2015 TCR International Series Buriram round
# 2015 TCR International Series Buriram round

The 2015 TCR International Series Buriram round was the tenth round of the 2015 TCR International Series season as well as the third round of the 2015 TCR Asia Series season. It took place on 25 October at the Chang International Circuit.

Pepe Oriola won the first race, starting from second 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, Stefano Comini and Michael Choi received +30 kg, Kevin Gleason and Frank Yu +20 kg and Jordi Gené and George Chou +10 kg. Nevertheless, Yu and Chou didn't take part at this event, so they would have taken the ballast at the first round they would have participated.

## Classification

### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 1:43.855 | 1:43.423 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 1:44.301 | 1:43.601 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 1:44.015 | 1:43.792 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 77 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 1:44.131 | 1:44.096 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 88 | Jordi Gené | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 1:44.599 | 1:44.192 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | 8 | Mikhail Grachev | Volkswagen Golf TCR | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 1:44.608 | 1:44.484 | 6 | |
| 7 | 7 | Lorenzo Veglia | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 1:44.749 | 1:44.506 | 7 | |
| 8 | 15 | Loris Hezemans | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 1:44.494 | 1:44.513 | 8 | |
| 9 | 25 | Stefano Comini | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 1:44.564 | 1:44.530 | 9 | |
| 10 | 45 | Hugo Valente | Opel Astra OPC | Campos Racing | 1:44.708 | 1:44.563 | 10 | |
| 11 | 23 | René Münnich | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 1:44.483 | 1:44.746 | 11 | |
| 12 | 80 | Munkong Sathienthirakul | SEAT León Cup Racer | Craft-Bamboo Racing | 1:45.081 | 1:45.089 | 12 | |
| 13 | 4 | Tomas Engström | Volkswagen Golf TCR | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 1:45.342 | | 13 | |
| 14 | 31 | Tin Sritrai | SEAT León Cup Racer | Asia Racing Team | 1:45.387 | | 14 | |
| 15 | 52 | Alain Menu | Subaru Impreza STi TCR | Top Run Motorsport | 1:45.984 | | 15 | |
| 16 | 68 | Michael Choi | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | Prince Racing | 1:46.074 | | 16 | |
| 17 | 35 | Rafaël Galiana | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 1:46.330 | | 17 | |
| 18 | 69 | Kevin Pu | SEAT León Cup Racer | Asia Racing Team | 1:46.399 | | 18 | |
| 19 | 66 | Filipe de Souza | SEAT León Cup Racer | Roadstar Racing | 1:46.932 | | 24 | |
| 20 | 38 | Kenneth Lau | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | Prince Racing | 1:47.020 | | 19 | |
| 21 | 27 | Robb Holland | Ford Focus ST | FRD HK Racing | 1:47.078 | | 20 | |
| 22 | 97 | Johnson Huang | SEAT León Cup Racer | Roadstar Racing | 1:47.689 | | 21 | |
| 23 | 56 | Samson Chan | SEAT León Cup Racer | Roadstar Racing | 1:47.772 | | 22 | |
| 24 | 65 | Douglas Khoo | SEAT León Cup Racer | Niza Racing | 1:55.241 | | 23 | |

Notes:

* ^1 – Filipe de Souza's times were cancelled because of an irregular external assistance to get back on track after an accident.
* ^2 – Douglas Khoo was moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit.

