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.