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2016 TCR International Series

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

Stefano Comini successfully defended his title, beating his nearest challenger James Nash by 2.5 points. Craft-Bamboo Racing were crowned teams' champions beating Leopard Racing with 73 points margin, while Seat Léon TCR won the models' championship.

Teams and drivers

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Michelin is the official tire supplier, but Neric Wei, Tang Chi Lun and Edgar Lau used Yokohama tires at Macau.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Luxembourg Leopard Racing[1] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1] 1 Switzerland Stefano Comini[1] All
2 France Jean-Karl Vernay[1] All
48 Finland Antti Buri[2] 3
Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] 3 Hong Kong Andy Yan[4] 10–11
6 Spain Jordi Oriola 11
7 Georgia (country) Davit Kajaia[3] All
8 Russia Mikhail Grachev[5] 1–3
19 Russia Vladimir Sheshenin[6] 7
45 Austria Florian Janits[7] 5
46 Germany Niklas Mackschin[8] 6
47 United States Gary Sheehan[9] 6
52 Spain Jordi Gené[10] 4
55 Thailand Munkong Sathienthirakul[11] 8
68 Macau Filipe de Souza[12] 9–10
Italy Target Competition[13] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[14] 5 Italy Roberto Colciago[4] 10
33 Spain Jordi Oriola[14] 4–5
35 France Rafaël Galiana[15] 9–10
50 United Kingdom Josh Files[16] 11
Opel Astra TCR[broken anchor][17] 23 Italy Andrea Belicchi[18] 1
33 Spain Jordi Oriola[19] 1
SEAT León TCR[15] 35 France Rafaël Galiana 11
50 Netherlands Loris Hezemans[15] 9–10
Sweden WestCoast Racing[20] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[20] 8 Russia Mikhail Grachev[21] 4–11
10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli[22] All
14 Finland Aku Pellinen[22] 1–3
18 Russia Ildar Rakhmatullin[6] 7
24 United States Kevin Gleason[22] 1–3, 9–10
35 France Rafaël Galiana[23] 8
40 Switzerland Alain Menu[21] 4
43 Austria Harald Proczyk[24] 5
81 Portugal Tiago Monteiro[25] 11
Hungary B3 Racing Team Hungary[26] SEAT León TCR[26] 9 Hungary Attila Tassi[27] All
62 Serbia Dušan Borković[26] All
70 Slovakia Maťo Homola[28] All
Thailand Kratingdaeng Racing Team[11] SEAT León Cup Racer[11] 11 Thailand Grant Supaphongs[11] 8
12 Germany Alexander Mies[11] 8
58 Taiwan Chen Jian Hong[11] 8
Thailand Vattana Motorsport[11] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[11] 13 Thailand Narasak Ittiritpong[11] 8
SEAT León Cup Racer[11] 44 Thailand Jack Lemvard[11] 8
Thailand Team Eakie BBR Kaiten[11] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[11] 15 Thailand Kantadhee Kusiri[11] 8
Hong Kong Roadstar Racing[25] SEAT León Cup Racer[25] 17 Hong Kong Terence Tse[25] 11
Italy Mulsanne Racing[29] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[29] 20 Italy Mario Ferraris[4] 10
22 Czech Republic Petr Fulín[30] 5–9, 11
