2016 TCR International Series explained

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 beating Leopard Racing with 73 points margin, while Seat Léon TCR won the models' championship.

Teams and drivers

Michelin is the official tire supplier, but Neric Wei, Tang Chi Lun and Edgar Lau used Yokohama tires at Macau.

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Leopard Racing^[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	1	Stefano Comini	All
		2	Jean-Karl Vernay	All
		48	Antti Buri^[2]	3
Liqui Moly Team Engstler^[3]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	3	Andy Yan^[4]	10–11
		6	Jordi Oriola	11
		7	Davit Kajaia	All
		8	Mikhail Grachev^[5]	1–3
		19	Vladimir Sheshenin^[6]	7
		45	Florian Janits^[7]	5
		46	Niklas Mackschin^[8]	6
		47	Gary Sheehan^[9]	6
		52	Jordi Gené^[10]	4
		55	Munkong Sathienthirakul	8
		68	Filipe de Souza^[11]	9–10
Target Competition^[12]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)^[13]	5	Roberto Colciago	10
		33	Jordi Oriola	4–5
		35	Rafaël Galiana^[14]	9–10
		50	Josh Files^[15]	11
	Opel Astra TCR^[16]	23	Andrea Belicchi^[17]	1
		33	Jordi Oriola^[18]	1
	SEAT León TCR	35	Rafaël Galiana	11
		50	Loris Hezemans	9–10
WestCoast Racing^[19]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	8	Mikhail Grachev^[20]	4–11
		10	Gianni Morbidelli^[21]	All
		14	Aku Pellinen	1–3
		18	Ildar Rakhmatullin	7
		24	Kevin Gleason	1–3, 9–10
		35	Rafaël Galiana^[22]	8
		40	Alain Menu	4
		43	Harald Proczyk^[23]	5
		81	Tiago Monteiro^[24]	11
B3 Racing Team Hungary^[25]	SEAT León TCR	9	Attila Tassi^[26]	All
		62	Dušan Borković	All
		70	Maťo Homola^[27]	All
Kratingdaeng Racing Team^[28]	SEAT León Cup Racer	11	Grant Supaphongs	8
		12	Alexander Mies	8
		58	Chen Jian Hong	8
Vattana Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	13	Narasak Ittiritpong	8
	SEAT León Cup Racer	44	Jack Lemvard	8
Team Eakie BBR Kaiten	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	15	Kantadhee Kusiri	8
Roadstar Racing	SEAT León Cup Racer	17	Terence Tse	11
Mulsanne Racing^[29]	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	20	Mario Ferraris	10
		22	Petr Fulín^[30]	5–9, 11
		23	Andrea Belicchi^[31]	11
		88	Michela Cerruti	1–2, 5–7
Elegant Racing Team	SEAT León TCR	20	Lou Hon Kei	11
Baporo Motorsport^[32]	SEAT León Cup Racer	26	Francisco Mora	2
	SEAT León TCR	50	Loris Hezemans	2
TeamWork Motorsport^[33]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	27	William O'Brien	10–11
		28	Kevin Tse	10–11
Sébastien Loeb Racing^[34]	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup	30	Jimmy Clairet^[35]	3
		38	Grégory Guilvert	3
Top Run Motorsport^[36]	Subaru Impreza STi TCR	31	Luca Rangoni^[37]	2
		32	Luigi Ferrara	1, 8
Kissling Motorsport^[38]	Opel Astra TCR	33	Jordi Oriola	9
Champ Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	38	Michael Ho	11
B.D. Racing^[39]	SEAT León TCR	41	Carlotta Fedeli	4
	SEAT León Cup Racer	42	Alessandra Neri^[40]	4
LMS Racing^[41]	SEAT León Cup Racer	48	Antti Buri	6, 11
		51	Kari-Pekka Laaksonen	8
Ferry Monster Autosport	SEAT León Cup Racer	49	Pierre-Yves Corthals	3
	SEAT León TCR	50	Loris Hezemans	3
Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil^[42]	SEAT León TCR	54	James Nash^[43]	All
		74	Pepe Oriola	All
		77	Sergey Afanasyev	All
Son Veng Racing Team^[44]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	64	Neric Wei	9
Viper Niza Racing	SEAT León TCR	65	Douglas Khoo	9–11
TBN MK Ihere Racing Team	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	66	Nattachak Hanjitkasen	8
FRD Motorsports^[45]	Ford Focus TCR	72	Nicky Pastorelli^[46]	10
		99	Martin Cao^[47]	9
Bas Koeten Racing^[48]	SEAT León Cup Racer	78	Salman Al Khalifa	1
		79	Hussain Karimi	1
Team Thailand^[49]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	83	Tin Sritrai	10–11
Sloth Racing	SEAT León Cup Racer	97	Paritat Bulbon	8
non-classified TCR and CTCC entries are ineligible to score points
Suncity Racing Team	Citroën C-Elysée	11	Alex Hui	11
		12	Sunny Wong	11
Son Veng Racing Team	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	14	Neric Wei	11
Linky Racing Team	Audi S3 Saloon	21	Zhang Ya Qi	11
		33	Jiang Teng Yi	11
Team TRC	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	68	Tang Chi Lun	11
FRD Motorsports	Ford Focus TCR	78	Kenneth Ma	11
Asia Racing Team		97		11

