2015 TCR International Series Buriram round

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.

   2015 TCR International Series Buriram round

Round details
Round 10 of 11 rounds in the 2015 TCR International Series
Layout of the Chang International Circuit
Location	Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.554 km (2.830 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	25 October 2015
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Time	1:43.423
Podium
First	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Second	Jordi Gené	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Third	Sergey Afanasyev	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Fastest lap
Driver	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Time	1:44.121 (on lap 3)
Race 2
Date	25 October 2015
Laps	14
Podium
First	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
Second	Loris Hezemans	Target Competition
Third	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Fastest lap
Driver	Kevin Gleason	WestCoast Racing
Time	1:44.404 (on lap 7)

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.^[1] 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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2	Grid	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		241
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		232

^[2]

Notes:

• ^1 – Filipe de Souza's times were cancelled because of an irregular external assistance to get back on track after an accident.
• ^2 – Douglas Khoo was moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit.

Race 1

Pos.	No.	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

^[3]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	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	203	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	233
17	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León Cup Racer	Niza Racing	14	+1:30.432	243
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	+55.7714	223
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	213

^[4]

Notes:

• ^3 – 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.
• ^4 – 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.