2015 TCR International Series season

2015 TCR International Series season
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The 2015 TCR International Series season is the inaugural season of the TCR International Series, a motor racing championship for touring cars held across Asia, Europe and South America. The season began at Sepang on 28 March and will finish on 22 November at an as-yet unannounced venue.

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Italy Target Competition[1] SEAT León Cup Racer[2] 5 China Jiang Tengyi[3] 2
17 Denmark Michel Nykjær[4] 1–3
25 Switzerland Stefano Comini[5] 1–3
33 Italy Andrea Belicchi[4] 1–3
Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler[6] Audi TT Cup[7] 6 Germany Franz Engstler[6][7] 1–3
8 Russia Mikhail Grachev[7][8] 1–3
SEAT León Cup Racer[9] 7 Italy Lorenzo Veglia[7] 1–3
Sweden WestCoast Racing[10] Honda Civic TCR 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli[11] 1–3
20 Ukraine Igor Skuz[12] 3
23 Germany René Münnich[13] 1–2
24 United States Kevin Gleason[14] 1–3
France JSB Compétition[15] SEAT León Cup Racer[15] 11 France Lucile Cypriano[15] 3
32 Spain David Cebrián[16] 3
Spain Campos Racing[9] Opel Astra OPC 19 Spain Oscar Nogués[17] 3
SEAT León Cup Racer[18] 20 Ukraine Igor Skuz[19] 2
Opel Astra OPC[9] 1
21 Spain Jordi Oriola[13] 1–3
Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing[20] SEAT León Cup Racer[20] 34 Netherlands Bas Schouten[20] 3
Hungary Zengő Motorsport[9] SEAT León Cup Racer[9] 47 Hungary Norbert Tóth[18] 2
55 Hungary Ferenc Ficza[21] 1
Italy Proteam Racing[9] Ford Focus ST[9] 72 Italy Diego Romanini[22] 1
United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil[23]
United Kingdom Craft-Bamboo Racing		 SEAT León Cup Racer[23] 74 Spain Pepe Oriola[24] 1–3
77 Russia Sergey Afanasyev[25] 1–3
88 Spain Jordi Gené[26] 1–3
99 Hong Kong Frank Yu[27] 1
Italy Top Run Motorsport[28] Subaru Impreza STi[28] TBA TBA[28] TBA

Calendar and results

The provisional 2015 schedule was announced on 31 October 2014.[29] On the same day that the announcement came that the series would be renamed TCR, it was confirmed that the round in Shanghai would go back a week, because the Chinese Grand Prix and Bahrain Grand Prix switched places on the Formula One calendar.[30] On 13 March 2015, it was announced that the Chilean round, due to be held on 9 August at Autódromo Internacional de Codegua, was postponed to 2016 due to circuit reconstruction.[31]

Rnd. Race Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 28 March United States Kevin Gleason Switzerland Stefano Comini Switzerland Stefano Comini Italy Target Competition Malaysian Grand Prix
2 29 March Italy Andrea Belicchi Spain Jordi Gené United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
2 3 China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 11 April Italy Gianni Morbidelli Italy Gianni Morbidelli Italy Gianni Morbidelli Sweden WestCoast Racing Chinese Grand Prix
4 12 April Italy Gianni Morbidelli Italy Andrea Belicchi Italy Target Competition
3 5 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 3 May Campeonato de España de resistencia
6
4 7 Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 9 May TCR Portuguese Series
Portuguese GT Championship
8 10 May
5 9 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 23 May Targa Tricolore Porsche
10 24 May
6 11 Austria Salzburgring, Salzburg 30 May Histo-Cup Austria Mozartpreis
12 31 May
7 13 Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 20 June TCR Russian Series
SMP F4 Championship
14 21 June
8 15 Argentina Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires 25 July Súper TC2000
16 26 July
9 17 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 19 September Singapore Grand Prix
TCR Asia Series
18 20 September
10 19 Thailand Chang International Circuit, Buriram 24 October TCR Asia Series
GT Asia Series
20 25 October
11 21 TBA 21 November
22 22 November

