The 2016 TCR Asia Series season is the second season of the TCR Asia Series.

Teams and drivers edit

Michelin is the official tyre supplier, but Neric Wei and Edgar Lau used Yokohama tyres at Macau.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  Viper Niza Racing[1] SEAT León Cup Racer[2] 1   Roelof Bruins[2] 1
SEAT León TCR[1] 65   Douglas Khoo[1] All
  Liqui Moly Team Engstler[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] 3   Andy Yan[3] All
26   Filipe de Souza[3] 1–4
  Teamwork Motorsport[4] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[4] 7   Bill O'Brien[4] All
8   Kevin Tse[4] All
  Team Thailand[5] Honda Civic TCR[5] 9   Tin Sritrai[5] All
  Vattana Motorsport[6] Honda Civic TCR[6] 13   Narasak Ittiritpong[6] 2
SEAT León Cup Racer[6] 44   Jack Lemvard[6] 2
  Son Veng Racing Team[7] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[7] 14   Neric Wei[7] 3, 5
  Roadstar Racing[8] SEAT León Cup Racer[8] 17   Terence Tse[9] 1–3, 5
22   Yu Kam Cheong[8] 1
78   Kenneth Ma[6] 2
  FRD Racing Team[7] Ford Focus TCR[7] 71 3
  Champ Motorsport[9] Honda Civic TCR[9] 38   Michael Ho[9] 1, 3, 5
88   Henry Ho[10] 1–3
  TBN MK Ihere Racing Team[6] Honda Civic TCR[6] 66   Nattachak Hanjitkasen[6] 2
  Sloth Racing[6] SEAT León Cup Racer[6] 97   Paritat Bulbon[6] 2
Entries ineligible to score points
  Roadstar Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 64   Neric Wei 5
  FRD Racing Team Ford Focus TCR 78   Kenneth Ma 5
  Asia Racing Team[11] SEAT León TCR[11] 97   Edgar Lau[11] 5

Calendar and results edit

The 2016 schedule was announced on 14 December 2015, with six events scheduled.[12] Later, the round in Sepang (7 August) was canceled and a round in Shanghai was added.[13]

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 1   Korea International Circuit, Yeongam 15 May   Tin Sritrai   Tin Sritrai   Roelof Bruins   Viper Niza Racing GT Asia Series
2   Andy Yan   Tin Sritrai   Team Thailand
2 3   Chang International Circuit, Buriram 12 June   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   Liqui Moly Team Engstler
4   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   Liqui Moly Team Engstler
3 5   Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 21 August   Tin Sritrai   Tin Sritrai   Andy Yan   Liqui Moly Team Engstler
6   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   Liqui Moly Team Engstler
4 7   Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 1 October   Tin Sritrai   Kevin Tse   Kevin Tse   Teamwork Motorsport Malaysian Grand Prix
TCR International Series
8 2 October   Tin Sritrai   Andy Yan   Liqui Moly Team Engstler
5 9   Guia Circuit, Macau 20 November   Andy Yan   Edgar Lau   Tin Sritrai   Team Thailand Macau Grand Prix
FIA GT World Cup
Guia Race of Macau
10   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   Liqui Moly Team Engstler

Championship standings edit

Drivers' championship edit

Pos. Driver KOR
 
BUR
 
SHA
 
SEP
 
MAC†
 
 Pts. 
1   Andy Yan 23 2 11 1 12 1 22 1 31 1 220
2   Kevin Tse 62 4 72 2 45 2 13 2 2 Ret 138
3   Tin Sritrai 41 1 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret1 3 12 2 111
3   Filipe de Souza 7 5 55 4 5 3 34 4 93
5   Henry Ho 34 6 4 3 33 Ret 70
6   Roelof Bruins 15 3 41
7   Douglas Khoo 11 9 8 8 9 Ret 4 5 DNQ DNQ 34
8   Bill O'Brien 10 11 11 10 8 6 55 6 DNQ DNQ 33
9   Jack Lemvard 23 5 31
10   Terence Tse 8 8 9 9 7 5 DNQ DNQ 28
11   Neric Wei 6 4 20
12   Michael Ho 5 7 EX4 Ret WD WD 18
13   Narasak Ittiritpong 34 Ret 17
14   Nattachak Hanjitkasen 6 6 16
15   Paritat Bulbon 10 7 7
16   Yu Kam Cheong 9 10 3
16   Kenneth Ma Ret 11 DNS DNS DNQ DNQ 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
  Edgar Lau 9 13
  Neric Wei 12 16
Pos. Driver KOR
 
BUR
 
SHA
 
SEP
 
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 KOR
 
BUR
 
SHA
 
SEP
 
MAC†
 
 Pts. 
1   Liqui Moly Team Engstler 23 2 11 1 12 1 22 1 31 1 313
7 5 55 4 5 3 34 4
2   Teamwork Motorsport 62 4 72 2 45 2 13 2 2 Ret 171
10 11 11 10 8 6 55 6 DNQ DNQ
3   Team Thailand 41 1 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret1 3 12 2 111
4   Champ Motorsport 34 6 4 3 33 Ret 88
5 7 EX4 Ret
5   Viper Niza Racing 15 3 8 8 9 Ret 4 5 DNQ DNQ 75
11 9
6   Vattana Motorsport 23 5 48
34 Ret
7   Roadstar Racing 8 8 9 9 7 5 DNQ DNQ 31
9 10 Ret 11
8   Son Veng Racing Team 6 4 20
9   TBN MK Ihere Racing Team 6 6 16
10   Sloth Racing 10 7 7
10   FRD Racing Team DNS DNS DNQ DNQ 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
  Asia Racing Team 9 13
  Son Veng Racing Team 12 16
Pos. Team KOR
 
BUR
 
SHA
 
SEP
 
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 "TCR World and Life n.1". Italiaracing.net. InPagina. 6 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b Hudson, Neil (13 May 2016). "Sophomore TCR Asia series season starts this weekend in South Korea". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "TCR teams in two testing days at Valencia". tcr-series.com. 14 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "Teamwork Motorsport ready for TCR Asia challenge with VW Golf GTI". asia.tcr-series.com. 16 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Thai Star Sritrai enters in the TCR Asia Series". tcr-series.com. 1 February 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Chang International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 10 June 2016.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ a b c d e Hudson, Neil (20 August 2016). "Tin Sritrai on pole position for TCR Asia race in Shanghai". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  8. ^ a b c "2016 TCR Asia Series Roadstar Team Driver Recruiting". facebook.com. 12 April 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d "TCR Asia Series kicks off-season two in South Korea". tcr-series.com. 11 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Henry Ho joins TCR Asia with Honda China". tcr-series.com. 13 April 2016.
  11. ^ a b c "Asia Racing Team's SEAT impress at Circuit Hero 500 debut". ART-Motorsports.com. Asia Racing Team. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Six round calendar revealed for the 2016 TCR Asia Series". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 14 December 2015.
  13. ^ "TCR Asia Series adds Shanghai to the calendar". asia.tcr-series.com. 28 April 2016.

External links edit