Calendar

The 2016 schedule was announced on 2 December 2015, with twelve events scheduled. Three out of these twelve rounds are to be held supporting Formula One.^[50] The calendar was subsequently modified: the Shanghai round was canceled and replaced by Buriram (originally scheduled to be held on 30 October). On 5 May the Italian round was moved to Imola.^[51]

		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	2 April	Bahrain Grand Prix
	2		3 April
2	3	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	24 April	International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship SEAT León Eurocup
	4
3	5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	6 May	6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
	6		7 May
4	7	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	22 May	Stand-alone event
	8
5	9	Salzburgring, Salzburg	5 June	Stand-alone event
	10
6	11	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	19 June	ADAC TCR Germany Championship
	12
7	13	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	3 July	Russian Circuit Racing Series
	14
8	15	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	28 August	Stand-alone event
	16
9	17	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	17 September	Singapore Grand Prix
	18		18 September
10	19	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	1 October	Malaysian Grand Prix TCR Asia Series
	20		2 October
11	21	Guia Circuit, Macau	20 November	Macau Grand Prix FIA GT World Cup TCR Asia Series
	22

Results

		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	1	Bahrain International Circuit	Sergey Afanasyev	Gianni Morbidelli	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	Report
	2			Pepe Oriola	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
2	3	Autódromo do Estoril	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Gianni Morbidelli	WestCoast Racing	Report
	4			Gianni Morbidelli	James Nash	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
3	5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Dušan Borković	Jean-Karl Vernay	Aku Pellinen	WestCoast Racing	Report
	6			Jean-Karl Vernay	Jean-Karl Vernay	Leopard Racing
4	7	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Gianni Morbidelli	Pepe Oriola	Stefano Comini	Leopard Racing	Report
	8			Jordi Oriola	Mikhail Grachev	WestCoast Racing
5	9	Salzburgring	Harald Proczyk	James Nash	Mikhail Grachev	WestCoast Racing	Report
	10			Jean-Karl Vernay	Jean-Karl Vernay	Leopard Racing
6	11	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Dušan Borković	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	B3 Racing Team Hungary	Report
	12			Dušan Borković	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
7	13	Sochi Autodrom	Stefano Comini	Stefano Comini	Stefano Comini	Leopard Racing	Report
	14			Stefano Comini	Mikhail Grachev	WestCoast Racing
8	15	Chang International Circuit	Pepe Oriola	Gianni Morbidelli	Pepe Oriola	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil	Report
	16			James Nash	James Nash	Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil
9	17	Marina Bay Street Circuit	Jean-Karl Vernay	Jean-Karl Vernay	Jean-Karl Vernay	Leopard Racing	Report
	18			Mikhail Grachev	Mikhail Grachev	WestCoast Racing
10	19	Sepang International Circuit	Roberto Colciago	Stefano Comini	Roberto Colciago	Target Competition	Report
	20			Stefano Comini	Kevin Gleason	WestCoast Racing
11	21	Guia Circuit	Jean-Karl Vernay	Edgar Lau^[52]	Stefano Comini	Leopard Racing	Report
	22			Pepe Oriola	Tiago Monteiro	WestCoast Racing

Fan Award

Starting from this year, the Man of the Race is replaced by the Fan Award. At the end of every weekend, a panel consisting of the International Series’ Promoter and the promotional and media team name two candidates who stood out during the event for a particular reason.

