2015 TCR Asia Series

The 2015 TCR Asia Series season was the first season of the TCR Asia Series. The season began at Sepang on 5 September and finished on 22 November at the Guia Circuit in Macau, after four rounds.

Michael Choi won the drivers' championship, driving a Honda Civic TCR, and Asia Racing Team won the teams' championship.

Teams and drivers

Michelin is the official tyre supplier.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
FRD HK Racing^[1]	Ford Focus ST	13	Kenneth Ma^[1]	1–2
		27	Robb Holland^[2]	3
		63	Andy Yan^[1]	1
Asia Racing Team^[3]	SEAT León Cup Racer	14	Philippe Descombes^[4]	1
		15	Rodolfo Ávila^[4]^[5]	1
		87	Rodolfo Ávila^[4]^[5]	4
		30	Liu Lic Ka^[6]	1
		31	Tin Sritrai^[7]	3
		63	Sam Lok^[5]	4
		69	Kevin Pu^[7]	3
Roadstar Racing^[8]	SEAT León Cup Racer	27	Robb Holland^[9]	4
		56	Samson Chan^[10]	All
		66	Filipe de Souza^[10]	1–3
		78	Masahiko Ida^[10]	1
		78	George Chou^[11]	2
		97	Johnson Huang^[7]	3–4
Prince Racing^[12]^[13]	Honda Civic TCR	38	Kenneth Lau^[12]	All
Prince Racing^[12]^[13]	Honda Civic TCR	68	Michael Choi^[12]	All
Campos Racing^[14]	Opel Astra OPC	44	Mak Hing Tak^[14]	2
Niza Racing^[7]	SEAT León Cup Racer	65	Douglas Khoo^[7]	3–4
Craft-Bamboo Racing^[15]	SEAT León Cup Racer	80	Munkong Sathienthirakul^[7]	3
		99	Eric Kwong^[16]	1
		99	Frank Yu^[16]	2, 4
Wing Hin Motorsports^[1]	SEAT León Cup Racer	83	Kenny Lee^[1]	1

Calendar and results

The provisional 2015 schedule was announced on 23 December 2014.^[17] A revised calendar was announced on 25 February 2015.^[18] On 17 July the Zhuhai round, scheduled for 16 August, was removed.^[3]

Rnd.	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	5 September	Philippe Descombes	Rodolfo Ávila	Rodolfo Ávila	Asia Racing Team	GT Asia Series
	2		6 September	Rodolfo Ávila	Philippe Descombes	Philippe Descombes	Asia Racing Team
	3		6 September		Philippe Descombes	Philippe Descombes	Asia Racing Team
2	4	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	19 September	George Chou	Frank Yu	Michael Choi	Prince Racing	Singapore Grand Prix TCR International Series Singapore round
2	5	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	20 September		George Chou	Michael Choi	Prince Racing
3	6	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	25 October	Munkong Sathienthirakul	Munkong Sathienthirakul	Munkong Sathienthirakul	Craft-Bamboo Racing	TCR International Series Buriram round GT Asia Series
3	7	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	25 October		Munkong Sathienthirakul	Tin Sritrai	Asia Racing Team	TCR International Series Buriram round GT Asia Series
4	8	Guia Circuit, Macau	20–22 November	Rodolfo Ávila	Rodolfo Ávila	Rodolfo Ávila	Asia Racing Team	Macau Grand Prix FIA GT World Cup Guia Race of Macau
4	9	Guia Circuit, Macau	20–22 November		Robb Holland	Rodolfo Ávila	Asia Racing Team	Macau Grand Prix FIA GT World Cup Guia Race of Macau

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	SEP			SIN		BUR		MAC		Pts.
1	Michael Choi	3	2³	Ret	1⁴	1	8³	5	3⁴	Ret	122
2	Rodolfo Ávila	1²	DNS¹	DNS					1²	1	89
3	Philippe Descombes	2¹	1²	1							77
4	Samson Chan	6	6	DSQ	3	6	7	8	4	Ret	61
5	Filipe de Souza	8†	4	Ret	Ret³	4	4	4			55
6	Munkong Sathienthirakul						1¹	2			48
7	Tin Sritrai						2²	1			47
8	Kenneth Lau	4⁵	DSQ⁴	DNS	NC⁵	5	5⁵	6	Ret⁵	DNS	46
9	Eric Kwong	5	3	2							43
10	Frank Yu				2²	3			Ret²	DNS	41
11	Robb Holland						Ret	DSQ	2³	2	39
12	George Chou				4¹	2					35
13	Kevin Pu						3⁴	3			32
14	Masahiko Ida	7	5	3							31
15	Liu Lic Ka	DNS	7	4							18
16	Johnson Huang						6	7	DNQ	DNQ	14
17	Douglas Khoo						9	9	DNQ	DNQ	4
18	Andy Yan	Ret³	Ret	Ret							3
19	Kenny Lee	Ret⁴	DNS⁵	DNS							3
	Kenneth Ma	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	Ret					0
	Mak Hing Tak				DNS	DNS					0
	Sam Lok								DNQ	DNQ	0
Pos.	Driver	SEP			SIN		BUR		MAC		Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	SEP			SIN		BUR		MAC		Pts.
1	Asia Racing Team	1¹	1¹	1			2²	1	1¹	1	265
1	Asia Racing Team	2²	7²	4			3⁴	3	DNQ	DNQ	265
2	Roadstar Racing	6	4	3	3¹	2	4	4	2³	2	198
2	Roadstar Racing	7	5	Ret	4³	4	6	7	4	Ret	198
3	Prince Racing	3⁵	2³	Ret	1⁴	1	5³	5	3⁴	Ret	170
3	Prince Racing	4	DSQ⁴	DNS	NC⁵	5	8⁵	6	Ret⁵	DNS	170
4	Craft-Bamboo Racing	5	3	2	2⁴	3	1¹	2	Ret²	DNS	132
6	Niza Racing						9	9	DNQ	DNQ	8
7	FRD HK Racing	Ret³	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	DSQ			3
7	FRD HK Racing	DNS	DNS	DNS							3
8	Wing Hin Motorsports	Ret⁴	DNS⁵	DNS							3
	Campos Racing				DNS	DNS					0
Pos.	Driver	SEP			SIN		BUR		MAC		Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

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