2015 TCR International Series Buriram round

Thailand 2015 Buriram 10 11 Buriram circuit map.svg Layout of the Chang International Circuit Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 2.830 4.554 25 October 14 ITA Gianni Morbidelli WestCoast Racing 1:43.423 ESP Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil ESP Jordi Gené Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil RUS Sergey Afanasyev Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil ITA Gianni Morbidelli WestCoast Racing 1:44.121 3 25 October 14 SUI Stefano Comini Target Competition NLD Loris Hezemans Target Competition ESP Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil USA Kevin Gleason WestCoast Racing 1:44.404 7 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. 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.http://tcr-series.com/images/events/2015/10_Buriram/2015_10_Buriram_SB.pdf Buriram Success Ballast 13 October 2015 tcr-series.com 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. Position No. Car number Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Grid Final grid position Points 1 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) SWE WestCoast Racing 1:43.855 1:43.423 1 5 2 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer GBR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:44.301 1:43.601 2 4 3 24 USA Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) SWE WestCoast Racing 1:44.015 1:43.792 3 3 4 77 RUS Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer GBR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:44.131 1:44.096 4 2 5 88 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer GBR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:44.599 1:44.192 5 1 6 8 RUS Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf TCR DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:44.608 1:44.484 6 7 7 ITA Lorenzo Veglia SEAT León Cup Racer DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:44.749 1:44.506 7 8 15 NLD Loris Hezemans SEAT León Cup Racer ITA Target Competition 1:44.494 1:44.513 8 9 25 SUI Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer ITA Target Competition 1:44.564 1:44.530 9 10 45 FRA Hugo Valente Opel Astra OPC ESP Campos Racing 1:44.708 1:44.563 10 11 23 DEU René Münnich Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) SWE WestCoast Racing 1:44.483 1:44.746 11 12 80 THA Munkong Sathienthirakul SEAT León Cup Racer HKG Craft-Bamboo Racing 1:45.081 1:45.089 12 13 4 SWE Tomas Engström Volkswagen Golf TCR DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:45.342 13 14 31 THA Tin Sritrai SEAT León Cup Racer MAC Asia Racing Team 1:45.387 14 15 52 SUI Alain Menu Subaru Impreza STi TCR ITA Top Run Motorsport 1:45.984 15 16 68 HKG Michael Choi Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) HKG Prince Racing 1:46.074 16 17 35 FRA Rafaël Galiana SEAT León Cup Racer ITA Target Competition 1:46.330 17 18 69 CHN Kevin Pu SEAT León Cup Racer MAC Asia Racing Team 1:46.399 18 19 66 MAC Filipe de Souza SEAT León Cup Racer HKG Roadstar Racing 1:46.932 241 1 20 38 HKG Kenneth Lau Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) HKG Prince Racing 1:47.020 19 21 27 USA Robb Holland Ford Focus ST HKG FRD HK Racing 1:47.078 20 22 97 TWN Johnson Huang SEAT León Cup Racer HKG Roadstar Racing 1:47.689 21 23 56 HKG Samson Chan SEAT León Cup Racer HKG Roadstar Racing 1:47.772 22 24 65 MYS Douglas Khoo SEAT León Cup Racer MYS Niza Racing 1:55.241 232 2 http://tcr-series.com/images/events/2015/10_Buriram/Results/2015_TCR_Buriram_Qualifyingcombined.pdf Buriram Qualifying Results 24 October 2015 tcr-series.com Notes: 1 1 – Filipe de Souza's times were cancelled because of an irregular external assistance to get back on track after an accident. 2 2 – Douglas Khoo was moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit. Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer GBR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 24:34.075 2 25 2 88 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer GBR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +1.369 5 18 3 77 RUS Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer GBR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +2.649 4 15 4 24 USA Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) SWE WestCoast Racing 14 +3.517 3 12 5 25 SUI Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer ITA Target Competition 14 +7.684 9 10 6 15 NLD Loris Hezemans SEAT León Cup Racer ITA Target Competition 14 +10.520 8 8 7 7 ITA Lorenzo Veglia SEAT León Cup Racer DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 +13.677 7 6 8 4 SWE Tomas Engström Volkswagen Golf TCR DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 +15.558 13 4 9 23 DEU René Münnich Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) SWE WestCoast Racing 