2015 TCR International Series Portimão round
# 2015 TCR International Series Portimão round

The 2015 TCR International Series Portimão round was the fourth round of the 2015 TCR International Series season. It took place on 10 May at the Algarve International Circuit.

Nicki Thiim won the first race, starting from pole position, driving an Audi TT Cup and Michel Nykjær gained the second one, driving a SEAT León Cup Racer.

## Success Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Pepe Oriola received +30 kg, Stefano Comini +20 kg and Michel Nykjær +10 kg.

## Classification

### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Nicki Thiim | Audi TT Cup | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 1:54.172 | 1:53.863 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 88 | Jordi Gené | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 1:54.857 | 1:54.621 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 1:54.852 | 1:54.699 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 | Lorenzo Veglia | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 1:55.778 | 1:54.786 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 9 | Kelvin van der Linde | Audi TT Cup | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 1:55.132 | 1:54.842 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 1:55.572 | 1:54.945 | 6 | |
| 7 | 25 | Stefano Comini | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 1:55.523 | 1:54.969 | 7 | |
| 8 | 77 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 1:55.094 | 1:55.080 | 8 | |
| 9 | 17 | Michel Nykjær | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 1:55.246 | 1:55.277 | 9 | |
| 10 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 1:55.590 | 1:55.369 | 10 | |
| 11 | 33 | Andrea Belicchi | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 1:55.247 | 1:55.411 | 11 | |
| 12 | 50 | Francisco Mora | SEAT León Cup Racer | Veloso Motorsport | 1:55.755 | 1:55.779 | 12 | |
| 13 | 19 | Oscar Nogués | Opel Astra OPC | Campos Racing | 1:55.868 | | 13 | |
| 14 | 8 | Mikhail Grachev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 1:56.291 | | 14 | |
| 15 | 18 | José Monroy | SEAT León Cup Racer | Veloso Motorsport | 1:56.437 | | 15 | |
| 16 | 20 | Igor Skuz | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 1:58.533 | | 16 | |
| 17 | 22 | Armando Parente | Opel Astra OPC | Campos Racing | withdrew | | | |

### Race 1

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Nicki Thiim | Audi TT Cup | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 13 | 25:13.998 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 88 | Jordi Gené | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 13 | +4.074 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 7 | Lorenzo Veglia | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 13 | +6.541 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | 9 | Kelvin van der Linde | Audi TT Cup | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 13 | +12.086 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 25 | Stefano Comini | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 13 | +14.541 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | Mikhail Grachev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 13 | +17.893 | 14 | 8 |
| 7 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 13 | +20.094 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | 18 | José Monroy | SEAT León Cup Racer | Veloso Motorsport | 13 | +20.425 | 15 | 4 |
| 9 | 19 | Oscar Nogués | Opel Astra OPC | Campos Racing | 13 | +23.044 | 13 | 2 |
| 10 | 50 | Francisco Mora | SEAT León Cup Racer | Veloso Motorsport | 13 | +30.107 | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | 77 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 13 | +35.348 | 8 | |
| 12 | 33 | Andrea Belicchi | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 13 | +42.451 | 11 | |
| 13 | 20 | Igor Skuz | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 13 | +50.142 | 16 | |
| Ret | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 8 | Puncture | 3 | |
| Ret | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 8 | Collision | 6 | |
| Ret | 17 | Michel Nykjær | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 2 | Collision | 9 | |
| WD | 22 | Armando Parente | Opel Astra OPC | Campos Racing | | Withdrew | | |

### Race 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 17 | Michel Nykjær | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 13 | 35:18.975 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 13 | +3.152 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | 88 | Jordi Gené | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 13 | +6.360 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 13 | +7.020 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | 18 | José Monroy | SEAT León Cup Racer | Veloso Motorsport | 13 | +7.496 | 14 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | Mikhail Grachev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 13 | +11.040 | 16 | 8 |
| 7 | 19 | Oscar Nogués | Opel Astra OPC | Campos Racing | 13 | +12.030 | 13 | 6 |
| 8 | 50 | Francisco Mora | SEAT León Cup Racer | Veloso Motorsport | 13 | +20.999 | 12 | 4 |
| 9 | 20 | Igor Skuz | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 13 | +22.644 | 15 | 2 |
| 10 | 33 | Andrea Belicchi | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 13 | +24.865 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | 25 | Stefano Comini | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 13 | +39.366 | 4 | |
| 12 | 9 | Kelvin van der Linde | Audi TT Cup | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 10 | Technical | 6 | |
| 13 | 3 | Nicki Thiim | Audi TT Cup | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 10 | Puncture | 10 | |
| Ret | 7 | Lorenzo Veglia | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 2 | Collision | 7 | |
| Ret | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 1 | Collision | 5 | |
| Ret | 77 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 1 | Technical | 3 | |
| WD | 22 | Armando Parente | Opel Astra OPC | Campos Racing | | Withdrew | | |

Notes:

* ^1 — Mikhail Grachev was moved to the back of the grid because of a parc fermé infringement.

## Standings after the event

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | Stefano Comini | 116 |
| 1 | 2 | Pepe Oriola | 104 |
| 1 | 3 | Gianni Morbidelli | 91 |
| 2 | 4 | Jordi Gené | 90 |
| | 5 | Kevin Gleason | 81 |
| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Target Competition | 248 |
| 2 | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 222 |
| 3 | WestCoast Racing | 194 |
| 4 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 121 |
| 5 | Veloso Motorsport | 26 |

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