Craft-Bamboo Racing’s Pepe Oriola posted the fastest time in first practice for the TCR International Series around the Marina Bay circuit in Singapore, 0.429 seconds quicker than team-mate Sergey Afanasyev.
The two Craft-Bamboo SEATs at the front were followed by a pair of WestCoast Racing Honda Civics, with Gianni Morbidelli in third and Kevin Gleason in fourth. Only three cars were within a second of Oriola’s pace, with the circuit having a lap time of almost two and a half minutes for the TCR cars.
Liqui Moly Team Engstler’s Mikhail Grachev was fifth fastest, competing in only his second meeting at the wheel of the team’s Volkswagen Golf.
Loris Hezemans was the quickest débutant in sixth, ahead of the third Craft-Bamboo SEAT of Jordi Gené.
Target Competition’s Stefano Comini was eighth fastest, whilst Engstler Motorsport’s Lorenzo Veglia and WestCoast Racing returnee René Münnich completed the top ten.
George Chou in 14th place was the fastest of the TCR Asia Series competitors, putting his Roadstar Racing SEAT ahead of the Prince Racing Honda of Kenneth Lau.
The brand new Subaru STi TCR car of Top Run Motorsport failed to complete a lap in the session, with Luca Rangoni sidelined for the hazy half-hour session.
Session results
| POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 74 | Pepe ORIOLA |  |
Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL | SEAT León Racer | 10 | 2:28.706 | 0.000 |
| 2 | 77 | Sergey AFANASYEV |  |
Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL | SEAT León Racer | 9 | 2:29.135 | 0.429 |
| 3 | 10 | Gianni MORBIDELLI |  |
West Coast Racing | Honda Civic TCR | 7 | 2:29.153 | 0.447 |
| 4 | 24 | Kevin GLEASON |  |
West Coast Racing | Honda Civic TCR | 8 | 2:29.287 | 0.581 |
| 5 | 8 | Mikhail GRACHEV | |
Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf TCR | 10 | 2:30.303 | 1.597 |
| 6 | 15 | Loris HEZEMANS |  |
Target Competition | SEAT León Racer | 11 | 2:30.460 | 1.754 |
| 7 | 88 | Jordi GENÉ | |
Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL | SEAT León Racer | 10 | 2:30.931 | 2.225 |
| 8 | 25 | Stefano COMINI |  |
Target Competition | SEAT León Racer | 10 | 2:30.972 | 2.266 |
| 9 | 7 | Lorenzo VEGLIA | |
Liqui Moly Team Engstler | SEAT León Racer | 10 | 2:32.304 | 3.598 |
| 10 | 23 | René MÜNNICH |  |
West Coast Racing | Honda Civic TCR | 7 | 2:32.594 | 3.888 |
| 11 | 4 | Tomas ENGSTRÖM |  |
Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf TCR | 10 | 2:33.144 | 4.438 |
| 12 | 35 | Rafaël GALIANA |  |
Target Competition | SEAT León Racer | 10 | 2:34.895 | 6.189 |
| 13 | 19 | Fernando MONJE | |
Campos Racing | Opel Astra OPC | 7 | 2:35.115 | 6.409 |
| 14 | 78 | George CHOU |  |
Roadstar Racing Team | SEAT León Racer | 9 | 2:35.183 | 6.477 |
| 15 | 38 | Kenneth LAU |  |
Prince Racing Hong Kong | Honda Civic TCR | 10 | 2:37.649 | 8.943 |
| 16 | 99 | Frank YU | |
Craft-Bamboo Racing | SEAT León Racer | 10 | 2:37.874 | 9.168 |
| 17 | 66 | Filipe Clemente DE SOUZA |  |
Roadstar Racing Team | SEAT León Racer | 9 | 2:39.492 | 10.786 |
| 18 | 68 | Michael CHOI | |
Prince Racing Hong Kong | Honda Civic TCR | 8 | 2:39.788 | 11.082 |
| 19 | 56 | Samson CHAN | |
Roadstar Racing Team | SEAT León Racer | 9 | 2:40.192 | 11.486 |
| 20 | 13 | Kenneth MA | |
FRD Ford HK Racing Team | Ford Focus ST | 7 | 2:53.359 | 24.653 |
| 21 | 44 | MAK Hing Tak | |
Campos Racing | Opel Astra OPC | 5 | 3:00.682 | 31.976 |
| 22 | 51 | Luca RANGONI | |
Top Run Motorsport | Subaru Sti TCR | – | No time | N/A |