2016 TCR International Series

Michelin is the official tire supplier, but Neric Wei, Tang Chi Lun and Edgar Lau used Yokohama tires at Macau.

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Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Leopard Racing[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1]	1	Stefano Comini[1]	All
		2	Jean-Karl Vernay[1]	All
		48	Antti Buri[2]	3
Liqui Moly Team Engstler[3]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3]	3	Andy Yan[4]	10–11
		6	Jordi Oriola	11
		7	Davit Kajaia[3]	All
		8	Mikhail Grachev[5]	1–3
		19	Vladimir Sheshenin[6]	7
		45	Florian Janits[7]	5
		46	Niklas Mackschin[8]	6
		47	Gary Sheehan[9]	6
		52	Jordi Gené[10]	4
		55	Munkong Sathienthirakul[11]	8
		68	Filipe de Souza[12]	9–10
Target Competition[13]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[14]	5	Roberto Colciago[4]	10
		33	Jordi Oriola[14]	4–5
		35	Rafaël Galiana[15]	9–10
		50	Josh Files[16]	11
	Opel Astra TCR[17]	23	Andrea Belicchi[18]	1
		33	Jordi Oriola[19]	1
	SEAT León TCR[15]	35	Rafaël Galiana	11
		50	Loris Hezemans[15]	9–10
WestCoast Racing[20]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[20]	8	Mikhail Grachev[21]	4–11
		10	Gianni Morbidelli[22]	All
		14	Aku Pellinen[22]	1–3
		18	Ildar Rakhmatullin[6]	7
		24	Kevin Gleason[22]	1–3, 9–10
		35	Rafaël Galiana[23]	8
		40	Alain Menu[21]	4
		43	Harald Proczyk[24]	5
		81	Tiago Monteiro[25]	11
B3 Racing Team Hungary[26]	SEAT León TCR[26]	9	Attila Tassi[27]	All
		62	Dušan Borković[26]	All
		70	Maťo Homola[28]	All
Kratingdaeng Racing Team[11]	SEAT León Cup Racer[11]	11	Grant Supaphongs[11]	8
		12	Alexander Mies[11]	8
		58	Chen Jian Hong[11]	8
Vattana Motorsport[11]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[11]	13	Narasak Ittiritpong[11]	8
	SEAT León Cup Racer[11]	44	Jack Lemvard[11]	8
Team Eakie BBR Kaiten[11]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[11]	15	Kantadhee Kusiri[11]	8
Roadstar Racing[25]	SEAT León Cup Racer[25]	17	Terence Tse[25]	11
Mulsanne Racing[29]	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[29]	20	Mario Ferraris[4]	10
		22	Petr Fulín[30]	5–9, 11
		23	Andrea Belicchi[31]	11
		88	Michela Cerruti[29]	1–2, 5–7
Elegant Racing Team[25]	SEAT León TCR[25]	20	Lou Hon Kei[25]	11
Baporo Motorsport[32]	SEAT León Cup Racer[32]	26	Francisco Mora[32]	2
	SEAT León TCR[32]	50	Loris Hezemans[32]	2
TeamWork Motorsport[33]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[33]	27	William O'Brien[33]	10–11
		28	Kevin Tse[33]	10–11
Sébastien Loeb Racing[34]	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup[34]	30	Jimmy Clairet[35]	3
		38	Grégory Guilvert[35]	3
Top Run Motorsport[36]	Subaru Impreza STi TCR[36]	31	Luca Rangoni[37]	2
		32	Luigi Ferrara[36]	1, 8
Kissling Motorsport[38]	Opel Astra TCR[38]	33	Jordi Oriola[38]	9
Champ Motorsport[25]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[25]	38	Michael Ho[25]	11
B.D. Racing[39]	SEAT León TCR[39]	41	Carlotta Fedeli[39]	4
	SEAT León Cup Racer[39]	42	Alessandra Neri[40]	4
LMS Racing[41]	SEAT León Cup Racer[41]	48	Antti Buri[41]	6, 11
		51	Kari-Pekka Laaksonen[11]	8
Ferry Monster Autosport[2]	SEAT León Cup Racer[2]	49	Pierre-Yves Corthals[2]	3
	SEAT León TCR[2]	50	Loris Hezemans[2]	3
Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil[42]	SEAT León TCR[42]	54	James Nash[43]	All
		74	Pepe Oriola[43]	All
		77	Sergey Afanasyev[42]	All
Son Veng Racing Team[44]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[44]	64	Neric Wei[44]	9
Viper Niza Racing[44]	SEAT León TCR[44]	65	Douglas Khoo[44]	9–11
TBN MK Ihere Racing Team[11]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[11]	66	Nattachak Hanjitkasen[11]	8
FRD Motorsports[45]	Ford Focus TCR[45]	72	Nicky Pastorelli[46]	10
		99	Martin Cao[47]	9
Bas Koeten Racing[48]	SEAT León Cup Racer[48]	78	Salman Al Khalifa[48]	1
		79	Hussain Karimi[48]	1
Team Thailand[49]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[49]	83	Tin Sritrai[49]	10–11
Sloth Racing[11]	SEAT León Cup Racer[11]	97	Paritat Bulbon[11]	8
non-classified TCR and CTCC entries are ineligible to score points
Suncity Racing Team[25]	Citroën C-Elysée[25]	11	Alex Hui[25]	11
		12	Sunny Wong[25]	11
Son Veng Racing Team[44]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[44]	14	Neric Wei[44]	11
Linky Racing Team[25]	Audi S3 Saloon[25]	21	Zhang Ya Qi[25]	11
		33	Jiang Teng Yi[25]	11
Team TRC[25]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[25]	68	Tang Chi Lun[25]	11
FRD Motorsports[45]	Ford Focus TCR[45]	78	Kenneth Ma[25]	11
Asia Racing Team[25]	SEAT León TCR[25]	97	Edgar Lau[25]	11

