2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal

FIA WTCC Race of Portugal Portugal 30 June 2013 Boavista2.png 7 12 Porto, Portugal Circuito da Boavista 4.800 12 11 FRA Yvan Muller RML 2:05.347 FRA Yvan Muller RML GBR Tom Chilton RML DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing ESP Pepe Oriola 2:07.228 Tuenti Racing Team GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering GBR Robert Huff Münnich Motorsport DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing FRA Yvan Muller 2:07.452 RML The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal was the seventh round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season, the seventh running of the FIA WTCC Race of Portugal and the final European round of the season. It was held on 30 June 2013 at the Circuito da Boavista street circuit in Porto, Portugal. Race one was won from pole position by Yvan Muller for RML. The second race was won by James Nash driving for bamboo-engineering. Background At the halfway point of the season, Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship and Michel Nykjær was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. The Honda Civic WTCCs dropped 30 kg when the compensation weights were revised after the previous round. The BMW 320 TCs received an extra 20 kg of ballast, making them the second heaviest cars on the grid behind the Chevrolets.Hudson Neil Honda get significant weight break for Porto http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/06/14/honda-get-significant-weight-break-for-porto/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 27 June 2013 14 June 2013 Pepe Oriola switched from his SEAT León WTCC to a Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T leased from RML and run by Tuenti Racing Team.Pepe Oriola set to switch to Chevrolet from Portugal http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/06/09/pepe-oriola-set-to-switch-to-chevrolet-from-portugal/ Neil Hudson Touting Car Times Mediaempire Stockholm AB 9 June 2013 27 June 2013 Hugo Valente was originally scheduled to miss the Portuguese round but rejoined Campos Racing when a third car was made spare by Oriola's switch to Chevrolet. Tom Boardman also rejoined the field having missed the Austrian and Russian rounds.A FIELD OF 25 CARS TO RACE IN PORTO http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1108 https://archive.today/20130628042625/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1108 dead 28 June 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 27 June 2013 21 June 2013 Report Free practice ROAL Motorsport's Tom Coronel was fastest in free practice one, leading the Chevrolet pair of Muller and Oriola. The Honda trio led by Gabriele Tarquini were fourth, fifth and sixth while Robert Huff was the leading SEAT driver in seventh. Mikhail Kozlovskiy and Tom Chilton had brushes with the walls during the session while Hugo Valente crashed head–on into the barriers at turn four after missing his braking point.PRACTICE 1 - CORONEL IS FASTEST http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1139 https://archive.today/20130629191149/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1139 dead 29 June 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 29 June 2013 29 June 2013 Muller was the quickest driver in free practice two, over five–tenths quicker than Tarquini in the Honda. The session interrupted early on when Tiago Monteiro suffered an engine problem on his Honda Civic and came to a stop at turn thirteen. Several drivers held the fastest time before Muller put in his best time a few minutes from the end of the session. Kozlovskiy spent much of the session in the pits when he damaged his rear–left wheel while Nikolay Karamyshev crashed at turn twenty at the end of the session.Hudson Neil Yvan Muller dominates second practice at Porto http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/06/29/yvan-muller-dominates-second-practice-at-porto/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 29 June 2013 29 June 2013 Qualifying With the Circuito da Boavista being a street circuit, Q1 was extended from 20 minutes to 30 minutes and Q2 was extended from 10 minutes to 15 minutes. Alex MacDowall lost control of his Bamboo Engineering Chevrolet during Q1 and spun into one of barriers, he damaged both ends of his car but was able to drive back to the pits. Monteiro was still suffering from turbo problems which had brought his running in free practice two to an early end, he got out in Q1 but ended the session 17th. Fernando Monje had a small collision with a tyre wall which cause some minor damage to the side of his Campos Racing SEAT, Mehdi Bennani had a slow-speed head-on collision in the same place at the end of the session. Kozlovskiy didn't set a time with his car being stuck in the garage for the duration of qualifying due to a damaged subframe.October 2022 Q2 was interrupted by a red flag early on when Oriola crashed at turn three. James Thompson had got through to Q2 and on his only run during the session put himself fifth on the grid. Norbert Michelisz was the last driver to set a quick lap but cut a chicane meaning the lap wouldn't count, he ended up fourth on the grid as the quickest Honda. At the end of the session, Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 with Chilton second and Nykjær third. Coronel was tenth in Q2 which would secure him pole position for race two.Tremayne Sam Porto WTCC: Yvan Muller takes commanding pole http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108414 Autosport Haymarket Publications 29 June 2013 29 June 2013 The results of qualifying were later amended after a transponder error recorded the wrong times for Tarquini and Oriola in Q2. Tarquini moved up one place to 5th while Oriola moved up from 12th to 6th. Thompson dropped two places to seventh while Huff, Marc Basseng, James Nash and Coronel each dropped one place. This put Nash on pole position for race two.TIMING MISTAKES RESHUFFLE POSITIONS http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1158 https://archive.today/20130629202615/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1158 dead 29 June 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 29 June 2013 29 June 2013 An engine change for Monje sent the