The 2017 TCR International Series Zhejiang round was the ninth round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 8 October at the Zhejiang International Circuit.
Gabriele Tarquini won the first race starting from fourteenth position, driving a Hyundai i30 N TCR and Robert Huff gained the second one, starting from tenth position, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR.
Ballast Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Attila Tassi and Norbert Michelisz both received +30 kg, while both Giacomo Altoè and Dušan Borković received +10 kg. However, since neither Norbert Michelisz or Giacomo Altoè took part, they didn't take ballast at this event.
The Balance of Performance was also adjusted for this event, meaning the Opel Astra TCRs was given a +30 kg of additional weight. While the new Hyundai i30 N TCRs was allowed to run at its minimum weight of 1285 kg. However, following Race 1. The Hyundai's was given a +40 kg of additional weight, as well as having their engine power reduced from a 100% to 95%.
Classification
Qualifying
Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Points 1 3 Robert Huff Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing Team WRT 1:33.503 1:33.173 1 5 2 2 Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing Team WRT 1:33.476 1:33.341 2 4 3 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 1:34.266 1:33.486 3 3 4 10 Gianni Morbidelli Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR WestCoast Racing 1:33.279 1:33.804 4 2 5 17 Daniel Lloyd SEAT León TCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 1:33.893 1:33.817 5 1 6 5 Roberto Colciago Honda Civic Type-R TCR M1RA 1:33.877 1:34.088 6 7 9 Attila Tassi Honda Civic Type-R TCR M1RA 1:33.786 1:34.143 7 8 54 James Nash SEAT León TCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 1:34.085 1:34.158 8 9 16 Davit Kajaia Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR GE-Force 1:34.374 1:34.170 9 10 6 Frédéric Vervisch Audi RS3 LMS TCR Comtoyou Racing 1:34.539 1:34.494 10 11 4 Denis Dupont SEAT León TCR Comtoyou Racing 1:34.508 1:34.809 11 12 28 Aurélien Panis Honda Civic Type-R TCR Boutsen Ginion Racing 1:34.515 1:34.929 12 13 33 Alain Menu Hyundai i30 N TCR BRC Racing Team 1:32.811 13 14 30 Gabriele Tarquini Hyundai i30 N TCR BRC Racing Team 1:32.935 14 15 62 Dušan Borković Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR GE-Force 1:34.651 15 16 1 Stefano Comini Audi RS3 LMS TCR Comtoyou Racing 1:34.856 16 17 81 Zhendong Zhang Audi RS3 LMS TCR ZZZ Team 1:34.872 17 18 18 Duncan Ende SEAT León TCR Icarus Motorsports 1:36.328 18 19 99 Rafaël Galiana Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR WestCoast Racing 1:36.496 19 20 71 Tengyi Jiang Audi RS3 LMS TCR ZZZ Team No time 20 21 70 Maťo Homola Opel Astra TCR DG Sport Compétition No time 21
Notes — Alain Menu and Gabriele Tarquini, who had qualified first and second in Q1. Was not allowed to take part in Q2, because their Hyundai i30 N TCRs are running on a temporary homologation, which means that they are not eligible for points. — Tengyi Jiang had his times from Q1 deleted, after the team broke the parc fermé rules.
