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.

2015 TCR International Series

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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	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil[1] Craft-Bamboo Racing Lukoil Racing Team	SEAT León Cup Racer[1]	2	Aleksey Dudukalo[2]	7
		74	Pepe Oriola[3]	All
		77	Sergey Afanasyev[4]	All
		80	Munkong Sathienthirakul[5]	10
		88	Jordi Gené[6]	All
		99	Frank Yu[7]	1, 9, 11
Liqui Moly Team Engstler[8]	Audi TT Cup[9]	3	Nicki Thiim[10]	4
		6	Franz Engstler[8][9]	1–3
		8	Mikhail Grachev[9][11]	1–3
		9	Kelvin van der Linde[10]	4
	SEAT León Cup Racer[12]	4	Tomas Engström[13]	7
		7	Lorenzo Veglia[14]	1–6, 8–10
		8	Mikhail Grachev[10]	4–7
		49	Guillaume Cunnington[15]	11
	Volkswagen Golf TCR[16]	4	Tomas Engström[17]	9–10
		7	Lorenzo Veglia[15]	11
		8	Mikhail Grachev[16]	8–11
		42	Pol Rosell[16]	8
Target Competition[18]	SEAT León Cup Racer[19]	5	Jiang Tengyi[20]	2
		15	Loris Hezemans[21]	9–10
		17	Michel Nykjær[22]	1–7
		21	Jordi Oriola[23]	11
		25	Stefano Comini[24]	All
		33	Andrea Belicchi[22]	1–8, 11
		35	Rafaël Galiana[25]	9–11
		40	Gabriele Marotta[26]	8
		41	Michela Cerruti[27]	8
		50	Francisco Mora[28]	11
		98	Keith Chan[28]	11
WestCoast Racing[29]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	10	Gianni Morbidelli[30]	All
		12	Robert Huff[31]	11
		20	Igor Skuz[32]	3–6, 8
		23	René Münnich[33]	1–2, 9–10
		24	Kevin Gleason[34]	All
		26	Ildar Rakhmatullin[35]	7
		28	Sunny Wong[36]	11
JSB Compétition[37]	SEAT León Cup Racer[37]	11	Lucile Cypriano[37]	3
		32	David Cebrián[38]	3
FRD HK Racing[25]	Ford Focus ST[25]	13	Kenneth Ma[25]	9
		27	Robb Holland[39]	10
Campos Racing[12]	Opel Astra OPC	14	Josh Files[40]	11
		16	Markus Östreich[41]	6
		19	Oscar Nogués[42]	3–4
		20	Igor Skuz[43]	1
		21	Jordi Oriola[33]	1–3
		22	Armando Parente[44]	4
			Fernando Monje[45]	5–6, 9
		44	Mak Hing Tak[46]	9
		45	Hugo Valente[47]	10
		76	Dan Wells[48]	11
	SEAT León Cup Racer[49]	20	Igor Skuz[49]	2
Veloso Motorsport[50]	SEAT León Cup Racer	18	José Monroy[50]	4
		50	Francisco Mora[50]	4
Roadstar Racing[25]	SEAT León Cup Racer[25]	27	Robb Holland[40]	11
		56	Samson Chan[25]	9–11
		66	Filipe de Souza[25]	9–10
		78	George Chou[25]	9
		97	Johnson Huang[51]	10–11
PAS Macau Racing Team[52]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[52]	29	Henry Ho[52]	11
Asia Racing Team[53]	SEAT León Cup Racer[53]	31	Tin Sritrai[53]	10
		63	Sam Lok[54]	11
		69	Kevin Pu[53]	10
		87	Rodolfo Ávila[54]	11
Bas Koeten Racing[55]	SEAT León Cup Racer[55]	34	Bas Schouten[55]	3, 6
B.D. Racing[56]	SEAT León Cup Racer[56]	36	Antonio D'Amico[56]	5
Prince Racing[57]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[58]	38	Kenneth Lau[58]	9–11
		68	Michael Choi[58]	9–11
Zengő Motorsport[12]	SEAT León Cup Racer[12]	43	Dániel Nagy[59]	8
		46	Zsolt Szabó[45]	5–6
		47	Norbert Tóth[49]	2
		55	Ferenc Ficza[60]	1
		90	Davide Roda[45]	5
Top Run Motorsport[61]	Subaru Impreza STi TCR[61]	51	Luca Rangoni[62]	9
		52	Alain Menu[63]	10–11
Niza Racing[51]	SEAT León Cup Racer[51]	65	Douglas Khoo[51]	10–11
Proteam Racing[12]	Ford Focus ST[12]	71	Tom Boardman[45]	5
		72	Diego Romanini[64]	1, 8
		73	James Nash[65]	11

Calendar

The provisional 2015 schedule was announced on 31 October 2014.^[66] 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 Chinese Grand Prix and Bahrain Grand Prix switched places on the Formula One calendar.^[67] 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.^[68] 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.^[69]

Rnd.	Race	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	1	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	28 March	Malaysian Grand Prix
	2		29 March
2	3	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	11 April	Chinese Grand Prix
	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 Series Portuguese 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 Series SMP F4 Championship
	14
8	15	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	12 July	European Le Mans Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series
	16
9	17	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	19 September	Singapore Grand Prix TCR Asia Series
	18		20 September
10	19	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	25 October	TCR Asia Series GT Asia Series
	20
11	21	Guia Circuit, Macau	22 November	Macau Grand Prix FIA GT World Cup TCR Asia Series
	22

Results

Rnd.	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

Pos. Driver SEP SHA VAL POR MNZ SAL SOC RBR SIN BUR MAC  Pts.  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 Kelvin van der Linde 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 Munkong Sathienthirakul 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 Pos. Driver SEP SHA VAL POR MNZ SAL SOC RBR SIN BUR MAC  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) 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

Pos. Team SEP SHA VAL POR MNZ SAL SOC RBR SIN BUR MAC  Pts.  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 Pos. Team SEP SHA VAL POR MNZ SAL SOC RBR SIN BUR MAC  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) 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.^[70]

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	Opel SEAT Honda	108
10	René Münnich	Honda	43
11	Zsolt Szabó	SEAT	30
12	Bas Schouten	SEAT	24
13	Jordi Oriola	Opel SEAT	20
14	Diego Romanini	Ford	16
15	Oscar Nogués	Opel	12