2015 TCR International Series Shanghai round

   2015 TCR International Series Shanghai round

Round details
Round 2 of 11 rounds in the 2015 TCR International Series season
Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit
Location	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.451 km (3.388 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	11 April 2015
Laps	10
Pole position
Driver	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Time	2:15.798
Podium
First	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Second	René Münnich	WestCoast Racing
Third	Kevin Gleason	WestCoast Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Time	2:17.363 (on lap 3)
Race 2
Date	12 April 2015
Laps	10
Podium
First	Andrea Belicchi	Target Competition
Second	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
Third	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Time	2:17.553 (on lap 3)

The 2015 TCR International Series Shanghai round was the second round of the 2015 TCR International Series season. It took place on 11–12 April at the Shanghai International Circuit.

Gianni Morbidelli won the first race, starting from pole position, driving a Honda Civic TCR, and Andrea Belicchi gained the second one, driving a SEAT León Cup Racer.

Success Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Stefano Comini received +30 kg, Pepe Oriola +20 kg and Jordi Gené +10 kg.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2	Grid	Points
1	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:16.474	2:15.798	1	5
2	23	René Münnich	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:17.065	2:16.267	2	4
3	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:17.364	2:16.542	3	3
4	8	Mikhail Grachev	Audi TT Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:17.688	2:17.179	4	2
5	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:18.229	2:17.206	5	1
6	47	Norbert Tóth	SEAT León Cup Racer	Zengő Motorsport	2:18.531	2:17.349	6
7	6	Franz Engstler	Audi TT Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:17.725	2:17.421	7
8	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:18.536	2:17.737	8
9	17	Michel Nykjær	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:18.802	2:17.738	9
10	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:18.194	2:17.774	10
11	5	Jiang Tengyi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:18.821	2:18.407	11
12	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:18.813	2:19.296	12
13	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:19.000		13
14	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:19.342		14
15	20	Igor Skuz	SEAT León Cup Racer	Campos Racing	2:20.439		15
16	21	Jordi Oriola	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	withdrew		16

Race 1^[3]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	23:18.758	1	25
2	23	René Münnich	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	+0.851	2	18
3	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	+3.767	3	15
4	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+5.510	8	12
5	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+7.542	10	10
6	6	Franz Engstler	Audi TT Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+9.714	7	8
7	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+10.822	14	6
8	47	Norbert Tóth	SEAT León Cup Racer	Zengõ Motorsport	10	+11.493	6	4
9	17	Michel Nykjær	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+12.342	9	2
10	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+15.066	13	1
11	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+15.712	12
12	5	Jiang Tengyi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+19.139	11
13	20	Igor Skuz	SEAT León Cup Racer	Campos Racing	10	+32.989	15
14	8	Mikhail Grachev	Audi TT Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+38.0511	4
Ret	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	1	Puncture	5
WD	21	Jordi Oriola	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing		Withdrew

Notes:

• ^1 — Mikhail Grachev was given a 30-second penalty for causing a collision with Jordi Gené.

Race 2^[4]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	23:19.292	1	25
2	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+1.252	3	18
3	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	+1.500	10	15
4	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+3.821	6	12
5	17	Michel Nykjær	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+4.351	2	10
6	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	+6.419	8	8
7	6	Franz Engstler	Audi TT Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+6.544	4	6
8	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+9.684	12	4
9	5	Jiang Tengyi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+10.695	11	2
10	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+13.595	14	1
11	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+13.837	13
12	47	Norbert Tóth	SEAT León Cup Racer	Zengő Motorsport	10	+14.727	5
13	20	Igor Skuz	SEAT León Cup Racer	Campos Racing	10	+26.165	15
14	23	René Münnich	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	+45.5762	4
Ret	8	Mikhail Grachev	Audi TT Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2	Collision	7
WD	21	Jordi Oriola	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing		Withdrew

Notes:

• ^2 — René Münnich was given a 30-second penalty for causing a collision with Sergey Afanasyev.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 3 1 Gianni Morbidelli 72 1 2 Stefano Comini 70 2 3 Andrea Belicchi 59 1 4 Pepe Oriola 49 1 5 Kevin Gleason 45

Teams' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Target Competition 134 1 2 WestCoast Racing 126 2 3 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 106 4 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 43 5 Zengő Motorsport 19

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

References

External links

• TCR International Series official website