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.

Thailand    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
Layout of the Chang International Circuit
Location Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand
Course Permanent racing facility
4.554 km (2.830 mi)
Race 1
Date 25 October 2015
Laps 14
Pole position
Driver Italy Gianni Morbidelli WestCoast Racing
Time 1:43.423
Podium
First Spain Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Second Spain Jordi Gené Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Third Russia Sergey Afanasyev Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Gianni Morbidelli WestCoast Racing
Time 1:44.121 (on lap 3)
Race 2
Date 25 October 2015
Laps 14
Podium
First Switzerland Stefano Comini Target Competition
Second Netherlands Loris Hezemans Target Competition
Third Spain Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Fastest lap
Driver United States 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

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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

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Qualifying

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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

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Notes:

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

Race 1

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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

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Race 2

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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

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Notes:

Standings after the event

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

References

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  1. ^ "Buriram Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 13 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Buriram Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 24 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Buriram Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Buriram Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 October 2015.
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