2016 TCR Asia Series

The 2016 TCR Asia Series season is the second season of the TCR Asia Series.

2016 TCR Asia Series

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Teams and drivers

Michelin is the official tyre supplier, but Neric Wei and Edgar Lau used Yokohama tyres at Macau.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Viper Niza Racing[1]	SEAT León Cup Racer[2]	1	Roelof Bruins[2]	1
	SEAT León TCR[1]	65	Douglas Khoo[1]	All
Liqui Moly Team Engstler[3]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3]	3	Andy Yan[3]	All
		26	Filipe de Souza[3]	1–4
Teamwork Motorsport[4]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[4]	7	Bill O'Brien[4]	All
		8	Kevin Tse[4]	All
Team Thailand[5]	Honda Civic TCR[5]	9	Tin Sritrai[5]	All
Vattana Motorsport[6]	Honda Civic TCR[6]	13	Narasak Ittiritpong[6]	2
	SEAT León Cup Racer[6]	44	Jack Lemvard[6]	2
Son Veng Racing Team[7]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[7]	14	Neric Wei[7]	3, 5
Roadstar Racing[8]	SEAT León Cup Racer[8]	17	Terence Tse[9]	1–3, 5
		22	Yu Kam Cheong[8]	1
		78	Kenneth Ma[6]	2
FRD Racing Team[7]	Ford Focus TCR[7]	71		3
Champ Motorsport[9]	Honda Civic TCR[9]	38	Michael Ho[9]	1, 3, 5
		88	Henry Ho[10]	1–3
TBN MK Ihere Racing Team[6]	Honda Civic TCR[6]	66	Nattachak Hanjitkasen[6]	2
Sloth Racing[6]	SEAT León Cup Racer[6]	97	Paritat Bulbon[6]	2
Entries ineligible to score points
Roadstar Racing	SEAT León Cup Racer	64	Neric Wei	5
FRD Racing Team	Ford Focus TCR	78	Kenneth Ma	5
Asia Racing Team[11]	SEAT León TCR[11]	97	Edgar Lau[11]	5

Calendar and results

The 2016 schedule was announced on 14 December 2015, with six events scheduled.^[12] Later, the round in Sepang (7 August) was canceled and a round in Shanghai was added.^[13]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	15 May	Tin Sritrai	Tin Sritrai	Roelof Bruins	Viper Niza Racing	GT Asia Series
	2				Andy Yan	Tin Sritrai	Team Thailand
2	3	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	12 June	Andy Yan	Andy Yan	Andy Yan	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
	4				Andy Yan	Andy Yan	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
3	5	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	21 August	Tin Sritrai	Tin Sritrai	Andy Yan	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
	6				Andy Yan	Andy Yan	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
4	7	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	1 October	Tin Sritrai	Kevin Tse	Kevin Tse	Teamwork Motorsport	Malaysian Grand Prix TCR International Series
	8		2 October		Tin Sritrai	Andy Yan	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
5	9	Guia Circuit, Macau	20 November	Andy Yan	Edgar Lau	Tin Sritrai	Team Thailand	Macau Grand Prix FIA GT World Cup Guia Race of Macau
	10				Andy Yan	Andy Yan	Liqui Moly Team Engstler

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver KOR BUR SHA SEP MAC†  Pts.  1 Andy Yan 23 2 11 1 12 1 22 1 31 1 220 2 Kevin Tse 62 4 72 2 45 2 13 2 2 Ret 138 3 Tin Sritrai 41 1 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret1 3 12 2 111 3 Filipe de Souza 7 5 55 4 5 3 34 4 93 5 Henry Ho 34 6 4 3 33 Ret 70 6 Roelof Bruins 15 3 41 7 Douglas Khoo 11 9 8 8 9 Ret 4 5 DNQ DNQ 34 8 Bill O'Brien 10 11 11 10 8 6 55 6 DNQ DNQ 33 9 Jack Lemvard 23 5 31 10 Terence Tse 8 8 9 9 7 5 DNQ DNQ 28 11 Neric Wei 6 4 20 12 Michael Ho 5 7 EX4 Ret WD WD 18 13 Narasak Ittiritpong 34 Ret 17 14 Nattachak Hanjitkasen 6 6 16 15 Paritat Bulbon 10 7 7 16 Yu Kam Cheong 9 10 3 16 Kenneth Ma Ret 11 DNS DNS DNQ DNQ 0 Drivers ineligible to score points Edgar Lau 9 13 Neric Wei 12 16 Pos. Driver KOR BUR SHA SEP 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 KOR BUR SHA SEP MAC†  Pts.  1 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 23 2 11 1 12 1 22 1 31 1 313 7 5 55 4 5 3 34 4 2 Teamwork Motorsport 62 4 72 2 45 2 13 2 2 Ret 171 10 11 11 10 8 6 55 6 DNQ DNQ 3 Team Thailand 41 1 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret1 3 12 2 111 4 Champ Motorsport 34 6 4 3 33 Ret 88 5 7 EX4 Ret 5 Viper Niza Racing 15 3 8 8 9 Ret 4 5 DNQ DNQ 75 11 9 6 Vattana Motorsport 23 5 48 34 Ret 7 Roadstar Racing 8 8 9 9 7 5 DNQ DNQ 31 9 10 Ret 11 8 Son Veng Racing Team 6 4 20 9 TBN MK Ihere Racing Team 6 6 16 10 Sloth Racing 10 7 7 10 FRD Racing Team DNS DNS DNQ DNQ 0 Drivers ineligible to score points Asia Racing Team 9 13 Son Veng Racing Team 12 16 Pos. Team KOR BUR SHA SEP 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.