23 Italy Andrea Belicchi[31] 11
88 Italy Michela Cerruti[29] 1–2, 5–7
Macau Elegant Racing Team[25] SEAT León TCR[25] 20 Macau Lou Hon Kei[25] 11
Spain Baporo Motorsport[32] SEAT León Cup Racer[32] 26 Portugal Francisco Mora[32] 2
SEAT León TCR[32] 50 Netherlands Loris Hezemans[32] 2
Hong Kong TeamWork Motorsport[33] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[33] 27 Hong Kong William O'Brien[33] 10–11
28 Macau Kevin Tse[33] 10–11
France Sébastien Loeb Racing[34] Peugeot 308 Racing Cup[34] 30 France Jimmy Clairet[35] 3
38 France Grégory Guilvert[35] 3
Italy Top Run Motorsport[36] Subaru Impreza STi TCR[36] 31 Italy Luca Rangoni[37] 2
32 Italy Luigi Ferrara[36] 1, 8
Germany Kissling Motorsport[38] Opel Astra TCR[broken anchor][38] 33 Spain Jordi Oriola[38] 9
China Champ Motorsport[25] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[25] 38 Macau Michael Ho[25] 11
Italy B.D. Racing[39] SEAT León TCR[39] 41 Italy Carlotta Fedeli[39] 4
SEAT León Cup Racer[39] 42 Italy Alessandra Neri[40] 4
Finland LMS Racing[41] SEAT León Cup Racer[41] 48 Finland Antti Buri[41] 6, 11
51 Finland Kari-Pekka Laaksonen[11] 8
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
Hong Kong Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil[42] SEAT León TCR[42] 54 United Kingdom James Nash[43] All
74 Spain Pepe Oriola[43] All
77 Russia Sergey Afanasyev[42] All
Macau Son Veng Racing Team[44] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[44] 64 China Neric Wei[44] 9
Malaysia Viper Niza Racing[44] SEAT León TCR[44] 65 Malaysia Douglas Khoo[44] 9–11
Thailand TBN MK Ihere Racing Team[11] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[11] 66 Thailand Nattachak Hanjitkasen[11] 8
Hong Kong FRD Motorsports[45] Ford Focus TCR[45] 72 Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli[46] 10
99 China Martin Cao[47] 9
Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing[48] SEAT León Cup Racer[48] 78 Bahrain Salman Al Khalifa[48] 1
79 Bahrain Hussain Karimi[48] 1
Thailand Team Thailand[49] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[49] 83 Thailand Tin Sritrai[49] 10–11
Thailand Sloth Racing[11] SEAT León Cup Racer[11] 97 Thailand Paritat Bulbon[11] 8
non-classified TCR and CTCC entries are ineligible to score points
Hong Kong Suncity Racing Team[25] Citroën C-Elysée[25] 11 Hong Kong Alex Hui[25] 11
12 Hong Kong Sunny Wong[25] 11
Macau Son Veng Racing Team[44] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[44] 14 China Neric Wei[44] 11
China Linky Racing Team[25] Audi S3 Saloon[25] 21 China Zhang Ya Qi[25] 11
33 China Jiang Teng Yi[25] 11
Hong Kong Team TRC[25] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[25] 68 Hong Kong Tang Chi Lun[25] 11
Hong Kong FRD Motorsports[45] Ford Focus TCR[45] 78 Hong Kong Kenneth Ma[25] 11
Macau Asia Racing Team[25] SEAT León TCR[25] 97 Hong Kong Edgar Lau[25] 11

