2017 TCR International Series Zhejiang round

The 2017 TCR International Series Zhejiang round was the ninth round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 8 October at the Zhejiang International Circuit.

   2017 TCR International Series Zhejiang round

Round details
Round 9 of 10 rounds in the 2017 TCR International Series
Location	Zhejiang International Circuit, Zhejiang, China
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.200 km (1.980 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	8 October 2017
Laps	19
Pole position
Driver	Robert Huff	Leopard Racing Team WRT
Time	1:33.173
Podium
First	Gabriele Tarquini	BRC Racing Team
Second	Jean-Karl Vernay	Leopard Racing Team WRT
Third	Robert Huff	Leopard Racing Team WRT
Fastest lap
Driver	Gabriele Tarquini	BRC Racing Team
Time	1:33.924 (on lap 3)
Race 2
Date	8 October 2017
Laps	19
Podium
First	Robert Huff	Leopard Racing Team WRT
Second	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Third	James Nash	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing
Time	1:34.111 (on lap 12)

Gabriele Tarquini won the first race starting from fourteenth position, driving a Hyundai i30 N TCR and Robert Huff gained the second one, starting from tenth position, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR.

Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Attila Tassi and Norbert Michelisz both received +30 kg, while both Giacomo Altoè and Dušan Borković received +10 kg. However, since neither Norbert Michelisz or Giacomo Altoè took part, they didn't take ballast at this event.[1]

The Balance of Performance was also adjusted for this event, meaning the Opel Astra TCRs was given a +30 kg of additional weight. While the new Hyundai i30 N TCRs was allowed to run at its minimum weight of 1285 kg.[2] However, following Race 1. The Hyundai's was given a +40 kg of additional weight, as well as having their engine power reduced from a 100% to 95%.[3]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2	Grid	Points
1	3	Robert Huff	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	1:33.503	1:33.173	1	5
2	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	1:33.476	1:33.341	2	4
3	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	1:34.266	1:33.486	3	3
4	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:33.279	1:33.804	4	2
5	17	Daniel Lloyd	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	1:33.893	1:33.817	5	1
6	5	Roberto Colciago	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	1:33.877	1:34.088	6
7	9	Attila Tassi	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	1:33.786	1:34.143	7
8	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	1:34.085	1:34.158	8
9	16	Davit Kajaia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	1:34.374	1:34.170	9
10	6	Frédéric Vervisch	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	1:34.539	1:34.494	10
11	4	Denis Dupont	SEAT León TCR	Comtoyou Racing	1:34.508	1:34.809	11
12	28	Aurélien Panis	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Boutsen Ginion Racing	1:34.515	1:34.929	12
13	33	Alain Menu	Hyundai i30 N TCR	BRC Racing Team	1:32.811^1		13
14	30	Gabriele Tarquini	Hyundai i30 N TCR	BRC Racing Team	1:32.935^1		14
15	62	Dušan Borković	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	1:34.651		15
16	1	Stefano Comini	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	1:34.856		16
17	81	Zhendong Zhang	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	ZZZ Team	1:34.872		17
18	18	Duncan Ende	SEAT León TCR	Icarus Motorsports	1:36.328		18
19	99	Rafaël Galiana	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	1:36.496		19
20	71	Tengyi Jiang	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	ZZZ Team	No time^2		20
21	70	Maťo Homola	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	No time		21

[4]

Notes

• ^1 — Alain Menu and Gabriele Tarquini, who had qualified first and second in Q1. Was not allowed to take part in Q2, because their Hyundai i30 N TCRs are running on a temporary homologation, which means that they are not eligible for points.[5]
• ^2 — Tengyi Jiang had his times from Q1 deleted, after the team broke the parc fermé rules.[6]

