2015 TCR International Series Red Bull Ring round
# 2015 TCR International Series Red Bull Ring round

The 2015 TCR International Series Red Bull Ring round was the eighth round of the 2015 TCR International Series season. It took place on 12 July at the Red Bull Ring. This round was to be held at Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez on 26 July, but it was later moved due to organisational problems.

Stefano Comini won the first race, starting from fourth position, driving a SEAT León Cup Racer, and Pol Rosell gained the second one, driving a Volkswagen Golf TCR.

## Success Ballast

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

## Classification

### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 1:41.078 | 1:39.716 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 1:41.336 | 1:40.335 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 43 | Dániel Nagy | SEAT León Cup Racer | Zengő Motorsport | 1:41.758 | 1:40.567 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 25 | Stefano Comini | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 1:40.798 | 1:40.634 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 77 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 1:41.456 | 1:40.714 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 1:41.502 | 1:40.719 | 6 | |
| 7 | 33 | Andrea Belicchi | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 1:41.064 | 1:40.755 | 7 | |
| 8 | 88 | Jordi Gené | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 1:41.204 | 1:40.974 | 8 | |
| 9 | 8 | Mikhail Grachev | Volkswagen Golf TCR | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 1:41.202 | 1:40.988 | 9 | |
| 10 | 42 | Pol Rosell | Volkswagen Golf TCR | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 1:41.220 | 1:41.097 | 10 | |
| 11 | 20 | Igor Skuz | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 1:41.543 | 1:41.322 | 11 | |
| 12 | 7 | Lorenzo Veglia | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 1:41.684 | 1:41.532 | 12 | |
| 13 | 41 | Michela Cerruti | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 1:42.881 | | 13 | |
| 14 | 40 | Gabriele Marotta | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 1:44.942 | | 14 | |
| 15 | 72 | Diego Romanini | Ford Focus ST | Proteam Racing | 1:51.842 | | 15 | |

Notes:

* ^1 — Dániel Nagy's best lap time in Q1 was deleted because it was obtained with yellow flags.
* ^2 — Diego Romanini 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 | 25 | Stefano Comini | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 14 | 23:51.673 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 | Andrea Belicchi | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 14 | +0.565 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 14 | +0.657 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | 88 | Jordi Gené | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 14 | +5.122 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 14 | +5.382 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | 77 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 14 | +6.428 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 8 | Mikhail Grachev | Volkswagen Golf TCR | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 14 | +6.768 | 9 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | Lorenzo Veglia | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 14 | +8.395 | 11 | 4 |
| 9 | 42 | Pol Rosell | Volkswagen Golf TCR | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 14 | +8.703 | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | 41 | Michela Cerruti | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 14 | +17.685 | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 14 | +29.379 | 1 | |
| 12 | 20 | Igor Skuz | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 14 | +54.025 | 14 | |
| 13 | 40 | Gabriele Marotta | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 13 | +1 lap | 13 | |
| Ret | 72 | Diego Romanini | Ford Focus ST | Proteam Racing | 6 | Spin | 15 | |
| Ret | 43 | Dániel Nagy | SEAT León Cup Racer | Zengő Motorsport | 0 | Accident | 3 | |

Notes:

* ^3 — Gianni Morbidelli was given a 30-second penalty for unsportsmanlike drive.
* ^4 — Igor Skuz was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Bas Schouten in the Salzburgring round.

### Race 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 42 | Pol Rosell | Volkswagen Golf TCR | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 14 | 23:45.394 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 74 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 14 | +0.380 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | 88 | Jordi Gené | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 14 | +1.473 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 77 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT León Cup Racer | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 14 | +3.701 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 24 | Kevin Gleason | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 14 | +4.965 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | Mikhail Grachev | Volkswagen Golf TCR | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 14 | +13.338 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 7 | Lorenzo Veglia | SEAT León Cup Racer | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 14 | +15.612 | 12 | 6 |
| 8 | 41 | Michela Cerruti | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 14 | +16.315 | 13 | 4 |
| 9 | 25 | Stefano Comini | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 14 | +1:05.927 | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | 40 | Gabriele Marotta | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 14 | +1:43.533 | 14 | 1 |
| 11 | 33 | Andrea Belicchi | SEAT León Cup Racer | Target Competition | 11 | Technical | 4 | |
| Ret | 72 | Diego Romanini | Ford Focus ST | Proteam Racing | 7 | Technical | 15 | |
| Ret | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 5 | Collision | 10 | |
| Ret | 20 | Igor Skuz | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | WestCoast Racing | 4 | Accident | 11 | |
| DNS | 43 | Dániel Nagy | SEAT León Cup Racer | Zengő Motorsport | | Accident | 8 | |

## Standings after the event

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Pepe Oriola | 225 |
| 1 | 2 | Stefano Comini | 223 |
| 1 | 3 | Jordi Gené | 201 |
| 1 | 4 | Gianni Morbidelli | 186 |
| | 5 | Andrea Belicchi | 164 |
| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Target Competition | 484 |
| 2 | Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil | 470 |
| 3 | WestCoast Racing | 395 |
| 4 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 234 |
| 5 | Campos Racing | 41 |

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