2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco

FIA WTCC Race of Morocco Morocco 7 April 2013 Circuito Urbano de Marrakech.svg 2 12 Marrakesh, Morocco Marrakech Street Circuit 4.545 13 13 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda Team 1:44.358 DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda Team GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering GBR Alex MacDowall 1:46.237 bamboo-engineering ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team FRA Yvan Muller RML GBR Tom Chilton RML GBR Tom Chilton 1:45.545 RML The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco was the second round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Morocco. It was held on 7 April 2013 at the Marrakech Street Circuit in Marrakesh, Morocco. Both races were won by first time victors in the World Touring Car Championship, race one was won by Michel Nykjær of NIKA Racing and race two was won by Pepe Oriola of Tuenti Racing Team who also became the youngest winner of a WTCC race. Background After the first round at Monza, RML driver Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship. James Nash was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. After the qualifying incident at Monza, Lukoil Lada Sport replaced Aleksei Dudukalo with series rookie Mikhail Kozlovskiy.Tremayne Sam Kozlovskiy replaces Dudukalo at Lada's WTCC squad http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106475 Autosport Haymarket Publications 4 April 2013 2 April 2013 Jean-Philippe Dayraut and the ANOME team were not on the entry list for Marrakesh.2013 FIA WORLD TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY LIST http://cdn.fiawtcc.com/uploads/files/eventdetail/149/2013_wtcc_entry_list_02_marrakech.pdf World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 4 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130720071812/http://cdn.fiawtcc.com/uploads/files/eventdetail/149/2013_wtcc_entry_list_02_marrakech.pdf 2013-07-20 dead Report Testing and free practice A test session had been scheduled for Friday afternoon but was cancelled along with activities for the support races when heavy rain flooded the circuit, the lost half–hour session would not be replaced.WEATHER FORCES TO CANCEL WTCC TEST http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/755/t/WEATHER-FORCES-TO-CANCEL-WTCC-TEST https://archive.today/20130629044818/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/755/t/WEATHER-FORCES-TO-CANCEL-WTCC-TEST dead 29 June 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 5 April 2013 5 April 2013 Muller led the dry first free practice session on Saturday morning with teammate Tom Chilton third, the pair separated by the Honda of Gabriele Tarquini who had set the pace earlier on. Norbert Michelisz was fourth in the independent Honda ahead of James Thompson in the leading Lada. Tom Coronel was sixth as the fastest BMW while Fernando Monje in tenth was the quickest SEAT. There were no improved times in the final minutes of the session due to yellow flags at the final hairpin brought out by Tom Boardman who had stopped on the circuit.Hudson Neil Yvan Muller leads first practice at Marrakech http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/04/06/yvan-muller-leads-first-practice-at-marrakech/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 6 April 2013 6 April 2013 Muller led an RML 1–2 in the second practice session with Alex MacDowall making it three Chevrolets at the top of the times. There was a small fire on Michelisz's car in the pit lane while SEAT drivers Boardman and Robert Huff completed a limited number of laps due to car problems.Hudson Neil Yvan Muller leads RML 1-2 in FP2 at Marrakech http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/04/06/yvan-muller-leads-rml-1-2-in-fp2-at-marrakech/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 6 April 2013 6 April 2013 Qualifying Qualifying was delayed by an hour as a result of the cancellation of all Friday running for the support races.SATURDAY'S QUALIFYING DELAYED BY ONE HOUR http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/757 https://archive.today/20130629045206/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/757 dead 29 June 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 6 April 2013 5 April 2013 Tarquini took the first pole position for the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team ahead of the bamboo-engineering Chevrolet of Nash. The first part of qualifying was led by Tarquini, whose teammate Tiago Monteiro brought out the red flags halfway through the session when he hit one of the walls at the second chicane. The ROAL Motorsport drivers collided towards the end of the session, Darryl O'Young had given Tom Coronel a tow to get the Dutch driver through to Q2, Coronel then got his braking wrong at turn ten and ran into the back of O'Young. Thompson collided with one of the walls on the street circuit and damaged his front left corner, although he was through to the second session he would not be able to set a time due to the damage sustained. Tarquini spent most of Q2 at the top of timing pages, Chilton looked set to take pole position when he came across the slow moving Campos Racing car of Fernando Monje who had just left the pits. Chilton and the train of cars behind him were forced to abandon their flying laps. The grid order was therefore decided by times set earlier in the session, Tarquini was ahead of five Chevrolets with Nash second, Muller and Michel Nykjær on row two with Chilton and MacDowall on row three. The ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport cars of Huff and Marc Basseng were on row four, Pepe Oriola was ninth and Monje in tenth would start on pole position for race two. Coronel and Thompson didn't set times in Q2.Tremayne Sam WTCC Marrakech: Tarquini gives Honda maiden pole http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106549 Autosport Haymarket Publications 6 April 2013 6 April 2013 Warm-Up Chilton led the warm–up session on Sunday morning. The red flags came out twice, firstly when Nykjær clipped the kerbs at the second chicane and stopped in the middle of the track. The second stoppage brought warm–up to an early end when Boardman appeared to suffer a brake failure, clipping the front of MacDowall's Chevrolet and colliding head–on with the barriers at the final chicane.Abbott Andrew Chilton fastest in interrupted warmup http://www.touring-cars.net/2013/04/chilton-fastest-in-interrupted-warmup Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 7 April 2013 7 April 2013 10 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130410144436/http://www.touring-cars.net/2013/04/chilton-fastest-in-interrupted-warmup dead Boardman was later ruled out of the races as a result of the damage sustained in the warm–up crash.Tremayne Sam Marrakech WTCC: Tom Boardman ruled out after warm-up crash http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106564 Autosport Haymarket Publications 7 April 2013 7 April 2013 Race One Tarquini led away from pole position while Nykjær moved into second place ahead of Nash. Huff had moved up to fifth place behind Muller and eventually managed to pass the RML driver, the pair then spent the next couple of places fighting over the position. Muller eventually got ahead at the final hairpin and Huff lost more places. Chilton pulled into the pit lane on lap six due to overheating resulting for damage. Nykjær and Nash were disputing second place behind Tarquini, Nykjær was then able to pass Tarquini moments before the yellow flags came out after Monteiro crashed into one of the barriers and the safety car was deployed. Nash ignored the yellow flags and passed Tarquini for second place, he then tried to hand the position back on the main straight behind the safety car but it wasn't until the following lap when the pair swapped positions. The