2012 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal

Race of Portugal Portugal 3 June 2012 Autódromo do Algarve alt.svg 7 12 Portimão, Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 4.654 11 11 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing Team 1:53.966 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing Team GBR Rob Huff Chevrolet FRA Yvan Muller 1:54.541 Chevrolet CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport CHE Alain Menu 1:56.018 Chevrolet The 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal was the seventh round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Portugal. It was held on 3 June 2012 at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, Portugal. The first race was won by Yvan Muller for Chevrolet and the second race was won by Alain Menu, also for Chevrolet. Background Coming into the event, Yvan Muller was the championship leader on 206 points ahead of Robert Huff on 198 and Menu on 175 points. Pepe Oriola was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. James Thompson and TMS Sport made their last scheduled appearance of the season with the Lada Granta WTCC. Tom Boardman switched to the new SEAT turbocharged engine, having run the TDi engine since Spain.http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/211 NEW ENGINE FOR TOM BOARDMAN WTCC FIA World Touring Car Championship 27 May 2012 5 June 2012 https://archive.today/20130123002610/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/211 23 January 2013 dead For the Race of Portugal weekend, Menu would be playing the role of comic book character Michel Vaillant. His Chevrolet Cruze raced in special Vaillante colours and Menu himself wore a special race suit and dyed his hair to look like the French comic book racer.http://www.touring-cars.net/2012/05/menu-gets-comic-role-for-portugal Menu gets comic role for Portugal Touring-Cars.Net Andrew Abbott 28 May 2012 5 June 2012 20 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120620230437/http://www.touring-cars.net/2012/05/menu-gets-comic-role-for-portugal dead Report Free Practice Lukoil Racing Team's Gabriele Tarquini set the pace in the first free practice session, nearly half a second ahead of the Chevrolet of Yvan Muller. Thompson put the TMS Sport Lada in 10th.http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7695 Gabriele Tarquini fastest in Portimão FP1 Touring Car Times Neil Hudson 3 June 2012 5 June 2012 https://archive.today/20130205092351/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7695 5 February 2013 dead It was a Chevrolet 1-2-3 in the second practice session, with Yvan Muller topping the timing pages ahead of Menu and Huff.http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7698 Yvan Muller fastest in second free practice at Portimão Touring Car Times Neil Hudson 3 June 2012 5 June 2012 https://archive.today/20130205105710/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7698 5 February 2013 dead Qualifying Tarquini took his second pole position of the season with Yvan Muller second for Chevrolet and Norbert Michelisz third for Zengő Motorsport. The race two reversed grid would see Tuenti Racing Team's Pepe Oriola starting on position with Menu starting second. The session was stopped early on when Tom Chilton suffered a suspension failure, he and his team mate James Nash would form an all Ford back row.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100072 Tarquini claims second WTCC pole of 2012 at Algarve Autosport Haymarket Media Peter Mills 2 June 2012 5 June 2012 Warm-Up Muller went fastest in Sunday morning's warm-up session ahead of Chevrolet team mates of Huff and Menu.http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7710 Yvan Muller fastest in Portugal warm up Touring Car Times Neil Hudson 3 June 2012 5 June 2012 https://archive.today/20130205001842/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7710 5 February 2013 dead Race One Muller overtook Tarquini on the outside into turn one to take the lead, while further down the field, Aleksei Dudukalo and Gábor Wéber made contact and ended up in the gravel. Both drivers were able to get back on track and return to the pits. Muller held on to take the win ahead of Tarquini and Huff, with Michelisz the winning independent after coming home in fourth. Menu had climbed up to fifth position while the only remaining non-SEAT engined León of Tiago Monteiro spent much of the race defending his seventh place.http://www.touring-cars.net/2012/06/muller-beats-tarquini-to-race-one-win Muller beats Tarquini to race one win Touring-Cars.Net Andrew Abbott 3 June 2012 5 June 2012 Race Two A near repeat of race one saw the Chevrolet of Menu overtake pole sitter Oriola before the first corner. Further back, Mehdi Bennani made contact with Stefano D'Aste which earned him a suspended grid penalty.http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7720 Mehdi Bennani given suspended penalty for D'Aste incident Touring Car Times Neil Hudson 3 June 2012 5 June 2012 https://archive.today/20130204152735/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7720 4 February 2013 Tarquini had been defending from the Chevrolets of Muller and Huff when he took too much kerb, allowing Muller through. Huff and Tarquini made contact, spinning the Italian out of the race while Muller spun at his own accord. ROAL Motorsport's Alberto Cerqui took advantage of Muller's off to take fifth, a position that was later switched on the main straight. Menu took the victory ahead of podium debutant Oriola with Tom Coronel third.http://www.touring-cars.net/2012/06/menu-wins-race-two-as-vaillant Menu wins race two as 'Vaillant' Touring-Cars.Net Andrew Abbott 3 June 2012 5 June 2012 Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 Points 1 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC 1:54.809 1:53.966 5 2 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:54.982 1:54.232 4 3 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:55.242 1:54.598 3 4 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:54.985 1:54.932 2 5 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1:55.430 1:54.982 1 6 16 ITA Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:55.413 1:55.036 7 27 HUN Gábor