The 2015 TCR International Series Buriram round was the tenth round of the

2015 TCR International Series season The 2015 TCR International Series was the inaugural season of the TCR International Series, a motor racing championship for touring cars held across Asia and Europe. The season began at Sepang on 28 March and finished on 22 November at the Guia Ci ...

as well as the third round of the 2015 TCR Asia Series season. It took place on 25 October at the

Chang International Circuit The Buriram International Circuit (known as Chang International Circuit (ช้าง อินเตอร์เนชั่นแนล เซอร์กิต) for commercial purposes, but listed by its non-commercial name because of alcohol ...

Pepe Oriola Josep "Pepe" Oriola Vila (born 9 July 1994) is a Spanish racing driver. He became the youngest driver to race in the World Touring Car Championship when he competed in the 2011 season. Oriola is not only the youngest driver to start a WTCC race a ...

won the first race, starting from second position, and

Stefano Comini Stefano Comini (born 3 February 1990) is a Swiss racing driver. Career Karting Comini debuted in karting in 2002, racing mostly in Italian and Swiss championships, taking titles in the Bridgestone Cup Switzerland ICA in 2004 and 2005 respectiv ...

gained the second one, both driving a SEAT León Cup Racer.

Success Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round,

and Michael Choi received +30 kg,

Kevin Gleason Kevin Gleason (born 7 April 1987) is an American racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. He made his debut in 2015. Racing career Gleason began his career in 2010 in the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup, ending 6th in the ...

and

Frank Yu "Frank" Yu Siu Fung (born 25 May 1963) is a Hong Kong racing driver currently competing in the GT Asia Series. He is a former TCR International Series driver, who made his debut in 2015. Racing career Yu began his career in 2008 in the Asia GT ...

+20 kg and

Jordi Gené Jordi Gené Guerrero (born 5 December 1970) is a racing driver who competed in the World Touring Car Championship between 2005 and 2010. His younger brother, Marc is also a ex-racing driver and is currently a Brand Ambassador for the Scuderia Ferr ...

and George Chou +10 kg. Nevertheless, Yu and Chou didn't take part at this event, so they would have taken the ballast at the first round they would have participated.

Classification

Qualifying

Notes: * –

Filipe de Souza Filipe Clemente de Souza (born 26 October 1976) is a Macanese race driver. He has competed in the Macau Hotel Fortuna Trophy from 2000 to 2003 with a best finish of fourth in 2003. Since 2003 he has been competing in the Macau Touring Car Champio ...

's times were cancelled because of an irregular external assistance to get back on track after an accident. * –

Douglas Khoo "Douglas" Khoo Kok Hui (born 21 May 1965 in Kuala Lumpur) is a Malaysian racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. He had previously competed in the Asia Classic Car Challenge. Racing career Khoo began his career in 2 ...

was moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit.

Race 1

Race 2

Notes: * – Tin Sritrai,

Alain Menu Alain Menu (born 9 August 1963) is a Swiss racing driver who is currently working for Team BMR as a driving coach. He was one of the most successful touring car drivers of the 1990s, winning the prestigious British Touring Car Championship twice ...

Robb Holland Robb Holland (born November 18, 1967 in Denver, Colorado) is an American racecar driver who has competed in several international racing series. Most notably the British Touring Car Championship where in 2014, Holland became the first American dr ...

, Samson Chan and

were moved to the back of the grid because of a parc fermé infringement. * –

was disqualified for not having served a drive through penalty.

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 links

TCR International Series official website
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Buriram Buriram (, , , 'city of happiness') is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in Thailand, capital of Buriram Province, about northeast of Bangkok. The town occupies ''tambon'' Nai Mueang of Mueang Buriram District. In 2012 it had a population of 27,862 ...

TCR International Series The TCR International Series was an international touring car championship. The championship was promoted by World Sporting Consulting (WSC), founded by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti. It was marketed as a cost-eff ...