2013 FIA WTCC Race of China

FIA WTCC Race of China China 3 November 2013 Shanghai International Circuit wtcc.png 11 12 Shanghai, China Shanghai International Circuit 4.603 12 10 FRA Yvan Muller RML 1:53.486 GBR Tom Chilton RML FRA Yvan Muller RML GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering ITA Stefano D'Aste 2:01.528 PB Racing PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda Team ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda Team HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport PRT Tiago Monteiro 1:55.568 Castrol Honda Team The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of China was the eleventh round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of China. It was held on 3 November 2013 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. Race one was won by Tom Chilton of RML and race two was won by Tiago Monteiro for the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team. Background Yvan Muller secured the drivers' title at the previous round in Japan. James Nash was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. When the weights were re-calculated, the Honda Civic WTCCs gained 20 kg of ballast to equal them with the Chevrolet Cruze 1.6Ts on 1,190 kg. The SEAT León WTCCs, BMW 320 TCs and Lada Granta WTCCs remained on 1,130 kg. The Volvo C30 received 20 kg of ballast to set it at 1,170 kg.Ferret Oliver WTCC - Same weight for Chevrolet and Honda http://www.nextgen-auto.com/Same-weight-for-Chevrolet-and-Honda,68020.html Nextgen-Auto Nextgen-Auto.com 31 October 2013 18 October 2013 Rickard Rydell returned to the championship with NIKA Racing, replacing Hiroki Yoshimoto who had other commitments.Rickard Rydell to make WTCC return in Shanghai http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/10/07/rickard-rydell-to-make-wtcc-return-in-shanghai/ Mediaempire Stockholm AB TouringCarTimes 31 October 2013 7 October 2013 Fredy Barth returned to Wiechers-Sport with the displaced Yukinori Taniguchi moving to Campos Racing alongside Fernando Monje and Hugo Valente.http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/10/25/yukinori-taniguchi-joins-campos-at-shanghai/ Yukinori Taniguchi joins Campos Racing at Shanghai TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 25 October 2013 31 October 2013 Volvo Polestar Racing entered a Volvo C30 for 2013 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship champion Thed Björk for a one–off appearance.VOLVO POLESTAR TO RACE AT SHANGHAI http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1564/t/VOLVO-POLESTAR-TO-RACE-AT-SHANGHAI World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 26 September 2013 31 October 2013 Report Testing and free practice Yvan Muller set the pace in Friday's test session by almost two tenths of a second ahead of Tom Coronel, with Chilton completing the top three placings.Tremayne Sam Shanghai WTCC: Yvan Muller puts Chevrolet on top in Friday testing http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111014 Autosport Haymarket Publications 1 November 2013 1 November 2013 Thed Björk set the pace in free practice one, his first two laps of the session were both quickest. Gabriele Tarquini in second and Rickard Rydell in third were the only other drivers to break through the 1 minutes 55 seconds barrier. Pepe Oriola failed to set a timed lap due to power steering issues while Mehdi Bennani had a broken driveshaft on his Proteam Racing BMW.PRACTICE 1 – THE VOLVO CREATES SURPRISE http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/2075 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 2 November 2013 2 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103162611/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/2075 3 November 2013 dead dmy-all Muller was ahead in free practice two with Björk a close second, Chilton was third ahead of James Thompson. Bennani suffered once again with technical problems which limited his running.PRACTICE 2 – MULLER JUMPS BACK ON TOP http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/2077 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 2 November 2013 2 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103162607/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/2077 3 November 2013 dead dmy-all Qualifying Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2–3–4–5–6 in qualifying, RML teammate Chilton was second with the Tuenti Racing car of Oriola third. The bamboo-engineering pair of James Nash and Alex MacDowall were next up followed by series returnee Rydell in sixth. Norbert Michelisz was the leading Honda in seventh ahead of outgoing champion Robert Huff. The Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team pairing of Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro were ninth and tenth ensuring they would lock out the front row for race two. Franz Engstler made it through to Q2 and finished 11th fastest. Franz Engstler was one place ahead of Björk who was ineligible to score points in the nationally homologated Volvo and was therefore required to sit out Q2.Tremayne Sam Shanghai WTCC: Yvan Muller leads all-RML Chevrolet front row http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111053 Autosport Haymarket Publications 2 November 2013 2 November 2013 After qualifying, Björk's Volvo was found to be underweight and he was given a five–place grid penalty.GRID PENALTY FOR THE VOLVO CAR http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/2088 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 2 November 2013 2 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103162604/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/2088 3 November 2013 dead dmy-all Warm-Up Björk was quickest in Sunday morning's warm–up session, pole sitter Muller was seventh.BJÖRK FASTEST IN THE WARM UP http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/2100 https://archive.today/20131104095215/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/2100 dead 4 November 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 3 November 2013 3 November 2013 Race One The track was damp