Wéber Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:55.740 1:55.087 8 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR León 1.6T 1:55.471 1:55.088 9 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:55.163 1:55.114 10 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:55.380 1:55.323 11 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:55.607 1:55.488 12 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:55.703 1:55.618 13 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:55.811 14 20 CHN Darryl O'Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:55.842 15 11 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:55.891 16 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 1:55.892 17 69 GBR James Thompson TMS Sport Lada Granta WTCC 1:55.926 18 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:56.080 19 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:56.260 20 12 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:56.499 21 14 GBR James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 1:56.554 22 23 GBR Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 1:57.117 Source:https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2012-race-of-portugal/classification/debcb092-f442-47fe-9f0d-c68be1ee634e 2012 World Touring Car Championship Race of Portugal: Qualifying 1 Motorsport Stats 13 April 2021https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2012-race-of-portugal/classification/456687dd-5e4b-4be4-a851-c3ee9d7d926f 2012 World Touring Car Championship Race of Portugal: Qualifying 2 Motorsport Stats 13 April 2021 Bold denotes Pole position for second race. Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 21:20.620 2 25 2 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC 11 +0.336 1 18 3 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 +0.951 4 15 4 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 11 +6.699 3 12 5 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 +13.669 9 10 6 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 11 +17.053 5 8 7 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR León 1.6T 11 +20.172 8 6 8 16 ITA Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 11 +20.422 6 4 9 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCCY 11 +21.134 10 2 10 11 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y 11 +21.723 15 1 11 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 11 +22.453 16 12 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 11 +26.142 13 13 20 CHN Darryl O'Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 11 +29.066 14 14 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 11 +29.813 19 15 12 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y 11 +34.752 20 16 23 GBR Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 11 +42.163 22 17 69 GBR James Thompson TMS Sport Lada Granta WTCC 10 +1 Lap 17 18 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 9 +2 Laps 18 Ret 14 GBR James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 7 Collision 21 Ret 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 7 Collision 11 Ret 27 HUN Gábor Wéber Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 4 Collision 7 Ret 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCCY 2 Collision 12 Source:https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2012-race-of-portugal/classification/3eb49d84-66cb-4cf5-9568-7c65db347bc6 2012 World Touring Car Championship Race of Portugal: Race 1 Motorsport Stats 13 April 2021 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 FRA Michel Vaillant (Alain Menu) Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 21:34.180 2 25 2 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCC Y 11 +3.200 1 18 3 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 11 +5.160 6 15 4 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 +6.961 7 12 5 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 +8.280 9 10 6 16 ITA Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 11 +8.626 5 8 7 11 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y 11 +15.007 15 6 8 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR León 1.6T 11 +15.874 3 4 9 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 11 +16.264 13 2 10 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 11 +18.128 8 1 11 69 GBR James Thompson TMS Sport Lada Granta WTCC 11 +19.832 21 12 27 HUN Gábor Wéber Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 11 +23.542 4 13 20 CHN Darryl O'Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC Y 11 +28.326 14 14 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 11 +28.581 17 15 23 GBR Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 11 +30.552 20 16 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCCY 11 +50.602 12 17 12 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y 10 +1 Lap 19 18 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 10 +1 Lap 16 19 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC 8 +3 Laps 10 Ret 14 GBR James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 7 Set Up 22 Ret 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 3 Collision 11 Ret 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC Y 2 Collision 18 Source:https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2012-race-of-portugal/classification/6ce61f16-edad-4b15-9b83-f98b25268d19 2012 World Touring Car Championship Race of Portugal: Race 2 Motorsport Stats 13 April 2021 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Yvan Muller 245 10px 2 GBR Robert Huff 227 10px 3 CHE Alain Menu 210 10px 4 NLD Tom Coronel 140 10px 5 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 134 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 ESP Pepe Oriola 106 10px 2 HUN Norbert Michelisz 96 10px 3 ITA Stefano D'Aste 73 10px 4 DEU Franz Engstler 58 10px 1 5 GBR Alex MacDowall 50 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 USA Chevrolet 578 10px 2 DEU BMW Customer Racing Teams 389 10px 3 ESP SEAT Racing Technology 370 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings. References 30em External links FIA WTCC Race of Portugal 2012 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Austria 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal Portugal Race of Portugal Category:June 2012 sports events in Portugal