The 2016 Guia Race of Macau was the eleventh and final round of the

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as well as the fifth and final round of the 2016 TCR Asia Series season. It took place on 20 November at the

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. Stefano Comini won the first race, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR and

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gained the second one, driving a Honda Civic TCR.

Success Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, James Nash received +30 kg,

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+20 kg and

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+10 kg. Nevertheless, Colciago and Gleason did not take part at this event, so they did not take the ballast. In addition, the Balance of Performance was reviewed for this round: all TCR cars were given a 20 kg weight break, bringing them back to their base weights. This was applied in an attempt to balance them with the CTCC cars entered for the event.

Classification

Qualifying

Notes: * –

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, Lou Hon Kei,

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and Mikhail Grachev were moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit. The grid order was decided by the free practice combined classification. * –

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, Terence Tse,

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and

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failed to set a lap time within 107% of the fastest time during the weekend. As a result, these drivers failed to qualify for the race.

Race 1

Race 2

Standings after the event

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Model of the Year 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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