2010 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic

Seventh round of the 2010 WTCC season FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 1 August 2010 Brno (formerly Masarykův okruh).svg 7 11 Brno, Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit 5.403 12 10 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML 2:10.860 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML ITA Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML BRA Augusto Farfus 2:12.167 BMW Team RBM GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM GBR Colin Turkington eBay Motors CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML ITA Gabriele Tarquini 2:12.737 SR-Sport The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic (formally the 2010 FIA WTCC Monroe Race of the Czech Republic) was the seventh round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth running of the Race of the Czech Republic. It was held at the Masaryk Circuit near Brno, Czech Republic on 1 August 2010. The two races were won by Robert Huff of Chevrolet RML and Andy Priaulx of BMW Team RBM. Background Coming into the round, Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship and Sergio Hernández was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. After missing the previous round at Brands Hatch for personal reason, Andrei Romanov returned to Liqui Moly Team Engstler. Fabio Fabiani returned to Scuderia Proteam Motorsport having last raced for the team at the Race of Italy.Route to Brno, Czech Republic http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/26072010/58/route-brno-czech-republic.html Eurosport Yahoo! Sports 7 February 2013 26 July 2010 Changes were made to the Independents' Trophy after the Race of UK. As well as the usual independents' points systems, additional points are awarded for each point scored in the main drivers' championship. After Colin Turkington's success at Brands Hatch, the number of additional points was limited to twelve to prevent a repeat of this.Hudson Neil Independents' points system changed http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5058 https://archive.today/20130412010408/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5058 dead 12 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 7 February 2013 29 July 2010 Report Free practice Chevrolet's Alain Menu set the pace in free practice one with SR-Sport's Gabriele Tarquini second and BMW driver Turkington third. Yokohama Trophy leader Hernández was tenth while overall championship leader Muller was sixteenth.Hudson Neil Menu on top of timesheets in Brno First Practice http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5061 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 7 February 2013 31 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100804052337/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5061 4 August 2010 dead dmy-all Turkington led free practice two, nearly half a second quicker than Muller. The session was brought to an early close when Tiago Monteiro beached his SEAT León TDI in a gravel trap.Hudson Neil Turkington ahead in final Brno practice session http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5062 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 7 February 2013 31 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100804045759/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5062 4 August 2010 dead dmy-all Qualifying Huff claimed his first pole position of the season in qualifying, lining up alongside Tarquini on the front row. Huff had been quickest in Q1, the surprise drop–outs from the first segment being the works BMW of Priaulx and SR–Sport driver Monteiro. Their efforts were spoilt by a red flag brought out by Fabiani who had beached his car in a gravel trap, the stoppage meant neither driver was able to set a time fast enough to progress through to the top ten shoot–out. After Q2, Huff and Tarquini shared the front row with Turkington and Farfus behind. Huff's team mate Menu was fifth alongside Norbert Michelisz and Tom Coronel shared the fourth row with the third factory Chevrolet car of Muller. Jordi Gené and Michel Nykjær completed the top ten.English Steven Huff takes first pole of 2010 at Brno http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85731 Autosport Haymarket Publications 7 February 2013 31 July 2010 After lining up third in qualifying, Turkington was stripped of independent status and would now only be eligible for the main championship.English Steven Turkington loses independent status http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85763 Autosport Haymarket Publications 7 February 2013 1 August 2010 Warm-Up Priaulx was quickest in the warm–up prior to the first race on Sunday morning. The fastest independent driver was Darryl O'Young in sixth while pole sitter Huff was eighth.Hudson Neil Priaulx & Farfus head warm-up http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5065 https://archive.today/20130412003403/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5065 dead 12 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 7 February 2013 1 August 2010 Race One Huff depended from Tarquini at the rolling start and kept his lead into the first corner, escaping a first lap crash which caught out several of their rivals. Gené and Coronel retired while Priaulx, Kristian Poulsen and Fredy Barth continued with minor damage. The safety car was brought out while the wreckage was cleared, and on the restart Turkington and Michelisz clashed with the eBay Motors driver losing control and taking out championship leader Muller. Turkington continued while Michelisz retired and Muller returned to the pits for repairs. By now the front four of Huff, Tarquini, Menu and Augusto Farfus had broken away from the rest of the field led by Turkington although Priaulx eventually passed him on the last lap to finish fifth. Huff took the win with Tarquini second and Menu third. Poulsen was the independent winner by finishing eighth after a 30–second penalty was given to O'Young for causing a collision.English Steven Huff turns pole into victory at Brno http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85778 Autosport Haymarket Publications 8 February 2013 1 August 2010 Race Two O'Young started on pole position for race two although he was passed at the start by Priaulx from fourth on the grid. Turkington had leapt up from third to first at the start and at the end of the first lap Turkington lead Priaulx. Priaulx passed Turkington on the second lap while Tarquini, Menu and Huff closed in. On lap four Tarquini overshot the corner and dropped to fourth