2016 TCR International Series

The 2016 TCR International Series was the second season of the TCR International Series.

Stefano Comini successfully defended his title, beating his nearest challenger James Nash by 2.5 points. Craft-Bamboo Racing were crowned teams' champions beating Leopard Racing with 73 points margin, while Seat Léon TCR won the models' championship.

Teams and drivers Michelin is the official tire supplier, but Neric Wei, Tang Chi Lun and Edgar Lau used Yokohama tires at Macau.

Team Car Drivers Rounds Leopard Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 1 Stefano Comini All 2 Jean-Karl Vernay All 48 Antti Buri 3 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 3 Andy Yan 10–11 6 Jordi Oriola 11 7 Davit Kajaia All 8 Mikhail Grachev 1–3 19 Vladimir Sheshenin 7 45 Florian Janits 5 46 Niklas Mackschin 6 47 Gary Sheehan 6 52 Jordi Gené 4 55 Munkong Sathienthirakul 8 68 Filipe de Souza 9–10 Target Competition Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 5 Roberto Colciago 10 33 Jordi Oriola 4–5 35 Rafaël Galiana 9–1050 Josh Files 11 Opel Astra TCR 23 Andrea Belicchi 1 33 Jordi Oriola 1SEAT León TCR35 Rafaël Galiana11 50 Loris Hezemans 9–10 WestCoast Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 8 Mikhail Grachev 4–11 10 Gianni Morbidelli All 14 Aku Pellinen 1–3 18 Ildar Rakhmatullin 7 24 Kevin Gleason 1–3, 9–10 35 Rafaël Galiana 8 40 Alain Menu 4 43 Harald Proczyk 5 81 Tiago Monteiro 11 B3 Racing Team Hungary SEAT León TCR 9 Attila Tassi All 62 Dušan Borković All 70 Maťo Homola All Kratingdaeng Racing Team SEAT León Cup Racer 11 Grant Supaphongs 8 12 Alexander Mies 8 58 Chen Jian Hong 8 Vattana Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 13 Narasak Ittiritpong 8 SEAT León Cup Racer 44 Jack Lemvard 8 Team Eakie BBR Kaiten Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 15 Kantadhee Kusiri 8 Roadstar Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 17 Terence Tse 11 Mulsanne Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 20 Mario Ferraris 10 22 Petr Fulín 5–9, 11 23 Andrea Belicchi 11 88 Michela Cerruti 1–2, 5–7 Elegant Racing Team SEAT León TCR 20 Lou Hon Kei 11 Baporo Motorsport SEAT León Cup Racer 26 Francisco Mora 2 SEAT León TCR 50 Loris Hezemans 2 TeamWork Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 27 William O'Brien 10–11 28 Kevin Tse 10–11 Sébastien Loeb Racing Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 30 Jimmy Clairet 3 38 Grégory Guilvert 3 Top Run Motorsport Subaru Impreza STi TCR 31 Luca Rangoni 2 32 Luigi Ferrara 1, 8 Kissling Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 33 Jordi Oriola 9 Champ Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 38 Michael Ho 11 B.D. Racing SEAT León TCR 41 Carlotta Fedeli 4 SEAT León Cup Racer 42 Alessandra Neri 4 LMS Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 48 Antti Buri 6, 11 51 Kari-Pekka Laaksonen 8 Ferry Monster Autosport SEAT León Cup Racer 49 Pierre-Yves Corthals 3 SEAT León TCR 50 Loris Hezemans 3 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil SEAT León TCR 54 James Nash All 74 Pepe Oriola All 77 Sergey Afanasyev All Son Veng Racing Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 64 Neric Wei 9 Viper Niza Racing SEAT León TCR 65 Douglas Khoo 9–11 TBN MK Ihere Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 66 Nattachak Hanjitkasen 8 FRD Motorsports Ford Focus TCR 72 Nicky Pastorelli 10 99 Martin Cao 9 Bas Koeten Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 78 Salman Al Khalifa 1 79 Hussain Karimi 1 Team Thailand Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 83 Tin Sritrai 10–11 Sloth Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 97 Paritat Bulbon 8 non-classified TCR and CTCC entries are ineligible to score points Suncity Racing Team Citroën C-Elysée 11 Alex Hui 11 12 Sunny Wong 11 Son Veng Racing Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 14 Neric Wei 11 Linky Racing Team Audi S3 Saloon 21 Zhang Ya Qi 11 33 Jiang Teng Yi 11 Team TRC Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 68 Tang Chi Lun 11 FRD Motorsports Ford Focus TCR 78 Kenneth Ma 11 Asia Racing Team SEAT León TCR 97 Edgar Lau 11

Calendar The 2016 schedule was announced on 2 December 2015, with twelve events scheduled. Three out of these twelve rounds are to be held supporting Formula One. The calendar was subsequently modified: the Shanghai round was canceled and replaced by Buriram (originally scheduled to be held on 30 October). On 5 May the Italian round was moved to Imola.

