2016 TCR International Series
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The 2016 TCR International Series is 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 tyre supplier, but Neric Wei, Tang Chi Lun and Edgar Lau used Yokohama tyres at Macau.
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.[50] 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.[51]
Rnd. | Circuit | Date | Supporting | |
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1 | 1 | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir | 2 April | Bahrain Grand Prix |
2 | 3 April | |||
2 | 3 | Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril | 24 April | International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship SEAT 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 |
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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 Prix TCR Asia Series |
20 | 2 October | |||
11 | 21 | Guia Circuit, Macau | 20 November | Macau Grand Prix FIA GT World Cup TCR Asia Series |
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Results
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 |
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Sakhir | Davit Kajaia Pepe Oriola |
For fighting with no sign of nerves despite his lack of experience For 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 1 For 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 Series For 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 Comini |
For showing grit and perseverance in chasing his maiden race victory For his masterful overtaking manoeuvre on Pepe Oriola in Race 2 |
41,9% 58,1% |
Salzburgring | Dušan Borković Jean-Karl Vernay |
For his incredible overtaking manoeuvre in Race 1, in which he passed two cars in lap 5 For the way he re-took the lead he lost to Afanasyev in Race 2 after making a mistake |
93,1% 6,9% |
Oschersleben | Michela Cerruti Antti Buri |
For fighting for points-scoring positions in both races and defending well For being the workaholic of the weekend, running in four races over two days |
76,7% 23,3% |
Sochi | Attila Tassi Petr Fulín |
For defending his first podium result against more experienced drivers For his contribution in the development of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta |
39,0% 61,0% |
Buriram | Davit Kajaia Kantadhee Kusiri |
For overtaking five cars all together in Race 2 For his overall performance, but particularly in Race 2 |
71,3% 28,7% |
Singapore | WestCoast Racing Leopard Racing |
For rebuilding Morbideli’s car in a race against time For dominating the first two days of the event, on their first visit here |
62,4% 37,6% |
Sepang | Roberto Colciago Tin Sritrai |
For winning an exciting fight with Comini in Race 1, with grit and fairness For fighting on equal terms with the International Series top drivers |
14,6% 85,4% |
Macau |
Championship standings
Drivers' championship
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams' Championship
|
Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Model of the year
|
Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
OMP Trophy
All drivers displaying an OMP are eligible for the OMP Trophy. Points are awarded for championships and the use of OMP safety equipment. At the end of the season, the top four drivers win a cash prize.[53]
Pos | Driver | Manufacturer | Points |
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1 | James Nash | SEAT | 292 |
2 | Maťo Homola | SEAT | 290 |
3 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT | 276 |
4 | Dušan Borković | SEAT | 276 |
5 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda | 222 |
6 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT | 196 |
7 | Mikhail Grachev | Volkswagen Honda |
174 |
8 | Attila Tassi | SEAT | 150 |
9 | Davit Kajaia | Volkswagen | 115 |
10 | Aku Pellinen | Honda | 84 |
11 | Kevin Gleason | Honda | 45 |
12 | Jordi Oriola | Opel Honda |
42 |
13 | Luigi Ferrara | Subaru | 19 |
14 | Michela Cerruti | Alfa Romeo | 12 |
15 | Andrea Belicchi | Opel | 6 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "WRT and Leopard Racing join TCR International Series". tcr-series.com. 26 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Corthals and Buri join the field at Spa-Francorchamps". tcr-series.com. 3 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Liqui Moly Team Engstler signs european champion for 2016". tcr-series.com. 25 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Malaysia entry list" (PDF). tcr-series.com. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ↑ "Liqui Moly Team Engstler confirms Mikhail Grachev". tcr-series.com. 3 February 2016.
- 1 2 "Russia entry list" (PDF). tcr-series.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ↑ "Florian Janits joins Liqui Moly Team Engstler in Austria". tcr-series.com. 30 May 2016.
- ↑ "Liqui Moly Team Engstler signs Mackshin for home event". tcr-series.com. 15 June 2016.