place behind Menu. Tarquini stopped two laps from the end with an injector failure, promoting Huff into fourth place. Priaulx took the win ahead of Turkington with Menu completing the podium for the second race in a row. O'Young was the independent winner while Muller finished twelfth, scoring no points over the course of the weekend.WTCC Brno: Priaulx wins Race 2 https://motorsportm8.com/2010/08/01/wtcc-brno-priaulx-wins-race-2/ Motorsport M8 20 August 2026 1 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20191119031844/https://motorsportm8.com/2010/08/01/wtcc-brno-priaulx-wins-race-2/ 19 November 2019 usurped dmy-all Bailey Richard Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 1 7 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:10.611 2:10.860 2 1 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:10.666 2:11.198 3 29 GBR Colin Turkington eBay Motors BMW 320siY 2:11.179 2:11.205 4 10 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 2:11.111 2.11.260 5 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:10.678 2:11.360 6 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.601 2:11.436 7 2 NLD Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.498 2:11.528 8 6 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:10.885 2:11.542 9 4 ESP Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.009 2:11.745 10 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.750 2:11.826 11 11 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 2:11.761 12 24 DNK Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:11.798 13 25 ESP Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:11.833 14 3 PRT Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.994 15 20 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 2:12.093 16 18 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:12.180 17 21 MAR Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 2:12.496 18 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:12.617 19 15 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 2:12.658 20 19 GBR Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 2:13.007 21 16 RUS Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 2:13.989 22 33 ITA Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:19.110 Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 12 28:46.901 1 25 2 1 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +0.796 2 18 3 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 12 +2.036 5 15 4 10 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 12 +2.345 4 12 5 11 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 12 +12.874 11 10 6 29 GBR Colin Turkington eBay Motors BMW 320si 12 +13.202 3 8 7 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +14.256 10 6 8 24 DNK Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320siY 12 +15.680 12 4 9 3 PRT Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +16.524 14 2 10 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 12 +18.780 18 1 11 25 ESP Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 12 +20.905 13 12 18 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +21.363 16 13 15 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 12 +22.484 19 14 21 MAR Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 12 +24.250 17 15 19 GBR Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 12 +26.554 20 16 16 RUS Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 12 +39.022 21 171 1 20 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 12 +45.467 15 18 33 ITA Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 12 +1:24.872 22 NC 6 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 6 +6 Laps 8 Ret 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 3 Race incident 6 Ret 4 ESP Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 9 Ret 2 NLD Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 7 Bold denotes Fastest lap. 1 1 — O'Young originally finished in eighth position, but was given a 30-second penalty for causing a collision during the race. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 10 22:22.054 4 25 2 29 GBR Colin Turkington eBay Motors BMW 320si 10 +2.254 3 18 3 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 10 +3.353 6 15 4 7 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 10 +5.347 8 12 5 10 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 10 +5.724 5 10 6 3 PRT Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +7.501 10 8 7 20 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 10 +10.212 1 6 8 18 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +11.698 13 4 9 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 10 +12.581 11 2 10 2 NLD Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +16.584 21 1 11 25 ESP Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 10 +19.233 12 12 6 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 10 +20.016 19 13 4 ESP Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +20.555 22 14 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +20.837 20 15 19 GBR Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 10 +23.840 16 161 1 21 MAR Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 10 +52.069 15 17 16 RUS Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 10 +52.309 17 18 1 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 8 +2 Laps 7 19 24 DNK Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320siY 8 +2 Laps 9 20 33 ITA Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 8 +2 Laps 18 Ret 15 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 4 Race incident 14 Ret 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 2 Bold denotes Fastest lap. 1 1 — Bennani originally finished in 15th position, but was given a 30-second penalty for causing a collision during the race. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Yvan Muller 199 10px 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 194 10px 3 GBR Andy Priaulx 183 10px 4 GBR Robert Huff 167 10px 3 5 CHE Alain Menu 116 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 ESP Sergio Hernández 96 10px 1 2 ITA Stefano D'Aste 80 10px 1 3 GBR Colin Turkington 73 10px 4 HKG Darryl O'Young 68 10px 5 DEU Franz Engstler 60 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 USA Chevrolet 445 10px 2 ESP SEAT Customers Technology 405 10px 3 DEU BMW 382 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 the Czech Republic 2010 2010 FIA WTCC Race of UK 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Germany 2009 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic 2011 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic Czech Republic FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic