The 2015 TCR International Series Red Bull Ring round was the eighth 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 ...

. It took place on 12 July at the

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. This round was to be held at Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez on 26 July, but it was later moved due to organisational problems.

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 ...

won the first race, starting from fourth position, driving a SEAT León Cup Racer, and

Pol Rosell Pol Rosell Costa (born 17 August 1991) is a Spanish racing driver currently competing in the SEAT León Eurocup. He previously competed in the TCR International Series. Racing career Rosell began his career in 2007 in karting. In 2008 he switc ...

gained the second one, driving a Volkswagen Golf TCR.

Success Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round,

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 ...

received +30 kg,

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 ...

+20 kg and

+10 kg.

Classification

Qualifying

Notes: * — Dániel Nagy's best lap time in Q1 was deleted because it was obtained with yellow flags. * —

Diego Romanini Diego Romanini (born 30 December 1978 in Pietrasanta) is an Italian auto racing driver. He has competed in the World Touring Car Championship and was the Austria Formula 3 Cup champion in 2001 and 2003. Career After starting his career in karting ...

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

Race 1

Notes: * —

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 T ...

was given a 30-second penalty for unsportsmanlike drive. * —

Igor Skuz Igor Vasylyovych Skuz ( ukr, Ігор Васильович Скуз, born 30 May 1976) is a Ukrainian professional racing driver currently competing in the Ukrainian Touring Championship since 2007 for a family-owned MasterKart Racing Team, tha ...

was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with

Bas Schouten Bas Schouten (born 19 October 1994 in Hoorn) is a Dutch auto racing driver. Schouten has raced in various international racing series such as the TCR International Series and Acceleration 2014. Career After a career in karting in his home coun ...

in the Salzburgring round.

Race 2

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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