2016 TCR International Series Salzburgring round

2016 TCR International Series Salzburgring round
Round details
	Round 5 of 11 rounds in the ; 2016 TCR International Series
	; Layout of the Salzburgring
Location	Salzburgring, Salzburg, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 4.230 km (2.630 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	5 June 2016
Laps	17
Pole position
Driver	Harald Proczyk
Time	1:38.767
Podium
First	Mikhail Grachev
Second	James Nash
Third	Maťo Homola
Fastest lap
Driver	James Nash
Time	1:26.787 (on lap 4)
Race 2
Date	5 June 2016
Laps	17
Podium
First	Jean-Karl Vernay
Second	Sergey Afanasyev
Third	Stefano Comini
Fastest lap
Driver	Jean-Karl Vernay
Time	1:36.507 (on lap 13)

The 2016 TCR International Series Salzburgring round was the fifth round of the 2016 TCR International Series season. It took place on 4–5 June at the Salzburgring.

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

Ballast

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

In addition, the Balance of Performance was reviewed for this round: the Honda Civic TCR and SEAT León TCR's both received a -10 kg bonus.^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2	Grid	Points
1	43	Harald Proczyk	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:27.935	1:38.767	3¹	5
2	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	1:27.532	1:39.079	1	4
3	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	1:26.769	1:39.359	2	3
4	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:26.938	1:39.964	6¹	2
5	33	Jordi Oriola	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	1:27.130	1:40.064	4	1
6	62	Dušan Borković	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	1:27.121	1:40.214	5
7	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	1:24.094	1:40.230	7
8	22	Petr Fulín	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	1:27.736	1:40.487	8
9	8	Mikhail Grachev	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:27.361	1:40.639	9
10	9	Attila Tassi	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	1:26.683	1:40.788	10
11	70	Maťo Homola	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	1:28.437	1:41.846	11
12	45	Florian Janits	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1:29.174	1:44.241	12
13	1	Stefano Comini	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	1:40.284		13²
14	7	Davit Kajaia	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	No time		14²
15	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	No time		15²
16	88	Michela Cerruti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	No time		16²

Notes

^1 — Harald Proczyk and Gianni Morbidelli was given a two-place grid penalty each, for having parked their cars in the fast lane during the red flag stoppage of qualifying.
^2 — Stefano Comini, Davit Kajaia, James Nash and Michela Cerruti were moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Mikhail Grachev	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	17	27:40.614	9	25
2	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	17	+1.420	15	18
3	70	Maťo Homola	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	17	+1.627	11	15
4	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	17	+2.304	6	12
5	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	17	+8.244	1	10
6	9	Attila Tassi	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	17	+10.746	10	8
7	7	Davit Kajaia	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	17	+11.305	14	6
8	1	Stefano Comini	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	17	+12.387	13	4
9	45	Florian Janits	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	17	+12.864	12	2
10	88	Michela Cerruti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	17	+28.268	16	1
11	62	Dušan Borković	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	16	Collision	5
12	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	15	Engine	2
Ret	33	Jordi Oriola	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	8	Technical	4
Ret	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2	Puncture	7
Ret	43	Harald Proczyk	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2	Collision	3
Ret	22	Petr Fulín	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	1	Collision	8

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	17	30:51.124	7	25
2	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	17	+0.955	15	18
3	1	Stefano Comini	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	17	+2.065	11	15
4	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	17	+5.698	13	12
5	70	Maťo Homola	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	17	+7.889	9	10
6	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	17	+8.297	5	8
7	33	Jordi Oriola	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	17	+9.392	4	6
8	9	Attila Tassi	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	17	+16.390	1	4
9	8	Mikhail Grachev	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	17	+16.846	2	2
10	45	Florian Janits	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	17	+31.036	10	1
Ret	7	Davit Kajaia	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	7	Accident	12
Ret	43	Harald Proczyk	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	5	Technical	8
DSQ	88	Michela Cerruti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	5	Retired	14
DNS	62	Dušan Borković	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary		Collision	16
DNS	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil		Engine	6
DNS	22	Petr Fulín	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing		Collision	3

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

^ "Salzburgring Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 8 July 2016.
^ "A ten-kilo break for the SEAT and Honda cars". tcr-series.com. 8 July 2016.
^ "Salzburgring Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 8 July 2016.
^ "Salzburgring Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 8 July 2016.
^ "Salzburgring Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 8 July 2016.

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