Circuit Date Supporting 1 1 Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 2 April Bahrain Grand Prix 2 3 April 2 3 Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril 24 April International GT OpenEuroformula Open ChampionshipSEAT León Eurocup 4 3 5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps 6 May 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 6 7 May 4 7 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 22 May Stand-alone event 8 5 9 Salzburgring, Salzburg 5 June Stand-alone event 10 6 11 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 19 June ADAC TCR Germany Championship 12 7 13 Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 3 July Russian Circuit Racing Series 14 8 15 Chang International Circuit, Buriram 28 August Stand-alone event 16 9 17 Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 17 September Singapore Grand Prix 18 18 September 10 19 Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 1 October Malaysian Grand PrixTCR Asia Series 20 2 October 11 21 Guia Circuit, Macau 20 November Macau Grand PrixFIA GT World CupTCR Asia Series 22

Results

Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report 1 1 Bahrain International Circuit Sergey Afanasyev Gianni Morbidelli Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil Report 2 Pepe Oriola Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2 3 Autódromo do Estoril Maťo Homola Maťo Homola Gianni Morbidelli WestCoast Racing Report 4 Gianni Morbidelli James Nash Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 3 5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Dušan Borković Jean-Karl Vernay Aku Pellinen WestCoast Racing Report 6 Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl Vernay Leopard Racing 4 7 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Gianni Morbidelli Pepe Oriola Stefano Comini Leopard Racing Report 8 Jordi Oriola Mikhail Grachev WestCoast Racing 5 9 Salzburgring Harald Proczyk James Nash Mikhail Grachev WestCoast Racing Report 10 Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl Vernay Leopard Racing 6 11 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Dušan Borković Maťo Homola Maťo Homola B3 Racing Team Hungary Report 12 Dušan Borković Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 7 13 Sochi Autodrom Stefano Comini Stefano Comini Stefano Comini Leopard Racing Report 14 Stefano Comini Mikhail Grachev WestCoast Racing 8 15 Chang International Circuit Pepe Oriola Gianni Morbidelli Pepe Oriola Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil Report 16 James Nash James Nash Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 9 17 Marina Bay Street Circuit Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl Vernay Leopard Racing Report 18 Mikhail Grachev Mikhail Grachev WestCoast Racing 10 19 Sepang International Circuit Roberto Colciago Stefano Comini Roberto Colciago Target Competition Report 20 Stefano Comini Kevin Gleason WestCoast Racing 11 21 Guia Circuit Jean-Karl Vernay Edgar Lau Stefano Comini Leopard Racing Report 22 Pepe Oriola Tiago Monteiro WestCoast Racing

Fan Award Starting from this year, the Man of the Race is replaced by the Fan Award. At the end of every weekend, a panel consisting of the International Series’ Promoter and the promotional and media team name two candidates who stood out during the event for a particular reason.

Race Candidates Reason Percentage Sakhir Davit Kajaia Pepe Oriola For fighting with no sign of nerves despite his lack of experienceFor his impressive driving on the way to a double victory 83.8%16.2% Estoril Maťo Homola Gianni Morbidelli For an excellent pole position and a superb fight with Morbidelli in race 1For getting his championship fight back on track with two great races 86.4%13.6% Spa-Francorchamps Antti Buri Aku Pellinen For his impressive performance: a podium on his debut with the Golf and in the International SeriesFor his mature drive to race 1 victory and for being the only Honda driver to make it through to Q2 41.1%58.9% Imola Mikhail Grachev Stefano CominiFor showing grit and perseverance in chasing his maiden race victoryFor his masterful overtaking manoeuvre on Pepe Oriola in Race 241.9%58.1% Salzburgring Dušan Borković Jean-Karl VernayFor his incredible overtaking manoeuvre in Race 1, in which he passed two cars in lap 5For the way he re-took the lead he lost to Afanasyev in Race 2 after making a mistake93.1%6.9% Oschersleben Michela Cerruti Antti BuriFor fighting for points-scoring positions in both races and defending wellFor being the workaholic of the weekend, running in four races over two days76.7%23.3% Sochi Attila Tassi Petr FulínFor defending his first podium result against more experienced driversFor his contribution in the development of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta39.0%61.0% Buriram Davit Kajaia Kantadhee KusiriFor overtaking five cars all together in Race 2For his overall performance, but particularly in Race 271.3%28.7% Singapore WestCoast Racing Leopard RacingFor rebuilding Morbideli’s car in a race against timeFor dominating the first two days of the event, on their first visit here62.4%37.6% Sepang Roberto Colciago Tin SritraiFor winning an exciting fight with Comini in Race 1, with grit and fairnessFor fighting on equal terms with the International Series top drivers14.6%85.4% Macau Tom Evans Arnaud LiboisFor overseeing the repair of the car that enabled Nash to start Race 2For consistently delivering a car that took Comini to his second title 52.1%47.9%