Calendar

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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.[50] 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.[51]

Rnd. Circuit Date Supporting
1 1 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 2 April Bahrain Grand Prix
2 3 April
2 3 Portugal Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril 24 April International GT Open
Euroformula Open Championship
SEAT León Eurocup
4
3 5 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps 6 May 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
6 7 May
4 7 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 22 May Stand-alone event
8
5 9 Austria Salzburgring, Salzburg 5 June Stand-alone event
10
6 11 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 19 June ADAC TCR Germany Championship
12
7 13 Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 3 July Russian Circuit Racing Series
14
8 15 Thailand Chang International Circuit, Buriram 28 August Stand-alone event
16
9 17 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 17 September Singapore Grand Prix
18 18 September
10 19 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 1 October Malaysian Grand Prix
TCR Asia Series
20 2 October
11 21 Macau Guia Circuit, Macau 20 November Macau Grand Prix
FIA GT World Cup
TCR Asia Series
22

Results

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Rnd. Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 1 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit Russia Sergey Afanasyev Italy Gianni Morbidelli Spain Pepe Oriola Hong Kong Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil Report
2 Spain Pepe Oriola Spain Pepe Oriola Hong Kong Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
2 3 Portugal Autódromo do Estoril Slovakia Maťo Homola Slovakia Maťo Homola Italy Gianni Morbidelli Sweden WestCoast Racing Report
4 Italy Gianni Morbidelli United Kingdom James Nash Hong Kong Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
3 5 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Serbia Dušan Borković France Jean-Karl Vernay Finland Aku Pellinen Sweden WestCoast Racing Report
6 France Jean-Karl Vernay France Jean-Karl Vernay Luxembourg Leopard Racing
4 7 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 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 Austria Harald Proczyk United Kingdom James Nash Russia Mikhail Grachev Sweden WestCoast Racing Report
10 France Jean-Karl Vernay France Jean-Karl Vernay Luxembourg Leopard Racing
6 11 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Serbia Dušan Borković Slovakia Maťo Homola Slovakia Maťo Homola Hungary B3 Racing Team Hungary Report
12 Serbia Dušan Borković Spain Pepe Oriola Hong Kong Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
7 13 Russia Sochi Autodrom Switzerland Stefano Comini Switzerland Stefano Comini Switzerland Stefano Comini Luxembourg Leopard Racing Report
14 Switzerland Stefano Comini Russia Mikhail Grachev Sweden WestCoast Racing
8 15 Thailand Chang International Circuit Spain Pepe Oriola Italy Gianni Morbidelli Spain Pepe Oriola Hong Kong Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil Report
16 United Kingdom James Nash United Kingdom James Nash Hong Kong Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
9 17 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit France Jean-Karl Vernay France Jean-Karl Vernay France Jean-Karl Vernay Luxembourg Leopard Racing Report
18 Russia Mikhail Grachev Russia Mikhail Grachev Sweden WestCoast Racing
10 19 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit Italy Roberto Colciago Switzerland Stefano Comini Italy Roberto Colciago Italy Target Competition Report
20 Switzerland Stefano Comini United States Kevin Gleason Sweden WestCoast Racing
11 21 Macau Guia Circuit France Jean-Karl Vernay Hong Kong Edgar Lau[52] Switzerland Stefano Comini Luxembourg Leopard Racing Report
22 Spain Pepe Oriola Portugal Tiago Monteiro Sweden WestCoast Racing

Fan Award

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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 Russia Mikhail Grachev
Switzerland Stefano Comini 		For showing grit and perseverance in chasing his maiden race victory
For his masterful overtaking manoeuvre on Pepe Oriola in Race 2 		41.9%
58.1%
Austria Salzburgring Serbia Dušan Borković
France Jean-Karl Vernay 		For his incredible overtaking manoeuvre in Race 1, in which he passed two cars in lap 5
For the way he re-took the lead he lost to Afanasyev in Race 2 after making a mistake 		93.1%
6.9%
Germany Oschersleben Italy Michela Cerruti
Finland Antti Buri 		For fighting for points-scoring positions in both races and defending well
For being the workaholic of the weekend, running in four races over two days 		76.7%
23.3%
Russia Sochi Hungary Attila Tassi
Czech Republic Petr Fulín 		For defending his first podium result against more experienced drivers
For his contribution in the development of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta 		39.0%
61.0%
Thailand Buriram Georgia (country) Davit Kajaia
Thailand Kantadhee Kusiri 		For overtaking five cars all together in Race 2
For his overall performance, but particularly in Race 2 		71.3%
28.7%
Singapore Singapore Sweden WestCoast Racing
Belgium Leopard Racing 		For rebuilding Morbideli’s car in a race against time
For dominating the first two days of the event, on their first visit here 		62.4%
37.6%
Malaysia Sepang Italy Roberto Colciago
Thailand Tin Sritrai 		For winning an exciting fight with Comini in Race 1, with grit and fairness
For fighting on equal terms with the International Series top drivers 		14.6%
85.4%
Macau Macau United Kingdom Tom Evans
Belgium Arnaud Libois 		For overseeing the repair of the car that enabled Nash to start Race 2
For consistently delivering a car that took Comini to his second title 		52.1%
47.9%

