2011 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil

FIA WTCC Race of Brazil Brazil 20 March 2011 Autódromo Curitiba.svg 1 12 Curitiba, Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 3.695 14 14 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML 1:21.758 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML BRA Cacá Bueno Chevrolet RML GBR Robert Huff 1:22.890 Chevrolet RML CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML GBR Robert Huff 1:22.943 Chevrolet RML The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil was the opening round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Brazil. It was held at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba near Curitiba, Brazil on 20 March 2011. This was the first race for the new FIA 1.6T world engine formula. Both races were won by Chevrolet RML with Robert Huff winning race one and Alain Menu winning race two. Background The Brazilian round had originally been scheduled to be held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo but reverted to Curitiba in February owing to renovation works being carried out at the Interlagos circuit.O'Leary Jamie WTCC opener reverts to Curitiba http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89318 Autosport Haymarket Publications 13 February 2013 7 February 2011 BMW had officially withdrawn its works commitment from the World Touring Car Championship at the end of the 2011. The German manufacturer instead focused on a customer programme with the new turbocharged engine.Hudson Neil BMW not planning a works effort in 2011 http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5613 https://archive.today/20120525103849/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5613 dead 25 May 2012 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 13 February 2013 4 December 2010 Volvo joined the series, entering a single car for Robert Dahlgren for the full season having only previously made one–off appearances in the championship.Joseph Noah Volvo announces foray into World Touring Car Championship after claiming Swedish title http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/05/volvo-announces-foray-into-world-touring-car-championship-after/ Auto Blog AOL Autos 13 February 2013 5 October 2010 Former SEAT León Eurocup racer Pepe Oriola joined the WTCC with SUNRED Engineering, becoming the youngest driver to compete in the series at the age of 16.Elizalde Pablo Spanish teenager joins SUNRED for '11 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88721 Autosport Haymarket Publications 13 February 2013 17 December 2010 Report Testing and free practice Tiago Monteiro of SUNRED Engineering was quickest in the opening shakedown session on Friday morning, less than a tenth quicker than the Chevrolet of Menu. Gabriele Tarquini and Javier Villa didn't set any times as their cars were being worked on and while the session had been scheduled to run for 90 minutes, it was cut short by 20 minutes after a heavy crash for Tarquini's Lukoil–SUNRED team–mate Aleksei Dudukalo.Allen Peter Monteiro Tops Shortened Curitiba Test Session http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2011/03/monteiro-tops-shortened-curitiba-test-session/ The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network 13 February 2013 18 March 2011 Tom Coronel topped the opening test session on his first outing for returning team ROAL Motorsport. Huff was the leading Chevrolet driver and SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED Fredy Barth was the leading SEAT in fourth. Local driver Cacá Bueno driving a factory Chevrolet was sixth and the Volvo C30 of Dahlren was ninth.Hudson Neil Tom Coronel on top in first test at Curitiba http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5866 https://archive.today/20130412023343/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5866 dead 12 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 13 February 2013 18 March 2011 The first free practice session on Saturday morning took place in wet conditions with Huff going fastest. Villa got out for his first laps in the BMW 320 TC having missed both sessions on Friday.Allen Peter Huff Quickest In Wet First Practice Session In Brazil http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2011/03/huff-quickest-in-wet-first-practice-session-in-brazil/ The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network 13 February 2013 19 March 2011 It was a Chevrolet 1–2–3–4 in free practice two with defending champion Yvan Muller leading Huff, Bueno and Menu. Oriola had a near–miss when his SUNRED car went through one of the gravel traps, while technical problems stopped Marchy Lee at the pit exit in his DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TC.Mills Peter Chevrolet blitzes final practice http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90034 Autosport Haymarket Publications 13 February 2013 19 March 2011 Qualifying Huff took pole position in the new look qualifying format. The race one grid would be decided by the times from Q2, while the race two grid would be decided by the times from Q1 with the top ten reversed. Alain Menu failed to get through to Q2 to start eleventh for both races. The Volvo of Dahlgren lined up behind him. Huff had been close to dropping out but ended the session with the fifth fastest time. Huff set the fastest time near the beginning of the ten minute Q2 session, rain set in towards the end of the session and nobody was able to beat his time. Muller lined up alongside him on the front row for race one. Bueno behind them made it a Chevrolet 1–2–3 and Michel Nykjær ended up fourth as the best independent driver. Kristian Poulsen was next up in fifth with Tarquini, Monteiro, Coronel, Barth and Franz Engstler completing the top ten.Mills Peter Huff takes pole in new-look qualifying http://www.autosport.com/news/archive.php?day=0&month=03&year=2011&submit=Jump+to+Date#s34 Autosport Haymarket Publications 13 February 2013 19 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20160105180310/http://www.autosport.com/news/archive.php?day=0&month=03&year=2011&submit=Jump+to+Date#s34 5 January 2016 dead Warm-Up Muller was the fastest driver in the Sunday morning session with Barth second and pole sitter Huff third.Hudson Neil Muller leads morning warm-up http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5879 https://archive.today/20130411235543/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5879 dead 11 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 13 February 2013 20 March 2011 Race One Huff started from pole position and led the entire race to claim the first win for the new turbocharged Chevrolet Cruze, holding back Muller all the way. Bueno had been challenged by Poulsen at turn one but the Danish driver could not pull off the move and then came under threat from Coronel. A mistake exiting Esse da Baixa allowed Coronel to pass and take fourth place. Poulsen closed in on Coronel and the two battled side–by–side, the Danish driver reclaimed fourth for a brief time before Coronel claimed the place on the last lap. Menu had taken advantage of the battle between Tarquini and Nykjær and passed both them to finish sixth. At the end of the race, Chevrolet finished 1–2–3 with Huff leading Muller and Bueno who took his first WTCC podium and points finish on home turf. Coronel, Poulsen and Menu came next and Tarquini, Nykjær, Engstler