TCR International Series 2015

Start of the first race in Sepang

The 2015 TCR International Series was the first season of the TCR International Series . It started on March 28th in Sepang and ended on November 22nd on the Guia Circuit .

Teams and drivers

team	No.	driver	automobile	Race weekend
LUKOIL Racing Team	02	Alexei Dudukalo	SEAT León Racer	7th
Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL	74	Pepe Oriola		1-11
	77	Sergei Afanasiev		1-11
	88	Jordi Gené		1-11
Craft-Bamboo Racing	80	Munkong Sathienthirakul		10
	99	Frank Yu		1, 9, 11
Liqui Moly Team Engstler	03	Nicki Thiim	Audi TT	4th
	04th	Tomas Engström	SEAT León Racer	7th
			Volkswagen Golf TCR	9, 10
	06th	Franz Engstler	Audi TT	1-3
	07th	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Racer	1-6, 8-10
			Volkswagen Golf TCR	11
	08th	Mikhail Grachev	Audi TT	1-3
			SEAT León Racer	4-7
			Volkswagen Golf TCR	8-11
	09	Kelvin van der Linde	Audi TT	4th
	42	Pol Rosell	Volkswagen Golf TCR	8th
	49	Guillaume Cunnington	SEAT León Racer	11
Target competition	05	Tengyi Jiang	SEAT León Racer	2
	15th	Loris Hezemans		9, 10
	17th	Michel Nykjær		1-7
	21st	Jordi Oriola		11
	25th	Stefano Comini		1-11
	33	Andrea Belicchi		1-8, 11
	35	Rafael Galiana		9-11
	40	Gabriele Marotta		8th
	41	Michela Cerruti		8th
	50	Francisco Mora		11
	98	Keith Chan		11
West Coast Racing	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	1-11
	12	Rob Huff		11
	20th	Igor Skuz		3-6, 8th
	23	René Münnich		1, 2, 9, 10
	24	Kevin Gleason		1-11
	26th	Ildar Rakhmatullin		7th
	28	Sunny Wong		11
JSB Compétition	11	Lucile Cypriano	SEAT León Racer	3
	32	David Cebrián		3
FRD Ford HK Racing Team	13	Kenneth Ma	Ford Focus ST	9
	27	Robb Holland		10
Campos Racing	14th	Josh Files	Opel Astra OPC	11
	16	Markus Oestreich		6th
	19th	Oscar Nogués		3, 4
	20th	Igor Skuz		1
			SEAT León Racer	2
	21st	Jordi Oriola	Opel Astra OPC	1-3
	22nd	Armando Parente		4th
		Fernando Monje		5, 6, 9
	44	Hung Tak Mak		9
	45	Hugo Valente		10
	76	Dan Wells		11
Veloso Motorsport	18th	José Monroy	SEAT León Racer	4th
	50	Francisco Mora		4th
Pas Macau Racing Team	29	Henry Ho	Honda Civic TCR	11
Asia Racing Team	31	Tin Sritrai	SEAT León Racer	10
	63	Sam Lok		11
	69	Kevin Pooh		10
	87	Rodolfo Avila		11
ST Motorsport / Bas Koeten Racing	34	Bas Schouten	SEAT León Racer	3, 6
BD Racing Motorsport	36	Antonio D'Amico	SEAT León Racer	5
Prince Racing Hong Kong	38	Kenneth Lau	Honda Civic TCR	9-11
	68	Michael Choi		9-11
Zengõ Motorsport	43	Daniel Nagy	SEAT León Racer	8th
	46	Zsolt Dávid Szabó		5, 6
	47	Norbert Tóth		2
	55	Ferenc Ficza		1
	90	Davide Roda		5
Top run motorsport	51	Luca Rangoni	Subaru STi TCR	9
	52	Alain Menu		10, 11
Roadstar Racing Team	27	Robb Holland	SEAT León Racer	11
	56	Samson Chan		9-11
	66	Filipe de Souza		9, 10
	78	George Chou		9
	97	Johnson Huang		10, 11
Niza Racing	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León Racer	10, 11
Proteam Racing	71	Tom Boardman	Ford Focus ST	5
	72	Diego Romanini		1, 8
	73	James Nash		11

Racing calendar

In 2015, eleven race weekends were held with two races each. The races in Sepang , Shanghai and Singapore took place in the framework program of the Formula 1 World Championship .