Race	Candidates	Reason	Percentage
Sakhir	Davit Kajaia Pepe Oriola	For fighting with no sign of nerves despite his lack of experience For his impressive driving on the way to a double victory	83.8% 16.2%
Estoril	Maťo Homola Gianni Morbidelli	For an excellent pole position and a superb fight with Morbidelli in race 1 For getting his championship fight back on track with two great races	86.4% 13.6%
Spa-Francorchamps	Antti Buri Aku Pellinen	For his impressive performance: a podium on his debut with the Golf and in the International Series For his mature drive to race 1 victory and for being the only Honda driver to make it through to Q2	41.1% 58.9%
Imola	Mikhail Grachev Stefano Comini	For showing grit and perseverance in chasing his maiden race victory For his masterful overtaking manoeuvre on Pepe Oriola in Race 2	41.9% 58.1%
Salzburgring	Dušan Borković Jean-Karl Vernay	For his incredible overtaking manoeuvre in Race 1, in which he passed two cars in lap 5 For the way he re-took the lead he lost to Afanasyev in Race 2 after making a mistake	93.1% 6.9%
Oschersleben	Michela Cerruti Antti Buri	For fighting for points-scoring positions in both races and defending well For being the workaholic of the weekend, running in four races over two days	76.7% 23.3%
Sochi	Attila Tassi Petr Fulín	For defending his first podium result against more experienced drivers For his contribution in the development of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta	39.0% 61.0%
Buriram	Davit Kajaia Kantadhee Kusiri	For overtaking five cars all together in Race 2 For his overall performance, but particularly in Race 2	71.3% 28.7%
Singapore	WestCoast Racing Leopard Racing	For rebuilding Morbideli’s car in a race against time For dominating the first two days of the event, on their first visit here	62.4% 37.6%
Sepang	Roberto Colciago Tin Sritrai	For winning an exciting fight with Comini in Race 1, with grit and fairness For fighting on equal terms with the International Series top drivers	14.6% 85.4%
Macau	Tom Evans Arnaud Libois	For overseeing the repair of the car that enabled Nash to start Race 2 For consistently delivering a car that took Comini to his second title	52.1% 47.9%