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MYS
Malaysia		 CHN
China		 ESP
Spain		 POR
Portugal		 ITA
Italy		 AUT
Austria		 RUS
Russia		 ARG
Argentina		 SIN
Singapore		 THA
Thailand		 TBA
  Pts. 
1 Italy Gianni Morbidelli 4 3 11 3 72
2 Switzerland Stefano Comini 13 4 4 2 70
3 Italy Andrea Belicchi 52 5 5 1 59
4 Spain Pepe Oriola 2 2 Ret5 4 49
5 United States Kevin Gleason 61 7 33 6 45
6 Spain Jordi Gené 7 1 7 10 38
7 Germany René Münnich Ret5 6 22 14 31
8 Russia Sergey Afanasyev 3 Ret 10 11 16
9 Denmark Michel Nykjær 8 Ret 9 5 16
10 Germany Franz Engstler Ret4 Ret 6 7 16
11 Russia Mikhail Grachev Ret 8 144 Ret 6
12 Italy Lorenzo Veglia 10 11 11 8 5
13 Hungary Norbert Tóth 8 12 4
14 Hungary Ferenc Ficza 9 10† 3
15 Hong Kong Frank Yu 11 9 2
16 China Jiang Tengyi 12 9 2
Ukraine Igor Skuz DNS Ret 13 13 0
Spain Jordi Oriola DNS DNS WD WD 0
Italy Diego Romanini DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver MYS
Malaysia		 CHN
China		 ESP
Spain		 POR
Portugal		 ITA
Italy		 AUT
Austria		 RUS
Russia		 ARG
Argentina		 SIN
Singapore		 THA
Thailand		 TBA
  Pts. 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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 participate
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† - Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos. Driver MYS
Malaysia		 CHN
China		 ESP
Spain		 POR
Portugal		 ITA
Italy		 AUT
Austria		 RUS
Russia		 ARG
Argentina		 SIN
Singapore		 THA
Thailand		 TBA
  Pts. 
1 Italy Target Competition 12 4 4 1 134
53 5 5 2
2 Sweden WestCoast Racing 41 3 11 3 126
65 6 22 6
3 United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2 1 74 4 106
3 2 10 10
4 Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 104 8 63 7 43
Ret 11 11 8
5 Hungary Zengő Motorsport 9 10† 85 12 19
6 Spain Campos Racing DNS Ret 13 13 2
DNS DNS WD WD
Italy Proteam Racing DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver MYS
Malaysia		 CHN
China		 ESP
Spain		 POR
Portugal		 ITA
Italy		 AUT
Austria		 RUS
Russia		 ARG
Argentina		 SIN
Singapore		 THA
Thailand		 TBA
  Pts. 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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 participate
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† - Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

  1. ↑ "TC3 announces first cars, teams, regulations and events". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 15 September 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Target Competition confirms three SEATs for 2015 TC3". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 27 November 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Hudson, Neil (9 April 2015). "Last minute change as CTCC champ Jiang Tengyi joins Target". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Michel Nykjaer and Andrea Belicchi to Target Competition". TouringCarTimes. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Stefano Comini to drive SEAT for Target Competition". TouringCarTimes. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hudson, Neil (20 November 2014). "Engstler Motorsport to run Volkswagen Golfs in TC3 Series in 2015". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Team Engstler to run Audi TT in TCR season start". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 17 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Mikhail Grachev joins Engstler Motorsport". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Casillo, Pietro (27 January 2015). "TCR boss confirms Zengő, Proteam and Campos will compete this year". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "STCC team WestCoast Racing joins 2015 TC3". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Gianni Morbidelli welcomed to WestCoast Racing's TCR line-up". BAM Motorsport Promotions. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Hudson, Neil (29 April 2015). "Igor Skuz defects to WestCoast Racing for Valencia". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Provisional entry list". Race Tech Magazine. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "WestCoast Racing signs Kevin Gleason for TCR campaign". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Hudson, Neil (25 April 2015). "Lucile Cypriano will race with JSB Compétition at Valencia". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  16. ↑ Hudson, Neil (29 April 2015). "JSB Compétition adds a second SEAT León for David Cebrián". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "Jordi Oriola and Oscar Nogués race for Campos". tcr-series.com. 1 May 2015. Text "http://www.tcr-series.com/index.php/news/item/jordi-oriola-and-oscar-nogues-race-for-campos" ignored (help);
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Target Competition to field fourth SEAT León". TouringCarTimes. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  19. ↑ Hudson, Neil (12 March 2015). "Campos confirm three car Opel campaign in TCR". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Dutch entry for TCR at Valencia". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "FERENC FICZA". TCR International Series. World Sporting Consulting. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  22. ↑ Hudson, Neil (24 March 2015). "Diego Romanini joins Proteam Racing's TCR programme". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Craft-Bamboo joins TCR International Series". Motorsport.com. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  24. ↑ "Craft-Bamboo signs Pepe Oriola for inaugural TCR season". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 5 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  25. ↑ "Афанасьев будет выступать за Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL в серии TCR". championat.com (in Russian) (Rambler & Co.). 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  26. ↑ "Gene completes Craft-Bamboo's TCR line-up". Motorsport.com (Motorsport.com, Inc.). 6 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  27. ↑ "Craft-Bamboo Racing enters fourth SEAT for season opener". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 11 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 "Top Run Motorsport announces plan to build TCR Subaru Impreza". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  29. ↑ Hudson, Neil (31 October 2014). "TC3 International Series releases its provisional calendar for 2015". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  30. ↑ "New series gets approved by FIA, renamed TCR". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 5 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  31. ↑ Hudson, Neil (13 March 2015). "Chilean TCR race postponed to 2016". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

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