2015 TCR International Series Valencia round

   2015 TCR International Series Valencia round

Round details
Round 3 of 11 rounds in the 2015 TCR International Series season
Layout of the Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Location	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.005 km (2.517 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	3 May 2015
Laps	15
Pole position
Driver	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Time	1:42.045
Podium
First	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Second	Sergey Afanasyev	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Third	Jordi Gené	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Fastest lap
Driver	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Time	1:42.778 (on lap 3)
Race 2
Date	3 May 2015
Laps	17
Podium
First	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
Second	Michel Nykjær	Target Competition
Third	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Time	1:43.251 (on lap 6)

The 2015 TCR International Series Valencia round was the third round of the 2015 TCR International Series season. It took place on 3 May at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

Pepe Oriola won the first race, starting from pole position, and Stefano Comini gained the second one, both driving a SEAT León Cup Racer.

Success Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Gianni Morbidelli received +30 kg, Andrea Belicchi +20 kg and Stefano Comini +10 kg.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2	Grid	Points
1	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	1:42.502	1:42.045	1	5
2	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	1:42.600	1:42.143	2	4
3	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	1:42.451	1:42.183	3	3
4	17	Michel Nykjær	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	1:42.966	1:42.300	4	2
5	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	1:42.438	1:42.537	5	1
6	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	1:42.460	1:42.823	6
7	6	Franz Engstler	Audi TT Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1:42.609	1:42.837	7
8	19	Oscar Nogués	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	1:43.110	1:42.866	8
9	34	Bas Schouten	SEAT León Cup Racer	Bas Koeten Racing	1:43.028	1:42.915	9
10	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:42.710	1:42.971	10
11	32	David Cebrián	SEAT León Cup Racer	JSB Compétition	1:43.014	1:42.995	11
12	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:42.448	4:52.946	12
13	8	Mikhail Grachev	Audi TT Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1:43.135		13
14	11	Lucile Cypriano	SEAT León Cup Racer	JSB Compétition	1:43.139		14
15	20	Igor Skuz	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:43.498		15
16	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1:43.718		16
17	21	Jordi Oriola	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	1:44.239		17

Race 1^[3]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	15	26:06.049	1	25
2	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	15	+4.593	5	18
3	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	15	+5.285	6	15
4	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	15	+6.005	2	12
5	8	Mikhail Grachev	Audi TT Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	15	+10.046	13	10
6	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	15	+11.570	3	8
7	17	Michel Nykjær	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	15	+12.081	4	6
8	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	15	+17.729	10	4
9	34	Bas Schouten	SEAT León Cup Racer	Bas Koeten Racing	15	+19.348	9	2
10	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	15	+25.251	16	1
11	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	15	+26.184	12
12	11	Lucile Cypriano	SEAT León Cup Racer	JSB Compétition	15	+27.162	14
13	19	Oscar Nogués	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	15	+40.019	8
14	32	David Cebrián	SEAT León Cup Racer	JSB Compétition	14	Technical	11
15	20	Igor Skuz	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	14	+1 lap	15
Ret	6	Franz Engstler	Audi TT Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	7	Collision	7
NC	21	Jordi Oriola	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	5	+10 laps	17

Race 2^[4]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	17	33:54.125	8	25
2	17	Michel Nykjær	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	17	+7.775	7	18
3	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	17	+17.732	1	15
4	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	17	+29.735	11	12
5	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	17	+31.723	10	10
6	32	David Cebrián	SEAT León Cup Racer	JSB Compétition	17	+32.501	16^1	8
7	7	Lorenzo Veglia	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	17	+35.679	15	6
8	34	Bas Schouten	SEAT León Cup Racer	Bas Koeten Racing	16	Fuel pump	2	4
9	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	16	+1 lap	6	2
Ret	6	Franz Engstler	Audi TT Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	11	Technical	4
Ret	11	Lucile Cypriano	SEAT León Cup Racer	JSB Compétition	10	Technical	13
Ret	21	Jordi Oriola	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	5	Technical	17^1
Ret	20	Igor Skuz	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	5	Technical	14
Ret	19	Oscar Nogués	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	1	Collision	3
Ret	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	0	Collision	5
Ret	8	Mikhail Grachev	Audi TT Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	0	Collision	12
DSQ^2	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	17	+9.205	9

Notes:

• ^1 — David Cebrián and Jordi Oriola were moved to the back of the grid because of a parc fermé infringement.
• ^2 — Andrea Belicchi was disqualified for not have served a drive through penalty.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Stefano Comini 106 1 2 Gianni Morbidelli 91 1 3 Pepe Oriola 89 1 4 Andrea Belicchi 75 5 Kevin Gleason 57

Teams' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Target Competition 209 1 2 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 168 1 3 WestCoast Racing 163 4 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 66 5 Zengő Motorsport 19

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

References

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

External links

• TCR International Series official website

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