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" valign=middle valign=middle Driver BHR EST SPA IMO SAL OSC SOC BUR SIN SEP MAC† valign=middle    1 Stefano Comini 7 Ret 3^4 2 Ret 2 1^4 3 8 3 Ret 6 1^1 5 4^4 4 2^3 4 2 18 1^2 4 267.5 2 James Nash 3^3 2 6 1 8^5 6 Ret DNS 2 4 3^3 3 8 4 2 1 5^5 3 3 2 18† 8 264 3 Ret DSQ 2^3 5 14 1 11 4 5^1 1 6 Ret 5^3 2 5^3 8 1^1 6 5^4 5 2^1 2 246 4 Pepe Oriola 1^5 1 8 10 2^2 7 2^2 5 12†^2 DNS 10 1 2^2 13† 1^1 11 3^4 14 4^2 12 5 3 241.5 5 Maťo Homola 8 11 4^1 8 4 4 5 2 3 5 1^2 5 9 9 Ret^5 10 4^2 5 10^5 16 Ret DNS 175 6 Gianni Morbidelli 2^4 7 1^2 3 5 Ret Ret^1 Ret 4 6 7 10 3^4 12† 3^2 Ret 10 7 DNS 3 Ret DNS 174 7 Dušan Borković 6^2 3 12 Ret 3^1 Ret 12† DNS 11†^5 DNS 2^1 2 14 6 7 3 7 2 6 4 4^5 5 173 8 Mikhail Grachev 10 14† 11 11 11 16† 8^5 1 1 9 Ret 12 4 1 21 2 11 1 Ret^3 Ret 11 7 145 9 Sergey Afanasyev 4^1 5 5^5 4 9^4 9 4 Ret Ret 2 4^5 4 13 7 9 7 6 Ret 9 7 Ret DNS 141 10 Davit Kajaia 9 4 13 7 7 14 3^3 8 7 Ret 8 Ret 7 11 10 5 17† 8 Ret 10 15 15 80 11 Attila Tassi DNS DNS 14 13 16† 15 7 7 6 8 DSQ 7 10 3 8 6 9 17† 7 9 20 Ret 68 12 Aku Pellinen 5 10 7 6 1^3 5 63 13 Kevin Gleason Ret 13† Ret 12 6 8 8 10 8 1 46 14 Roberto Colciago 1^1 Ret 30 15 Antti Buri 10 3 5^4 Ret 23†^4 Ret 30 16 Tiago Monteiro 3^3 1 23 17 Jordi Oriola 11 6 Ret 9 Ret^4 7 12 11 WD WD 17 18 Jordi Gené 6 6 16 19 Petr Fulín Ret DNS 13† Ret 6^5 8 20† DNS NC 9 Ret DNS 15 20 Loris Hezemans 9 Ret 15 11 16† Ret 11 6 10 21 Kantadhee Kusiri 6 9 10 22 Niklas Mackschin 9 8 6 23 Harald Proczyk Ret^3 Ret 5 24 Josh Files 14 6 4.5 25 Andy Yan 13 8 19 10 4.5 26 Luigi Ferrara 12 8 Ret DNS 4 27 Tin Sritrai Ret 13 7 12 4 28 Andrea Belicchi 14 Ret 8 9 4 29 Michela Cerruti 13 Ret 15 14 10 DSQ 12† 9 12 Ret 3 30 Francisco Mora 10 9 3 31 Florian Janits 9 10 3 32 Carlotta Fedeli 9 11 2 33 Salman Al Khalifa 16 9 2 34 Rafaël Galiana 14 Ret 14 16† DNS 20 10 14 2 35 Alessandra Neri 10 12 1 36 Pierre-Yves Corthals Ret 10 1 37 Alain Menu Ret 10 1 38 Vladimir Sheshenin Ret 10 1 Gary Sheehan 11† 11 0 Kevin Tse 12 11 17 Ret 0 Ildar Rakhmatullin 11 Ret 0 Narasak Ittiritpong 11 Ret 0 Grégory Guilvert 12 12 0 12 Ret 0 Alexander Mies 13 12 0 Martin Cao 13 12 0 Hussain Karimi 17 12 0 Jimmy Clairet 13 13 0 Filipe de Souza Ret 13 14 15 0 Kari-Pekka Laaksonen 17 13 0 Grant Supaphongs 19 14 0 Mario Ferraris Ret 14 0 Douglas Khoo Ret 15 15 17 DNQ DNQ 0 Chen Jian Hong 15 15 0 Neric Wei 15 DSQ 0 Paritat Bulbon 18 16 0 Nattachak Hanjitkasen 16 Ret 0 Nicky Pastorelli 16 Ret 0 Lou Hon Kei 16 Ret 0 William O'Brien 17 19 DNQ DNQ 0 Jack Lemvard Ret 17 0 Luca Rangoni Ret Ret 0 Terence Tse DNQ DNQ 0 Michael Ho WD WD 0 Drivers ineligible to score points Alex Hui 6 Ret Edgar Lau 9 13 Jiang Teng Yi 13 11 Neric Wei 12 16 Zhang Ya Qi 21 Ret Sunny Wong 22 Ret Tang Chi Lun Ret DNS William Lok DNQ DNQ Kenneth Ma DNQ DNQ valign=middle valign=middle Driver BHR EST SPA IMO SAL OSC SOC BUR SIN SEP MAC† valign=middle