Campos Racing driver to the back of the grid for race one.ENGINE CHANGE FOR MONJE'S CAR http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1159 https://archive.today/20130629202706/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1159 dead 29 June 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 29 June 2013 29 June 2013 Warm-Up Following the alterations to the qualifying results on Saturday evening, Coronel elected to miss Sunday morning's warm–up session in protest. The ROAL Motorsport team were informed of the change outside of the one-hour window in which they would have been allowed to protest the result.Hudson Neil Tom Coronel absconds from morning warm-up at Porto http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/06/30/tom-coronel-absconds-from-morning-warm-up-at-porto/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 30 June 2013 30 June 2013 Zengő Motorsport driver Michelisz led a Honda 1–2 in the fifteen-minute session, factory driver Monteiro was second. Fredy Barth was seventh, he had to pull over early on when the bonnet of his BMW blew open when he left the pit lane.MICHELISZ AND MONTEIRO TOP WARM UP http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1166 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 30 June 2013 30 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150123023728/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1166 2015-01-23 dead Race One Muller led away from pole position ahead of teammate Chilton, Tarquini and Oriola were soon past Michelisz while Huff got ahead of Thompson. Further around the lap, Boardman tried to pass Bennani at the turn 6 chicane but lost control under braking, cutting across the chicane and collecting Bennani who later retired. Huff was now after Michelisz's sixth place although, on lap two Michelisz ran wide and crashed into the barriers with Huff close behind avoiding the accident. Michelisz attempted to return to the pits to get the car repaired but he struggled with broken suspension on the right side of his car and pulled off further around the lap. Tarquini who had been running fourth dropped out of the race late on with turbo problems, after trying to return to the pits he stopped at turn 13. A recovery truck was out on circuit to recover the stranded car of Tarquini, Barth spun when trying to avoid it while Franz Engstler didn't see the vehicle around the corner at turn 12 and ran into the back of it. The safety car was deployed on lap The race resumed on the last lap, Monteiro passed Nash to take the final points position while Boardman and O'Young collided with Boardman going into the barriers. Up ahead of them, Basseng lost out to Coronel and D'Aste. At the end of the race Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2–3–4 ahead of Chilton, Nykjær and Oriola; Nykjær in third took the independents' victory.Abbott Andrew Muller takes fifth win of season in Porto http://www.touringcars.net/2013/06/muller-takes-fifth-win-of-season-in-porto Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 30 June 2013 30 June 2013 After the race, Valente was given a 30–second time penalty and 10–place grid penalty for the first race in Argentina for ignoring yellow flags and causing a collision. Kozlovskiy and René Münnich were penalised for breaking the speed limit at the rolling start and given a 30–second penalty and a suspended 10–place grid penalty respectively. Boardman was issued with a 30–second penalty and a suspended 10–place grid penalty for his first lap collision with Bennani.FOUR DRIVERS PENALIZED AFTER RACE 1 http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1185 https://archive.today/20130630200602/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1185 dead 30 June 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 30 June 2013 30 June 2013 Race Two Nash was under attack from Huff and Basseng from the start but maintained the lead while Chilton jumped ahead of Oriola. Oriola re–passed Chilton at the hairpin allowing Muller, Coronel and Bennani also to get through. Nash and Huff broke away from a train of cars led by Basseng, on lap three Nykjær passed Thompson to take fourth place at the final chicane. On lap four Oriola was attempting a pass on Thompson but made a mistake and cut the second chicane, he was required to give the place back on the exit of turn 7, Muller tried to follow Thompson but Oriola shut the door on the RML driver when the pair arrived side–by–side at turn 9. At the end of lap 4 Nykjær took third place from Basseng while lap 5 saw Monje retire with broken suspension along the Avenida Da Boavista. By lap 6 Nykjær was trailing Huff who was staying ahead despite cutting chicanes on a number of occasions, something for which he was later investigated for. On lap eight Oriola passed Thompson just before the final chicane to take fifth place, Thompson then cut the chicane when he was tapped from behind by Muller. Oriola then moved up to fourth on lap 10 when Basseng ran wide across the grass at turn two. Also on that lap, Barth collided head on with one of the barriers at turn eight; his car was left there covered by yellow flags for the remainder of the race. At the end of the race one lap later, Nash took the overall and independents' wins with Huff second and Nykjær third.Tremayne Sam Porto WTCC: James Nash escapes from action to clinch race two win http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108461 Autosport Haymarket Publications 30 June 2013 30 June 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 2:05.979 2:05.347 5 2 23 GBR Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2:06.993 2:05.545 4 3 17 DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 2:06.461 2:05.977 3 4 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 2:06.876 2:06.033 2 5 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 2:06.522 2:06.172 1 6 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2:07.539 2:06.414 7 10 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 2:07.449 2:06.552 8 1 GBR Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 2:07.060 2:06.660 9 38 DEU Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 2:07.442 2:06.663 10 14 GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 2:07.319 2:06.902 11 