2015 TCR International Series Valencia round
# 2015 TCR International Series Valencia round

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.

## Classification

### Qualifying

| 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 Type R TCR (FK2) | 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 Type R TCR (FK2) | 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 Type R TCR (FK2) | 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

| 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 Type R TCR (FK2) | 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 Type R TCR (FK2) | 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 Type R TCR (FK2) | 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

| 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 Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 17 | +17.732 | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | 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 | 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 | |
| Ret | 20 | Igor Skuz | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | 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 | 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

| | 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 |
| | 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.
