2016 TCR International Series

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

Teams and drivers

Michelin is the official tyre supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Luxembourg Leopard Racing[1] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1] 1 Switzerland Stefano Comini[1] 1–5
2 France Jean-Karl Vernay[1] 1–5
48 Finland Antti Buri[2] 3
Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] 7 Georgia (country) Davit Kajaia[3] 1–5
8 Russia Mikhail Grachev[4] 1–3
45 Austria Florian Janits[5] 5
52 Spain Jordi Gené[6] 4
TBA Germany Tim Zimmermann[7] TBA
Sweden WestCoast Racing[8] Honda Civic TCR[8] 8 Russia Mikhail Grachev[9] 4–5
10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli[10] 1–5
14 Finland Aku Pellinen[10] 1–3
24 United States Kevin Gleason[10] 1–3
40 Switzerland Alain Menu[9] 4
43 Austria Harald Proczyk[11] 5
Hungary B3 Racing Team Hungary[12] SEAT León TCR[12] 9 Hungary Attila Tassi[13] 1–5
62 Serbia Dušan Borković[12] 1–5
70 Slovakia Maťo Homola[14] 1–5
Italy Mulsanne Racing[15] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[15] 22 Czech Republic Petr Fulín[16] 5
88 Italy Michela Cerruti[15] 1–2, 5
Italy Target Competition[17] Opel Astra TCR[18] 23 Italy Andrea Belicchi[19] 1
33 Spain Jordi Oriola[20] 1
35 TBA[15] TBA
Honda Civic TCR[21] 33 Spain Jordi Oriola[21] 4–5
Spain Baporo Motorsport[22] SEAT León Cup Racer[22] 26 Portugal Francisco Mora[22] 2
SEAT León TCR[22] 50 Netherlands Loris Hezemans[22] 2
France Sébastien Loeb Racing[23] Peugeot 308 Racing Cup[23] 30 France Jimmy Clairet[24] 3
38 France Grégory Guilvert[24] 3
Italy Top Run Motorsport[25] Subaru Impreza STi TCR[25] 31 Italy Luca Rangoni[26] 2
32 Italy Luigi Ferrara[25] 1
34 TBA[15] TBA
Italy B.D. Racing[27] SEAT León TCR[27] 41 Italy Carlotta Fedeli[27] 4
SEAT León Cup Racer[27] 42 Italy Alessandra Neri[28] 4
Netherlands Ferry Monster Autosport[2] SEAT León Cup Racer[2] 49 Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals[2] 3
SEAT León TCR[2] 50 Netherlands Loris Hezemans[2] 3
United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil[29] SEAT León TCR[29] 54 United Kingdom James Nash[30] 1–5
74 Spain Pepe Oriola[30] 1–5
77 Russia Sergey Afanasyev[29] 1–5
Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing[31] SEAT León Cup Racer[31] 78 Bahrain Salman Al Khalifa[31] 1
79 Bahrain Hussain Karimi[31] 1
Hong Kong FRD Motorsports[32] Ford Focus TCR[32] TBA United States Robb Holland[33] TBA
TBA TBA[32] TBA

Calendar and results

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.[34] 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.[35]

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting Report
1 1 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 2 April Russia Sergey Afanasyev Italy Gianni Morbidelli Spain Pepe Oriola United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil Bahrain Grand Prix Report
2 3 April Spain Pepe Oriola Spain Pepe Oriola United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
2 3 Portugal Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril 24 April Slovakia Maťo Homola Slovakia Maťo Homola Italy Gianni Morbidelli Sweden WestCoast Racing International GT Open
Euroformula Open Championship
SEAT León Eurocup
Report
4 Italy Gianni Morbidelli United Kingdom James Nash United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
3 5 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps 6 May Serbia Dušan Borković France Jean-Karl Vernay Finland Aku Pellinen Sweden WestCoast Racing 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Report
6 7 May France Jean-Karl Vernay France Jean-Karl Vernay Luxembourg Leopard Racing
4 7 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 22 May Italy Gianni Morbidelli Spain Pepe Oriola Switzerland Stefano Comini Luxembourg Leopard Racing Report
8 Spain Jordi Oriola Russia Mikhail Grachev Sweden WestCoast Racing
5 9 Austria Salzburgring, Salzburg 5 June Report
10
6 11 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 19 June ADAC Formula 4 Championship
ADAC TCR Germany Championship
Report
12
7 13 Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 3 July Russian Circuit Racing Series Report
14
8 15 Thailand Chang International Circuit, Buriram 28 August TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship Report
16
9 17 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 17 September Singapore Grand Prix
TCR Asia Series
Report
18 18 September
10 19 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 1 October Malaysian Grand Prix
Sepang GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
South East Asia Formula 4 Championship
Report
20 2 October
11 21 Macau Guia Circuit, Macau 20 November Macau Grand Prix
FIA GT World Cup
TCR Asia Series
Report
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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
Bahrain Sakhir Georgia (country) Davit Kajaia
Spain 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%
Portugal Estoril Slovakia Maťo Homola
Italy 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%
Belgium Spa-Francorchamps Finland Antti Buri
Finland 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%
Italy Imola
Austria Salzburgring
Germany Oschersleben
Russia Sochi
Thailand Buriram
Singapore Singapore
Malaysia Sepang
Macau Macau

