2015 TCR Asia Series

2015 TCR Asia Series season
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The 2015 TCR Asia Series season is 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
		63	Andy Yan[1]	1
		27	Robb Holland[2]	3
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
Wing Hin Motorsports[1]	SEAT León Cup Racer	83	Kenny Lee[1]	1
Craft-Bamboo Racing[15]	SEAT León Cup Racer	80	Munkong Sathienthirakul[7]	3
		99	Eric Kwong[16]	1
			Frank Yu[16]	2, 4

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				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

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SEP SIN BUR MAC  Pts.  1 Michael Choi 3 2^3 Ret 1^4 1 8^3 5 3^4 Ret 122 2 Rodolfo Ávila 1^2 DNS^1 DNS 1^2 1 89 3 Philippe Descombes 2^1 1^2 1 77 4 Samson Chan 6 6 DSQ 3 6 7 8 4 Ret 61 5 Filipe de Souza 8† 4 Ret Ret^3 4 4 4 55 6 Munkong Sathienthirakul 1^1 2 48 7 Tin Sritrai 2^2 1 47 8 Kenneth Lau 4^5 DSQ^4 DNS NC^5 5 5^5 6 Ret^5 DNS 46 9 Eric Kwong 5 3 2 43 10 Frank Yu 2^2 3 Ret^2 DNS 41 11 Robb Holland Ret DSQ 2^3 2 39 12 George Chou 4^1 2 35 13 Kevin Pu 3^4 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 Ret^3 Ret Ret 3 19 Kenny Lee Ret^4 DNS^5 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 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) 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 1^1 1^1 1 2^2 1 1^1 1 265 2^2 7^2 4 3^4 3 DNQ DNQ 2 Roadstar Racing 6 4 3 3^1 2 4 4 2^3 2 198 7 5 Ret 4^3 4 6 7 4 Ret 3 Prince Racing 3^5 2^3 Ret 1^4 1 5^3 5 3^4 Ret 170 4 DSQ^4 DNS NC^5 5 8^5 6 Ret^5 DNS 4 Craft-Bamboo Racing 5 3 2 2^4 3 1^1 2 Ret^2 DNS 132 6 Niza Racing 9 9 DNQ DNQ 8 7 FRD HK Racing Ret^3 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret DSQ 3 DNS DNS DNS 8 Wing Hin Motorsports Ret^4 DNS^5 DNS 3 Campos Racing DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver SEP SIN BUR MAC  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) 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

1. 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. "Asia Racing Team enters two cars for TCR Asia Series". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
4. 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. "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. "The TCR field increases further to 25 entries". tcr-series.com. 20 October 2015. 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. "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. "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. "Entry list" (PDF). TCR International Series. 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. "Craft-Bamboo Racing's TCR Asia Season Kicks Off In Sepang". craftbamboo.com. 2 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.

External links

• TCR Asia Series Official website