Championship standings

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Drivers' championship

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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 Switzerland Stefano Comini 7 Ret 34 2 Ret 2 14 3 8 3 Ret 6 11 5 44 4 23 4 2 18 12 4 267.5
2 United Kingdom James Nash 33 2 6 1 85 6 Ret DNS 2 4 33 3 8 4 2 1 55 3 3 2 18† 8 264
3 France Jean-Karl Vernay Ret DSQ 23 5 14 1 11 4 51 1 6 Ret 53 2 53 8 11 6 54 5 21 2 246
4 Spain Pepe Oriola 15 1 8 10 22 7 22 5 12†2 DNS 10 1 22 13† 11 11 34 14 42 12 5 3 241.5
5 Slovakia Maťo Homola 8 11 41 8 4 4 5 2 3 5 12 5 9 9 Ret5 10 42 5 105 16 Ret DNS 175
6 Italy Gianni Morbidelli 24 7 12 3 5 Ret Ret1 Ret 4 6 7 10 34 12† 32 Ret 10 7 DNS 3 Ret DNS 174
7 Serbia Dušan Borković 62 3 12 Ret 31 Ret 12† DNS 11†5 DNS 21 2 14 6 7 3 7 2 6 4 45 5 173
8 Russia Mikhail Grachev 10 14† 11 11 11 16† 85 1 1 9 Ret 12 4 1 21 2 11 1 Ret3 Ret 11 7 145
9 Russia Sergey Afanasyev 41 5 55 4 94 9 4 Ret Ret 2 45 4 13 7 9 7 6 Ret 9 7 Ret DNS 141
10 Georgia (country) Davit Kajaia 9 4 13 7 7 14 33 8 7 Ret 8 Ret 7 11 10 5 17† 8 Ret 10 15 15 80
11 Hungary Attila Tassi DNS DNS 14 13 16† 15 7 7 6 8 DSQ 7 10 3 8 6 9 17† 7 9 20 Ret 68
12 Finland Aku Pellinen 5 10 7 6 13 5 63
13 United States Kevin Gleason Ret 13† Ret 12 6 8 8 10 8 1 46
14 Italy Roberto Colciago 11 Ret 30
15 Finland Antti Buri 10 3 54 Ret 23†4 Ret 30
16 Portugal Tiago Monteiro 33 1 23
17 Spain Jordi Oriola 11 6 Ret 9 Ret4 7 12 11 WD WD 17
18 Spain Jordi Gené 6 6 16
19 Czech Republic Petr Fulín Ret DNS 13† Ret 65 8 20† DNS NC 9 Ret DNS 15
20 Netherlands Loris Hezemans 9 Ret 15 11 16† Ret 11 6 10
21 Thailand Kantadhee Kusiri 6 9 10
22 Germany Niklas Mackschin 9 8 6
23 Austria Harald Proczyk Ret3 Ret 5
24 United Kingdom Josh Files 14 6 4.5
25 Hong Kong Andy Yan 13 8 19 10 4.5
26 Italy Luigi Ferrara 12 8 Ret DNS 4
27 Thailand Tin Sritrai Ret 13 7 12 4
28 Italy Andrea Belicchi 14 Ret 8 9 4
29 Italy Michela Cerruti 13 Ret 15 14 10 DSQ 12† 9 12 Ret 3
30 Portugal Francisco Mora 10 9 3
31 Austria Florian Janits 9 10 3
32 Italy Carlotta Fedeli 9 11 2
33 Bahrain Salman Al Khalifa 16 9 2
34 France Rafaël Galiana 14 Ret 14 16† DNS 20 10 14 2
35 Italy Alessandra Neri 10 12 1
36 Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals Ret 10 1
37 Switzerland Alain Menu Ret 10 1
38 Russia Vladimir Sheshenin Ret 10 1
United States Gary Sheehan 11† 11 0
Macau Kevin Tse 12 11 17 Ret 0
Russia Ildar Rakhmatullin 11 Ret 0
Thailand Narasak Ittiritpong 11 Ret 0
France Grégory Guilvert 12 12 0
Thailand Munkong Sathienthirakul 12 Ret 0
Germany Alexander Mies 13 12 0
China Martin Cao 13 12 0
Bahrain Hussain Karimi 17 12 0
France Jimmy Clairet 13 13 0
Macau Filipe de Souza Ret 13 14 15 0
Finland Kari-Pekka Laaksonen 17 13 0
Thailand Grant Supaphongs 19 14 0
Italy Mario Ferraris Ret 14 0
Malaysia Douglas Khoo Ret 15 15 17 DNQ DNQ 0
Taiwan Chen Jian Hong 15 15 0
China Neric Wei 15 DSQ 0
Thailand Paritat Bulbon 18 16 0
Thailand Nattachak Hanjitkasen 16 Ret 0
Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli 16 Ret 0
Macau Lou Hon Kei 16 Ret 0
Hong Kong William O'Brien 17 19 DNQ DNQ 0
Thailand Jack Lemvard Ret 17 0
Italy Luca Rangoni Ret Ret 0
Hong Kong Terence Tse DNQ DNQ 0
Macau Michael Ho WD WD 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
Hong Kong Alex Hui 6 Ret
Hong Kong Edgar Lau 9 13
China Jiang Teng Yi 13 11
China Neric Wei 12 16
China Zhang Ya Qi 21 Ret
Hong Kong Sunny Wong 22 Ret
Hong Kong Tang Chi Lun Ret DNS
Hong Kong William Lok DNQ DNQ
Hong Kong Kenneth Ma DNQ DNQ
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 Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
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