Championship standings

Drivers' championship Driver BHR EST SPA IMO SAL OSC SOC BUR SIN SEP MAC†   1 Stefano Comini 7 Ret 34 2 Ret 2 14 3 8 3 Ret 6 11 5 44 4 23 4 2 18 12 4267.52 James Nash 33 2 6 1 85 6 Ret DNS 2 4 33 3 8 4 2 1 55 3 3 2 18† 82643 Ret DSQ 23 5 14 1 11 4 51 1 6 Ret 53 2 53 8 11 6 54 5 21 2 2464 Pepe Oriola 15 1 8 10 22 7 22 5 12†2 DNS 10 1 22 13† 11 11 34 14 42 12 5 3241.5 5 Maťo Homola 8 11 41 8 4 4 5 2 3 5 12 5 9 9 Ret5 10 42 5 105 16 Ret DNS 1756 Gianni Morbidelli 24 7 12 3 5 Ret Ret1 Ret 4 6 7 10 34 12† 32 Ret 10 7 DNS 3 Ret DNS1747 Dušan Borković 62 3 12 Ret 31 Ret 12† DNS 11†5 DNS 21 2 14 6 7 3 7 2 6 4 45 51738 Mikhail Grachev 10 14† 11 11 11 16† 85 1 1 9 Ret 12 4 1 21 2 11 1 Ret3 Ret 11 71459 Sergey Afanasyev 41 5 55 4 94 9 4 Ret Ret 2 45 4 13 7 9 7 6 Ret 9 7 Ret DNS 141 10 Davit Kajaia 9 4 13 7 7 14 33 8 7 Ret 8 Ret 7 11 10 5 17† 8 Ret 10 15 15 80 11 Attila Tassi DNS DNS 14 13 16† 15 7 7 6 8 DSQ 7 10 3 8 6 9 17† 7 9 20 Ret 68 12 Aku Pellinen 5 10 7 6 13 5 63 13 Kevin Gleason Ret 13† Ret 12 6 8 8 10 8 1 46 14 Roberto Colciago 11 Ret 30 15 Antti Buri 10 3 54 Ret 23†4 Ret 3016 Tiago Monteiro 33 12317 Jordi Oriola 11 6 Ret 9 Ret4 7 12 11 WD WD 1718 Jordi Gené 6 6 1619 Petr Fulín Ret DNS 13† Ret 65 8 20† DNS NC 9 Ret DNS 1520 Loris Hezemans 9 Ret 15 11 16† Ret 11 6 1021 Kantadhee Kusiri 6 9 1022 Niklas Mackschin 9 8 623 Harald Proczyk Ret3 Ret 524 Josh Files 14 6 4.525 Andy Yan 13 8 19 10 4.526 Luigi Ferrara 12 8 Ret DNS 427 Tin Sritrai Ret 13 7 12428 Andrea Belicchi 14 Ret 8 9429 Michela Cerruti 13 Ret 15 14 10 DSQ 12† 9 12 Ret 330 Francisco Mora 10 9 331 Florian Janits 9 10 332 Carlotta Fedeli 9 11 233 Salman Al Khalifa 16 9 234 Rafaël Galiana 14 Ret 14 16† DNS 20 10 14235 Alessandra Neri 10 12 136 Pierre-Yves Corthals Ret 10 137 Alain Menu Ret 10 138 Vladimir Sheshenin Ret 10 1 Gary Sheehan 11† 11 0 Kevin Tse 12 11 17 Ret 0 Ildar Rakhmatullin 11 Ret 0 Narasak Ittiritpong 11 Ret 0 Grégory Guilvert 12 12 0 12 Ret 0 Alexander Mies 13 12 0 Martin Cao 13 12 0 Hussain Karimi 17 12 0 Jimmy Clairet 13 13 0 Filipe de Souza Ret 13 14 15 0 Kari-Pekka Laaksonen 17 13 0 Grant Supaphongs 19 14 0 Mario Ferraris Ret 14 0 Douglas Khoo Ret 15 15 17 DNQ DNQ 0 Chen Jian Hong 15 15 0 Neric Wei 15 DSQ 0 Paritat Bulbon 18 16 0 Nattachak Hanjitkasen 16 Ret 0 Nicky Pastorelli 16 Ret 0 Lou Hon Kei 16 Ret 0 William O'Brien 17 19 DNQ DNQ 0 Jack Lemvard Ret 17 0 Luca Rangoni Ret Ret 0 Terence Tse DNQ DNQ 0 Michael Ho WD WD 0 Drivers ineligible to score points Alex Hui 6 Ret Edgar Lau 9 13 Jiang Teng Yi 13 11 Neric Wei 12 16 Zhang Ya Qi 21 Ret Sunny Wong 22 Ret Tang Chi Lun Ret DNS William Lok DNQ DNQ Kenneth Ma DNQ DNQ Driver BHR EST SPA IMO SAL OSC SOC BUR SIN SEP MAC†   Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap