2015 TCR International Series Monza round

   2015 TCR International Series Monza round

Round details
Round 5 of 11 rounds in the 2015 TCR International Series season
Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.600 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	24 May 2015
Laps	11
Pole position
Driver	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Time	2:00.353
Podium
First	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Second	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Third	Andrea Belicchi	Target Competition
Fastest lap
Driver	Kevin Gleason	WestCoast Racing
Time	2:01.523 (on lap 9)
Race 2
Date	24 May 2015
Laps	11
Podium
First	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Second	Jordi Gené	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Third	Fernando Monje	Campos Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Kevin Gleason	WestCoast Racing
Time	2:01.311 (on lap 4)

The 2015 TCR International Series Monza round was the fifth round of the 2015 TCR International Series season. It took place on 24 May at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

Gianni Morbidelli won both races, driving a Honda Civic TCR.

Success Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Jordi Gené received +30 kg, Nicki Thiim +20 kg and Michel Nykjær +10 kg.^[1] Nevertheless, Thiim didn't take part at this event, so he would have taken the ballast at the first round he would have participated.

Classification

Qualifying^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2	Grid	Points
1	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:01.737	2:00.353	1	5
2	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:01.782	2:01.080	2	4
3	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:02.051	2:01.121	3	3
4	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:02.473	2:01.382	4	2
5	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:01.884	2:01.762	5	1
6	22	Fernando Monje	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	2:02.069	2:01.785	6
7	20	Igor Skuz	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:02.449	2:01.800	7
8	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:02.128	2:01.859	8
9	36	Antonio d'Amico	SEAT León Cup Racer	B.D. Racing	2:03.066	2:01.059	9
10	8	Mikhail Grachev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:02.286	2:02.190	10
11	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:02.509	2:02.338	11
12	17	Michel Nykjær	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:02.038	2:02.443	12
13	46	Zsolt Szabó	SEAT León Cup Racer	Zengő Motorsport	2:06.582		13
14	71	Tom Boardman	Ford Focus ST	Proteam Racing	2:08.201		14
15	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:20.768		15
16	90	Davide Roda	SEAT León Cup Racer	Zengő Motorsport	no time		16

Race 1^[3]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	11	22:31.918	1	25
2	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	11	+1.198	3	18
3	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	11	+3.504	5	15
4	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	11	+3.884	8	12
5	22	Fernando Monje	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	11	+5.056	6	10
6	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	11	+5.702	15	8
7	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	11	+12.037	11	6
8	46	Zsolt Szabó	SEAT León Cup Racer	Zengő Motorsport	11	+20.160	13	4
9	36	Antonio d'Amico	SEAT León Cup Racer	B.D. Racing	11	+20.748	9	2
10	71	Tom Boardman	Ford Focus ST	Proteam Racing	11	+1:08.621	14	1
11	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+1 lap	4
12	8	Mikhail Grachev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	9	Collision	10
13	17	Michel Nykjær	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	9	Collision	12
Ret	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	8	Accident	2
Ret	20	Igor Skuz	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	7	Brakes	7
DNS	90	Davide Roda	SEAT León Cup Racer	Zengő Motorsport		Accident	16

Race 2^[4]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	11	22:37.847	7	25
2	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	11	+2.717	2	18
3	22	Fernando Monje	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	11	+3.931	4	15
4	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	11	+6.499	12^1	12
5	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	11	+6.541	5	10
6	20	Igor Skuz	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	11	+6.753	3	8
7	46	Zsolt Szabó	SEAT León Cup Racer	Zengő Motorsport	11	+10.129	9	6
8	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	11	+13.442	8	4
9	8	Mikhail Grachev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	11	+20.651	14^1	2
10	36	Antonio d'Amico	SEAT León Cup Racer	B.D. Racing	11	+23.188	1	1
11	71	Tom Boardman	Ford Focus ST	Proteam Racing	10	+1 lap	10
Ret	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	6	Accident	6
Ret	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	6	Accident	11
DNS	17	Michel Nykjær	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition		Collision	13^1
DNS	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil		Collision	15^1
DNS	90	Davide Roda	SEAT León Cup Racer	Zengő Motorsport		Accident	16

Notes:

• ^1 — Stefano Comini, Michel Nykjær, Mikhail Grachev and Sergey Afanasyev were moved to the back of the grid because of a parc fermé infringement.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 2 1 Gianni Morbidelli 146 1 2 Stefano Comini 132 1 3 Pepe Oriola 125 4 Jordi Gené 120 1 5 Andrea Belicchi 102

Teams' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Target Competition 290 2 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 275 3 WestCoast Racing 265 4 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 133 2 5 Campos Racing 39

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

References

1. "Monza Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 22 May 2015.
2. "Monza Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 23 May 2015.
3. "Monza Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 24 May 2015.
4. "Monza Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 24 May 2015.

External links

• TCR International Series official website

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