2017 TCR International Series Buriram round

2017 TCR International Series Buriram round
Round details
	Round 8 of 10 rounds in the ; 2017 TCR International Series
	; Layout of the Chang International Circuit
Location	Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 4.554 km (2.830 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	3 September 2017
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Maťo Homola
Time	1:43.093
Podium
First	Norbert Michelisz
Second	Dušan Borković
Third	Attila Tassi
Fastest lap
Driver	Maťo Homola
Time	1:44.834 (on lap 4)
Race 2
Date	3 September 2017
Laps	14
Podium
First	Aurélien Panis
Second	Giacomo Altoè
Third	Stefano Comini
Fastest lap
Driver	Aurélien Panis
Time	1:44.446 (on lap 4)

Last updated August 08, 2023

The 2017 TCR International Series Buriram round was the eighth round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 3 September at the Chang International Circuit.

Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Gianni Morbidelli received +30 kg, Daniel Lloyd +20 kg and Maťo Homola +10 kg. While Norbert Michelisz will take his +20 kg of ballast carried over from the Hungaroring round.^[1]

The Balance of Performance was also adjusted for this event, meaning the Audi RS3 LMS TCRs and Honda Civic Type-R TCRs was both given a -10 kg weight break.^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2	Grid	Points
1	70	Maťo Homola	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	1:43.350	1:43.093	1	5
2	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	1:43.672	1:43.097	2	4
3	59	Norbert Michelisz	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	1:43.315	1:43.228	3	3
4	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	1:43.447	1:43.320	4	2
5	9	Attila Tassi	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	1:43.365	1:43.331	5	1
6	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	1:43.478	1:43.384	6
7	21	Giacomo Altoè	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	1:43.500	1:43.503	7
8	19	Kantadhee Kusiri	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:43.936	1:43.561	8
9	1	Stefano Comini	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	1:43.874	1:43.695	9
10	28	Aurélien Panis	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Boutsen Ginion Racing	1:43.813	1:43.743	22¹
11	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:44.226	1:44.064	10
12	16	Davit Kajaia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	1:43.783	No time	23¹
13	62	Dušan Borković	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	1:43.631²		11
14	17	Daniel Lloyd	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	1:44.246		12
15	6	Frédéric Vervisch	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	1:44.316		13
16	3	Robert Huff	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	1:44.321		14
17	67	Munkong Sathienthirakul	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	1:44.870		15
18	18	Duncan Ende	SEAT León TCR	Icarus Motorsports	1:45.068		16
19	85	Chariya Nuya	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Billionaire Boys Racing	1:45.082		17
20	96	Nattanid Leewattanavaragul	SEAT León TCR	Morin Racing Team	1:46.061		18
21	84	Pasarit Promsombat	SEAT León TCR	RMI Racing Team by Sunoco	1:46.098		19
22	83	Rattanin Leenutaphong	SEAT León TCR	Yontrakit Racing Team	1:46.900		20
23	86	Nattachak Hanjitkasen	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	TBN MK Ihere Racing Team	1:47.055		21
24	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León TCR	Viper Niza Racing	1:51.876		24³

^[3]

Notes

^1 — Aurélien Panis and Davit Kajaia was both sent to the back of the grid for Race 1, after an engine change.^[4]^[5]
^2 — Dušan Borković was not allowed to start Q2, after having received external aid, after he broke the suspension on his car during Q1. Gianni Morbidelli who had qualified 13th in Q1, was allowed to take his place in Q2.^[6]
^3 — Douglas Khoo was sent to the back of the grid for both races, after having not set a time within the 107% limit during qualifying.^[7]

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	59	Norbert Michelisz	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	14	24:44.820	3	25
2	62	Dušan Borković	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	14	+3.769	11	18
3	9	Attila Tassi	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	14	+5.923	5	15
4	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	14	+6.211	4	12
5	3	Robert Huff	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	14	+6.428	14	10
6	21	Giacomo Altoè	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	14	+7.358	7	8
7	1	Stefano Comini	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	14	+10.610	9	6
8	16	Davit Kajaia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	14	+11.142	23	4
9	17	Daniel Lloyd	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	14	+14.196	12	2
10	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	14	+15.050	10	1
11	6	Frédéric Vervisch	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	14	+16.646	13
12	19	Kantadhee Kusiri	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	14	+17.143	8
13	18	Duncan Ende	SEAT León TCR	Icarus Motorsports	14	+19.316	16
14	67	Munkong Sathienthirakul	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	14	+22.733	15
15	85	Chariya Nuya	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Billionaire Boys Racing	14	+26.322	17
16	96	Nattanid Leewattanavaragul	SEAT León TCR	Morin Racing Team	14	+29.542	18
17	83	Rattanin Leenutaphong	SEAT León TCR	Yontrakit Racing Team	14	+42.071	20
18	86	Nattachak Hanjitkasen	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	TBN MK Ihere Racing Team	14	+42.445	21
19	28	Aurélien Panis	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Boutsen Ginion Racing	14	+54.267	22
20	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León TCR	Viper Niza Racing	14	+1:46.431	24
21	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	13	Gearbox	6
22	70	Maťo Homola	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	12	Puncture	1
23	84	Pasarit Promsombat	SEAT León TCR	RMI Racing Team by Sunoco	12	Collision	19
Ret	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	7	Driveshaft	2