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	30	Gabriele Tarquini	Hyundai i30 N TCR	BRC Racing Team	19	30:15.966	14
2	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	19	+1.626	2	25
3	3	Robert Huff	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	19	+1.970	1	18
4	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	19	+3.016	4	15
5	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	19	+7.035	3	12
6	6	Frédéric Vervisch	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	19	+11.787	10	10
7	5	Roberto Colciago	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	19	+15.380	6	8
8	16	Davit Kajaia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	19	+16.972	9	6
9	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	19	+19.028	8	4
10	28	Aurélien Panis	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Boutsen Ginion Racing	19	+19.679	12	2
11	9	Attila Tassi	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	19	+20.201	7	1
12	33	Alain Menu	Hyundai i30 N TCR	BRC Racing Team	19	+20.983	13
13	1	Stefano Comini	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	19	+29.285	16
14	81	Zhendong Zhang	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	ZZZ Team	19	+42.452^3	17
15	99	Rafaël Galiana	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	19	+50.245	19
16	71	Tengyi Jiang	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	ZZZ Team	19	+1:01.357	20
17	18	Duncan Ende	SEAT León TCR	Icarus Motorsports	19	+1:01.735	18
Ret	70	Maťo Homola	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	11	Puncture	21
Ret	62	Dušan Borković	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	3	Radiator	15
Ret	17	Daniel Lloyd	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	2	Technical	5
Ret	4	Denis Dupont	SEAT León TCR	Comtoyou Racing	0	Collision	11

[7]

Notes

• ^3 — Zhendong Zhang was given a 10 second time penalty, for causing a collision with Maťo Homola.[8]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Robert Huff	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	19	30:23.840	10	25
2	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	19	+2.403	7	18
3	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	19	+3.511	3	15
4	33	Alain Menu	Hyundai i30 N TCR	BRC Racing Team	19	+23.435	12
5	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	19	+24.206	8	12
6	30	Gabriele Tarquini	Hyundai i30 N TCR	BRC Racing Team	19	+24.668	13
7	81	Zhendong Zhang	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	ZZZ Team	19	+25.442	16	10
8	5	Roberto Colciago	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	19	+26.902	5	8
9	9	Attila Tassi	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	19	+36.852	4	6
10	99	Rafaël Galiana	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	19	+50.687	18	4
11	18	Duncan Ende	SEAT León TCR	Icarus Motorsports	19	+1:09.015	17	2
12	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	18	+1 lap	9	1
13	28	Aurélien Panis	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Boutsen Ginion Racing	15	Technical	11
Ret	6	Frédéric Vervisch	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	13	Collision	1
Ret	71	Tengyi Jiang	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	ZZZ Team	10	Technical	19
Ret	1	Stefano Comini	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	4	Collision	15
Ret	16	Davit Kajaia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	3	Collision	2
Ret	70	Maťo Homola	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	3	Radiator	20
DNS	62	Dušan Borković	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force		Radiator	14
DNS	17	Daniel Lloyd	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing		Technical	6
DNS	4	Denis Dupont	SEAT León TCR	Comtoyou Racing		Collision	21^4

[9]

Notes

• ^4 — Denis Dupont was sent to the back of the grid for Race 2, after his car was taken out of parc fermé, after Race 1.[10]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Jean-Karl Vernay 207 1 2 Attila Tassi 186 3 Stefano Comini 165 4 Roberto Colciago 161 5 Pepe Oriola 137

Model of the Year standings Pos Car Points 1 Honda Civic Type-R TCR 480 2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 450 3 SEAT León TCR 388 4 Audi RS3 LMS TCR 277 5 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 197

Teams' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 M1RA 405 2 Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing 336 3 Leopard Racing Team WRT 325 4 Comtoyou Racing 246 5 GE-Force 183

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

References

1. "Zhejiang Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 7 October 2017.
2. "Balance of Performance: The Opel Astra is heavier". tcr-series.com. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
3. "New Balance of Performance for the Hyundai cars". tcr-series.com. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
4. "Zhejiang Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 7 October 2017.
5. "The Hyundai i30 N TCR ready for racing debut". tcr-series.com. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
6. "Zhejiang decision 3" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 7 October 2017.
7. "Zhejiang Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 8 October 2017.
8. "Zhejiang decision 7" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 8 October 2017.
9. "Zhejaing Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 8 October 2017.
10. "Zhejiang decision 9" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 8 October 2017.

External links

• TCR International Series official website

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