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
01.	28th March	Sepang	Stefano Comini	Pepe Oriola	Sergei Afanasiev
02.	March 29		Jordi Gené	Pepe Oriola	Gianni Morbidelli
03.	11 April	Shanghai	Gianni Morbidelli	René Münnich	Kevin Gleason
04th	12. April		Andrea Belicchi	Stefano Comini	Gianni Morbidelli
05.	0May 3rd	Cheste	Pepe Oriola	Sergei Afanasiev	Jordi Gené
06th			Stefano Comini	Michel Nykjær	Gianni Morbidelli
07th	10th of May	Portimão	Nicki Thiim	Jordi Gené	Lorenzo Veglia
08th.			Michel Nykjær	Kevin Gleason	Jordi Gené
09.	May 24th	Monza	Gianni Morbidelli	Pepe Oriola	Andrea Belicchi
10.			Gianni Morbidelli	Jordi Gené	Fernando Monje
11.	31. May	Salzburg	Kevin Gleason	Stefano Comini	Andrea Belicchi
12.			Michel Nykjær	Pepe Oriola	Gianni Morbidelli
13.	June 21st	Sochi	Jordi Gené	Pepe Oriola	Andrea Belicchi
14th			Stefano Comini	Pepe Oriola	Mikhail Grachev
15th	July 12	Spielberg	Stefano Comini	Andrea Belicchi	Pepe Oriola
16.			Pol Rosell	Pepe Oriola	Jordi Gené
17th	September 20th	Singapore	Kevin Gleason	Stefano Comini	Gianni Morbidelli
18th			Jordi Gené	Stefano Comini	Pepe Oriola
19th	October 25	Buriram	Pepe Oriola	Jordi Gené	Sergei Afanasiev
20th			Stefano Comini	Loris Hezemans	Pepe Oriola
21st	22nd of November	Macau	Rob Huff	Jordi Gené	Stefano Comini
22nd			Stefano Comini	Andrea Belicchi	Mikhail Grachev

Ratings

Point system

The top ten drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

In addition, points are awarded to the first five drivers for qualifying according to the 5-4-3-2-1 scheme.

