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2016 TCR International Series Sepang round
Round details
	Round 10 of 11 rounds in the ; 2016 TCR International Series
	; Layout of the Sepang International Circuit
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.543 km (3.445 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	30 September 2016
Laps	11
Pole position
Driver	Roberto Colciago
Time	2:15.021
Podium
First	Roberto Colciago
Second	Stefano Comini
Third	James Nash
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Comini
Time	2:17.268 (on lap 4)
Race 2
Date	1 October 2016
Laps	10
Podium
First	Kevin Gleason
Second	James Nash
Third	Gianni Morbidelli
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Comini
Time	2:17.196 (on lap 2)

The 2016 TCR International Series Sepang round was the tenth round of the 2016 TCR International Series season. It took place on 29 September–1 October at the Sepang International Circuit.

Roberto Colciago won the first race, starting from pole position and Kevin Gleason gained the second one, both driving a Honda Civic TCR.

Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Jean-Karl Vernay received +30 kg, Stefano Comini +20 kg and Maťo Homola +10 kg.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1^{[N 1]}	Grid	Points
1	5	Roberto Colciago	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	2:15.021	1	5
2	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:15.086	2	4
3	8	Mikhail Grachev	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:15.155	3	3
4	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	2:15.296	4	2
5	70	Maťo Homola	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	2:15.310	5	1
6	1	Stefano Comini	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	2:15.311	6
7	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:15.476	7
8	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:15.646	8
9	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:15.945	9
10	83	Tin Sritrai	Honda Civic TCR	Team Thailand	2:16.006	10
11	62	Dušan Borković	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	2:16.026	11
12	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2:16.031	12
13	9	Attila Tassi	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	2:16.128	13
14	50	Loris Hezemans	SEAT León TCR	Target Competition	2:16.139	14
15	3	Andy Yan	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:17.136	15
16	7	Davit Kajaia	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:17.489	16
17	28	Kevin Tse	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	TeamWork Motorsport	2:17.540	17
18	68	Filipe de Souza	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2:17.979	18
19	72	Nicky Pastorelli	Ford Focus TCR	FRD Motorsports	2:18.974	19
20	20	Mario Ferraris	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	2:19.337	20
21	27	William O'Brien	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	TeamWork Motorsport	2:20.738	21
22	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León TCR	Viper Niza Racing	2:20.987	22
23	35	Rafaël Galiana	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	2:29.843	23¹

^[3]

^1 — Rafaël Galiana were moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit.

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Roberto Colciago	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	11	26:46.089	1	25
2	1	Stefano Comini	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	11	+0.176	6	18
3	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	11	+4.341	8	15
4	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	11	+5.111	2	12
5	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	11	+6.392	4	10
6	62	Dušan Borković	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	11	+7.445	11	8
7	9	Attila Tassi	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	11	+8.085	13	6
8	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	11	+8.558	9	4
9	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	11	+10.570	12	2
10	70	Maťo Homola	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	11	+10.972	5	1
11	50	Loris Hezemans	SEAT León TCR	Target Competition	11	+11.994	14
12	28	Kevin Tse	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	TeamWork Motorsport	11	+17.978	17
13	3	Andy Yan	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	11	+22.366	15
14	68	Filipe de Souza	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	11	+23.523	18
15	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León TCR	Viper Niza Racing	11	+40.393	22
16	72	Nicky Pastorelli	Ford Focus TCR	FRD Motorsports	11	+60.279	19
17	27	William O'Brien	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	TeamWork Motorsport	11	+62.633	21
Ret	20	Mario Ferraris	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	9	Technical	20
Ret	8	Mikhail Grachev	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	6	Collision	3
Ret	83	Tin Sritrai	Honda Civic TCR	Team Thailand	4	Power steering	10
Ret	7	Davit Kajaia	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	0	Collision	16
DNS	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing		Power steering	7
DNS	35	Rafaël Galiana	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition		Power steering	23

^[4]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	Kevin Gleason	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	24:37.307	2	25
2	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+1.735	3	18
3	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	10	+2.421	4	15
4	62	Dušan Borković	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	10	+7.961	11	12
5	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	10	+9.853	7	10
6	50	Loris Hezemans	SEAT León TCR	Target Competition	10	+10.241	14	8
7	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+10.850	12	6
8	3	Andy Yan	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+10.860	15	4
9	9	Attila Tassi	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	10	+11.125	13	2
10	7	Davit Kajaia	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+11.800	16	1
11	28	Kevin Tse	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	TeamWork Motorsport	10	+13.714	17
12	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	10	+14.753	9
13	83	Tin Sritrai	Honda Civic TCR	Team Thailand	10	+15.046	1
14	20	Mario Ferraris	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	10	+15.404	20
15	68	Filipe de Souza	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	+16.610	18
16	70	Maťo Homola	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	10	+20.513²	6
17	65	Douglas Khoo	SEAT León TCR	Viper Niza Racing	10	+24.595	22
18	1	Stefano Comini	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	10	+31.214³	5
19	27	William O'Brien	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	TeamWork Motorsport	10	+36.238	21
20	35	Rafaël Galiana	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	10	+46.183	23
Ret	8	Mikhail Grachev	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	6	Collision	8
Ret	5	Roberto Colciago	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	5	Collision	10
DNS	72	Nicky Pastorelli	Ford Focus TCR	FRD Motorsports		Engine	19

^[5]

^2 — Maťo Homola was given a 10-second penalty for causing an collision with Pepe Oriola.
^3 — Stefano Comini was given a 30-second penalty for causing an collision with Tin Sritrai.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	James Nash	262
2	Stefano Comini	245
3	Pepe Oriola	229
4	Jean-Karl Vernay	223
5	Maťo Homola	175

Model of the Year standings

Pos	Car	Points
1	SEAT León	719
2	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	594
3	Honda Civic TCR	558
4	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	87
5	Opel Astra TCR	30

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	580
2	Leopard Racing	476
3	WestCoast Racing	439
4	B3 Racing Team Hungary	404
5	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	129

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

References

^ "Sepang Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 October 2016.
^ "Change to Sepang qualifying format". tcr-series.com. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ "Sepang Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 October 2016.
^ "Sepang Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 October 2016.
^ "Sepang Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 October 2016.

Notes

^ Q2 was not held at this round, due to the Formula One timetable constraints and the limited track time^[2]

External links

TCR International Series official website

TCR International Series
Previous race: Singapore	2016 TCR International Series	Next race: Macau

[1] "Sepang Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 October 2016.

[2] "Change to Sepang qualifying format". tcr-series.com. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

[4] "Sepang Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 October 2016.

[5] "Sepang Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 October 2016.

[6] "Sepang Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 25 October 2016.

[Q2-3] Q2 was not held at this round, due to the Formula One timetable constraints and the limited track time^[2]

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