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Team BHR EST SPA IMO SAL OSC SOC BUR SIN SEP MAC†    1 Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1^1 1 5^5 1 2^2 6 2^2 5 2^2 2 3^3 1 2^2 4 1^1 1 2^3 3 3 2 5 3 594.5 3^3 2 6 4 8^4 7 4 Ret 12† 4 4^5 3 8 7 2 7 3^4 14 4^2 7 18† 8 2 Leopard Racing 7 Ret 2^3 2 10 1 1^4 3 5^1 1 6 6 1^1 2 4^4 4 1^1 4 2 5 1^2 2 521.5 Ret DSQ 3^4 5 14 2 11 4 8 3 Ret Ret 5^3 5 5^3 8 2^3 6 5^4 18 2^1 4 3 WestCoast Racing 2^4 7 1^2 3 1^3 5 8^1 1 1^3 6 7 10 3^4 1 3^2 2 8 1 8 1 3^3 1 466 5^5 10 7 6 5 8 Ret^5 10 4 9 Ret 12 4 12† 14 20† 10 7 Ret 3 11 7 4 B3 Racing Team Hungary 6^2 3 4^1 8 3^1 4 5 2 3^5 5 1^1 2 9 3 6 3 4 2 6 4 4 5 416 8 11 12 13 4^5 15 7 7 6 8 2^2 5 10 6 8 6 7 5 7 9 20† Ret 5 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 9 4 11 7 7 14 3^3 6 7 10 8 8 7 10 10 5 17 8 13 8 15 10 129.5 10 14† 13 11 11 16† 6 8 9 Ret 9 11 Ret 11 12 19† Ret 13 14 10 19† 15 7 Mulsanne Racing 13 Ret 15 14 10 DSQ 12† 9 6^5 8 20† DNS NC 9 Ret 14 8 9 27 Ret DNS 13† Ret 12 Ret Ret DNS 6 Target Competition 11 6 Ret 9 Ret^4 7 14 16 1 6 10 6 66.5 14 Ret 16 Ret 11 20 14 14 8 LMS Racing 5^4 Ret 17 14 23†^4 Ret 14 9 Team Eakie BBR Kaiten 6 9 10 10 Baporo Motorsport 9 9 8 10 Ret 11 Top Run Motorsport 12 8 Ret Ret Ret DNS 6 12 Ferry Monster Autosport 15 10 6 Ret 11 13 Bas Koeten Racing 15 9 5 16 12 14 Team Thailand Ret 13 7 12 4 15 B.D. Racing 9 11 3 10 12 16 Kissling Motorsport 12 11 3 17 Sébastien Loeb Racing 12 12 2 13 13 18 Kratingdaeng Racing Team 13 12 1 15 15 19 FRD Motorsports 13 12 16 Ret 1 20 TeamWork Motorsport 12 11 17 Ret 1 17 19 DNQ DNQ 21 Vattana Motorsport 11 Ret 1 Ret 17 Viper Niza Racing Ret 15 15 17 DNQ DNQ 0 Son Veng Racing Team 15 DSQ 0 Sloth Racing 18 16 0 TBN MK Ihere Racing Team 16 Ret 0 Elegant Racing Team 16 Ret 0 Roadstar Racing DNQ DNQ 0 Champ Motorsport WD WD 0 Teams ineligible to score points Suncity Racing Team 6 Ret 22 Ret Asia Racing Team 9 13 Linky Racing Team 13 11 21 Ret Son Veng Racing Team 12 16 Team TRC Ret DNS Star Racing Team DNQ DNQ FRD Motorsports DNQ DNQ Team BHR EST SPA IMO SAL OSC SOC BUR SIN SEP MAC†

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Model of the year

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" valign=middle valign=middle Car BHR EST SPA IMO SAL OSC SOC BUR SIN SEP MAC† valign=middle    1 SEAT León 1^1 1 4^1 1 2^1 4 2^2 2 2^2 2 1^1 1 2^2 3 1^1 1 3^2 2 3^2 2 4^4 3 745.5 3^2 2 5^5 4 3^2 6 5 5 3^5 4 2^2 2 8 4 2^5 3 4^4 3 4^5 4 5^5 5 2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 7^5 4 2^3 2 7^4 1 1^3 3 5^1 1 6^4 6 1^1 2 4^3 4 1^1 4 2^4 5 1^1 2 639.5 9 14† 3^4 5 10^5 2 3^4 4 7 3 8^5 8 5^3 5 5^4 5 2^3 6 5 8 2^2 4 3 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 2^3 7 1^2 3 1^3 5 8^1 1 1^3 6 7^3 10 3^4 1 3^2 2 8^5 1 1^1 1 3^3 1 589 5^4 10 7 6 5 8 Ret^5 9 4^4 7 Ret 12 4 12† 6 9 10 7 8^3 3 7 6 4 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 13 Ret 15 14 10 DSQ 12† 9 6^5 8 20† DNS Ret 9 18† 14 8 9 93 Ret DNS 13† Ret 12 Ret Ret DNS 5 Opel Astra TCR 11 6 12 11 30 14 Ret 6 Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 12 12 24 13 13 7 Subaru Impreza STi TCR 12 8 Ret Ret Ret DNS 12 8 Ford Focus TCR 13 12 16 DNS 12 Cars ineligible to score points Citroen C-Elysée 6 Ret 22 Ret Audi S3 Saloon 13 11 21 Ret Ford Focus TCR DNQ DNQ Mercedes-Benz C260 DNQ DNQ valign=middle valign=middle Car BHR EST SPA IMO SAL OSC SOC BUR SIN SEP MAC† valign=middle