Driver ranking

Item	driver	SEP		SHA		VAL		POR		MNZ		SAL		SOC		SPI		SIN		BUR		MAC		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
01	S. Comini	1 3	4th	4th	2	6 3	1	5	11	DNF 2	4th	2 3	8th	4th	1	1 4	9	2 1	2	5	1	3 3	1	342
02	P. Oriola	2	2	DNF 5	4th	1 1	5	DNF 3	4th	2 3	DNF	6 4	2	2 3	2	3	2	4 5	3	1 2	3	4 5	9 *	312
03	J. Gené	7th	1	7th	10	3	DNF	2 2	3	4th	2	4 5	10	1 1	5	4th	3	6th	1	2 5	4th	2 4	DNF	285
04th	G. Morbidelli	4th	3	1 1	3	8th	3	DNF	DNF	1 1	1	5 2	3	7th	DNS	11 1	DNF	3 2	4th	10 1	DNF	6th	4th	243
05	K. Gleason	6 1	7th	3 3	6th	11	4th	7th	2	6th	DNF	1 1	6th	8th	6th	5 2	5	1 3	5	4 3	18 *	7 2	DNF	226
06th	A. Belicchi	5 2	5	5	1	4 2	DSQ	12	10	3 5	5	3	5	3 2	DNF	2	11 *					8th	2	186
07th	S. Afanasiev	3	DNF	10	11	2 5	9	11	DNF	11 4	DNS	8th	4th	5	4th	6 5	4th	5 4	18 *	3 4	7th	10	DNF	134
08th	M. Grachev	DNF	8th	14 4	DNF	5	DNF	6th	6th	12 *	9	DNF	7th	6 5	3	7th	6th	7th	7th	DNF	DNS	11	3	105
09	M. Nykjaer	8th	DNF	9	5	7 4	2	DNF	1	13 *	DNS	12	1	9	7th									100
10	L. Veglia	10	11	11	8th	10	7th	3 4	DNF	7th	8th	7th	11 *			8th	7th	8th	6th	7th	5	9	DNF	85
11	R. Münnich	DNF 5	6th	2 2	14th													11	10	9	DNF			34
12	L. Hezemans																	9	8th	6th	2			32
13	N. Thiim							1 1	13 *															30th
14th	R. Huff																					1 1	DNF	30th
15th	P. Rosell															9	1							27
16	F. Monje									5	3	DNQ	DNQ					10	19 *					26th
17th	T. Engström													10 4	8th			12	9	8th	6th			21st
18th	F. Engstler	DNF 4	DNF	6th	7th	DNF	DNF																	16
19th	J. Monroy							8th	5															14th
20th	J. Oriola	DNS	DNS	DNA	DNA	NC	DNF															5	8th*	14th
21st	K. van der Linde							4 5	12 *															13
22nd	R. Avila																					12	5	10
23	I. Skuz	DNS	DNF	13	13	15th	DNF	13	9	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF			12	DNF							10
24	Z. Szabó									8th	7th	11 *	DNS											10
25th	B. Schouten					9	8th*					9	9											10
26th	D. Cebrián					14 *	6th																	8th
27	R. Holland																			DNF	DSQ	14th	6th	8th
28	O. Nogués					13	DNF	9	7th															8th
29	K. Chan																					18th	7th	6th
30th	F. Mora							10	8th													DNF	DNS	5
31	M. Cerruti															10	8th							5
32	N. Tóth			8th	12																			4th
33	T. Sritrai																			12	8th			4th
34	F. Ficza	9	10 *																					3
35	A. D'Amico									9	10													3
36	D. Nagy															DNF 3	DNS							3
37	F. Yu	11	9															16	14th			DNF	DNS	2
38	A. Dudukalo													11	9									2
39	M. Sathienthirakul																			11	9			2
40	T. Jiang			12	9																			2
41	R. Galiana																	13	11	22 *	10	DNQ	DNQ	1
42	T. Boardman									10	11													1
43	I. Rakhmatullin													12	10									1
44	G. Marotta															13	10							1
45	M. Oestreich											10	DNF											1
-	K. Pu																			13	11			0
-	M. Choi																	14th	12	18th	13	16	DNF	0
-	F. de Souza																	DNF	15th	14th	12			0
-	L. Cypriano					12	DNF																	0
-	G. Chou																	18th	13					0
-	J. Files																					13	DNF	0
-	K. Lau																	NC	16	15th	14th	DNF	DNS	0
-	J. Huang																			16	15th	DNQ	DNQ	0
-	L. Rangoni																	15th	DNF					0
-	S. Wong																					15th	DNF	0
-	S. Chan																	17th	17th	17th	16	19th	DNF	0
-	D. Khoo																			19th	17th	DNQ	DNQ	0
-	G. Cunnington																					17th	DNF	0
-	A. Menu																			20 *	DNS	DNQ	DNQ	0
-	H. Valente																			21 *	DNF			0
-	D. Romanini	DNS	WD													DNF	DNF							0
-	J. Nash																					DNF	DNS	0
-	H. Ho																					NC	DNF	0
-	K. Ma																	DNS	DNF					0
-	H. Mak																	DNS	DNS					0
-	D. Roda									DNQ	DNQ													0
-	S. Lok																					DNQ	DNQ	0
-	D. Wells																					DNQ	DNQ	0
-	A. Parente							DNP	DNP															0
Item	driver	SEP		SHA		VAL		POR		MNZ		SAL		SOC		SPI		SIN		BUR		MAC		Points

Legend

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

• ¹ : first in qualifying, ² : second in qualifying, ...

