2017 TCR International Series Dubai round

Ballast

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Car	Team	Q1	Q2		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
14	33	Alain Menu	Hyundai i30 N TCR	BRC Racing Team	1:28.431		13
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

• — 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.
• — Gabriele Tarquini was sent to the back of the grid for Race 1, after an engine change.

  Race 1

		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	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

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

  Race 2

		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
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
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

• — 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.

  Standings after the event

	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

	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.