2015 TCR International Series Sochi round
# 2015 TCR International Series Sochi round

The 2015 TCR International Series Sochi round was the seventh round of the 2015 TCR International Series season. It took place on 21 June at the Sochi Autodrom.

Jordi Gené 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, Kevin Gleason received +30 kg, Gianni Morbidelli +20 kg and Pepe Oriola +10 kg.

## Classification

### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Time | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 88 | Jordi Gené | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 2:20.976 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 33 | Andrea Belicchi | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 2:21.025 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 2:21.256 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Tomas Engström | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 2:21.272 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 8 | Mikhail Grachev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 2:21.403 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | 77 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 2:21.564 | 6 | |
| 7 | 25 | Stefano Comini | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 2:21.582 | 7 | |
| 8 | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 2:21.658 | 8 | |
| 9 | 17 | Michel Nykjær | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 2:21.199 | 9 | |
| 10 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 2:22.136 | 10 | |
| 11 | 2 | Aleksey Dudukalo | SEAT León Cup Racer | Lukoil Racing Team | 2:22.283 | 11 | |
| 12 | 26 | Ildar Rakhmatullin | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 2:24.685 | 12 | |

Notes:

* ^1 — Jordi Gené's best lap time was deleted for exceeding track limits.

### Race 1

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 88 | Jordi Gené | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 11 | 26:04.706 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 11 | +0.598 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | 33 | Andrea Belicchi | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 11 | +3.445 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 25 | Stefano Comini | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 11 | +8.211 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 77 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 11 | +10.948 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | Mikhail Grachev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 11 | +12.023 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 11 | +14.444 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 11 | +18.420 | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | 17 | Michel Nykjær | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 11 | +20.262 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | Tomas Engström | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 11 | +23.691 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | 2 | Aleksey Dudukalo | SEAT León Cup Racer | Lukoil Racing Team | 11 | +25.794 | 11 | |
| 12 | 26 | Ildar Rakhmatullin | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 9 | Oil pressure | 12 | |

### Race 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 25 | Stefano Comini | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 11 | 26:14.548 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 11 | +0.611 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | 8 | Mikhail Grachev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 11 | +3.470 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | 77 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 11 | +7.544 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 88 | Jordi Gené | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 11 | +8.440 | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 11 | +9.406 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 17 | Michel Nykjær | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 11 | +9.776 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | Tomas Engström | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 11 | +10.532 | 11 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | Aleksey Dudukalo | SEAT León Cup Racer | Lukoil Racing Team | 11 | +17.251 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 26 | Ildar Rakhmatullin | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 11 | +23.853 | 10 | 1 |
| Ret | 33 | Andrea Belicchi | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 6 | Collision | 7 | |
| DNS | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | | Turbo | 12 | |

Notes:

* ^2 — Tomas Engström and Gianni Morbidelli were moved to the back of the grid because of a parc fermé infringement.

## Standings after the event

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Stefano Comini | 194 |
| 1 | 2 | Pepe Oriola | 192 |
| 2 | 3 | Gianni Morbidelli | 181 |
| | 4 | Jordi Gené | 174 |
| 1 | 5 | Andrea Belicchi | 146 |
| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Target Competition | 425 |
| 1 | 2 | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 409 |
| 1 | 3 | WestCoast Racing | 360 |
| | 4 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 185 |
| | 5 | Campos Racing | 41 |

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