2015 Guia Race of Macau

2015 TCR International Series Macau round
Round details
	Round 11 of 11 rounds in the ; 2015 TCR International Series
	; Layout of the Guia Circuit
Location	Guia Circuit, Macau, China
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 6.200 km (3.800 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	22 November 2015
Laps	10
Pole position
Driver	Robert Huff
Time	2:31.522
Podium
First	Robert Huff
Second	Jordi Gené
Third	Stefano Comini
Fastest lap
Driver	Robert Huff
Time	2:34.136 (on lap 7)
Race 2
Date	22 November 2015
Laps	10
Podium
First	Stefano Comini
Second	Andrea Belicchi
Third	Mikhail Grachev
Fastest lap
Driver	Pepe Oriola
Time	2:34.587 (on lap 7)

Last updated March 27, 2023

The 2015 Guia Race of Macau was the final round of the 2015 TCR International Series season as well as the fourth and last race of the 2015 TCR Asia Series season. It took place on 22 November at the Guia Circuit.

Success Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Pepe Oriola and Munkong Sathienthirakul received +30 kg, Stefano Comini and Tin Sritrai +20 kg and Jordi Gené and Kevin Pu +10 kg.^[1] Nevertheless, Sathienthirakul, Sritrai and Pu did not take part at this event, so they didn't take the ballast, whereas Frank Yu took the +20 kg from the Singapore round.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2	Grid	Points
1	12	Robert Huff	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	2:34.977	2:31.522	1	5
2	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	2:34.536	2:33.153	2	4
3	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:35.535	2:33.498	3	3
4	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:35.873	2:33.528	4	2
5	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:35.478	2:33.619	5	1
6	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	2:35.579	2:34.665	6
7	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:35.743	2:35.207	7
8	21	Jordi Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:35.415	2:35.207	8
9	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:36.582	2:35.625	9
10	87	Rodolfo Ávila	SEAT León Cup Racer	Asia Racing Team	2:37.176	2:36.702	10
11	7	Lorenzo Veglia	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:37.617	2:36.726	11
12	50	Francisco Mora	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:37.370	2:38.597	12
13	29	Henry Ho	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	PAS Macau Racing Team	2:39.456		13
14	8	Mikhail Grachev	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:40.103		14
15	28	Sunny Wong	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	2:40.745		15
16	14	Josh Files	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	2:43.105		16
17	99	Frank Yu	SEAT León Cup Racer	Craft-Bamboo Racing	2:43.545		18¹
18	69	Robb Holland	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	2:44.662		17
19	49	Guillaume Cunnington	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:45.863		22²
20	68	Michael Choi	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	Prince Racing	2:46.855		21²
21	38	Kenneth Lau	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	Prince Racing	2:46.972		20²
22	98	Keith Chan	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	2:50.381		23²
23	56	Samson Chan	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	2:53.443		24²
24	63	Sam Lok	SEAT León Cup Racer	Asia Racing Team	2:56.945		DNQ³
25	97	Johnson Huang	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	2:57.640		DNQ³
26	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León Cup Racer	Niza Racing	3:05.583		DNQ³
27	73	James Nash	Ford Focus ST	Proteam Racing	no time		19²
28	76	Dan Wells	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	withdrew
29	35	Rafaël Galiana	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	withdrew
30	52	Alain Menu	Subaru Impreza STi TCR	Top Run Motorsport	withdrew

^[2]

Notes:

^1 – Frank Yu was given a three-position grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during free practice.
^2 – James Nash, Kenneth Lau, Michael Choi, Guillaume Cunnington, Keith Chan and Samson Chan were moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit. The grid order was decided by the free practice combined classification.
^3 – Sam Lok, Johnson Huang and Douglas Khoo failed to set a lap time within 107% of the fastest time during the weekend. As a result, these drivers failed to qualify for the race.

