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TCR 2016
BURIRAM - RACE 1, SUNDAY 28 AUGUST 2016
DRIVER CAR TEAM
DRIVER CAR TEAM
BURIRAM - RACE 2, SUNDAY 28 AUGUST 2016
1 James Nash SEATLeónTCR Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 16 laps in 30:31.095
2 Mikhail Grachev Honda CivicTCR WestCoast Racing 7.272
3 Dušan Borković SEATLeónTCR B3 RacingTeam 11.332
4 Stefano Comini VolkswagenGolf GtiTCR Leopard Racing 12.122
5 Davit Kajaia VolkswagenGolf GtiTCR Liqui MolyTeamEngstler 15.181
6 AttilaTassi SEATLeónTCR B3 RacingTeam 18.516
7 SergeyAfanasyev SEATLeónTCR Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 18.573
8 Jean-KarlVernay VolkswagenGolf GtiTCR Leopard Racing 19.870
9 Kantadhee Kusiri Honda CivicTCR TeamEakie BBR Kaiten 20.208
10 Mat’oHomola SEATLeónTCR B3 RacingTeam 20.538
Fastest lap: James Nash,1:44.251,average 157.26 kph,lap 6
1 Pepe Oriola SEATLeónTCR Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 14 laps in 24:32.596
2 James Nash SEATLeónTCR Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1.280
3 Gianni Morbidelli Honda CivicTCR WestCoast Racing 2.410
4 Stefano Comini VolkswagenGolf GtiTCR Leopard Racing 6.633
5 Jean-KarlVernay VolkswagenGolf GtiTCR Leopard Racing 7.467
6 Kantadhee Kusiri Honda CivicTCR TeamEakie BBR Kaiten 11.551
7 Dušan Borković SEATLeónTCR B3 RacingTeam 14.115
8 AttilaTassi SEATLeónTCR B3 RacingTeam 20.302
9 SergeyAfanasyev SEATLeónTCR Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 22.446
10 Davit Kajaia VolkswagenGolf GtiTCR Liqui MolyTeamEngstler 23.892
Fastest lap: Gianni Morbidelli,1:44.528,average 156.69 kph,lap 5
The man who'd led after the two
Sochi races was last year's champion,
Stefano Comini, but three fourth pla-
ces (two in Thailand and one in Sin-
gapore) plus a solitary podium
appearance (second in Race 1 in Sin-
gapore) resulted in Comini slipping
to second place behind Nash, albeit
by just two points. The next round,
however, in Sepang in Malaysia, is
where Comini became the first-ever
TCR race winner last year, so we can
expect fireworks from the Swiss dri-
ver.
In third place after Singapore is Na-
sh's teammate, Pepe Oriola, a further
14 points adrift of Comini.
The Spaniard missed no opportunity
to point out the pace of the Volkswa-
gen Golf cars in Singapore – a sign,
perhaps, of increasing pressure star-
ting to show – but he certainly never
looked like repeating his victory from
Race 1 in Buriram.
The biggest winner from Singapore
was, in fact, Jean-Karl Vernay in the
second Leopard Racing Volkswagen
Golf GTI. Despite never having raced
there before, the French driver was
quickest in Practice, then took pole
position in Qualifying and delivered
a lights-to-flag win in Race 1, follo-
wed by sixth place in Race 2 to leave
Singapore with an impressive haul of
38 points from his weekend's work.
He is still in fourth place in the stan-
The Opel Astra of Jordi Oriola
chased by Peter Fulín’s
Alfa Romeo Giulietta;
left: Mat’o Homola’s
SEAT León