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Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	28	Aurélien Panis	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Boutsen Ginion Racing	14	24:34.503	1	25
2	21	Giacomo Altoè	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	14	+1.274	4	18
3	1	Stefano Comini	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	14	+6.120	2	15
4	9	Attila Tassi	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	14	+7.994	6	12
5	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	14	+9.414	7	10
6	62	Dušan Borković	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	14	+12.632	13	8
7	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	14	+13.369	9	6
8	3	Robert Huff	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	14	+13.861	16	4
9	70	Maťo Homola	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	14	+18.084	10	2
10	19	Kantadhee Kusiri	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	14	+18.830	3	1
11	17	Daniel Lloyd	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	14	+20.555	14
12	67	Munkong Sathienthirakul	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	14	+21.357	17
13	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	14	+22.946	11
14	6	Frédéric Vervisch	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	14	+30.660	15
15	18	Duncan Ende	SEAT León TCR	Icarus Motorsports	14	+31.425	18
16	85	Chariya Nuya	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Billionaire Boys Racing	14	+35.585	19
17	96	Nattanid Leewattanavaragul	SEAT León TCR	Morin Racing Team	14	+36.363	20
18	84	Pasarit Promsombat	SEAT León TCR	RMI Racing Team by Sunoco	14	+48.076	21
19	83	Rattanin Leenutaphong	SEAT León TCR	Yontrakit Racing Team	14	+49.369	22
20	86	Nattachak Hanjitkasen	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	TBN MK Ihere Racing Team	14	+54.333	23
21	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León TCR	Viper Niza Racing	14	+1:38.064	24
22	59	Norbert Michelisz	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	13	Technical	8
23	16	Davit Kajaia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	11	Puncture	12
DNS	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing		Gearbox	5

^[9]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Attila Tassi	179
1	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	177
1	3	Stefano Comini	165
1	4	Roberto Colciago	145
	5	Pepe Oriola	110

Model of the Year standings

	Pos	Car	Points
	1	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	451
1	2	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	355
1	3	SEAT León TCR	335
	4	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	253
	5	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	189

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	M1RA	382
	2	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	289
1	3	Leopard Racing Team WRT	247
1	4	Comtoyou Racing	236
	5	GE-Force	177

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

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References

↑ "Buriram Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 2 September 2017.
↑ "BOP: Audi and Honda get weight break". tcr-series.com. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
↑ "Buriram Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 3 September 2017.
↑ "Buriram decision 2" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 2 September 2017.
↑ "Buriram decision 6" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 3 September 2017.
↑ "Homola places Opel back on pole". tcr-series.com. 2 September 2017.
↑ "Buriram decision 5" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 3 September 2017.
↑ "Buriram Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 3 September 2017.
↑ "Buriram Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 3 September 2017.

External links

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[1] "Buriram Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 2 September 2017.

[2] "BOP: Audi and Honda get weight break". tcr-series.com. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[3] "Buriram Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 3 September 2017.

[4] "Buriram decision 2" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 2 September 2017.

[5] "Buriram decision 6" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 3 September 2017.

[6] "Homola places Opel back on pole". tcr-series.com. 2 September 2017.

[7] "Buriram decision 5" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 3 September 2017.

[8] "Buriram Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 3 September 2017.

[9] "Buriram Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 3 September 2017.

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Round details
Round 8 of 10 rounds in the 2017 TCR International Series
Layout of the Chang International Circuit
Location	Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.554 km (2.830 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	3 September 2017
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Maťo Homola	DG Sport Compétition
Time	1:43.093
Podium
First	Norbert Michelisz	M1RA
Second	Dušan Borković	GE-Force
Third	Attila Tassi	M1RA
Fastest lap
Driver	Maťo Homola	DG Sport Compétition
Time	1:44.834 (on lap 4)
Race 2
Date	3 September 2017
Laps	14
Podium
First	Aurélien Panis	Boutsen Ginion Racing
Second	Giacomo Altoè	M1RA
Third	Stefano Comini	Comtoyou Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Aurélien Panis	Boutsen Ginion Racing
Time	1:44.446 (on lap 4)