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 2:07.299 2:06.903 12 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 2:07.386 2:07.065 13 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 2:07.560 14 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 2:08.045 15 55 HKG Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 2:08.146 16 73 CHE Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 2:08.160 17 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 2:08.209 18 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 2:08.678 19 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 2:08.716 20 19 ESP Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 2:08.778 21 20 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 2:09.122 22 9 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 2:09.361 23 21 RUS Nikolay Karamyshev Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 2:09.551 24 37 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 2:10.350 107% time: 2:14.797 – 8 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta no time set Source:https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2013-race-of-portugal/classification/ecaa448e-5515-4511-9131-22c5c024b63f 2013 World Touring Car Championship Race of Portugal: Qualifying 1 Motorsport Stats 13 April 2021https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2013-race-of-portugal/classification/6c5192fb-44ff-4428-b07a-0316c6da243c 2013 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 12 FRA Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 27:38.637 1 25 2 23 GBR Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +0.343 2 18 3 17 DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +0.665 3 15 4 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +1.138 6 12 5 1 GBR Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 12 +2.493 8 10 6 10 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 12 +3.662 7 8 7 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 12 +6.333 11 6 8 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 12 +6.416 14 4 9 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 12 +6.977 17 2 10 38 DEU Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 12 +7.576 9 1 11 14 GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +10.632 10 12 55 HKG Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 12 +11.014 15 13 9 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +11.953 21 14 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 12 +12.291 19 15 19 ESP Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 12 +12.842 24 16 21 RUS Nikolay Karamyshev Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 12 +13.234 22 17 73 CHE Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 12 +13.736 16 18 20 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 12 +41.485 20 19 8 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 12 +1:03.630 25 20 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 11 +1 Lap 18 21 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 9 +3 Laps 12 Ret 37 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 8 23 Ret 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 7 Turbo 5 Ret 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 3 Race incident 13 Ret 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 1 Race incident 4Source:https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2013-race-of-portugal/classification/7702c55b-3307-4915-92a5-561150244b3c 2013 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 14 GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 11 23:41.247 1 25 2 1 GBR Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 11 +5.624 3 18 3 17 DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 11 +6.012 6 15 4 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 +6.368 5 12 5 38 DEU Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 11 +7.946 2 10 6 10 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 11 +8.683 4 8 7 12 FRA Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 +9.336 8 6 8 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 11 +9.805 9 4 9 23 GBR Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 +10.178 7 2 10 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 11 +10.669 10 1 11 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 11 +11.019 14 12 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 11 +11.560 11 13 55 HKG Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 11 +15.262 12 14 20 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 11 +23.847 17 15 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 11 +30.812 15 16 21 RUS Nikolay Karamyshev Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 11 +31.836 19 17 9 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 11 +32.306 18 18 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 11 +33.542 22 19 8 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 11 +34.673 25 20 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 11 +36.144 21 21 73 CHE Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 9 +2 Laps 13 Ret 37 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 7 24 Ret 19 ESP Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 4 Race incident 16 DNS 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 0 Did not start 23 DNS 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 0 Did not start 20Source:https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2013-race-of-portugal/classification/0472d82f-4ebc-4de6-a837-d2a80a822ac7 2013 World Touring Car Championship Race of Portugal: Race 2 Motorsport Stats 13 April 2021 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Yvan Muller 282 10px 1 2 DNK Michel Nykjær 160 10px 1 3 GBR James Nash 138 10px 1 4 GBR Robert Huff 135 10px 3 5 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 134 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 DNK Michel Nykjær 112 10px 2 GBR James Nash 108 10px 3 GBR Alex MacDowall 78 10px 4 MAR Mehdi Bennani 60 10px 5 ITA Stefano D'Aste 51 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 JPN Honda 566 10px 2 RUS Lada 366 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 Portugal 2013 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal Portugal Race of Portugal Category:June 2013 sports events in Portugal