2015 TCR International Series Red Bull Ring round explained

The 2015 TCR International Series Red Bull Ring round was the eighth round of the 2015 TCR International Series season. It took place on 12 July at the Red Bull Ring. This round was to be held at Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez on 26 July, but it was later moved due to organisational problems.

Stefano Comini won the first race, starting from fourth position, driving a SEAT León Cup Racer, and Pol Rosell gained the second one, driving a Volkswagen Golf TCR.

Success Ballast

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

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2		Points
1	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	1:41.078	1:39.716	1	5
2	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	1:41.336	1:40.335	2	4
3	43	Dániel Nagy	SEAT León Cup Racer	Zengő Motorsport	1:41.758	1:40.567	3	3
4	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	1:40.798	1:40.634	4	2
5	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	1:41.456	1:40.714	5	1
6	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	1:41.502	1:40.719	6
7	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	1:41.064	1:40.755	7
8	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	1:41.204	1:40.974	8
9	8	Mikhail Grachev	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1:41.202	1:40.988	9
10	42	Pol Rosell	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1:41.220	1:41.097	10
11	20	Igor Skuz	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	1:41.543	1:41.322	11
12	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1:41.684	1:41.532	12
13	41	Michela Cerruti	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	1:42.881		13
14	40	Gabriele Marotta	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	1:44.942		14
15	72	Diego Romanini	Ford Focus ST	Proteam Racing	1:51.842		15

^[2]

Notes:

• — Dániel Nagy's best lap time in Q1 was deleted because it was obtained with yellow flags.
• — Diego Romanini was 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	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	14	23:51.673	4	25
2	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	14	+0.565	7	18
3	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	14	+0.657	6	15
4	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	14	+5.122	8	12
5	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	14	+5.382	2	10
6	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	14	+6.428	5	8
7	8	Mikhail Grachev	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	14	+6.768	9	6
8	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	14	+8.395	11	4
9	42	Pol Rosell	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	14	+8.703	10	2
10	41	Michela Cerruti	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	14	+17.685	12	1
11	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	14	+29.379	1
12	20	Igor Skuz	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	14	+54.025	14
13	40	Gabriele Marotta	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	13	+1 lap	13
Ret	72	Diego Romanini	Ford Focus ST	Proteam Racing	6	Spin	15
Ret	43	Dániel Nagy	SEAT León Cup Racer	Zengő Motorsport	0	Accident	3

^[3]

Notes:

• — Gianni Morbidelli was given a 30-second penalty for unsportsmanlike drive.
• — Igor Skuz was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Bas Schouten in the Salzburgring round.

Race 2

		Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	42	Pol Rosell	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	14	23:45.394	1	25
2	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	14	+0.380	5	18
3	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	14	+1.473	3	15
4	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	14	+3.701	6	12
5	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	14	+4.965	9	10
6	8	Mikhail Grachev	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	14	+13.338	2	8
7	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	14	+15.612	12	6
8	41	Michela Cerruti	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	14	+16.315	13	4
9	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	14	+1:05.927	7	2
10	40	Gabriele Marotta	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	14	+1:43.533	14	1
11	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	11	Technical	4
Ret	72	Diego Romanini	Ford Focus ST	Proteam Racing	7	Technical	15
Ret	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	5	Collision	10
Ret	20	Igor Skuz	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	4	Accident	11
DNS	43	Dániel Nagy	SEAT León Cup Racer	Zengő Motorsport		Accident	8

^[4]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Pepe Oriola	225
1	2	Stefano Comini	223
1	3	Jordi Gené	201
1	4	Gianni Morbidelli	186
	5	Andrea Belicchi	164

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Target Competition	484
	2	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	470
	3	WestCoast Racing	395
	4	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	234
	5	Campos Racing	41

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

External links

• TCR International Series official website

Notes and References

1. News: Red Bull Ring Success Ballast. 10 July 2015. tcr-series.com.
2. News: Red Bull Ring Qualifying Results. 11 July 2015. tcr-series.com.
3. News: Red Bull Ring Race 1 Results. 12 July 2015. tcr-series.com.
4. News: Red Bull Ring Race 2 Results. 12 July 2015. tcr-series.com.