Spain hosts TCR maiden event in Valencia All fans are invited to follow the races for free After its first ever events took place in the Far East, within the Formula 1 Grands Prix of Malaysia and China, the TCR International Series faces its European debut this upcoming weekend in Spain, where Valencia’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo will host Rounds 5 and 6 of the series. Choque de dos TCR en la cita de Shanghai Unlike Sepang and Shanghai, where the event format was adjusted to fit in the Formula 1 schedule, the TCR International Series will adopt its standard two-day timetable in Valencia. On Saturday, competitors will take part in two thirty-minute Free Practice sessions and a thirty-minute Qualifying, split into Q1 (20 minutes for all drivers) and Q2 (10 minutes for the fastest twelve in Q1). Jordi Gené The two races will then take place on Sunday, over a distance of 60 kilometres. In addition to this, on Friday teams will be given the opportunity to take part in a full day of testing for shaking down the cars after the flight back from China. Friday May 1st time table TIME ACTIVITY CATEGORY 9:00 17:00 FREE PRACTICES TCR (FULL DAY) CER (HALF) 14:00 18:00 TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS TCR 17:30 18:00 BRIEFING TCR 18:00 19:00 DRIVERS TRACK WALK ALL CATEGORIES Saturday May 2nd time table TIME ACTIVITY CATEGORY 9:00 14:00 TYRE MARKING CER+GT 09:00 – 14:00 TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS CER+GT CLIO 12:30 13:30 BRIEFING CER+GT 14:00 14:30 BRIEFING CLIO 9:00 9:50 FREE PRACTICES 1 CER+GT 10:00 10:30 FREE PRACTICES 1 TCR 10:40 11:20 FREE PRACTICES 1 CLIO CUP 11:30 12:20 FREE PRACTICES 2 CER+GT 12:30 13:00 FREE PRACTICES 2 TCR 13:10 13:40 FREE PRACTICES 2 CLIO CUP 13:50 14:50 VIP LAPS + JOURNÉE PASSION 15:00 15:20 QUALIFYING 1 TCR 15:25 15:35 QUALIFYING 2 TCR 15:45 16:05 QUALIFYING 1 CER CLASS 2-3 16:10 16:30 QUALIFYING 2 CER CLASS 2-3 16:35 16:55 QUALIFYING 1 CER CLASS 1+GT 17:00 17:20 QUALIFYING 2 CER CLASS 1+GT 17:30 17:55 QUALIFYING CLIO CUP 18:05 19:00 VIP LAPS + JOURNÉE PASSION Sundat May 3rd time table TIME ACTIVITY CATEGORY 9:00 9:50 RACE 1 (48’+1LAP) CER CLASS 2-3 10:10 11:00 RACE 1 (48’+1LAP) CER CLASS 1+GT 11:20 11:50 RACE 1 (12LAPS) CLIO CUP 12:05 PIT LANE OPEN TCR 12:35 13:05 RACE 1 (15LAPS) TCR 13:40 PIT LANE OPEN TCR 14:05 14:35 RACE 2 (15LAPS) TCR 15:00 15:50 RACE 2 (48’+1LAP) CER CLASS 2-3 16:10 17:00 RACE 2 (48’+1LAP) CER CLASS 1+GT 17:20 17:50 RACE 2 (12V) CLIO CUP 18:00 19:00 VIP LAPS + JOURNÉE PASSION Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)