2017 TCR International Series Spa-Francorchamps round

2017 TCR International Series Spa-Francorchamps round
Round details
	Round 3 of 10 rounds in the ; 2017 TCR International Series
	; Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
TCR International Series
Race 1
Date	5 May 2017
Laps	9
Pole position
Driver	Stefano Comini
Time	2:30.794
Podium
First	Stefano Comini
Second	Benjamin Lessennes
Third	Attila Tassi
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Comini
Time	2:32.101 (on lap 3)
Race 2
Date	6 May 2017
Laps	9
Podium
First	Jean-Karl Vernay
Second	Robert Huff
Third	Stefano Comini
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Comini
Time	2:32.593 (on lap 3)

The 2017 TCR International Series Spa-Francorchamps round was the third round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 5–6 May at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

Stefano Comini won the first race starting from pole position, driving an Audi RS3 LMS TCR, and Jean-Karl Vernay gained the second one, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR.

Ballast[edit]

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, Roberto Colciago and Dušan Borković both received +30 kg, while Hugo Valente received +10 kg.^[1]

The Balance of Performance was also adjusted for this event, meaning the Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCRs was deprived of its -20 kg weight break, it will therefore run its minimum weight of 1285 kg. The Opel Astra TCRs was also given a weight break, going down from +40 kg to +20 kg.^[2]

Classification[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2	Grid	Points
1	1	Stefano Comini	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	2:31.344	2:30.794	1	5
2	6	Frédéric Vervisch	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	2:31.594	2:30.861	2	4
3	63	Benjamin Lessennes	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Boutsen Ginion Racing	2:31.850	2:31.038	3	3
4	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	2:31.880	2:31.130	4	2
5	3	Robert Huff	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	2:31.515	2:31.399	5	1
6	9	Attila Tassi	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	2:31:912	2:31.762	6
7	64	Tom Coronel	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Boutsen Ginion Racing	2:31.499	2:32.829	7
8	25	Edouard Mondron	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Delahaye Racing	2:31.960	2:32.924	8
9	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	2:32.011	2:33.214	9
10	35	Maxime Potty	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Michaël Mazuin Sport	2:31.949	2:41.807	10
11	16	Davit Kajaia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	2:32.388	No time²	24¹
12	55	Ferenc Ficza	SEAT León TCR	Zengő Motorsport	2:31.205	No time	11
13	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:32.423		12
14	21	Giacomo Altoè	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	2:32.752		13
15	23	Pierre-Yves Corthals	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	2:32.766²		14
16	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	2:32.812		15
17	70	Maťo Homola	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	2:32.908²		16
18	5	Roberto Colciago	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	2:32.940		17
19	62	Dušan Borković	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	2:32.946		18
20	34	Stian Paulsen	SEAT León TCR	Stian Paulsen Racing	2:33.824		19
21	11	Jens Reno Møller	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Reno Racing	2:35.611		20
22	12	Guillaume Mondron	SEAT León TCR	Delahaye Racing	2:36.157		21
23	7	Hugo Valente	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	2:36.702		22
24	18	Duncan Ende	SEAT León TCR	Icarus Motorsports	2:37.125		23

^[3]^[4]

Notes

^1 — Davit Kajaia was sent to the back of the grid for Race 1, after an engine change.^[5]
^2 — Maťo Homola, Pierre-Yves Corthals and Davit Kajaia had their best laptimes deleted during Q1 and Q2, for not respecting the track limits.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Race 1[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Stefano Comini	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	9	23:07.903	1	25
2	63	Benjamin Lessennes	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Boutsen Ginion Racing	9	+3.547	3	18
3	9	Attila Tassi	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	9	+8.343	6	15
4	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	9	+8.764	4	12
5	6	Frédéric Vervisch	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	9	+9.063	2	10
6	3	Robert Huff	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	9	+9.325	5	8
7	25	Edouard Mondron	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Delahaye Racing	9	+9.619	8	6
8	64	Tom Coronel	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Boutsen Ginion Racing	9	+10.550	7	4
9	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	9	+11.790	9	2
10	23	Pierre-Yves Corthals	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	9	+12.075	14	1
11	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	9	+13.133	15
12	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	9	+13.552	12
13	21	Giacomo Altoè	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	9	+14.611	13
14	55	Ferenc Ficza	SEAT León TCR	Zengő Motorsport	9	+14.611	11
15	7	Hugo Valente	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	9	+16.397	22
16	62	Dušan Borković	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	9	+17.184	18
17	35	Maxime Potty	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Michaël Mazuin Sport	9	+19.149	10
18	16	Davit Kajaia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	9	+19.450	24
19	12	Guillaume Mondron	SEAT León TCR	Delahaye Racing	9	+21.315	21
20	5	Roberto Colciago	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	9	+25.797	17
21	11	Jens Reno Møller	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Reno Racing	9	+32.529	20
22	18	Duncan Ende	SEAT León TCR	Icarus Motorsports	9	+36.992	23
23	34	Stian Paulsen	SEAT León TCR	Stian Paulsen Racing	8	+1 lap	19
24	70	Maťo Homola	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	8	+1 lap	16

