 65 Douglas Khoo SEAT León TCR Viper Niza Racing 9 +17.146 19 16 35 Rafaël Galiana Honda Civic TCR Target Competition 6 Collision 15 17 9 Attila Tassi SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 6 Collision 4 Ret 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2 Collision 3 Ret 50 Loris Hezemans SEAT León TCR Target Competition 1 Technical 20 DSQ 64 Neric Wei Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Son Veng Racing Team 6 Collision 14

— Pepe Oriola was given a drive through penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Gianni Morbidelli.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 James Nash 229 1 2 Stefano Comini 227 1 3 Pepe Oriola 213 4 Jean-Karl Vernay 201 1 5 Maťo Homola 173

Model of the Year standings Pos Car Points 1 SEAT León 657 2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 546 3 Honda Civic TCR 477 4 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 77 1 5 Opel Astra TCR 30

Teams' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 525 2 Leopard Racing 436 3 WestCoast Racing 392 4 B3 Racing Team Hungary 375 5 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 124

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

References

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External links TCR International Series official website