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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 edit

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 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
  George Chou[11] 2
97   Johnson Huang[7] 3–4
  Prince Racing[12][13] Honda Civic TCR 38   Kenneth Lau[12] All
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
  Frank Yu[16] 2, 4
  Wing Hin Motorsports[1] SEAT León Cup Racer 83   Kenny Lee[1] 1

Calendar and results edit

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   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
5 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
7   Munkong Sathienthirakul   Tin Sritrai   Asia Racing Team
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
9   Robb Holland   Rodolfo Ávila   Asia Racing Team

Championship standings edit

Drivers' championship edit

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
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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 edit

Pos. Team SEP
  		SIN
  		BUR
  		MAC
  		 Pts. 
1   Asia Racing Team 11 11 1 22 1 11 1 265
22 72 4 34 3 DNQ DNQ
2   Roadstar Racing 6 4 3 31 2 4 4 23 2 198
7 5 Ret 43 4 6 7 4 Ret
3   Prince Racing 35 23 Ret 14 1 53 5 34 Ret 170
4 DSQ4 DNS NC5 5 85 6 Ret5 DNS
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
DNS DNS DNS
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
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Hudson, Neil (4 September 2015). "Philippe Descombes' SEAT leads Andy Yan's Ford in Malaysia practice". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ^ Casillo, Pietro (19 October 2015). "Robb Holland to make TCR debut in FRD Ford Focus". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Asia Racing Team enters two cars for TCR Asia Series". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b Casillo, Pietro (4 September 2015). "Descombes and Avila to race at Sepang with Asia Racing Team". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Asia Racing Team to field Rodolfo Ávila and Sam Lok in Macau". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  6. ^ Casillo, Pietro (6 September 2015). "Philippe Descombes dominates Sepang Race 2". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "The TCR field increases further to 25 entries". tcr-series.com. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Roadstar Racing announces TCR Asia entry". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  9. ^ Hudson, Neil (15 November 2015). "Josh Files and Igor Skuz join Campos, complete 30 car Macau entry". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  10. ^ a b c "Roadstar Racing Unveils Line-Up For TCR Asia". tcr-series.com. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  11. ^ "A Record Field Of 24 Cars To Race At Singapore". tcr-series.com. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  12. ^ a b c "JAS to provide two Honda Civic TCRs for Asia Series". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Prince Racing to run Honda Civics in TCR Asia Series". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Entry list" (PDF). TCR International Series. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  15. ^ "Craft-Bamboo Racing to take part in TCR Asia". tcr-series.com. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  16. ^ a b "Craft-Bamboo Racing's TCR Asia Season Kicks Off In Sepang". craftbamboo.com. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  17. ^ "2015 TCR Asia calendar released". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  18. ^ "TCR Asia Series amends 2015 calendar". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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