- ↑ "Double USTCC champion joins Liqui Moly Team Engstler". tcr-series.com. 17 June 2016.
- ↑ "Liqui Moly Team Engstler hires Jordi Gené for Imola". tcr-series.com. 18 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Entry List - Rounds 15 & 16" (PDF). tcr-series.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ↑ "Filipe de Souza to race for Liqui Moly Team Engstler". tcr-series.com. 12 September 2016.
- ↑ "Pepe Oriola could move to Target with new Opel Astra". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 25 November 2015.
- 1 2 Casillo, Pietro (18 May 2016). "Jordi Oriola to make TCR return in Imola". Touringcartimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
- 1 2 3 "Target Competition re-joins for the Asian rounds". tcr-series.com. 12 September 2016.
- ↑ Hudson, Neil (1 November 2016). "Tiago Monteiro and Josh Files officially confirmed for Macau". Touringcartimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
- ↑ Casillo, Pietro (8 February 2016). "Target Competition to field three cars in International and German TCR". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
- ↑ "J. Oriola and Belicchi to drive the debutante Astra". tcr-series.com. 23 March 2016.
- ↑ Salisbury, Matt (16 March 2016). "Jordi Oriola secures Target Competition seat". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
- 1 2 Hudson, Neil (25 January 2016). "WestCoast Racing to field three new Civics in 2016 TCR season". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
- 1 2 "Menu and Grachev join WestCoast in Imola". tcr-series.com. 19 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 "WestCoast adds Pellinen to Morbidelli and Gleason". tcr-series.com. 17 March 2016.
- ↑ "Rafaël Galiana's return with WestCoast Racing". tcr-series.com. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ↑ "WestCoast Racing signs Harald Proczyk for his home race". tcr-series.com. 1 June 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 "35-car Macau entry list of CTCC and TCR cars released". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 6 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Dušan Borković joins TCR with B3 Racing". tcr-series.com. 10 December 2015.
- ↑ "16-year old Tassi joins B3 Racing Team". tcr-series.com. 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "Maťo Homola joins the TCR International Series". tcr-series.com. 26 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Two Asian teams join for the Singapore event". tcr-series.com. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Twenty-two full season entries with seven different models". tcr-series.com. 24 March 2016.
- ↑ "Cerruti and Fulín will drive two Alfa Romeo cars in Austria". tcr-series.com. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ↑ Hudson, Neil (28 October 2016). "Andrea Belicchi replaces Michela Cerruti for Macau". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Loris Hezemans returns with Baporo Motorsport". tcr-series.com. 19 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Teamwork Motorsport joins for the Sepang event". tcr-series.com. 23 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Two Peugeot cars to race in the Spa event". tcr-series.com. 21 April 2016.
- 1 2 "Guilvert and Clairet to drive at Spa for SLR". tcr-series.com. 29 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Luigi Ferrara at Bahrain in the Top Run Subaru". tcr-series.com. 22 March 2016.
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- 1 2 3 "Kissling Motorsport to run an Opel Astra for Jordi Oriola". tcr-series.com. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Carlotta Fedeli and Romanini join with B.D. Racing". tcr-series.com. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ↑ "Italy entry list" (PDF). tcr-series.com. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Buri redoubles his efforts over the German weekend". tcr-series.com. 15 June 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Craft-Bamboo chasing front runner to replace Pepe Oriola". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 6 January 2016.
- 1 2 "Craft-Bamboo Racing confirms Pepe Oriola, James Nash and Sergey Afanasyev". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 March 2016.
- 1 2 "FRD Motorsports to build new Ford Focus TCR". tcr-series.com. 17 March 2016.
- ↑ "Nicky Pastorelli to drive the FRD Motorsport Ford Focus". tcr-series.com. 26 September 2016.
- ↑ "FRD-built Ford Focus TCR is ready for debut". tcr-series.com. 12 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Bahrain entry list" (PDF). tcr-series.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Tin Sritrai returns to the International Series at Sepang". tcr-series.com. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ↑ "2016 TCR International Series calendar revealed". TouringCars.Net. 2 December 2015.
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