Watch the opening TCR International Series race of the weekend live online from the Bahrain International Circuit, where DG Sport Compétition’s Pierre-Yves Corthals starts from pole position.
Watch live: TCR race one
Race one grid*
| POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 23 | Pierre-Yves Corthals |  |
DG Sport Compétition | Opel Astra TCR | 4 | 2:12.451 | 0.378 |
| 2 | 7 | Hugo Valente |  |
Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing | SEAT León TCR | 4 | 2:12.656 | 0.583 |
| 3 | 5 | Roberto Colciago |  |
M1RA | Honda Civic Type-R TCR | 4 | 2:12.672 | 0.599 |
| 4 | 16 | Davit Kajaia |  |
GE-Force | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | 3 | 2:12.877 | 0.804 |
| 5 | 2 | Jean-Karl Vernay | |
Leopard Racing Team WRT | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 4 | 2:12.896 | 0.823 |
| 6 | 54 | James Nash |  |
Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing | SEAT León TCR | 4 | 2:12.945 | 0.872 |
| 7 | 9 | Attila Tassi |  |
M1RA | Honda Civic Type-R TCR | 4 | 2:13.032 | 0.959 |
| 8 | 62 | Dušan BORKOVIĆ |  |
GE-Force | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | 4 | 2:13.056 | 0.983 |
| 9 | 55 | Ferenc Ficza | |
Zele Racing | SEAT León TCR | 2 | 2:13.118 | 1.045 |
| 10 | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | |
West Coast Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 4 | 2:13.253 | 1.180 |
| 11 | 74 | Pepe Oriola |  |
Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing | SEAT León TCR | 4 | 2:13.273 | 1.200 |
| 12 | 1 | Stefano Comini |  |
Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 5 | 2:14.751 | 2.848 |
| 13 | 88 | Michela Cerruti | |
GE-Force | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | 6 | 2:14.780 | 2.877 |
| 14 | 21 | Giacomo Altoè | |
West Coast Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 5 | 2:15.061 | 3.158 |
| 15 | 18 | Duncan Ende |  |
Icarus Motorsports | SEAT León TCR | 4 | 2:17.074 | 5.171 |
| 16* | 70 | Mat’o Homola |  |
DG Sport Compétition | Opel Astra TCR | 3 | 2:12.073 | 0.000 |
*Mat’o Homola was given a penalty for an engine change between practice and qualifying, demoting him to the back of the grid.