### Race 1

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 14 | 24:34.075 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 88 | Jordi Gené | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 14 | +1.369 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | 77 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 14 | +2.649 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 14 | +3.517 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 25 | Stefano Comini | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 14 | +7.684 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | 15 | Loris Hezemans | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 14 | +10.520 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 7 | Lorenzo Veglia | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 14 | +13.677 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | Tomas Engström | Volkswagen Golf TCR | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 14 | +15.558 | 13 | 4 |
| 9 | 23 | René Münnich | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 14 | +15.932 | 11 | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 14 | +16.347 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 80 | Munkong Sathienthirakul | SEAT León Cup Racer | Craft-Bamboo Racing | 14 | +19.201 | 12 | |
| 12 | 31 | Tin Sritrai | SEAT León Cup Racer | Asia Racing Team | 14 | +26.213 | 14 | |
| 13 | 69 | Kevin Pu | SEAT León Cup Racer | Asia Racing Team | 14 | +37.257 | 18 | |
| 14 | 66 | Filipe de Souza | SEAT León Cup Racer | Roadstar Racing | 14 | +47.633 | 24 | |
| 15 | 38 | Kenneth Lau | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | Prince Racing | 14 | +1:00.504 | 19 | |
| 16 | 97 | Johnson Huang | SEAT León Cup Racer | Roadstar Racing | 14 | +1:01.203 | 21 | |
| 17 | 56 | Samson Chan | SEAT León Cup Racer | Roadstar Racing | 14 | +1:01.572 | 22 | |
| 18 | 68 | Michael Choi | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | Prince Racing | 14 | +1:03.662 | 16 | |
| 19 | 65 | Douglas Khoo | SEAT León Cup Racer | Niza Racing | 14 | +1:58.210 | 23 | |
| 20 | 52 | Alain Menu | Subaru Impreza STi TCR | Top Run Motorsport | 12 | Differential | 15 | |
| 21 | 45 | Hugo Valente | Opel Astra OPC | Campos Racing | 12 | Overheating | 12 | |
| 22 | 35 | Rafaël Galiana | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 10 | Puncture | 17 | |
| Ret | 27 | Robb Holland | Ford Focus ST | FRD HK Racing | 6 | Technical | 20 | |
| Ret | 8 | Mikhail Grachev | Volkswagen Golf TCR | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 1 | Gearbox | 6 | |

### Race 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 25 | Stefano Comini | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 14 | 24:40.174 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 15 | Loris Hezemans | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 14 | +2.746 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 14 | +3.163 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | 88 | Jordi Gené | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 14 | +4.098 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 7 | Lorenzo Veglia | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 14 | +15.594 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | Tomas Engström | Volkswagen Golf TCR | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 14 | +15.993 | 13 | 8 |
| 7 | 77 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 14 | +16.442 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 31 | Tin Sritrai | SEAT León Cup Racer | Asia Racing Team | 14 | +24.318 | 20 | 4 |
| 9 | 80 | Munkong Sathienthirakul | SEAT León Cup Racer | Craft-Bamboo Racing | 14 | +25.773 | 12 | 2 |
| 10 | 35 | Rafaël Galiana | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 14 | +27.740 | 15 | 1 |
| 11 | 69 | Kevin Pu | SEAT León Cup Racer | Asia Racing Team | 14 | +33.799 | 16 | |
| 12 | 66 | Filipe de Souza | SEAT León Cup Racer | Roadstar Racing | 14 | +37.157 | 19 | |
| 13 | 68 | Michael Choi | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | Prince Racing | 14 | +41.082 | 14 | |
| 14 | 38 | Kenneth Lau | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | Prince Racing | 14 | +41.988 | 17 | |
| 15 | 97 | Johnson Huang | SEAT León Cup Racer | Roadstar Racing | 14 | +52.669 | 18 | |
| 16 | 56 | Samson Chan | SEAT León Cup Racer | Roadstar Racing | 14 | +1:08.725 | 23 | |
| 17 | 65 | Douglas Khoo | SEAT León Cup Racer | Niza Racing | 14 | +1:30.432 | 24 | |
| 18 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 10 | Retired | 8 | |
| Ret | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 8 | Engine | 10 | |
| Ret | 23 | René Münnich | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 8 | Technical | 11 | |
| Ret | 45 | Hugo Valente | Opel Astra OPC | Campos Racing | 0 | Clutch | 1 | |
| DSQ | 27 | Robb Holland | Ford Focus ST | FRD HK Racing | 14 | +55.771 | 22 | |
| DNS | 8 | Mikhail Grachev | Volkswagen Golf TCR | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | | Gearbox | 5 | |
| DNS | 52 | Alain Menu | Subaru Impreza STi TCR | Top Run Motorsport | | Differential | 21 | |

Notes:

* ^3 – Tin Sritrai, Alain Menu, Robb Holland, Samson Chan and Douglas Khoo were moved to the back of the grid because of a parc fermé infringement.
* ^4 – Robb Holland was disqualified for not having served a drive through penalty.

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Stefano Comini | 299 |
| 2 | Pepe Oriola | 297 |
| 3 | Jordi Gené | 265 |
| 4 | Gianni Morbidelli | 223 |
| 5 | Kevin Gleason | 216 |
| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 611 |
| 2 | Target Competition | 598 |
| 3 | WestCoast Racing | 491 |
| 4 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 295 |
| 5 | Campos Racing | 43 |

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