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Round details
Round 10 of 10 rounds in the
2017 TCR International Series
Layout of the Dubai Autodrome
Layout of the Dubai Autodrome
Location Dubai Autodrome, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Course Permanent racing facility
3.560 km (2.212 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date 18 November 2017
Laps 19
Pole position
Driver United Kingdom Gordon Shedden Leopard Racing Team WRT
Time 1:27.849
Podium
First Spain Pepe Oriola Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing
Second United Kingdom Gordon Shedden Leopard Racing Team WRT
Third France Jean-Karl Vernay Leopard Racing Team WRT
Fastest lap
Driver Spain Pepe Oriola Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing
Time 1:28.733 (on lap 4)
Race 2
Date 18 November 2017
Laps 17
Podium
First Switzerland Stefano Comini Comtoyou Racing
Second Italy Gianni Morbidelli WestCoast Racing
Third United Kingdom Josh Files M1RA
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Gabriele Tarquini BRC Racing Team
Time 1:28.912 (on lap 4)

The 2017 TCR International Series Dubai round was the tenth and final round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 18 November at the Dubai Autodrome.

Pepe Oriola won the first race starting from fourth, driving a SEAT León TCR, while Stefano Comini gained the second one starting from second, driving an Audi RS3 LMS TCR.

Jean-Karl Vernay won the Drivers championship, after out scoring main rival Attila Tassi in Race 1. Tassi then defended the runner-up spot in the championship from Stefano Comini, finishing just 1 point ahead of Comini, following Race 2. M1RA won the Teams championship, while the Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR secured the Model of the Year championship, in the second race.

Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Robert Huff received +30 kg, Gianni Morbidelli received +20 kg and both Jean-Karl Vernay and Gabriele Tarquini received +10 kg. However, since Robert Huff didn't take part in the event, he didn't take the ballast.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Grid Points
1 73 United Kingdom Gordon Shedden Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Luxembourg Leopard Racing Team WRT 1:28.965 1:27.849 1 5
2 2 France Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Luxembourg Leopard Racing Team WRT 1:28.457 1:28.045 2 4
3 13 Germany Benjamin Leuchter Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Sweden WestCoast Racing 1:28.425 1:28.119 3 3
4 74 Spain Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Hong Kong Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 1:28.731 1:28.179 4 2
5 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Sweden WestCoast Racing 1:28.709 1:28.195 5 1
6 4 Belgium Denis Dupont SEAT León TCR Belgium Comtoyou Racing 1:28.154 1:28.256 6
7 27 France Aurélien Comte Opel Astra TCR Belgium DG Sport Compétition 1:28.892 1:28.364 7
8 17 United Kingdom Daniel Lloyd SEAT León TCR Hong Kong Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 1:28.642 1:28.623 8
9 1 Switzerland Stefano Comini Audi RS3 LMS TCR Belgium Comtoyou Racing 1:28.596 1:28.674 9
10 9 Hungary Attila Tassi Honda Civic Type-R TCR Hungary M1RA 1:28.686 1:28.689 10
11 54 United Kingdom James Nash SEAT León TCR Hong Kong Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 1:28.883 1:28.752 11
12 6 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Audi RS3 LMS TCR Belgium Comtoyou Racing 1:28.796 1:28.794 12
13 30 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Hyundai i30 N TCR Italy BRC Racing Team 1:28.403 21
14 33 Switzerland Alain Menu Hyundai i30 N TCR Italy BRC Racing Team 1:28.431 13
15 95 United Kingdom Josh Files Honda Civic Type-R TCR Hungary M1RA 1:28.991 14
16 62 Serbia Dušan Borković Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Georgia (country) GE-Force 1:29.067 15
17 70 Slovakia Maťo Homola Opel Astra TCR Belgium DG Sport Compétition 1:29.253 16
18 5 Italy Roberto Colciago Honda Civic Type-R TCR Hungary M1RA 1:29.319 17
19 28 France Aurélien Panis Honda Civic Type-R TCR Belgium Boutsen Ginion Racing 1:29.461 18
20 16 Georgia (country) Davit Kajaia Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Georgia (country) GE-Force 1:29.965 19
21 18 United States Duncan Ende SEAT León TCR United States Icarus Motorsports 1:30.296 20

Notes

  • ^1Gabriele Tarquini and Alain Menu, who had qualified second and fourth in Q1. Was not allowed to take part in Q2, because their Hyundai i30 N TCRs were running on a temporary homologation, which means that they are not eligible for points.
  • ^2Gabriele Tarquini was sent to the back of the grid for Race 1, after an engine change.