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

OMP Trophy

All drivers displaying an OMP are eligible for the OMP Trophy. Points are awarded for championships and the use of OMP safety equipment. At the end of the season, the top four drivers win a cash prize.^[53]

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points
1	James Nash	SEAT	292
2	Maťo Homola	SEAT	290
3	Pepe Oriola	SEAT	276
4	Dušan Borković	SEAT	276
5	Gianni Morbidelli	Honda	222
6	Sergey Afanasyev	SEAT	196
7	Mikhail Grachev	Volkswagen Honda	174
8	Attila Tassi	SEAT	150
9	Davit Kajaia	Volkswagen	115
10	Aku Pellinen	Honda	84
11	Kevin Gleason	Honda	45
12	Jordi Oriola	Opel Honda	42
13	Luigi Ferrara	Subaru	19
14	Michela Cerruti	Alfa Romeo	12
15	Andrea Belicchi	Opel	6

Notes and References

1. News: WRT and Leopard Racing join TCR International Series. tcr-series.com. 26 February 2016.
2. News: Corthals and Buri join the field at Spa-Francorchamps. tcr-series.com. 3 May 2016.
3. News: Liqui Moly Team Engstler signs european champion for 2016. tcr-series.com. 25 November 2015.
4. News: Malaysia entry list. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116014157/http://www.tcr-series.com/images/events/2016/10_Sepang/Documents/2016_Entrylist_10_Sepang_V2.pdf. dead. November 16, 2020. tcr-series.com. 26 September 2016.
5. News: Liqui Moly Team Engstler confirms Mikhail Grachev. tcr-series.com. 3 February 2016.
6. News: Russia entry list. https://web.archive.org/web/20201117155752/http://www.tcr-series.com/images/events/2016/07_Sochi/Documents/2016_Entrylist_07_Sochi.pdf. dead. November 17, 2020. tcr-series.com. 30 June 2016.
7. News: Florian Janits joins Liqui Moly Team Engstler in Austria. tcr-series.com. 30 May 2016.
8. News: Liqui Moly Team Engstler signs Mackshin for home event. tcr-series.com. 15 June 2016.
9. News: Double USTCC champion joins Liqui Moly Team Engstler . tcr-series.com. 17 June 2016.
10. News: Liqui Moly Team Engstler hires Jordi Gené for Imola. tcr-series.com. 18 May 2016.
11. News: Filipe de Souza to race for Liqui Moly Team Engstler. tcr-series.com. 12 September 2016.
12. News: Pepe Oriola could move to Target with new Opel Astra. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 25 November 2015.
13. News: Jordi Oriola to make TCR return in Imola. Touringcartimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Pietro. Casillo. 18 May 2016.
14. News: Target Competition re-joins for the Asian rounds. tcr-series.com. 12 September 2016.
15. News: Tiago Monteiro and Josh Files officially confirmed for Macau. Touringcartimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Neil. Hudson. 1 November 2016.
16. News: Target Competition to field three cars in International and German TCR. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Pietro. Casillo. 8 February 2016.
17. News: J. Oriola and Belicchi to drive the debutante Astra. tcr-series.com. 23 March 2016.
18. News: Jordi Oriola secures Target Competition seat. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Matt. Salisbury. 16 March 2016.
19. News: WestCoast Racing to field three new Civics in 2016 TCR season. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 25 January 2016. Neil. Hudson.
20. News: Menu and Grachev join WestCoast in Imola. tcr-series.com. 19 May 2016.
21. News: WestCoast adds Pellinen to Morbidelli and Gleason. tcr-series.com. 17 March 2016. 2016-03-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042338/http://tcr-series.com/index.php/news/item/westcoast-adds-pellinen-to-morbidelli-and-gleason. 2017-12-01. dead.
22. News: Rafaël Galiana's return with WestCoast Racing. tcr-series.com. 22 August 2016. 22 August 2016.
23. News: WestCoast Racing signs Harald Proczyk for his home race. tcr-series.com. 1 June 2016. 2016-06-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032303/http://www.tcr-series.com/index.php/news/item/westcoast-racing-signs-harald-proczyk-for-his-home-race. 2017-12-01. dead.
24. News: 35-car Macau entry list of CTCC and TCR cars released. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 6 October 2016.