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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 Hong Kong Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 11 1 55 1 22 6 22 5 22 2 33 1 22 4 11 1 23 3 3 2 5 3 594.5
33 2 6 4 84 7 4 Ret 12† 4 45 3 8 7 2 7 34 14 42 7 18† 8
2 Luxembourg Leopard Racing 7 Ret 23 2 10 1 14 3 51 1 6 6 11 2 44 4 11 4 2 5 12 2 521.5
Ret DSQ 34 5 14 2 11 4 8 3 Ret Ret 53 5 53 8 23 6 54 18 21 4
3 Sweden WestCoast Racing 24 7 12 3 13 5 81 1 13 6 7 10 34 1 32 2 8 1 8 1 33 1 466
55 10 7 6 5 8 Ret5 10 4 9 Ret 12 4 12† 14 20† 10 7 Ret 3 11 7
4 Hungary B3 Racing Team Hungary 62 3 41 8 31 4 5 2 35 5 11 2 9 3 6 3 4 2 6 4 4 5 416
8 11 12 13 45 15 7 7 6 8 22 5 10 6 8 6 7 5 7 9 20† Ret
5 Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 9 4 11 7 7 14 33 6 7 10 8 8 7 10 10 5 17 8 13 8 15 10 129.5
10 14† 13 11 11 16† 6 8 9 Ret 9 11 Ret 11 12 19† Ret 13 14 10 19† 15
7 Italy Mulsanne Racing 13 Ret 15 14 10 DSQ 12† 9 65 8 20† DNS NC 9 Ret 14 8 9 27
Ret DNS 13† Ret 12 Ret Ret DNS
6 Italy Target Competition 11 6 Ret 9 Ret4 7 14 16 1 6 10 6 66.5
14 Ret 16 Ret 11 20 14 14
8 Finland LMS Racing 54 Ret 17 14 23†4 Ret 14
9 Thailand Team Eakie BBR Kaiten 6 9 10
10 Spain Baporo Motorsport 9 9 8
10 Ret
11 Italy Top Run Motorsport 12 8 Ret Ret Ret DNS 6
12 Netherlands Ferry Monster Autosport 15 10 6
Ret 11
13 Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing 15 9 5
16 12
14 Thailand Team Thailand Ret 13 7 12 4
15 Italy B.D. Racing 9 11 3
10 12
16 Germany Kissling Motorsport 12 11 3
17 France Sébastien Loeb Racing 12 12 2
13 13
18 Thailand Kratingdaeng Racing Team 13 12 1
15 15
19 Hong Kong FRD Motorsports 13 12 16 Ret 1
20 Hong Kong TeamWork Motorsport 12 11 17 Ret 1
17 19 DNQ DNQ
21 Thailand Vattana Motorsport 11 Ret 1
Ret 17
Malaysia Viper Niza Racing Ret 15 15 17 DNQ DNQ 0
Macau Son Veng Racing Team 15 DSQ 0
Thailand Sloth Racing 18 16 0
Thailand TBN MK Ihere Racing Team 16 Ret 0
Macau Elegant Racing Team 16 Ret 0
Hong Kong Roadstar Racing DNQ DNQ 0
China Champ Motorsport WD WD 0
Teams ineligible to score points
Hong Kong Suncity Racing Team[25] 6 Ret
22 Ret
Macau Asia Racing Team 9 13
China Linky Racing Team 13 11
21 Ret
Macau Son Veng Racing Team 12 16
Hong Kong Team TRC Ret DNS
China Star Racing Team DNQ DNQ
Hong Kong FRD Motorsports DNQ DNQ
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 Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
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

