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   2016 TCR International Series Salzburgring round

Round details
Round 5 of 11 rounds in the 2016 TCR International Series
Layout of the Salzburgring
Location	Salzburgring, Salzburg, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.230 km (2.630 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	5 June 2016
Laps	17
Pole position
Driver	Harald Proczyk	WestCoast Racing
Time	1:38.767
Podium
First	Mikhail Grachev	WestCoast Racing
Second	James Nash	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Third	Maťo Homola	B3 Racing Team Hungary
Fastest lap
Driver	James Nash	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Time	1:26.787 (on lap 4)
Race 2
Date	5 June 2016
Laps	17
Podium
First	Jean-Karl Vernay	Leopard Racing
Second	Sergey Afanasyev	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
Third	Stefano Comini	Leopard Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Jean-Karl Vernay	Leopard Racing
Time	1:36.507 (on lap 13)

The 2016 TCR International Series Salzburgring round was the fifth round of the 2016 TCR International Series season. It took place on 4–5 June at the Salzburgring.

Mikhail Grachev won the first race, starting from ninth position, driving a Honda Civic TCR, and Jean-Karl Vernay gained the second one, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR.

Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Stefano Comini received +30 kg, Pepe Oriola +20 kg and Mikhail Grachev +10 kg.

In addition, the Balance of Performance was reviewed for this round: the Honda Civic TCR and SEAT León TCR's both received a -10 kg bonus.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2	Grid	Points
1	43	Harald Proczyk	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:27.935	1:38.767	3	5
2	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	1:27.532	1:39.079	1	4
3	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	1:26.769	1:39.359	2	3
4	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:26.938	1:39.964	6	2
5	33	Jordi Oriola	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	1:27.130	1:40.064	4	1
6	62	Dušan Borković	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	1:27.121	1:40.214	5
7	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	1:24.094	1:40.230	7
8	22	Petr Fulín	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	1:27.736	1:40.487	8
9	8	Mikhail Grachev	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:27.361	1:40.639	9
10	9	Attila Tassi	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	1:26.683	1:40.788	10
11	70	Maťo Homola	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	1:28.437	1:41.846	11
12	45	Florian Janits	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1:29.174	1:44.241	12
13	1	Stefano Comini	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	1:40.284		13
14	7	Davit Kajaia	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	No time		14
15	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	No time		15
16	88	Michela Cerruti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	No time		16

Notes

• ^1 — Harald Proczyk and Gianni Morbidelli was given a two-place grid penalty each, for having parked their cars in the fast lane during the red flag stoppage of qualifying.
• ^2 — Stefano Comini, Davit Kajaia, James Nash and Michela Cerruti were moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit.

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Mikhail Grachev	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	17	27:40.614	9	25
2	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	17	+1.420	15	18
3	70	Maťo Homola	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	17	+1.627	11	15
4	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	17	+2.304	6	12
5	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	17	+8.244	1	10
6	9	Attila Tassi	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	17	+10.746	10	8
7	7	Davit Kajaia	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	17	+11.305	14	6
8	1	Stefano Comini	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	17	+12.387	13	4
9	45	Florian Janits	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	17	+12.864	12	2
10	88	Michela Cerruti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	17	+28.268	16	1
11	62	Dušan Borković	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	16	Collision	5
12	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	15	Engine	2
Ret	33	Jordi Oriola	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	8	Technical	4
Ret	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	2	Puncture	7
Ret	43	Harald Proczyk	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	2	Collision	3
Ret	22	Petr Fulín	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	1	Collision	8

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	17	30:51.124	7	25
2	77	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	17	+0.955	15	18
3	1	Stefano Comini	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing	17	+2.065	11	15
4	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	17	+5.698	13	12
5	70	Maťo Homola	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	17	+7.889	9	10
6	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	17	+8.297	5	8
7	33	Jordi Oriola	Honda Civic TCR	Target Competition	17	+9.392	4	6
8	9	Attila Tassi	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary	17	+16.390	1	4
9	8	Mikhail Grachev	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	17	+16.846	2	2
10	45	Florian Janits	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	17	+31.036	10	1
Ret	7	Davit Kajaia	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	7	Accident	12
Ret	43	Harald Proczyk	Honda Civic TCR	WestCoast Racing	5	Technical	8
DSQ	88	Michela Cerruti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing	5	Retired	14
DNS	62	Dušan Borković	SEAT León TCR	B3 Racing Team Hungary		Collision	16
DNS	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil		Engine	6
DNS	22	Petr Fulín	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	Mulsanne Racing		Collision	3

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Stefano Comini 120 1 2 Pepe Oriola 119 1 3 James Nash 112 2 4 Jean-Karl Vernay 107 2 5 Gianni Morbidelli 105

Model of the Year standings Pos Car Points 1 SEAT León 353 2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 312 3 Honda Civic TCR 269 4 Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 24 1 5 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 20

Teams' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 290 2 WestCoast Racing 247 3 Leopard Racing 233 4 B3 Racing Team Hungary 181 5 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 83

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

References

1. "Salzburgring Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 8 July 2016.
2. "A ten-kilo break for the SEAT and Honda cars". tcr-series.com. 8 July 2016.
3. "Salzburgring Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 8 July 2016.
4. "Salzburgring Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 8 July 2016.
5. "Salzburgring Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 8 July 2016.

External links

• TCR International Series official website

• 2016 TCR International Series season
• 2016 in Austrian motorsport
• June 2016 sports events in Europe