Race 1
Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 30 Gabriele Tarquini Hyundai i30 N TCR BRC Racing Team 19 30:15.966 14 2 2 Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing Team WRT 19 +1.626 2 25 3 3 Robert Huff Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing Team WRT 19 +1.970 1 18 4 10 Gianni Morbidelli Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR WestCoast Racing 19 +3.016 4 15 5 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 19 +7.035 3 12 6 6 Frédéric Vervisch Audi RS3 LMS TCR Comtoyou Racing 19 +11.787 10 10 7 5 Roberto Colciago Honda Civic Type-R TCR M1RA 19 +15.380 6 8 8 16 Davit Kajaia Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR GE-Force 19 +16.972 9 6 9 54 James Nash SEAT León TCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 19 +19.028 8 4 10 28 Aurélien Panis Honda Civic Type-R TCR Boutsen Ginion Racing 19 +19.679 12 2 11 9 Attila Tassi Honda Civic Type-R TCR M1RA 19 +20.201 7 1 12 33 Alain Menu Hyundai i30 N TCR BRC Racing Team 19 +20.983 13 13 1 Stefano Comini Audi RS3 LMS TCR Comtoyou Racing 19 +29.285 16 14 81 Zhendong Zhang Audi RS3 LMS TCR ZZZ Team 19 +42.452 17 15 99 Rafaël Galiana Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR WestCoast Racing 19 +50.245 19 16 71 Tengyi Jiang Audi RS3 LMS TCR ZZZ Team 19 +1:01.357 20 17 18 Duncan Ende SEAT León TCR Icarus Motorsports 19 +1:01.735 18 Ret 70 Maťo Homola Opel Astra TCR DG Sport Compétition 11 Puncture 21 Ret 62 Dušan Borković Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR GE-Force 3 Radiator 15 Ret 17 Daniel Lloyd SEAT León TCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 2 Technical 5 Ret 4 Denis Dupont SEAT León TCR Comtoyou Racing 0 Collision 11
Notes — Zhendong Zhang was given a 10 second time penalty, for causing a collision with Maťo Homola.
Race 2
Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Robert Huff Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing Team WRT 19 30:23.840 10 25 2 10 Gianni Morbidelli Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR WestCoast Racing 19 +2.403 7 18 3 54 James Nash SEAT León TCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 19 +3.511 3 15 4 33 Alain Menu Hyundai i30 N TCR BRC Racing Team 19 +23.435 12 5 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 19 +24.206 8 12 6 30 Gabriele Tarquini Hyundai i30 N TCR BRC Racing Team 19 +24.668 13 7 81 Zhendong Zhang Audi RS3 LMS TCR ZZZ Team 19 +25.442 16 10 8 5 Roberto Colciago Honda Civic Type-R TCR M1RA 19 +26.902 5 8 9 9 Attila Tassi Honda Civic Type-R TCR M1RA 19 +36.852 4 6 10 99 Rafaël Galiana Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR WestCoast Racing 19 +50.687 18 4 11 18 Duncan Ende SEAT León TCR Icarus Motorsports 19 +1:09.015 17 2 12 2 Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing Team WRT 18 +1 lap 9 1 13 28 Aurélien Panis Honda Civic Type-R TCR Boutsen Ginion Racing 15 Technical 11 Ret 6 Frédéric Vervisch Audi RS3 LMS TCR Comtoyou Racing 13 Collision 1 Ret 71 Tengyi Jiang Audi RS3 LMS TCR ZZZ Team 10 Technical 19 Ret 1 Stefano Comini Audi RS3 LMS TCR Comtoyou Racing 4 Collision 15 Ret 16 Davit Kajaia Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR GE-Force 3 Collision 2 Ret 70 Maťo Homola Opel Astra TCR DG Sport Compétition 3 Radiator 20 DNS 62 Dušan Borković Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR GE-Force Radiator 14 DNS 17 Daniel Lloyd SEAT León TCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing Technical 6 DNS 4 Denis Dupont SEAT León TCR Comtoyou Racing Collision 21
Notes — Denis Dupont was sent to the back of the grid for Race 2, after his car was taken out of parc fermé, after Race 1.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Jean-Karl Vernay 207 1 2 Attila Tassi 186 3 Stefano Comini 165 4 Roberto Colciago 161 5 Pepe Oriola 137
Model of the Year standings Pos Car Points 1 Honda Civic Type-R TCR 480 2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 450 3 SEAT León TCR 388 4 Audi RS3 LMS TCR 277 5 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 197
Teams' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 M1RA 405 2 Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 336 3 Leopard Racing Team WRT 325 4 Comtoyou Racing 246 5 GE-Force 183
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.
References
External links TCR International Series official website