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2015 TCR International Series Sochi Round
The 2015 TCR International Series Sochi round was the seventh round of the 2015 TCR International Series season. It took place on 21 June at the Sochi Autodrom. Jordi Gené won the first race, starting from pole position, and Stefano Comini gained the second one, both driving a SEAT León Cup Racer. Success Ballast Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Kevin Gleason received +30 kg, Gianni Morbidelli +20 kg and Pepe Oriola +10 kg. Classification Qualifying Notes: * — Jordi Gené's best lap time was deleted for exceeding track limits. Race 1 Race 2 Notes: * — Tomas Engström and Gianni Morbidelli were moved to the back of the grid because of a parc fermé infringement. Standings after the event ;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings. References External linksTCR International Series official website {{TCR Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sochi Autodrom
The Sochi Autodrom (russian: Сочи Автодром, Sochi Avtodrom), previously known as the Sochi International Street Circuit and the Sochi Olympic Park Circuit, is a permanent race track in the settlement of Sirius (urban-type settlement), Sirius next to the Black Sea resort town of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The circuit runs around a former Olympic complex, the Sochi Olympic Park site, scene of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. The TCR International Series raced at Sochi in 2015 and 2016, with the TCR Russian Series and SMP F4 Championship as support series. The inaugural World Championship Russian Grand Prix took place in 2014 Formula One season, 2014, with the circuit hosting the Grand Prix up to . The contract was terminated before the 2022 edition due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine. Development Earlier the International Olympic Committee was given the power to delay the race until 2015 Formula One season, 2015 if preparat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Morbidelli
Gianni Morbidelli (born 13 January 1968) is an Italian racing driver. He participated in 70 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 11 March 1990. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of 8.5 championship points. He currently competes in the TCR International Series. Racing career Early career Morbidelli was born in Pesaro. His father, Giancarlo Morbidelli, was the founder of the Morbidelli motorcycle company which had some success in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Morbidelli started karting in 1980. He won the EUR-AM championship in 1986, before moving to Italian Formula Three. He became Italian Formula 3 and Formula 3 European Cup champion in 1989, as well as winning two races in Italian Touring Cars. He then moved to the Scuderia Italia Formula One team, doing the first 2 races of the F1 season as stand-in for Emanuele Pirro, before concentrating on Formula 3000. He won 1 race and finished 5th in the 1990 championship, as well as undertaking test driver duties for Scuderia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campos Racing
Campos Racing is a Spanish motor racing team, founded by former Formula One driver Adrián Campos. The team has been successful in Formula Three and the GP2 Series. History After retiring from racing, Campos formed his own team at the end of 1997, under the name Campos Motorsport. In 1998 the team began by competing in the new Open Fortuna by Nissan, with Marc Gené and Antonio García as drivers. Gené won the championship and García finished fifth, with Campos taking the teams title. Gené stepped up to Formula One in , and his place in the team was taken by karting driver Fernando Alonso. Alonso went on to win the Euro Open Movistar by Nissan as it was renamed, with García finishing fifth again and Campos retaining the teams title. With Alonso moving onto International Formula 3000, García led the team in 2000, winning the championship and also helping Campos to win a third consecutive teams title. The series became the World Series by Nissan in 2002. In 2004 the team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ildar Rakhmatullin (racing Driver)
Ildar Ilhamovich Rakhmatullin (born 6 March 1986) is a Russian racing driver currently competing in the Russian Circuit Racing Series. He previously competed in the TCR International Series and FIA European Rallycross Championship. Racing career Rakhmatullin began his career in 1996 in karting. In 2007 he switched to the Russian Ice Racing Championship, and he won the championship that year. In 2008 he switched to the Russian Rallycross Championship, finishing the season 4th in the championship standings. He switched to the FIA European Rallycross Championship in 2009, he raced in the championship up until 2013, finishing second in the championship standings in 2010 and 2013. In June 2015, it was announced that Rakhmatullin would make his TCR International Series debut with WestCoast Racing WestCoast Racing is a Swedish motor racing team, which was founded in 1994 by Dick Jönsson-Wigroth. The team which is based in Halmstad on the Swedish west coast (hence the name) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukoil Racing Team
