The 2015 TCR International Series was the inaugural season of the TCR International Series, a motor racing championship for touring cars held across Asia and Europe. The season began at Sepang on 28 March and finished on 22 November at the Guia Circuit in Macau.
Stefano Comini won the drivers' championship, driving a SEAT León Cup Racer, and Target Competition won the teams' championship.
Michelin is the official tire supplier.
The provisional 2015 schedule was announced on 31 October 2014. [66] On the same day that the announcement came that the series would be renamed TCR, it was confirmed that the round in Shanghai would go back a week, because the Chinese Grand Prix and Bahrain Grand Prix switched places on the Formula One calendar. [67] On 13 March 2015, it was announced that the Chilean round, due to be held on 9 August at Autódromo Internacional de Codegua, was postponed to 2016 due to circuit reconstruction. [68] On 17 June 2015 the Argentine round, scheduled for 26 July at Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, was replaced by the Red Bull Ring due to organisational problems. [69]
Rnd. | Race | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
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1 | 1 | Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur | 28 March | Malaysian Grand Prix |
2 | 29 March | |||
2 | 3 | Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai | 11 April | Chinese Grand Prix |
4 | 12 April | |||
3 | 5 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste | 3 May | Campeonato de España de Resistencia |
6 | ||||
4 | 7 | Algarve International Circuit, Portimão | 10 May | TCR Portuguese Series Portuguese GT Championship |
8 | ||||
5 | 9 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza | 24 May | Targa Tricolore Porsche |
10 | ||||
6 | 11 | Salzburgring, Salzburg | 31 May | Histo-Cup Austria Mozartpreis |
12 | ||||
7 | 13 | Sochi Autodrom, Sochi | 21 June | TCR Russian Series SMP F4 Championship |
14 | ||||
8 | 15 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 12 July | European Le Mans Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series |
16 | ||||
9 | 17 | Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore | 19 September | Singapore Grand Prix TCR Asia Series |
18 | 20 September | |||
10 | 19 | Chang International Circuit, Buriram | 25 October | TCR Asia Series GT Asia Series |
20 | ||||
11 | 21 | Guia Circuit, Macau | 22 November | Macau Grand Prix FIA GT World Cup TCR Asia Series |
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At the end of every weekend, the Race Direction elects a driver who stood out during the event for a particular reason.
Race | Driver | Reason |
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Sepang | Gianni Morbidelli | For performing the best overtaking manoeuvre in race 2, against Andrea Belicchi |
Shanghai | Lorenzo Veglia | For delivering an exciting but fair fight in race 2 |
Valencia | Pepe Oriola | For his superior pace in race 1 and the close fights in race 2 |
Portimão | Mikhail Grachev | For never giving up in a very difficult weekend |
Monza | Fernando Monje | For bringing the Opel Astra OPC consistently to the front of the action |
Salzburgring | Andrea Belicchi | For being involved in the middle of the action in both races |
Sochi | Aleksey Dudukalo | For playing the Stakhanovist during the whole event |
Red Bull Ring | Pol Rosell | He came, he saw, he won for Volkswagen |
Singapore | Luca Rangoni | For the determination shown to take part in both races |
Buriram | Stefano Comini | For maintaining the championship lead despite injury and technical issues |
Macau | Jordi Oriola | For proving that overtaking at Macau is possible |
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
All drivers displaying an OMP are eligible for the OMP Trophy. Points are awarded for championships and the use of OMP safety equipment. At the end of the season, the top four drivers win a cash prize. [70]
Pos | Driver | Manufacturer | Points |
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1 | Stefano Comini | SEAT | 474 |
2 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT | 389 |
3 | Kevin Gleason | Honda | 380 |
4 | Jordi Gené | SEAT | 362 |
5 | Gianni Morbidelli | Honda | 309 |
6 | Andrea Belicchi | SEAT | 276 |
7 | Sergey Afanasyev | SEAT | 211 |
8 | Michel Nykjær | SEAT | 177 |
9 | Igor Skuz | Opel SEAT Honda | 108 |
10 | René Münnich | Honda | 43 |
11 | Zsolt Szabó | SEAT | 30 |
12 | Bas Schouten | SEAT | 24 |
13 | Jordi Oriola | Opel SEAT | 20 |
14 | Diego Romanini | Ford | 16 |
15 | Oscar Nogués | Opel | 12 |
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