The 2016 TCR International Series Buriram round was the eighth round of the

2016 TCR International Series season The 2016 TCR International Series was the second season of the TCR International Series. Stefano Comini successfully defended his title, beating his nearest challenger James Nash by 2.5 points. Craft-Bamboo Racing were crowned teams' champions ...

. It took place on 27–28 August at the

Chang International Circuit The Buriram International Circuit (known as Chang International Circuit (ช้าง อินเตอร์เนชั่นแนล เซอร์กิต) for commercial purposes, but listed by its non-commercial name because of alcohol ...

Pepe Oriola Josep "Pepe" Oriola Vila (born 9 July 1994) is a Spanish racing driver. He became the youngest driver to race in the World Touring Car Championship when he competed in the 2011 season. Oriola is not only the youngest driver to start a WTCC race ...

won the first race, starting from pole position and James Nash gained the second one, both driving a SEAT León TCR.

Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round,

Stefano Comini Stefano Comini (born 3 February 1990) is a Swiss racing driver. Career Karting Comini debuted in karting in 2002, racing mostly in Italian and Swiss championships, taking titles in the Bridgestone Cup Switzerland ICA in 2004 and 2005 respectiv ...

received +30 kg,

Mikhail Grachev Mikhail Grachev (born 4 January 1988) is a Russian racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. He made his debut in 2015, having previously raced in the European Touring Car Cup. Racing career Grachev began his career Ka ...

+20 kg and

Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl "J. K." Vernay (born 31 October 1987) is a French professional racing driver. He was 2010 Indy Lights and 2017 TCR International Series champion. He has won races at the World Touring Car Cup, where he finished fifth in 2018 and won the ...

+10 kg.

Classification

Qualifying

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Chen Jian Hong Chen Jian Hong (born 23 August 1975) is a Taiwanese racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series and TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship. Having previously competed in the Thailand Super Series and the RAAT 6 Hours among ...

and

Munkong Sathienthirakul Munkong "Turbo" Sathienthirakul (born 6 October 1985) is a Thai racing driver currently competing in the TCR Asia Series. Having previously competed in the Thailand Super Series and Thai Touring Car Championship amongst others. Racing career S ...

were moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit.

Race 1

Race 2

Notes * —

Jack Lemvard Jack Lemvard (born 14 September 1984) is a Thai racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series and TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship. Having previously competed in the Thailand Super Series, Asian Touring Car Series and ...

was sent to the back of the grid for Race 2, for having broken parc fermé rules. * —

and

was given a 30-second penalty each for overtaking

Rafaël Galiana Rafaël Galiana (born 29 May 1960) is a French racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. He previously competed in the Peugeot 206 Cup. Racing career Galiana began his career in 1986 in karting. In 2001 he switched to ...

under yellow flag conditions.

Standings after the event

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Model of the Year standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

References

External links

TCR International Series official website
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