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Robert Huff	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	10	32:52.232	1	25
2	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+7.832	4	18
3	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+9.050	3	15
4	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+10.459	5	12
5	21	Jordi Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+13.361	8	10
6	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	10	+16.268	6	8
7	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	10	+17.008	2	6
8	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+18.229	9	4
9	7	Lorenzo Veglia	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+26.627	11	2
10	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+34.592	7	1
11	8	Mikhail Grachev	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+36.767	14
12	87	Rodolfo Ávila	SEAT León Cup Racer	Asia Racing Team	10	+48.016	10
13	14	Josh Files	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	10	+53.645	16
14	27	Robb Holland	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	10	+1:01.420	17
15	28	Sunny Wong	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	10	+1:24.708	15
16	68	Michael Choi	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	Prince Racing	10	+1:39.400	21
17	49	Guillaume Cunnington	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+2:09.842	22
18	98	Keith Chan	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+2:17.575	23
19	56	Samson Chan	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	10	+2:28.983	24
Ret	73	James Nash	Ford Focus ST	Proteam Racing	5	Overheating	19
NC	29	Henry Ho	SEAT León Cup Racer	PAS Macau Racing Team	3	+7 laps	13
Ret	50	Francisco Mora	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	0	Accident	12
Ret	99	Frank Yu	SEAT León Cup Racer	Craft-Bamboo Racing	0	Collision	18
Ret	38	Kenneth Lau	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	Prince Racing	0	Collision	20
DNQ	63	Sam Lok	SEAT León Cup Racer	Asia Racing Team		Did not qualify
DNQ	97	Johnson Huang	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing		Did not qualify
DNQ	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León Cup Racer	Niza Racing		Did not qualify
WD	76	Dan Wells	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing		Water pump
WD	35	Rafaël Galiana	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition		Accident
WD	52	Alain Menu	Subaru Impreza STi TCR	Top Run Motorsport		Engine

^[3]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Stefano Comini	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	36:13.192	3	25
2	33	Andrea Belicchi	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+1.733	8	18
3	8	Mikhail Grachev	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+26.549	11	15
4	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	10	+32.677	6	12
5	87	Rodolfo Ávila	SEAT León Cup Racer	Asia Racing Team	10	+55.890	12	10
6	27	Robb Holland	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	10	+56.665	14	8
7	98	Keith Chan	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	10	+2:17.210	18	6
8	21	Jordi Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition	8	Air intake⁴	5	4
9	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	7	Radiator	4	2
Ret	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	1	Collision	10
Ret	12	Robert Huff	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	0	Collision	1
Ret	88	Jordi Gené	SEAT León Cup Racer	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	0	Collision	2
Ret	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	0	Collision	7
Ret	7	Lorenzo Veglia	Volkswagen Golf TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	0	Collision	9
Ret	14	Josh Files	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing	0	Collision	13
Ret	28	Sunny Wong	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	WestCoast Racing	0	Collision	15
Ret	68	Michael Choi	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	Prince Racing	0	Collision	16
Ret	49	Guillaume Cunnington	SEAT León Cup Racer	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	0	Collision	17
Ret	56	Samson Chan	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing	0	Collision	19
Ret	29	Henry Ho	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	PAS Macau Racing Team	0	Collision	21
DNS	73	James Nash	Ford Focus ST	Proteam Racing		Overheating	20
DNS	50	Francisco Mora	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition		Accident	22
DNS	99	Frank Yu	SEAT León Cup Racer	Craft-Bamboo Racing		Collision	23
DNS	38	Kenneth Lau	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	Prince Racing		Collision	24
DNQ	63	Sam Lok	SEAT León Cup Racer	Asia Racing Team		Did not qualify
DNQ	97	Johnson Huang	SEAT León Cup Racer	Roadstar Racing		Did not qualify
DNQ	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León Cup Racer	Niza Racing		Did not qualify
WD	76	Dan Wells	Opel Astra OPC	Campos Racing		Water pump
WD	35	Rafaël Galiana	SEAT León Cup Racer	Target Competition		Accident
WD	52	Alain Menu	Subaru Impreza STi TCR	Top Run Motorsport		Engine

^[4]

Notes:

^4 – Jordi Oriola was given a 20-second penalty for having passed the pit lane exit line.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Stefano Comini	342
2	Pepe Oriola	312
3	Jordi Gené	285
4	Gianni Morbidelli	243
5	Kevin Gleason	226

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Target Competition	669
1	2	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	650
	3	WestCoast Racing	545
	4	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	320
	5	Campos Racing	44

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

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References

↑ "Macau Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 6 November 2015.
↑ "Macau Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 21 November 2015.
↑ "Macau Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 22 November 2015.
↑ "Macau Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 22 November 2015.

External links

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[1] "Macau Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 6 November 2015.

[2] "Macau Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 21 November 2015.

[3] "Macau Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 22 November 2015.

[4] "Macau Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 22 November 2015.

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Round details
Round 11 of 11 rounds in the 2015 TCR International Series
Layout of the Guia Circuit
Location	Guia Circuit, Macau, China
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.200 km (3.800 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	22 November 2015
Laps	10
Pole position
Driver	Robert Huff	WestCoast Racing
Time	2:31.522
Podium
First	Robert Huff	WestCoast Racing
Second	Jordi Gené	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Third	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
Fastest lap
Driver	Robert Huff	WestCoast Racing
Time	2:34.136 (on lap 7)
Race 2
Date	22 November 2015
Laps	10
Podium
First	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
Second	Andrea Belicchi	Target Competition
Third	Mikhail Grachev	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Fastest lap
Driver	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Time	2:34.587 (on lap 7)