The 2016 TCR International Series Salzburgring round was the fifth round of the 2016 TCR International Series season. It took place on 4–5 June at the Salzburgring.

Mikhail Grachev won the first race, starting from ninth position, driving a Honda Civic TCR, and Jean-Karl Vernay gained the second one, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR.

Ballast Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Stefano Comini received +30 kg, Pepe Oriola +20 kg and Mikhail Grachev +10 kg.

In addition, the Balance of Performance was reviewed for this round: the Honda Civic TCR and SEAT León TCR's both received a -10 kg bonus.

Classification

Qualifying Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Points 1 43 Harald Proczyk Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 1:27.935 1:38.767 3 5 2 2 Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 1:27.532 1:39.079 1 4 3 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:26.769 1:39.359 2 3 4 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 1:26.938 1:39.964 6 2 5 33 Jordi Oriola Honda Civic TCR Target Competition 1:27.130 1:40.064 4 1 6 62 Dušan Borković SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 1:27.121 1:40.214 5 7 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1:24.094 1:40.230 7 8 22 Petr Fulín Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Mulsanne Racing 1:27.736 1:40.487 8 9 8 Mikhail Grachev Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 1:27.361 1:40.639 9 10 9 Attila Tassi SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 1:26.683 1:40.788 10 11 70 Maťo Homola SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 1:28.437 1:41.846 11 12 45 Florian Janits Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 1:29.174 1:44.241 12 13 1 Stefano Comini Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 1:40.284 13 14 7 Davit Kajaia Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler No time 14 15 54 James Nash SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil No time 15 16 88 Michela Cerruti Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Mulsanne Racing No time 16

Notes — Harald Proczyk and Gianni Morbidelli was given a two-place grid penalty each, for having parked their cars in the fast lane during the red flag stoppage of qualifying. — Stefano Comini, Davit Kajaia, James Nash and Michela Cerruti were moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit.

Race 1 Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Mikhail Grachev Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 17 27:40.614 9 25 2 54 James Nash SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 17 +1.420 15 18 3 70 Maťo Homola SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 17 +1.627 11 15 4 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 17 +2.304 6 12 5 2 Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 17 +8.244 1 10 6 9 Attila Tassi SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 17 +10.746 10 8 7 7 Davit Kajaia Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 17 +11.305 14 6 8 1 Stefano Comini Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 17 +12.387 13 4 9 45 Florian Janits Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 17 +12.864 12 2 10 88 Michela Cerruti Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Mulsanne Racing 17 +28.268 16 1 11 62 Dušan Borković SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 16 Collision 5 12 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 15 Engine 2 Ret 33 Jordi Oriola Honda Civic TCR Target Competition 8 Technical 4 Ret 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2 Puncture 7 Ret 43 Harald Proczyk Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 2 Collision 3 Ret 22 Petr Fulín Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Mulsanne Racing 1 Collision 8

Race 2 Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 17 30:51.124 7 25 2 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 17 +0.955 15 18 3 1 Stefano Comini Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 17 +2.065 11 15 4 54 James Nash SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 17 +5.698 13 12 5 70 Maťo Homola SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 17 +7.889 9 10 6 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 17 +8.297 5 8 7 33 Jordi Oriola Honda Civic TCR Target Competition 17 +9.392 4 6 8 9 Attila Tassi SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 17 +16.390 1 4 9 8 Mikhail Grachev Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 17 +16.846 2 2 10 45 Florian Janits Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 17 +31.036 10 1 Ret 7 Davit Kajaia Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 7 Accident 12 Ret 43 Harald Proczyk Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 5 Technical 8 DSQ 88 Michela Cerruti Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Mulsanne Racing 5 Retired 14 DNS 62 Dušan Borković SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary Collision 16 DNS 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil Engine 6 DNS 22 Petr Fulín Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Mulsanne Racing Collision 3

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Stefano Comini 120 1 2 Pepe Oriola 119 1 3 James Nash 112 2 4 Jean-Karl Vernay 107 2 5 Gianni Morbidelli 105

Model of the Year standings Pos Car Points 1 SEAT León353 2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 312 3 Honda Civic TCR 269 4 Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 24 1 5 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 20

Teams' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 290 2 WestCoast Racing 247 3 Leopard Racing 233 4 B3 Racing Team Hungary 181 5 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 83

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

References

External links TCR International Series official website