2015 TCR International Series Singapore round

The 2015 TCR International Series Singapore round was the ninth round of the 2015 TCR International Series season as well as the second round of the 2015 TCR Asia Series season. It took place on 19–20 September at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

   2015 TCR International Series Singapore round

Round details
Round 9 of 11 rounds in the 2015 TCR International Series
Layout of the Marina Bay Street Circuit
Location	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.065 km (3.147 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	19 September 2015
Laps	10
Pole position
Driver	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
Time	2:26.404
Podium
First	Kevin Gleason	WestCoast Racing
Second	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
Third	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Time	2:26.693 (on lap 4)
Race 2
Date	20 September 2015
Laps	10
Podium
First	Jordi Gené	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Second	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
Third	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Fastest lap
Driver	Jordi Gené	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Time	2:27.056 (on lap 3)

Kevin Gleason won the first race, starting from third position, driving a Honda Civic TCR, and Jordi Gené gained the second one, driving a SEAT León Cup Racer.

Success Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round and in the Sepang round of the TCR Asia Series, Pepe Oriola and Philippe Descombes received +30 kg, Stefano Comini and Eric Kwong +20 kg and Jordi Gené and Michael Choi +10 kg.[1] Nevertheless, Descombes and Kwong didn't take part at this event, so they will take the ballast at the first round they will participate.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2	Grid	Points
1	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:26.950	2:26.404	1	5
2	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:28.284	2:26.420	2	4
3	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:29.085	2:26.724	3	3
4	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:27.675	2:26.740	4	2
5	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:27.848	2:26.760	5	1
6	15	Loris Hezemans	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:26.778	2:26.887	6
7	8	Mikhail Grachev	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:28.564	2:26.947	7
8	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:28.733	2:27.082	8
9	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:27.594	2:27.294	9
10	4	Tomas Engström	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:29.983	2:27.656	10
11	23	René Münnich	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:29.495	2:28.271	11
12	22	Fernando Monje	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	2:29.690	2:28.904	12
13	78	George Chou	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	2:30.938		13
14	99	Frank Yu	SEAT León Cup Racer	Craft-Bamboo Racing	2:31.352		14
15	35	Rafaël Galiana	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:31.858		15
16	66	Filipe de Souza	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	2:32.491		16
17	68	Michael Choi	Honda Civic TCR	Prince Racing	2:33.044		17
18	38	Kenneth Lau	Honda Civic TCR	Prince Racing	2:33.525		18
19	56	Samson Chan	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	2:34.975		19
20	13	Kenneth Ma	Ford Focus ST	FRD HK Racing	2:40.727		20^1
21	44	Mak Hing Tak	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	2:48.194		21^1
22	51	Luca Rangoni	Subaru Impreza STi TCR	Top Run Motorsport	no time		22^1

[2]

Notes:

• ^1 — Kenneth Ma, Mak Hing Tak and Luca Rangoni were 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	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	24:42.376	3	25
2	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+0.819	1	18
3	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	+4.730	2	15
4	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+5.140	5	12
5	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+7.752	4	10
6	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+8.076	9	8
7	8	Mikhail Grachev	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+13.970	7	6
8	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+14.655	8	4
9	15	Loris Hezemans	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+15.474	6	2
10	22	Fernando Monje	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	10	+23.104	12	1
11	23	René Münnich	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	+24.753	11
12	4	Tomas Engström	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+42.759	10
13	35	Rafaël Galiana	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+47.875	15
14	68	Michael Choi	Honda Civic TCR	Prince Racing	10	+1:22.857	17
15	51	Luca Rangoni	Subaru Impreza STi TCR	Top Run Motorsport	10	+1:40.389	22
16	99	Frank Yu	SEAT León Cup Racer	Craft-Bamboo Racing	10	+1:57.228	14
17	56	Samson Chan	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	10	+2:08.503	19^2
18	78	George Chou	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	9	+1 lap	13
NC	38	Kenneth Lau	Honda Civic TCR	Prince Racing	3	+7 laps	18
Ret	66	Filipe de Souza	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	0	Collision	16
DNS	13	Kenneth Ma	Ford Focus ST	FRD HK Racing		Technical	20
DNS	44	Mak Hing Tak	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing		Accident	21

[3]

Notes:

• ^2 — Samson Chan was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Filipe de Souza in the Sepang round of the TCR Asia Series.

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	24:49.621	2	25
2	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+3.637	10	18
3	88	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+5.492	6	15
4	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	+11.054	9	12
5	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	+14.779	8	10
6	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+18.234	3	8
7	8	Mikhail Grachev	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+22.762	4	6
8	15	Loris Hezemans	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+25.386	5	4
9	4	Tomas Engström	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+31.556	1	2
10	23	René Münnich	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	+34.727	11	1
11	35	Rafaël Galiana	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+48.524^3	14
12	68	Michael Choi	Honda Civic TCR	Prince Racing	10	+1:09.071	15
13	78	George Chou	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	10	+1:15.970	18^4
14	99	Frank Yu	SEAT León Cup Racer	Craft-Bamboo Racing	10	+1:16.960	13
15	66	Filipe de Souza	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	10	+1:25.222	19^4
16	38	Kenneth Lau	Honda Civic TCR	Prince Racing	10	+1:26.017^3	16
17	56	Samson Chan	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	10	+2:20.958	17
18	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	9	Collision	7
19	22	Fernando Monje	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	7	Technical	12
Ret	51	Luca Rangoni	Subaru Impreza STi TCR	Top Run Motorsport	4	Technical	22
Ret	13	Kenneth Ma	Ford Focus ST	FRD HK Racing	2	Technical	20
DNS	44	Mak Hing Tak	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing		Accident	21

[4]

Notes:

• ^3 — Rafaël Galiana and Kenneth Lau were given a 10-second penalty for jumping the start.
• ^4 — George Chou and Filipe de Souza were moved to the back of the grid because of a parc fermé infringement.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Stefano Comini 264 1 2 Pepe Oriola 253 3 Jordi Gené 234 4 Gianni Morbidelli 217 1 5 Kevin Gleason 201

Teams' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 535 1 2 Target Competition 533 3 WestCoast Racing 464 4 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 262 5 Campos Racing 43

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

References

1. "Singapore Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 18 September 2015.
2. "Singapore Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 19 September 2015.
3. "Singapore Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 19 September 2015.
4. "Singapore Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 20 September 2015.

External links

• TCR International Series official website

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