Lukoil Racing team is the leading Russian motorsport organization; its operations including management, driver training and support, engineering expertise and a quality technical environment, which enables continuous development, building, testing and race preparation. Russian competitions The team was created in 1997 to participate in the Russian Formula 3 and Tourism-1600 championships. With a European level of organisation and sponsorship from the Lukoil oil company, the team became the main force in the Russian autosport arena. Unfortunately though both series have now ended. Lukoil Racing won 5 of 6 team titles in Russian F3 and 6 of 7 team titles in Supertourism in the seasons it participated in. In 2003 Lukoil Racing created a junior team for Formula RUS. The team won the title three years in a row, but at the end of 2005 season decided to leave series. Lukoil Racing easily won drivers and team titles of the Finnish Formula 3 Championship in 2003. In Touring Car racing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Dudukalo
Aleksey Nikolayevich Dudukalo ( rus, Алексе́й Никола́евич Дудука́ло, p=ɐlʲɪˈksej nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ dʊdʊˈkalə; born 6 October 1976, in Moscow) is a Russian auto racing driver. He raced in the World Touring Car Championship between 2011 and 2013. Career Early years Dudukalo started his racing career in 1995 in autocross racing. Five years later he switched to single–seaters. Dudukalo competed in Russian Formula 1600, where he was third in 2004 (his best result in open wheel series). He has very successful in the Supertourism/Tourism 1600 (champion in 2003) and the Russian Honda Civic Cup/Super Light Cup (champion in 2004–06), as well as the Touring-Light class of the Russian Touring Car Championship (champion in 2008 and 2009). In 2009 he finished 20th in the SEAT León Eurocup for Rangoni Motorsport. He also competed in the SEAT León Supercopa with the same team. For 2010 Dudukalo switched to Sunred Engineering. He improved to seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Nykjær
Michel Nykjær (born 17 September 1979) is a Danish auto racing driver. Nykjær is a two-time European Touring Car Cup winner. Career Early years Between 1989 and 1993 he spent his early racing years in karting. After a break, he returned to motorsport in 1998, with saloon cars in the Danish Group N Championship. He stepped up to the Danish Touring Car Championship in 2003, and was crowned champion in 2007 for SEAT Racing Team, in a SEAT Leon. Also in 2007 he won the European Touring Car Cup for the GR Asia Team. In 2008 he moved to the Poulsen Motorsport Team in a BMW for another season in the DTC. He defended his ETC Cup title in 2008 for Chevrolet Motorsport Denmark in a Chevrolet Lacetti. World Touring Car Championship Perfection Racing (2009) For 2009 he was supposed to compete in the World Touring Car Championship for the Poulsen Motorsport Team in a BMW 320si but Poulsen chose to run his car for Engstler Motorsport and Nykjær was forced to remain in the DTC where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WestCoast Racing
WestCoast Racing is a Swedish motor racing team, which was founded in 1994 by Dick Jönsson-Wigroth. The team which is based in Halmstad on the Swedish west coast (hence the name) is one of Sweden's most successful racing team. WestCoast Racing has since the mid-1990s had a strong partnership with BMW and the Swedish dealers and the team is also known as the "BMW Dealer Team". The team has mainly competed in the STCC, but also in the ETC Cup, FIA Sportscar Championship, Formula Ford Formula Ford, also known as F1600 and Formula F, is an entry-level class of single seater, open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held across the world form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers. Formula For ... and Volvo S60 Challenge. Currently the team is competing in the TCR International Series References External links *{{Official website, http://www.westcoastracing.se/ Swedish auto racing teams ADAC GT Masters teams TCR International Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honda Civic Type R TCR
The Honda Civic Type R TCR is a racing car built on the basis of the TCR rules established in 2015, which is included in the World Touring Car Cup under the direction of the FIA. In 2019 and 2020, it won the TCR Model of the Year award, which is given for the most successful car in the category across a year. History FK2 (2015) The first Civic Type R TCR was built on the ninth generation Honda Civic and debuted in the TCR International Series in 2015, until the end of 2017, including Gianni Morbidelli, Roberto Colciago and Attila Tassi racing with machines developed by JAS Motorsport, the last two riders fought for the individual championship title (as a teammate) in the 2017 season, with Tassi finishing in second place behind Jean-Karl Vernay, while Colciago finished fifth in the overall standings, their team won by the teams led by Norbert Michelisz and David Bári. In the ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, British driver Josh Files Joshua Luke Files (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
