2016 TCR International Series Singapore round

2016 TCR International Series Singapore round
Round details
	Round 9 of 11 rounds in the ; 2016 TCR International Series
	; Layout of the Marina Bay Street Circuit
Location	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.065 km (3.147 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	17 September 2016
Laps	10
Pole position
Driver	Jean-Karl Vernay
Time	2:24.511
Podium
First	Jean-Karl Vernay
Second	Stefano Comini
Third	Pepe Oriola
Fastest lap
Driver	Jean-Karl Vernay
Time	2:25.954 (on lap 6)
Race 2
Date	18 September 2016
Laps	9
Podium
First	Mikhail Grachev
Second	Dušan Borković
Third	James Nash
Fastest lap
Driver	Mikhail Grachev
Time	2:27.637 (on lap 6)

The 2016 TCR International Series Singapore round was the ninth round of the 2016 TCR International Series season. It took place on 16–18 September at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

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

Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, James Nash received +30 kg, Pepe Oriola +20 kg and Stefano Comini +10 kg.^[1]

In addition, the Balance of Performance was reviewed for this round: the returning Opel Astra TCR received +30 kg in ballast and the engine power was limited to 95%.^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1^{[N 1]}	Grid	Points
1	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	2:24.511	1	5
2	70	Maťo Homola	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	2:25.019	2	4
3	1	Stefano Comini	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	2:25.115	3	3
4	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:25.389¹	9²	2
5	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:25.887¹	4	1
6	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:25.899	5
7	9	Attila Tassi	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	2:26.033	6
8	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:26.059	7
9	62	Dušan Borković	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	2:26.253¹	8
10	8	Mikhail Grachev	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:26.594	18
11	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:26.930¹	10³
12	22	Petr Fulín	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	2:27.402¹	15²
13	33	Jordi Oriola	Opel Astra TCR	Kissling Motorsport	2:28.306¹	13³
14	7	Davit Kajaia	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:28.479¹	16²
15	35	Rafaël Galiana	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	2:28.572¹	11
16	68	Filipe de Souza	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:29.040	12
17	99	Martin Cao	Ford Focus TCR	FRD Motorsports	2:30.226¹	17²
18	64	Neric Wei	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Son Veng Racing Team	2:33.696¹	14
19	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León TCR	Viper Niza Racing	2:36.246¹	19⁴
20	50	Loris Hezemans	SEAT León TCR	Target Competition	No time	20⁴

^[4]

Martin Cao
all had their fastest laptimes removed for not respecting the track limits.

Martin Cao
all received a 6 place grid penalties for not respecting the track limits during qualifying.

^3 — Kevin Gleason and Jordi Oriola both received a 3 place grid penalties for not respecting the track limits during qualifying.

^4 — Douglas Khoo and Loris Hezemans were moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit.

Race 1

Pos. No. Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points

1 2 Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 10 24:33.044 1 25

2 1 Stefano Comini Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 10 +3.132 3 18

3 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 10 +7.101 4 15

4 70 Maťo Homola SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 10 +9.688 2 12

5 54 James Nash SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 10 +11.570 5 10

6 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 10 +12.589 7 8

7 62 Dušan Borković SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 10 +13.489 8 6

8 24 Kevin Gleason Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 10 +15.735 10 4

9 9 Attila Tassi SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 10 +17.835 6 2

10 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 10 +18.264 9 1

11 8 Mikhail Grachev Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 10 +18.873 18

12 33 Jordi Oriola Opel Astra TCR Kissling Motorsport 10 +42.029 13

13 99
Martin Cao
Ford Focus TCR
FRD Motorsports
10 +49.346 17

14 35 Rafaël Galiana Honda Civic TCR Target Competition 10 +88.099 11

15 64 Neric Wei Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Son Veng Racing Team 10 +139.332 14

16 50 Loris Hezemans SEAT León TCR Target Competition 8 Accident 20

17 7 Davit Kajaia Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 7 Technical 16

Ret 65 Douglas Khoo SEAT León TCR
Viper Niza Racing
6 Accident 19

NC 22 Petr Fulín
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR
Mulsanne Racing 6 +4 laps 15

Ret 68 Filipe de Souza Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 5 Technical 12

^[5]

Race 2

Pos. No. Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points

1 8 Mikhail Grachev Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 9 +25:55.217 1 25

2 62 Dušan Borković SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 9 +0.456 2 18

3 54 James Nash SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 9 +0.751 5 15

4 1 Stefano Comini Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 9 +0.903 8 12

5 70 Maťo Homola SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 9 +1.423 9 10

6 2 Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Leopard Racing 9 +1.631 10 8

7 10 Gianni Morbidelli Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 9 +2.423 7 6

8 7 Davit Kajaia Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 9 +3.070 14 4

9 22 Petr Fulín
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR
Mulsanne Racing 9 +3.567 12 2

10 24 Kevin Gleason Honda Civic TCR WestCoast Racing 9 +3.924 11 1

11 33 Jordi Oriola Opel Astra TCR Kissling Motorsport 9 +4.581 13

12 99
Martin Cao
Ford Focus TCR
FRD Motorsports
9 +5.160 17

13 68 Filipe de Souza Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler 9 +6.046 16

14 74 Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 9 +6.114⁵ 6

15 65 Douglas Khoo SEAT León TCR
Viper Niza Racing
9 +17.146 19

16 35 Rafaël Galiana Honda Civic TCR Target Competition 6 Collision 15

17 9 Attila Tassi SEAT León TCR B3 Racing Team Hungary 6 Collision 4

Ret 77 Sergey Afanasyev SEAT León TCR Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 2 Collison 3

Ret 50 Loris Hezemans SEAT León TCR Target Competition 1 Technical 20

DSQ 64 Neric Wei Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Son Veng Racing Team 6 Collision 14

^[6]

^5 — Pepe Oriola was given a drive through penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Gianni Morbidelli.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos Driver Points

1 James Nash 229

1 2 Stefano Comini 227

1 3 Pepe Oriola 213

4 Jean-Karl Vernay 201

1 5 Maťo Homola 173

Model of the Year standings

Pos Car Points

1 SEAT León 657

2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 546

3 Honda Civic TCR 477

4
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR
77

1 5 Opel Astra TCR 30

Teams' Championship standings

Pos Driver Points

1 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 525

2 Leopard Racing 436

3 WestCoast Racing 392

4 B3 Racing Team Hungary 375

5 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 124

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

References

^ "Singapore Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 September 2016.

^ "More weight and less power for the Opel Astra". tcr-series.com. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

^ "Qualifying format changes for Singapore event". tcr-series.com. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

^ "Singapore Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 September 2016.

^ "Singapore Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 September 2016.

^ "Singapore Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 September 2016.

Notes

^ Q2 was not held at this round, due to the Formula One timetable constraints and the limited track time^[3]

External links

TCR International Series official website

TCR International Series

Previous race:
Buriram 2016 TCR International Series Next race:
Sepang

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[1] "Singapore Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 September 2016.

[2] "More weight and less power for the Opel Astra". tcr-series.com. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

[3] "Qualifying format changes for Singapore event". tcr-series.com. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

[5] "Singapore Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 September 2016.

[6] "Singapore Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 September 2016.

[7] "Singapore Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 September 2016.

[Q2-4] Q2 was not held at this round, due to the Formula One timetable constraints and the limited track time^[3]

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