2017 TCR International Series Dubai round

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.

   2017 TCR International Series Dubai round

Round details
Round 10 of 10 rounds in the 2017 TCR International Series
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	Gordon Shedden	Leopard Racing Team WRT
Time	1:27.849
Podium
First	Pepe Oriola	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing
Second	Gordon Shedden	Leopard Racing Team WRT
Third	Jean-Karl Vernay	Leopard Racing Team WRT
Fastest lap
Driver	Pepe Oriola	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing
Time	1:28.733 (on lap 4)
Race 2
Date	18 November 2017
Laps	17
Podium
First	Stefano Comini	Comtoyou Racing
Second	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Third	Josh Files	M1RA
Fastest lap
Driver	Gabriele Tarquini	BRC Racing Team
Time	1:28.912 (on lap 4)

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.[1]

Classification

Qualifying

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

[2]

Notes

• ^1 — Gabriele 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.[3]
• ^2 — Gabriele Tarquini was sent to the back of the grid for Race 1, after an engine change.[4]

Race 1

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

[5]

Notes

• ^3 — Maťo Homola was given a post race 30 second time penalty for causing a collision and rejoining the track unsafely during the race.[6]

Race 2

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

[7]

Notes

• ^4 — Alain 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.[8][9]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jean-Karl Vernay 226 2 Attila Tassi 197 3 Stefano Comini 196 1 4 Pepe Oriola 164 1 5 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 M1RA 439 2 Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 377 3 Leopard Racing Team WRT 375 4 Comtoyou Racing 289 1 5 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.

External links

• TCR International Series official website

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