14 +15.932 11 2 10 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) SWE WestCoast Racing 14 +16.347 1 1 11 80 THA Munkong Sathienthirakul SEAT León Cup Racer HKG Craft-Bamboo Racing 14 +19.201 12 12 31 THA Tin Sritrai SEAT León Cup Racer MAC Asia Racing Team 14 +26.213 14 13 69 CHN Kevin Pu SEAT León Cup Racer MAC Asia Racing Team 14 +37.257 18 14 66 MAC Filipe de Souza SEAT León Cup Racer HKG Roadstar Racing 14 +47.633 24 15 38 HKG Kenneth Lau Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) HKG Prince Racing 14 +1:00.504 19 16 97 TWN Johnson Huang SEAT León Cup Racer HKG Roadstar Racing 14 +1:01.203 21 17 56 HKG Samson Chan SEAT León Cup Racer HKG Roadstar Racing 14 +1:01.572 22 18 68 HKG Michael Choi Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) HKG Prince Racing 14 +1:03.662 16 19 65 MYS Douglas Khoo SEAT León Cup Racer MYS Niza Racing 14 +1:58.210 23 20 52 SUI Alain Menu Subaru Impreza STi TCR ITA Top Run Motorsport 12 Differential 15 21 45 FRA Hugo Valente Opel Astra OPC ESP Campos Racing 12 Overheating 12 22 35 FRA Rafaël Galiana SEAT León Cup Racer ITA Target Competition 10 Puncture 17 Ret 27 USA Robb Holland Ford Focus ST HKG FRD HK Racing 6 Technical 20 Ret 8 RUS Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf TCR DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1 Gearbox 6 http://tcr-series.com/images/events/2015/10_Buriram/Results/2015_TCR_Buriram_Race1.pdf Buriram Race 1 Results 25 October 2015 tcr-series.com Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 25 SUI Stefano Comini SEAT León Cup Racer ITA Target Competition 14 24:40.174 2 25 2 15 NLD Loris Hezemans SEAT León Cup Racer ITA Target Competition 14 +2.746 3 18 3 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SEAT León Cup Racer GBR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +3.163 9 15 4 88 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT León Cup Racer GBR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +4.098 6 12 5 7 ITA Lorenzo Veglia SEAT León Cup Racer DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 +15.594 4 10 6 4 SWE Tomas Engström Volkswagen Golf TCR DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 +15.993 13 8 7 77 RUS Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León Cup Racer GBR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 +16.442 7 6 8 31 THA Tin Sritrai SEAT León Cup Racer MAC Asia Racing Team 14 +24.318 203 3 4 9 80 THA Munkong Sathienthirakul SEAT León Cup Racer HKG Craft-Bamboo Racing 14 +25.773 12 2 10 35 FRA Rafaël Galiana SEAT León Cup Racer ITA Target Competition 14 +27.740 15 1 11 69 CHN Kevin Pu SEAT León Cup Racer MAC Asia Racing Team 14 +33.799 16 12 66 MAC Filipe de Souza SEAT León Cup Racer HKG Roadstar Racing 14 +37.157 19 13 68 HKG Michael Choi Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) HKG Prince Racing 14 +41.082 14 14 38 HKG Kenneth Lau Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) HKG Prince Racing 14 +41.988 17 15 97 TWN Johnson Huang SEAT León Cup Racer HKG Roadstar Racing 14 +52.669 18 16 56 HKG Samson Chan SEAT León Cup Racer HKG Roadstar Racing 14 +1:08.725 233 3 17 65 MYS Douglas Khoo SEAT León Cup Racer MYS Niza Racing 14 +1:30.432 243 3 18 24 USA Kevin Gleason Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) SWE WestCoast Racing 10 Retired 8 Ret 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) SWE WestCoast Racing 8 Engine 10 Ret 23 DEU René Münnich Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) SWE WestCoast Racing 8 Technical 11 Ret 45 FRA Hugo Valente Opel Astra OPC ESP Campos Racing 0 Clutch 1 DSQ 27 USA Robb Holland Ford Focus ST HKG FRD HK Racing 14 +55.7714 4 223 3 DNS 8 RUS Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf TCR DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler Gearbox 5 DNS 52 SUI Alain Menu Subaru Impreza STi TCR ITA Top Run Motorsport Differential 213 3 http://tcr-series.com/images/events/2015/10_Buriram/Results/2015_TCR_Buriram_Race2.pdf Buriram Race 2 Results 25 October 2015 tcr-series.com Notes: 3 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 4 – Robb Holland was disqualified for not having served a drive through penalty. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 SUI Stefano Comini 299 10px 2 ESP Pepe Oriola 297 10px 3 ESP Jordi Gené 265 10px 4 ITA Gianni Morbidelli 223 10px 5 USA Kevin Gleason 216 Teams' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 GBR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 611 10px 2 ITA Target Competition 598 10px 3 SWE WestCoast Racing 491 10px 4 DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler 295 10px 5 ESP Campos Racing 43 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings. References External links TCR International Series official website Buriram 2015 Singapore Macau Buriram TCR International Series