and Mehdi Bennani completed the top ten.Mills Peter Huff leads Chevy podium sweep http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90063 Autosport Haymarket Publications 13 February 2013 20 March 2011 Race Two After Barth was stripped of his best Q1 time, Menu moved up to pole position for the second race. At the start, Menu made a slow start and Coronel took the lead of the race having started from third, while Tarquini moved up to second. On lap three, Menu got past Tarquini to take second place with the rest of the Chevrolets close behind passing the SEAT on the following lap. Poulsen and Nykjær were fighting over the lead of Yokohama Trophy on lap six when the pair collided, Nykjær retired while dropped down the order. Menu had caught Coronel on lap ten and made a move for the lead at turn one. The pair touched and Coronel went off the track but stayed second, while Huff and Muller made contact fighting over the final podium spot with Muller getting the advantage. At the end of the race, Menu won with Coronel second and Muller third. Villa was the independents' winner by finishing eighth and Oriola scored a point in his first weekend finishing tenth.Allen Peter Menu Defeats Coronel To Win Race Two In Brazil http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2011/03/menu-defeats-coronel-to-win-race-two-in-brazil/ The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network 13 February 2013 20 March 2011 Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 1 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:23.059 1:21.758 2 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:22.980 1:22.147 3 6 BRA Cacá Bueno Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:23.084 1:22.503 4 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 1:23.180 1:22.632 5 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:22.925 1:22.678 6 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:23.095 1:22.842 7 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:22.869 1:22.925 8 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1:23.138 1:23.095 91 1 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDIY Excluded 1:23.338 10 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:23.008 1:36.098 11 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:23.260 12 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 1:23.300 13 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 1:23.343 14 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:23.556 15 65 HKG Marchy Lee DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:24.111 16 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:24.268 17 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 1:24.781 18 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 1:25.069 19 21 ITA Fabio Fabiani Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 1:29.666 EX1 2 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY Excluded 1 1 — Barth missed the weigh bridge after qualifying and had his times from Q1 removed.Hudson Neil Barth sent to the back of the grid http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5876 https://archive.today/20130411235009/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5876 dead 11 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 13 February 2013 19 March 2011 1 2 — O'Young was excluded from qualifying after his bamboo-engineering team worked on his car under parc ferme conditions.Mills Peter Menu elevated to race two pole http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90052 Autosport Haymarket Publications 13 February 2013 19 March 2011 Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 14 19:29.481 1 25 2 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 14 +0.873 2 18 3 6 BRA Cacá Bueno Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 14 +3.924 3 15 4 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 14 +12.714 8 12 5 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 14 +13.004 5 10 6 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 14 +13.402 10 8 7 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +14.214 6 6 8 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 14 +14.716 4 4 9 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 14 +19.100 9 2 10 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 14 +19.591 13 1 11 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +20.001 7 12 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 14 +20.343 11 13 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 14 +25.098 12 14 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 14 +25.527 15 15 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 14 +28.285 20 16 65 HKG Marchy Lee DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 14 +41.400 14 17 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 14 +41.820 16 18 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 14 +45.265 17 19 21 ITA Fabio Fabiani Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 13 +1 Lap 18 Ret 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 4 Race incident 19 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 14 19:38.428 1 25 2 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 14 +0.265 3 18 3 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 14 +0.917 8 15 4 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 14 +1.321 6 12 5 6 BRA Cacá Bueno Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 14 +2.409 5 10 6 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +4.512 4 8 7 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +7.810 10 6 8 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 14 +16.894 15 4 9 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 14 +17.571 7 2 10 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 14 +20.361 12 1 11 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 14 +27.978 20 12 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 14 +31.428 16 13 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 14 +35.296 11 14 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 14 +35.770 9 15 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 14 +36.203 17 16 65 HKG Marchy Lee DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 14 +39.845 14 Ret 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 7 Race incident 19 NC 21 ITA Fabio Fabiani Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 7 +7 Laps 18 Ret 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 5 Race incident 2 Ret 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 0 Engine 13 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 GBR Robert Huff 37 10px 2 CHE Alain Menu 33 10px 3 FRA Yvan Muller 33 10px 4 NLD Tom Coronel 30 10px 5 BRA Cacá Bueno 25 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 DNK Kristian Poulsen 15 10px 2 DEU Franz Engstler 14 10px 3 ESP Javier Villa 13 10px 4 ESP Pepe Oriola 10 10px 5 DNK Michel Nykjær 9 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 USA Chevrolet 83 10px 2 DEU BMW Customer Racing Teams 53 10px 3 ESP SR Customer Racing 40 10px 4 SWE Volvo Polestar Evaluation Team 12 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings. References Results Booklet PDF at MST Systems External links World Touring Car Championship official website FIA WTCC Race of Brazil 2011 2010 Guia Race of Macau 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil Brazil FIA WTCC Race of Brazil FIA WTCC Race of Brazil