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Aleksey Dudukalo makes TCR debut at Sochi. touringcartimes.com, June 17, 2015, accessed June 20, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Craft-Bamboo signs Pepe Oriola for inaugural TCR season. touringcartimes.com, March 5, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Sergey Afanasyev signs for Craft-Bamboo. touringcartimes.com, February 27, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
4. ^ Gene completes Craft-Bamboo's TCR line-up. motorsport.com, March 6, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Two Thai drivers join the TCR field for home race meeting. (No longer available online.) Tcrbenelux.eu, October 22, 2015, formerly in the original ; accessed on October 30, 2015 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ↑ Craft-Bamboo Racing enters fourth SEAT for season opener. touringcartimes.com, March 11, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} TCR touring car racing series: Engstler / Thiim / Van der Linde with start-to-finish victory in Portugal. speed-magazin.com, May 11, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2015 . 
8. ^ Pietro Casillo: Tomas Engström to replace Lorenzo Veglia in Sochi ahead of full TCR Asia season. touringcartimes.com, June 9, 2015, accessed June 20, 2015 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Team Engstler to run Audi TT in TCR season start. touringcartimes.com, March 17, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Mikhail Grachev joins Engstler Motorsport. touringcartimes.com, February 17, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
11. ^ Pietro Casillo: Mikhail Grachev and Pol Rosell to drive new Volkswagen Golf. touringcartimes.com, July 10, 2015, accessed July 14, 2015 . 
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14. ↑ ^{a b} Michel Nykjaer and Andrea Belicchi to Target Competition. touringcartimes.com, March 13, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
15. ↑ Stefano Comini to drive SEAT for Target Competition. touringcartimes.com, March 3, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
16. ↑ ^{a b c d e} A record field of 24 cars to race at Singapore. tcr-series.com, September 12, 2015, accessed September 20, 2015 . 
17. ^ Gabriele Marotta to Target Competition at Red Bull Ring. touringcartimes.com, July 4, 2015, accessed July 14, 2015 . 
18. ^ Andrew Abbott: Michela Cerruti to drive fourth Target SEAT. touringcars.net, May 7, 2015, accessed on July 14, 2015 (English). 
19. ↑ Gianni Morbidelli confirmed at West Coast Racing. touringcars.net, March 2, 2015, accessed on March 22, 2015 (English). 
20. ^ ^{A b} Oscar Nogués joins Campos Racing for Valencia. touringcartimes.com, May 1, 2015, accessed May 8, 2015 . 
21. ↑ Entry List - Rounds 1 & 2. twitter.com, TCR International Series, March 20, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
22. ↑ West Coast Racing signs Kevin Gleason for TCR campaign. touringcartimes.com, February 26, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
23. ^ Pietro Casillo: Ildar Rakhmatullin to replace Igor Skuz in Sochi. touringcartimes.com, June 19, 2015, accessed June 20, 2015 . 
24. ^ Neil Hudson: Lucile Cypriano will race with JSB Compétition at Valencia. touringcartimes.com, April 25, 2015, accessed May 8, 2015 . 
25. ^ Neil Hudson: JSB Compétition adds a second SEAT León for David Cebrián. touringcartimes.com, April 29, 2015, accessed May 8, 2015 . 
26. ^ Pietro Casillo: Robb Holland to make TCR debut in FRD Ford Focus. touringcartimes.com, October 19, 2015, accessed October 30, 2015 . 
27. ^ Pietro Casillo: Markus Oestreich confirmed at Campos Racing for Austria. touringcartimes.com, May 29, 2015, accessed June 7, 2015 . 
28. ↑ Campos confirm three car Opel campaign in TCR. touringcartimes.com, March 12, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
29. ↑ Jordi Oriola wants to race at Sepang for Campos Racing. tcr-series.com, March 22, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
30. ^ Nogués and Parente drive for Campos Racing. tcr-series.com, May 8, 2015, accessed May 16, 2015 . 
31. ^ Pietro Casillo: Fernando Monje ready to exploit opportunities tomorrow. touringcartimes.com, May 23, 2015, accessed May 30, 2015 . 
32. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Hugo Valente: Special training at guest start in Thailand. Motorsport-Total.com, October 12, 2015, accessed October 30, 2015 . 
33. ↑ José Monroy confirmado na TCR Series no Algarve. (No longer available online.) Autosport.pt, May 4, 2015, archived from the original on May 5, 2015 ; Retrieved May 16, 2015 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
34. ^ Veloso Motorsport participará in the TCR in Portimao. motoryracing.com, May 8, 2015, accessed May 16, 2015 (Portuguese). 
35. ^ Dutch entry in TCR round at Valencia for Bas Schouten. touringcartimes.com, April 22, 2015, accessed May 8, 2015 . 
36. ^ Antonio D'Amico joins TCR at Monza. touringcartimes.com, May 18, 2015, accessed May 30, 2015 . 
37. ^ ^{A b} Pietro Casillo: JAS to provide two Honda Civic TCRs for Asia Series. touringcartimes.com, August 12, 2015, accessed September 20, 2015 . 
38. ^ Dániel Nagy joins Zengõ Motorsport in Austria. touringcartimes.com, July 7, 2015, accessed July 14, 2015 . 
39. ↑ ^{a b c} Otto Zuber: TCR: All information about the event in Monza. speedweek.com, May 22, 2015, accessed May 30, 2015 . 
40. ^ Pietro Casillo: Target Competition to field fourth SEAT León. touringcartimes.com, April 7, 2015, accessed April 10, 2015 . 
41. ↑ 17 cars entered for inaugural round of the TCR International Series. touringcartimes.com, March 22, 2015, accessed March 22, 2015 . 
42. ↑ Top Run picks Luca Rangoni for Singapore. (No longer available online.) Tcr-series.com, September 11, 2015, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on September 20, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
43. ↑ More motorsport - TCR: Alain Menu drives for Subaru. Motorsport-Magazin.com, October 7, 2015, accessed October 30, 2015 . 
44. ↑ Diego Romanini joins Proteam Racing's TCR programs. touringcartimes.com, March 24, 2015, accessed March 24, 2015 . 

Web links

• Official site of the TCR International Series (English)