after earlier rainfall and the decision was taken to start the race behind the safety car, some cars elected to run on wet tyres. The safety car went in and the race started on lap three, Oriola was the leading car on wet tyres and he passed Chilton and Muller to take the lead on the first lap. Hugo Valente went off into the gravel after being tagged and spun across in front of Engstler. Rydell moved up to fifth at the expense of MacDowall and was then able to pass Nash to move up to fourth. At the back of the field Mak Ka Lok spun on the back straight but continued without incident while up ahead the cars on wet tyres were not getting a consistent advantage. Huff had a moment on the entry of turn 1 but he was soon closing in on the Bamboo Engineering pair, he passed MacDowall on lap 5. MacDowall got 6th place back from Huff, Tarquini was now within range of Huff on lap 6. On lap 7 the advantage went back to the cars running on slick tyres, Muller and Chilton were closing the gap to Oriola, the three had built up a healthy gap to Rydell in fourth. Muller used the extra grip from his tyres to retake the lead before the end of lap 7, Chilton did so a few corners later at the start of lap 8. Nash briefly took fourth back from Rydell but the NIKA Racing driver soon retook the position, the two were at the head of a long train of cars. At the end of the back straight Nash, MacDowall and Tarquini passed Rydell at the hairpin while Huff and Michelisz were running close, they came together at the first corner on lap 9. By lap 10 Rydell had dropped out of the points while Oriola was in an increasingly distant third place. Thompson used the straightline advantage of his Lada to take 9th on Monteiro who was now under attack from the SEAT of Tom Boardman. Oriola's third place was also under threat from Nash on the final lap while Boardman tapped the back of Monteiro and went through into the final points position. Muller and Chilton were close as they headed down the back straight for the last time, the two ran side by side at the final corner with Chilton claiming victory at the line by one hundredth of a second. Nash and MacDowall moved into third and fourth on the last lap, Nash taking the Yokohama Trophy victory. In the Eurosport Asia Trophy, Taniguchi claimed victory with 21st place ahead of Felipe De Souza in one of the naturally aspirated Chevrolets.Hudson Neil Tom Chilton wins in China with last corner pass on Yvan Muller http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/11/03/tom-chilton-wins-in-china-with-last-corner-pass-on-yvan-muller/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 3 November 2013 3 November 2013 Race Two Monteiro retained his lead while there was a collision with Coronel and Rydell at turn one. Michelisz in third was defending from Huff with Nash and Muller close behind. On lap four yellow flags were out in the final sector for the car of Jerónimo Badaraco which had stopped near the finish line. Muller had been chasing down Nash for a couple of laps when he passed around the outside of the Bamboo Chevrolet at the first corner of lap 7, elevating Muller to 5th place. Barth and Darryl O'Young came together at the final hairpin at the end of lap 7, the incident also delayed MacDowall who had dropped down the field after a slow start. Nash lost another position to Coronel at the end of lap 8 while just up the road Muller was attacking Huff who was in turn trying to pass Michelisz for third place. Muller had a close battle with Huff on the final lap but Huff held on to take fourth while Monteiro led a Honda 1–2–3 across the line. Nash took his second independents' victory of the day and Taniguchi claimed his second Asia Trophy victory of the day.RACE 2 – MONTEIRO CLAIMS FIRST WIN http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/2113 https://archive.today/20131104095132/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/2113 dead 4 November 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 3 November 2013 3 November 2013 Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 Points 1 12 FRA Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:54.132 1:53.486 5 2 23 GBR Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:54.886 1:53.868 4 3 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:54.225 1:54.008 3 4 14 GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:54.777 1:54.034 2 5 9 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:54.942 1:54.054 1 6 69 SWE Rickard Rydell NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:54.873 1:54.215 7 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 1:55.081 1:54.576 8 1 GBR Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 1:54.541 1:54.623 9 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 1:54.637 1:54.666 10 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 1:54.505 1:54.959 11 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:55.164 1:55.624 12 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 155.204 13 10 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1:55.316 14 38 DEU Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 1:55.434 15 20 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:55.535 16 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:55.581 171 1 40 SWE Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing Volvo C30 DRIVe* 1:54.826 18 55 HKG Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:55.591 19 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:55.610 20 73 CHE Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 1:55.719 21 8 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1:55.920 22 37 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 1:56.171 23 19 ESP Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:56.282 24 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:56.359 25 33 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY A 1:57.128 26 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:58.448 27 88 MAC Henry Ho Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY A 1:58.865 28 60 MAC Felipe De Souza China Dragon Racing Chevrolet Cruze LTY A 1:59.230 29 61 MAC Kin Veng Ng China Dragon Racing Chevrolet Cruze LTY A 2:00.337 30 77 MAC Mak Ka Lok RPM Racing BMW 320siY A 2:01.838 107% time: 2:02.141 – 66 MAC Jerónimo Badaraco Son Veng Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze LTY A no time set Bold denotes Pole position for second race. 1 1 — Björk originally qualified 12th but his car was later found to be underweight, having not been fitted with ballast to compensate for the lack of a camera on board. Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 GBR Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 26:28.234 2 25 2 12 FRA Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +0.010 1 18 3 14 GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +14.737 4 15 4 9 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +15.455 5 12 5 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +16.441 3 10 6 1 GBR Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 12 +16.585 8 8 7 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 12 +16.799 9 6 8 10 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 12 +16.825 13 4 9 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 12 +16.931 19 2 10 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 12 +17.683 7 1 11 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 12 +18.017 10 12 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 12 +18.079 12 13 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 12 +22.899 11 14 69 SWE Rickard Rydell NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +27.546 6 15 38 DEU Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 12 +29.496 14 16 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 12 +42.004 24 17 8 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 12 +45.122 21 18 37 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 12 +47.010 22 19 73 CHE Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 12 +48.590 20 20 55 HKG Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 12 +1:02.102 18 21 33 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY A 12 +1:03.596 25 22 60 MAC Felipe De Souza China Dragon Racing Chevrolet Cruze LTY A 12 +1:03.800 28 23 88 MAC Henry Ho Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY A 12 +1:13.464 27 24 66 MAC Jerónimo Badaraco Son Veng Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze LTY A 12 +1:29.654 31 25 77 MAC Mak Ka Lok RPM Racing BMW 320siY A 12 +2:03.392 30 26 61 MAC Kin Veng Ng China Dragon Racing Chevrolet Cruze LTY A 11 +1 Lap 29 27 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 11 +1 Lap 16 28 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 11 +1 Lap 26 29 19 ESP Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 11 +1 Lap 23 Ret 20 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 7 Race incident 15 DNS 40 SWE Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing Volvo C30 DRIVe * 0 Battery 17 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 10 19:26.090 1 25 2 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 10 +1.178 2 18 3 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 10 +4.143 4 15 4 1 GBR Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 10 +5.470 3 12 5 12 FRA Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10 +5.739 10 10 6 14 GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 10 +7.423 7 8 7 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10 +7.987 8 6 8 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 10 +8.042 12 4 9 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 10 +11.407 26 2 10 23 GBR Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10 +13.608 9 1 11 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 10 +16.659 19 12 20 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 10 +18.253 15 13 9 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 10 +18.497 6 14 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 10 +19.087 24 15 40 SWE Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing Volvo C30 DRIVe * 10 +19.934 17 16 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 10 +22.543 16 17 10 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 10 +25.335 13 18 38 DEU Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 10 +27.609 14 19 19 ESP Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 10 +30.126 23 20 8 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 10 +31.520 21 21 73 CHE Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 10 +31.885 20 22 37 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 10 +33.211 22 23 33 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY A 10 +38.017 25 24 60 MAC Felipe De Souza China Dragon Racing Chevrolet Cruze LTY A 10 +53.947 28 25 88 MAC Henry Ho Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY A 10 +54.519 27 26 61 MAC Kin Veng Ng China Dragon Racing Chevrolet Cruze LTY A 10 +1:25.975 29 27 77 MAC Mak Ka Lok RPM Racing BMW 320siY A 10 +1:43.366 30 28 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 8 +2 Laps 11 29 69 SWE Rickard Rydell NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 7 +3 Laps 5 30 55 HKG Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 7 +3 Laps 18 Ret 66 MAC Jerónimo Badaraco Son Veng Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze LTY A 1 31 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Yvan Muller 393 10px 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 235 10px 3 GBR Tom Chilton 213 10px 4 GBR James Nash 206 10px 5 DNK Michel Nykjær 180 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 GBR James Nash 171 10px 2 DNK Michel Nykjær 134 10px 3 GBR Alex MacDowall 130 10px 4 MAR Mehdi Bennani 94 10px 5 ITA Stefano D'Aste 84 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 JPN Honda 940 10px 2 RUS Lada 581 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings. References External links World Touring Car Championship official website FIA WTCC Race of China 2013 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan 2013 Guia Race of Macau 2012 FIA WTCC Race of China 2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing China Race of China