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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 22 2 22 2 11 1 22 3 11 1 32 2 32 2 44 3 745.5
32 2 55 4 32 6 5 5 35 4 22 2 8 4 25 3 44 3 45 4 55 5
2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 75 4 23 2 74 1 13 3 51 1 64 6 11 2 43 4 11 4 24 5 11 2 639.5
9 14† 34 5 105 2 34 4 7 3 85 8 53 5 54 5 23 6 5 8 22 4
3 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 23 7 12 3 13 5 81 1 13 6 73 10 34 1 32 2 85 1 11 1 33 1 589
54 10 7 6 5 8 Ret5 9 44 7 Ret 12 4 12† 6 9 10 7 83 3 7 6
4 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 13 Ret 15 14 10 DSQ 12† 9 65 8 20† DNS Ret 9 18† 14 8 9 93
Ret DNS 13† Ret 12 Ret Ret DNS
5 Opel Astra TCR 11 6 12 11 30
14 Ret
6 Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 12 12 24
13 13
7 Subaru Impreza STi TCR 12 8 Ret Ret Ret DNS 12
8 Ford Focus TCR 13 12 16 DNS 12
Cars ineligible to score points
Citroen C-Elysée 6 Ret
22 Ret
Audi S3 Saloon 13 11
21 Ret
Ford Focus TCR DNQ DNQ
Mercedes-Benz C260 DNQ DNQ
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 Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
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

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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.[53]

Pos Driver Manufacturer Points
1 United Kingdom James Nash SEAT 292
2 Slovakia Maťo Homola SEAT 290
3 Spain Pepe Oriola SEAT 276
4 Serbia Dušan Borković SEAT 276
5 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Honda 222
6 Russia Sergey Afanasyev SEAT 196
7 Russia Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen
Honda 		174
8 Hungary Attila Tassi SEAT 150
9 Georgia (country) Davit Kajaia Volkswagen 115
10 Finland Aku Pellinen Honda 84
11 United States Kevin Gleason Honda 45
12 Spain Jordi Oriola Opel
Honda 		42
13 Italy Luigi Ferrara Subaru 19
14 Italy Michela Cerruti Alfa Romeo 12
15 Italy Andrea Belicchi Opel 6

References

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