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver BHR
Bahrain
EST
Portugal
SPA
Belgium
IMO
Italy
SAL
Austria
OSC
Germany
SOC
Russia
BUR
Thailand
SIN
Singapore
SEP
Malaysia
MAC
Macau
 Pts. 
1 Spain Pepe Oriola 15 1 8 10 22 7 22 5 116
2 Switzerland Stefano Comini 7 Ret 34 2 Ret 2 14 3 101
3 Italy Gianni Morbidelli 24 7 12 3 5 Ret Ret1 Ret 85
4 United Kingdom James Nash 33 2 6 1 85 6 Ret DNS 82
5 Slovakia Maťo Homola 8 11 41 8 4 4 5 2 77
6 France Jean-Karl Vernay Ret DSQ 23 5 14 1 11 4 68
7 Russia Sergey Afanasyev 41 5 55 4 94 9 4 Ret 68
8 Finland Aku Pellinen 5 10 7 6 13 5 63
9 Serbia Dušan Borković 62 3 12 Ret 31 Ret 12† DNS 47
10 Georgia (country) Davit Kajaia 9 4 13 7 7 14 33 8 45
11 Russia Mikhail Grachev 10 14† 11 11 11 16† 85 1 31
12 Finland Antti Buri 10 3 13
Spain Jordi Gené 6 6 16
14 United States Kevin Gleason Ret 13† Ret 12 6 8 12
15 Hungary Attila Tassi DNS DNS 14 13 16† 15 7 7 12
16 Spain Jordi Oriola 11 6 Ret 9 10
17 Italy Luigi Ferrara 12 8 4
18 Portugal Francisco Mora 10 9 3
19 Netherlands Loris Hezemans 9 Ret 15 11 2
20 Italy Carlotta Fedeli 9 11 2
21 Bahrain Salman Al Khalifa 16 9 2
22 Italy Alessandra Neri 10 12 1
23 Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals Ret 10 1
24 Switzerland Alain Menu Ret 10 1
France Grégory Guilvert 12 12 0
Bahrain Hussain Karimi 17 12 0
France Jimmy Clairet 13 13 0
Italy Michela Cerruti 13 Ret 15 14 0
Italy Andrea Belicchi 14 Ret 0
Italy Luca Rangoni Ret Ret 0
Pos. Driver BHR
Bahrain
EST
Portugal
SPA
Belgium
IMO
Italy
SAL
Austria
OSC
Germany
SOC
Russia
BUR
Thailand
SIN
Singapore
SEP
Malaysia
MAC
Macau
 Pts. 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Model of the year

Pos. Car BHR
Bahrain
EST
Portugal
SPA
Belgium
IMO
Italy
SAL
Austria
OSC
Germany
SOC
Russia
BUR
Thailand
SIN
Singapore
SEP
Malaysia
MAC
Macau
 Pts. 
1 SEAT León 11 1 41 1 21 4 224
32 2 55 4 32 6
2 Honda Civic TCR 23 7 12 3 13 5 171
54 10 7 6 5 8
3 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 75 4 23 2 74 1 168
9 14† 34 5 105 2
4 Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 12 12 20
13 13
5 Opel Astra TCR 11 6 19
14 Ret
6 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 13 Ret 15 14 14
7 Subaru Impreza STi TCR 12 8 Ret Ret 12
Pos. Car BHR
Bahrain
EST
Portugal
SPA
Belgium
IMO
Italy
SAL
Austria
OSC
Germany
SOC
Russia
BUR
Thailand
SIN
Singapore
SEP
Malaysia
MAC
Macau
 Pts. 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos. Team BHR
Bahrain
EST
Portugal
SPA
Belgium
IMO
Italy
SAL
Austria
OSC
Germany
SOC
Russia
BUR
Thailand
SIN
Singapore
SEP
Malaysia
MAC
Macau
 Pts. 
1 United Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 11 1 55 1 22 6 195
33 2 6 4 84 7
2 Sweden WestCoast Racing 24 7 12 3 13 5 157
55 10 7 6 5 8
3 Luxembourg Leopard Racing 7 Ret 23 2 10 1 121
Ret DSQ 34 5 14 2
4 Hungary B3 Racing Team Hungary 62 3 41 8 31 4 104
8 11 12 13 45 15
5 Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 9 4 11 7 7 14 36
10 14† 13 11 11 16†
6 Italy Target Competition 11 6 11
14 Ret
7 Spain Baporo Motorsport 9 9 8
10 Ret
8 Italy Top Run Motorsport 12 8 Ret Ret 6
9 Netherlands Ferry Monster Autosport 15 10 6
Ret 11
10 Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing 15 9 5
16 12
11 France Sébastien Loeb Racing 12 12 2
13 13
Italy Mulsanne Racing 13 Ret 15 14 0
Pos. Team BHR
Bahrain
EST
Portugal
SPA
Belgium
IMO
Italy
SAL
Austria
OSC
Germany
SOC
Russia
BUR
Thailand
SIN
Singapore
SEP
Malaysia
MAC
Macau
 Pts. 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – 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.[36]

Pos Driver Manufacturer Points
1 Spain Pepe Oriola SEAT 58
2 United Kingdom James Nash SEAT 43
3 Serbia Dušan Borković SEAT 42
4 Russia Sergey Afanasyev SEAT 34
5 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Honda 33
6 Italy Luigi Ferrara Subaru 19
7 Finland Aku Pellinen Honda 18
8 Georgia (country) Davit Kajaia Volkswagen 18
9 Slovakia Maťo Homola SEAT 17
10 Hungary Attila Tassi SEAT 10
11 Spain Jordi Oriola Opel 9
12 United States Kevin Gleason Honda 7
13 Italy Michela Cerruti Alfa Romeo 7
14 Italy Andrea Belicchi Opel 7
15 Russia Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen 5

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