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The 2016 schedule was announced on 2 December 2015, with twelve events scheduled. Three out of these twelve rounds are to be held supporting Formula One.^[50] The calendar was subsequently modified: the Shanghai round was canceled and replaced by Buriram (originally scheduled to be held on 30 October). On 5 May the Italian round was moved to Imola.^[51]

More information Rnd., Circuit ...

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	2 April	Bahrain Grand Prix
	2		3 April
2	3	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	24 April	International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship SEAT León Eurocup
	4
3	5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	6 May	6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
	6		7 May
4	7	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	22 May	Stand-alone event
	8
5	9	Salzburgring, Salzburg	5 June	Stand-alone event
	10
6	11	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	19 June	ADAC TCR Germany Championship
	12
7	13	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	3 July	Russian Circuit Racing Series
	14
8	15	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	28 August	Stand-alone event
	16
9	17	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	17 September	Singapore Grand Prix
	18		18 September
10	19	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	1 October	Malaysian Grand Prix TCR Asia Series
	20		2 October
11	21	Guia Circuit, Macau	20 November	Macau Grand Prix FIA GT World Cup TCR Asia Series
	22

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Starting from this year, the Man of the Race is replaced by the Fan Award. At the end of every weekend, a panel consisting of the International Series’ Promoter and the promotional and media team name two candidates who stood out during the event for a particular reason.

More information Race, Candidates ...

Race	Candidates	Reason	Percentage
Sakhir	Davit Kajaia Pepe Oriola	For fighting with no sign of nerves despite his lack of experience For his impressive driving on the way to a double victory	83.8% 16.2%
Estoril	Maťo Homola Gianni Morbidelli	For an excellent pole position and a superb fight with Morbidelli in race 1 For getting his championship fight back on track with two great races	86.4% 13.6%
Spa-Francorchamps	Antti Buri Aku Pellinen	For his impressive performance: a podium on his debut with the Golf and in the International Series For his mature drive to race 1 victory and for being the only Honda driver to make it through to Q2	41.1% 58.9%
Imola	Mikhail Grachev Stefano Comini	For showing grit and perseverance in chasing his maiden race victory For his masterful overtaking manoeuvre on Pepe Oriola in Race 2	41.9% 58.1%
Salzburgring	Dušan Borković Jean-Karl Vernay	For his incredible overtaking manoeuvre in Race 1, in which he passed two cars in lap 5 For the way he re-took the lead he lost to Afanasyev in Race 2 after making a mistake	93.1% 6.9%
Oschersleben	Michela Cerruti Antti Buri	For fighting for points-scoring positions in both races and defending well For being the workaholic of the weekend, running in four races over two days	76.7% 23.3%
Sochi	Attila Tassi Petr Fulín	For defending his first podium result against more experienced drivers For his contribution in the development of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta	39.0% 61.0%
Buriram	Davit Kajaia Kantadhee Kusiri	For overtaking five cars all together in Race 2 For his overall performance, but particularly in Race 2	71.3% 28.7%
Singapore	WestCoast Racing Leopard Racing	For rebuilding Morbideli’s car in a race against time For dominating the first two days of the event, on their first visit here	62.4% 37.6%
Sepang	Roberto Colciago Tin Sritrai	For winning an exciting fight with Comini in Race 1, with grit and fairness For fighting on equal terms with the International Series top drivers	14.6% 85.4%
Macau	Tom Evans Arnaud Libois	For overseeing the repair of the car that enabled Nash to start Race 2 For consistently delivering a car that took Comini to his second title	52.1% 47.9%

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