race resumed with two laps to go, the main battle was for the final podium spot with Muller chasing Nash. Muller made a number of attempts to take the place but Nash successfully defended the place to take his first podium finish. Up ahead Nykjær claimed his first overall victory in the WTCC ahead of Tarquini.Tremayne Sam Marrakech WTCC: Nykjaer takes maiden victory in race one http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106570 Autosport Haymarket Publications 7 April 2013 7 April 2013 Race Two Monje was on pole but was passed on the opening lap by Oriola. Monje was involved a collision with the Lada of Thompson although both cars were removed under yellow flags. Towards the end of the first lap, Huff made contact with Monje and broke his right front suspension. Monje was then out on lap two when he collided with the Lada of Thompson. The safety car came out on lap nine when Tarquini lost control of his car over the kerbs at one of the chicanes and collided with MacDowall, putting both out of the race. The race resumed on the final lap with Oriola holding off Muller and Chilton to claim his first WTCC victory and become the youngest winner and the championship's history, Nash in fourth was the independents' winner.Abbott Andrew Oriola takes maiden win in Morocco http://www.touring-cars.net/2013/04/oriola-scores-maiden-win-in-morocco Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 7 April 2013 7 April 2013 14 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130414150156/http://www.touring-cars.net/2013/04/oriola-scores-maiden-win-in-morocco dead After the race, Monje was given a five–place grid penalty at the next race in Slovakia for his collision with Thompson.Hudson Neil Fernando Monje given penalty for Thompson collision http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/04/07/fernando-monje-given-penalty-for-thompson-collision/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 7 April 2013 7 April 2013 Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 Points 1 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 1:44.910 1:44.358 5 2 14 GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:45.677 1:44.406 4 3 12 FRA Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:45.185 1:44.504 3 4 17 DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:45.656 1:44.745 2 5 23 GBR Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:45.471 1:44.863 1 6 9 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:45.446 1:45.060 7 1 GBR Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 1:46.125 1:45.228 8 38 DEU Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 1:45.794 1:45.552 9 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team SEAT León WTCC 1:45.617 1:46.341 10 19 ESP Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:46.194 1:55.405 11 10 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1:45.992 no time set 12 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1:46.091 no time set 13 55 HKG Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:46.327 14 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 1:46.396 15 73 CHE Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 1:46.412 16 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:46.494 17 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 1:46.629 18 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:46.660 19 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:46.713 20 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:47.140 21 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:47.390 22 8 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1:47.598 23 37 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 1:49.222 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 17 DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 13 28:51.561 4 25 2 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 13 +0.566 1 18 3 14 GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 13 +1.612 2 15 4 12 FRA Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 +2.224 3 12 5 1 GBR Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 13 +2.248 7 10 6 9 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 13 +2.476 6 8 7 38 DEU Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 13 +3.201 8 6 8 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team SEAT León WTCC 13 +3.565 9 4 9 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 13 +5.270 12 2 10 10 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 13 +5.881 11 1 11 19 ESP Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 13 +7.078 10 12 55 HKG Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 13 +7.879 13 13 73 CHE Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 13 +8.485 15 14 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 13 +9.298 19 15 37 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 13 +14.192 22 16 8 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 13 +15.333 21 17 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 13 +33.246 16 18 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 12 +1 Lap 18 Ret 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 5 Race incident 14 Ret 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 5 Race incident 17 Ret 23 GBR Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 5 Overheating 5 Ret 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 1 Race incident 20 DNS 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 0 Did not start 23 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team SEAT León WTCC 13 28:08.751 2 25 2 12 FRA Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 +0.430 8 18 3 23 GBR Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 +0.677 6 15 4 14 GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 13 +0.948 9 12 5 38 DEU Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 13 +1.808 3 10 6 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 13 +2.028 12 8 7 17 DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 13 +2.326 7 6 8 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 13 +4.377 16 4 9 55 HKG Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 13 +4.889 13 2 10 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 13 +6.273 18 1 11 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 13 +6.349 17 12 73 CHE Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 13 +6.385 15 13 8 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 13 +7.037 19 14 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 13 +7.698 22 15 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 9 Fuel leak 21 Ret 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 7 Race incident 10 Ret 9 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 7 Race incident 5 Ret 37 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 3 Puncture 20 Ret 1 GBR Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 1 Race incident 4 Ret 10 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1 Race incident 11 Ret 19 ESP Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1 Race incident 1 DNS 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 0 Did not start 14 DNS 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 0 Did not start – Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Yvan Muller 88 10px 2 2 DNK Michel Nykjær 51 10px 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 51 10px 2 4 GBR Tom Chilton 48 10px 3 5 GBR James Nash 43 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 GBR James Nash 35 10px 1 2 DNK Michel Nykjær 29 10px 1 3 GBR Alex MacDowall 20 10px 1 4 HKG Darryl O'Young 17 10px 1 5 CHE Fredy Barth 13 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 JPN Honda 145 10px 2 RUS Lada 70 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 Morocco 2013 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco Morocco FIA WTCC Race of Morocco Category:FIA WTCC Race of Morocco