Race 1

Pos. No. Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 74 Spain Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Hong Kong Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 19 30:57.563 4 25
2 3 United Kingdom Gordon Shedden Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Luxembourg Leopard Racing Team WRT 19 +4.445 1 18
3 2 France Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Luxembourg Leopard Racing Team WRT 17 +6.410 2 15
4 54 United Kingdom James Nash SEAT León TCR Hong Kong Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 19 +7.451 11 12
5 9 Hungary Attila Tassi Honda Civic Type-R TCR Hungary M1RA 19 +7.632 10 10
6 95 United Kingdom Josh Files Honda Civic Type-R TCR Hungary M1RA 19 +8.024 14 8
7 1 Switzerland Stefano Comini Audi RS3 LMS TCR Belgium Comtoyou Racing 19 +11.326 9 6
8 62 Serbia Dušan Borković Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Georgia (country) GE-Force 19 +14.194 15 4
9 16 Georgia (country) Davit Kajaia Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Georgia (country) GE-Force 19 +15.287 19 2
10 18 United States Duncan Ende SEAT León TCR United States Icarus Motorsports 19 +17.323 20 1
11 6 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Audi RS3 LMS TCR Belgium Comtoyou Racing 19 +31.859 12
12 70 Slovakia Maťo Homola Opel Astra TCR Belgium DG Sport Compétition 19 +43.319 16
13 13 Germany Benjamin Leuchter Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Sweden WestCoast Racing 19 +1:28.514 3
14 28 France Aurélien Panis Honda Civic Type-R TCR Belgium Boutsen Ginion Racing 18 +1 lap 18
15 30 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Hyundai i30 N TCR Italy BRC Racing Team 18 +1 lap 21
16 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Sweden WestCoast Racing 16 +3 laps 5
Ret 4 Belgium Denis Dupont SEAT León TCR Belgium Comtoyou Racing 11 Puncture 6
Ret 5 Italy Roberto Colciago Honda Civic Type-R TCR Hungary M1RA 5 Collision 17
Ret 17 United Kingdom Daniel Lloyd SEAT León TCR Hong Kong Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 4 Collision 8
Ret 27 France Aurélien Comte Opel Astra TCR Belgium DG Sport Compétition 3 Technical 7
Ret 33 Switzerland Alain Menu Hyundai i30 N TCR Italy BRC Racing Team 2 Collision 13

Notes

  • ^3Maťo Homola was given a post race 30 second time penalty for causing a collision and rejoining the track unsafely during the race.

Race 2

Pos. No. Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Switzerland Stefano Comini Audi RS3 LMS TCR Belgium Comtoyou Racing 17 25:37.323 2 25
2 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Sweden WestCoast Racing 17 +1.190 5 18
3 95 United Kingdom Josh Files Honda Civic Type-R TCR Hungary M1RA 17 +5.008 13 15
4 6 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Audi RS3 LMS TCR Belgium Comtoyou Racing 17 +6.815 11 12
5 33 Switzerland Alain Menu Hyundai i30 N TCR Italy BRC Racing Team 17 +9.232 20
6 13 Germany Benjamin Leuchter Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Sweden WestCoast Racing 17 +9.4483 7 10
7 3 United Kingdom Gordon Shedden Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Luxembourg Leopard Racing Team WRT 17 +11.453 9 8
8 62 Serbia Dušan Borković Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Georgia (country) GE-Force 17 +15.440 14 6
9 30 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Hyundai i30 N TCR Italy BRC Racing Team 17 +17.117 12
10 16 Georgia (country) Davit Kajaia Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Georgia (country) GE-Force 17 +21.421 18 4
11 54 United Kingdom James Nash SEAT León TCR Hong Kong Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 17 +23.272 10 2
12 9 Hungary Attila Tassi Honda Civic Type-R TCR Hungary M1RA 17 +23.385 1 1
13 28 France Aurélien Panis Honda Civic Type-R TCR Belgium Boutsen Ginion Racing 17 +23.542 17
14 18 United States Duncan Ende SEAT León TCR United States Icarus Motorsports 17 +24.355 19
15 2 France Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Luxembourg Leopard Racing Team WRT 15 Puncture 8
16 27 France Aurélien Comte Opel Astra TCR Belgium DG Sport Compétition 15 Technical 21
17 4 Belgium Denis Dupont SEAT León TCR Belgium Comtoyou Racing 13 Puncture 4
Ret 70 Slovakia Maťo Homola Opel Astra TCR Belgium DG Sport Compétition 3 Technical 15
Ret 74 Spain Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR Hong Kong Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 1 Collision 6
DNS 5 Italy Roberto Colciago Honda Civic Type-R TCR Hungary M1RA Collision 16
DNS 17 United Kingdom Daniel Lloyd SEAT León TCR Hong Kong Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing Collision 3

Notes

  • ^4Alain Menu and Aurélien Comte was sent to the back of the grid for Race 2, after having broken the parc fermé regulations following Race 1.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 France Jean-Karl Vernay 226
2 Hungary Attila Tassi 197
3 Switzerland Stefano Comini 196
1 4 Spain Pepe Oriola 164
1 5 Italy Roberto Colciago 161
Model of the Year standings
Pos Car Points
1 1 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 520
1 2 Honda Civic Type-R TCR 515
3 SEAT León TCR 435
4 Audi RS3 LMS TCR 320
5 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 214
Teams' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Hungary M1RA 439
2 Hong Kong Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 377
3 Luxembourg Leopard Racing Team WRT 375
4 Belgium Comtoyou Racing 289
1 5 Sweden WestCoast Racing 201

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

References

  1. "Dubai Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 17 November 2017.
  2. "Dubai Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 17 November 2017.
  3. "The Hyundai i30 N TCR ready for racing debut". tcr-series.com. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  4. "Dubai decision 4" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 18 November 2017.
  5. "Dubai Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 18 November 2017.
  6. "Dubai decision 13" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 22 November 2017.
  7. "Dubai Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 18 November 2017.
  8. "Dubai decision 5" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 18 November 2017.
  9. "Dubai decision 6" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 18 November 2017.

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