^[9]

Race 2[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Jean-Karl Vernay	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	9	23:13.917	7	25
2	3	Robert Huff	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Leopard Racing Team WRT	9	+0.720	6	18
3	1	Stefano Comini	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	9	+2.325	10	15
4	25	Edouard Mondron	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Delahaye Racing	9	+3.888	3	12
5	63	Benjamin Lessennes	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Boutsen Ginion Racing	9	+4.907	8	10
6	6	Frédéric Vervisch	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	Comtoyou Racing	9	+5.909	9	8
7	16	Davit Kajaia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	9	+11.790	11	6
8	54	James Nash	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	9	+12.398	16	4
9	9	Attila Tassi	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	9	+13.116	5	2
10	21	Giacomo Altoè	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	9	+13.817	14	1
11	62	Dušan Borković	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	GE-Force	9	+13.834	19
12	12	Guillaume Mondron	SEAT León TCR	Delahaye Racing	9	+16.594	22
13	5	Roberto Colciago	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	M1RA	9	+22.418	18
14	55	Ferenc Ficza	SEAT León TCR	Zengő Motorsport	9	+22.845	12
15	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	WestCoast Racing	9	+23.224	13
16	35	Maxime Potty	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Michaël Mazuin Sport	9	+26.455	1
17	18	Duncan Ende	SEAT León TCR	Icarus Motorsports	9	+35.207	24
Ret	70	Maťo Homola	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	5	Technical	17
Ret	23	Pierre-Yves Corthals	Opel Astra TCR	DG Sport Compétition	4	Technical	15
Ret	74	Pepe Oriola	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	4	Collision	2
Ret	11	Jens Reno Møller	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Reno Racing	2	Collision	21
Ret	64	Tom Coronel	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	Boutsen Ginion Racing	1	Collision	4
Ret	34	Stian Paulsen	SEAT León TCR	Stian Paulsen Racing	0	Collision	20
Ret	7	Hugo Valente	SEAT León TCR	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	0	Collision	23

^[10]

Standings after the event[edit]

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Jean-Karl Vernay	91
8	2	Stefano Comini	66
4	3	Attila Tassi	53
2	4	Dušan Borković	51
2	5	Roberto Colciago	50

Model of the Year standings

	Pos	Car	Points
1	1	Honda Civic Type-R TCR	146
1	2	SEAT León TCR	139
1	3	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	136
1	4	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	102
1	5	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	96

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
3	1	Leopard Racing Team WRT	118
	2	Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing	109
2	3	M1RA	105
1	4	GE-Force	96
1	5	Comtoyou Racing	92

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

References[edit]

^ "Spa-Francorchamps Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
^ "BOP adjustment: Alfa heavier, Opel lighter". tcr-series.com. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
^ "Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.
^ "Spa-Francorchamps Grid for Race 1" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.
^ "Spa-Francorchamps decision 1" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.
^ "Spa-Francorchampsn decision 5" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.
^ "Spa-Francorchampsn decision 6" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.
^ "Spa-Francorchampsn decision 7" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.
^ "Spa-Francorchamps Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.
^ "Spa-Francorchamps Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 6 May 2017.

External links[edit]

TCR International Series official website

TCR International Series
Previous race: Sakhir	2017 TCR International Series	Next race: Monza

[1] "Spa-Francorchamps Success Ballast" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[2] "BOP adjustment: Alfa heavier, Opel lighter". tcr-series.com. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[3] "Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.

[4] "Spa-Francorchamps Grid for Race 1" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.

[5] "Spa-Francorchamps decision 1" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.

[6] "Spa-Francorchampsn decision 5" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.

[7] "Spa-Francorchampsn decision 6" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.

[8] "Spa-Francorchampsn decision 7" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.

[9] "Spa-Francorchamps Race 1 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 5 May 2017.

[10] "Spa-Francorchamps Race 2 Results" (PDF). tcr-series.com. 6 May 2017.

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