2016 TCR International Series Singapore round explained

Country:	Singapore
Year:	2016
Circuit:	Singapore
Round No:	9
Season No:	11
Location:	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore
Course Mi:	3.147
Course Km:	5.065
Date R1:	17 September
Laps R1:	10
Pole Driver Country:	FRA
Pole Driver:	Jean-Karl Vernay
Pole Team:	Leopard Racing
Pole Time:	2:24.511
First Driver Country R1:	FRA
First Driver R1:	Jean-Karl Vernay
First Team R1:	Leopard Racing
Second Driver Country R1:	SUI
Second Driver R1:	Stefano Comini
Second Team R1:	Leopard Racing
Third Driver Country R1:	ESP
Third Driver R1:	Pepe Oriola
Third Team R1:	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Fast Driver Country R1:	FRA
Fast Driver R1:	Jean-Karl Vernay
Fast Team R1:	Leopard Racing
Fast Time R1:	2:25.954
Fast Lap R1:	6
Date R2:	18 September
Laps R2:	9
First Driver Country R2:	RUS
First Driver R2:	Mikhail Grachev
First Team R2:	WestCoast Racing
Second Driver Country R2:	SRB
Second Driver R2:	Dušan Borković
Second Team R2:	B3 Racing Team Hungary
Third Driver Country R2:	GBR
Third Driver R2:	James Nash
Third Team R2:	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Fast Driver Country R2:	RUS
Fast Driver R2:	Mikhail Grachev
Fast Team R2:	WestCoast Racing
Fast Time R2:	2:27.637
Fast Lap R2:	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

		Driver	Car	Team	Q1		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	2:25.389	9	2
5	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:25.887	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	2:26.253	8
10	8	Mikhail Grachev	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:26.594	18
11	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:26.930	10
12	22	Petr Fulín	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	2:27.402	15
13	33	Jordi Oriola	Opel Astra TCR	Kissling Motorsport	2:28.306	13
14	7	Davit Kajaia	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:28.479	16
15	35	Rafaël Galiana	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	2:28.572	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	2:30.226	17
18	64	Neric Wei	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Son Veng Racing Team	2:33.696	14
19	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León TCR	Viper Niza Racing	2:36.246	19
20	50	Loris Hezemans	SEAT León TCR	Target Competition	No time	20

^[3]

— Davit Kajaia, Gianni Morbidelli, Petr Fulín, Kevin Gleason, Jordi Oriola, Rafaël Galiana, Dušan Borković, Neric Wei, Douglas Khoo, Pepe Oriola and Martin Cao all had their fastest laptimes removed for not respecting the track limits.
— Davit Kajaia, Gianni Morbidelli, Petr Fulín and Martin Cao all received a 6 place grid penalties for not respecting the track limits during qualifying.
— Kevin Gleason and Jordi Oriola both received a 3 place grid penalties for not respecting the track limits during qualifying.
— 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

		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

^[4]

Race 2

		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	+6.114	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	Collision	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

^[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.

External links

TCR International Series official website

Notes and References

News: Singapore Success Ballast. 25 September 2016. tcr-series.com.
News: More weight and less power for the Opel Astra. 16 September 2016. 25 September 2016. tcr-series.com.
News: Singapore Qualifying Results. 25 September 2016. tcr-series.com.
News: Singapore Race 1 Results. 25 September 2016. tcr-series.com.
News: Singapore Race 2 Results. 25 September 2016. tcr-series.com.