25. News: Dušan Borković joins TCR with B3 Racing. tcr-series.com. 10 December 2015.
26. News: 16-year old Tassi joins B3 Racing Team. tcr-series.com. 8 February 2016.
27. News: Maťo Homola joins the TCR International Series. tcr-series.com. 26 January 2016.
28. Web site: Entry List - Rounds 15 & 16. https://web.archive.org/web/20201118082034/http://www.tcr-series.com/images/events/2016/08_Buriram/Documents/2016_Entrylist_08_Buriram_V4.pdf. dead. November 18, 2020. tcr-series.com. 22 August 2016.
29. News: Twenty-two full season entries with seven different models. 24 March 2016. tcr-series.com. 2016-03-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042233/http://tcr-series.com/index.php/news/item/twenty-two-full-season-entries-with-seven-different-models. 2017-12-01. dead.
30. News: Cerruti and Fulín will drive two Alfa Romeo cars in Austria. 1 June 2016. 1 June 2016. tcr-series.com.
31. News: Andrea Belicchi replaces Michela Cerruti for Macau. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Neil. Hudson. 28 October 2016.
32. News: Loris Hezemans returns with Baporo Motorsport. tcr-series.com. 19 April 2016.
33. News: Teamwork Motorsport joins for the Sepang event. tcr-series.com. 23 September 2016.
34. News: Two Peugeot cars to race in the Spa event. tcr-series.com. 21 April 2016. 2016-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035916/http://tcr-series.com/index.php/news/item/two-peugeot-cars-to-race-in-the-spa-event. 2017-12-01. dead.
35. News: Guilvert and Clairet to drive at Spa for SLR. tcr-series.com. 29 April 2016.
36. News: Luigi Ferrara at Bahrain in the Top Run Subaru. tcr-series.com. 22 March 2016.
37. News: Luca Rangoni to drive Subaru WRX STi in Portugal. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Pietro. Casillo. 18 April 2016.
38. News: Kissling Motorsport to run an Opel Astra for Jordi Oriola. tcr-series.com. 8 September 2016. 12 September 2016.
39. News: Carlotta Fedeli and Romanini join with B.D. Racing. tcr-series.com. 18 May 2016.
40. News: Italy entry list. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116155202/http://www.tcr-series.com/images/events/2016/04_Imola/Documents/2016_Entrylist_04_Imola_V4.pdf. dead. November 16, 2020. tcr-series.com. 21 May 2016.
41. News: Buri redoubles his efforts over the German weekend. tcr-series.com. 15 June 2016.
42. News: Craft-Bamboo chasing front runner to replace Pepe Oriola. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 6 January 2016.
43. News: Craft-Bamboo Racing confirms Pepe Oriola, James Nash and Sergey Afanasyev. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 March 2016.
44. News: Two Asian teams join for the Singapore event. tcr-series.com. 8 September 2016. 12 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041016/http://www.tcr-series.com/index.php/news/item/two-asian-teams-join-for-the-singapore-event. 2017-12-01. dead.
45. News: FRD Motorsports to build new Ford Focus TCR. tcr-series.com. 17 March 2016.
46. News: Nicky Pastorelli to drive the FRD Motorsport Ford Focus. tcr-series.com. 26 September 2016.
47. News: FRD-built Ford Focus TCR is ready for debut. tcr-series.com. 12 September 2016.
48. News: Bahrain entry list. https://web.archive.org/web/20201117231252/http://www.tcr-series.com/images/events/2016/01_Bahrain/Documents/2016_Entrylist_01_Bahrain_V1.pdf. dead. November 17, 2020. tcr-series.com. 25 March 2016.
49. News: Tin Sritrai returns to the International Series at Sepang. tcr-series.com. 24 September 2016. 25 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033125/http://tcr-series.com/index.php/news/item/tin-sritrai-returns-to-the-international-series-at-sepang. 2017-12-01. dead.
50. News: 2016 TCR International Series calendar revealed. TouringCars.Net. 2 December 2015.
51. News: Imola to host the Italian round in two weeks. tcr-series.com. 5 May 2016.
52. Web site: Suncity Group Macau Guia Race 2.0T Race 1 - Provisional. 2016. 21 November 2016.
53. Web site: OMP Trophy. 2014. TCR International Series. 9 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160406213001/http://tcr-series.com/index.php/omp-trophy. 6 April 2016. dead.