2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia

FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia Slovakia 11 May 2014 Slovakiaring.svg 4 12 Orechová Potôň, Slovakia Automotodróm Slovakia Ring 5.922 9 ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC 2:03.912 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport FRA Sébastien Loeb 2:18.193 Citroën Total WTCC The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia was the fourth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia. It was held on 11 May 2014 at the Automotodróm Slovakia Ring in Orechová Potôň, Slovakia. Race one was won by Sébastien Loeb for Citroën Total WTCC. Race two was cancelled due to heavy rain, the first time a race had been cancelled in the history of the World Touring Car Championship. Background Coming into the event José María López was leading the drivers' championship by ten points over teammate Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler led the Yokohama Trophy. No changes were made to the compensation weight system after the Hungarian round. The Citroën C-Elysée WTCC remained the heaviest cars at 1160 kg lb 0 while the rest of the grid remained at the base weight of 1100 kg lb 0.CARS' RUNNING WEIGHTS DO NOT CHANGE http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3115 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 10 May 2014 6 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140512223807/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3115 12 May 2014 dead dmy-all Petr Fulín returned the championship with Campos Racing, driving a TC2 SEAT León WTCC.WTCC - Fulin returns with Campos Racing https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/wtcc-fulin-returns-campos-racing-061705144--spt.html Eurosport Yahoo! Sports 10 May 2014 7 May 2014 NIKA Racing and their driver Yukinori Taniguchi withdrew their entry at the last minute.Hudson Neil José María López quickest in first Slovakiaring test http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/05/09/jose-maria-lopez-quickest-in-first-slovakiaring-test/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 11 May 2014 9 May 2014 Report Testing and free practice López was quickest in Friday testing, nearly nine–tenths faster than the Honda of Tiago Monteiro. Hugo Valente was the highest placed Chevrolet driver while the quickest Lada driver was Robert Huff in 14th place. In the first practice session on Saturday morning it was López who topped the times once again. The session was stopped a minute early after Huff stopped on track with electrical problems in his Lada Granta 1.6T.Abbott Andrew López leads the way in Slovakia practice http://www.touringcars.net/2014/05/lopez-leads-the-way-in-slovakia-practice Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 11 May 2014 10 May 2014 López completed his domination of practice by setting the pace in the second free practice session. An off for Tom Coronel sent the ROAL Motorsport driver through the gravel while Huff continued to have technical problems but managed to set the 14th fastest time.Andrew Abbott López tops third straight session http://www.touringcars.net/2014/05/lopez-tops-third-straight-session Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 11 May 2014 10 May 2014 Qualifying Norbert Michelisz was quickest in the first part of qualifying. Proteam Racing's Mehdi Bennani failed to set a time after technical problems prevented him from getting out onto the track for most of the session. Lukoil Lada Sport's Mikhail Kozlovskiy also failed to set a time. Sébastien Loeb almost failed to progress through to the second session when his car required attention in the pits having only set a banker lap on used tyres. He got out just before the end of the session and set a quick enough to time to progress despite his engine cutting–out just before the finish line. López was back at the top of the timing sheets in second part of qualifying, a session which was disrupted by a red flag. The bonnet on Gabriele Tarquini's Honda flew open and he went off the track with Monteiro and Huff following him off the circuit. Michelisz was the only Honda driver to get through the Q3 along with the three Citroën drivers and Münnich Motorsport's Gianni Morbidelli. Monteiro ended the session tenth and took pole position on the reversed grid for race two. López took pole position in Q3 and led a Citroën 1–2–3 with Loeb second and Muller third. Michelisz ended up fourth ahead of Morbidelli.Mills Peter Slovakia WTCC: Jose Maria Lopez gives Citroen another pole http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113876 Autosport Haymarket Publications 11 May 2014 10 May 2014 Race One The race started on a wet track with rain falling at the start. Loeb moved into the lead at the start with Michelisz moving up to third behind López. Engstler went off on the first lap while Huff got himself up into the top ten after a good start. By the second lap Loeb and López were breaking away from the rest of the field with the third Citroën of Muller chasing Michelisz briefly before he went into the pits to serve a drive–through penalty for a jump start. Both Dušan Borković and Mehdi Bennani slipped in the wet conditions on lap three, Borković holding the slide while Bennani dipped off the circuit. Muller who was now climbing back up through the field after his penalty was the next to have a minor off in the wet conditions. Borković then had another off on lap four, going through the gravel and pulling part of the rear bumper on his Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 off in the process. Nearer the front the battle for fourth place was between the ROAL Motorsport drivers, Tom Coronel eventually managed to pass Tom Chilton on lap five. By lap six the conditions on the track had got much wetter with cars becoming unstable on the main straight. The wetter conditions handed the advantage to the Lada cars with Huff engaging in a battle for eighth with Tarquini before the safety car came out. Three laps were completed behind the safety car to reach minimum race distance of 75 percent. The race was eventually red flagged on lap nine and Loeb declared the winner.Hudson Neil Sébastien Loeb wins rain aborted race in Slovakia http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/05/11/sebastien-loeb-wins-rain-aborted-race-in-slovakia/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 11 May 2014 11 May 2014 Prior to the Race of Austria, Lukoil Lada Sport's James Thompson was disqualified from the previous three races after the seal on his engine was found to have been broken without permission. This included both races in Hungary and the race in Slovakia.Hudson Neil James Thompson's car excluded from the last two meetings http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/05/24/james-thompsons-car-excluded-from-last-two-meetings/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 1 June 2014 24 May 2014 Race Two After race one was stopped early due to heavy rain, the decision was taken to cancel race two.RACE 2 CANCELLED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3164 https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220301/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3164 dead 12 May 2014 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 11 May 2014 11 May 2014 The heavy rain meant the medical helicopter was unable to take off and the fading light were contributing factors to the decision. Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 Q3 Points 1 37 ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 2:05.504 2:04.038 2:03.912 5 2 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 2:05.418 2:04.718 2:04.284 4 3 1 FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 2:05.114 2:04.747 2:04.541 3 4 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 2:05.014 2:04.670 2:04.903 2 5 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:05.805 2:04.783 2:04.931 1 6 3 GBR Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:05.570 2:04.870 7 4 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:05.309 2:04.988 8 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 2:05.405 2:05.363 9 7 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:05.031 2:05.429 10 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 2:05.685 2:05.772 11 98 SRB Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:06.298 2:06.835 12 12 GBR Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 2:06.493 2:07.002 13 77 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:06.625 14 11 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 2:07.718 15 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 2:12.390 16 8 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 2:13.381 17 22 CZE Petr Fulín Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 2:13.508 18 27 FRA John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 2:13.786 107% time: 2:13.764 DNQ 14 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 no time set DNQ 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 no time set 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 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 8 20:38.595 2 25 2 37 ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 8 +1.105 1 18 3 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 8 +2.435 4 15 4 4 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 8 +4.081 7 12 5 3 GBR Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 8 +5.205 6 10 6 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 8 +6.026 5 8 7 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 8 +6.960 10 6 8 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 8 +7.410 8 4 9 12 GBR Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 8 +8.359 12 2 10 1 FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 8 +9.457 3 1 11 7 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 8 +10.535 9 12 98 SRB Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 8 +10.971 11 13 77 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 8 +12.325 13 14 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 8 +14.690 19 15 22 CZE Petr Fulín Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 8 +39.574 17 16 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 8 +1:00.002 15 17 8 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 8 +1:30.455 16 18 27 FRA John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 8 +1 Lap 18 Ret 14 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 0 Retired 20 DSQ 11 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 8 Disqualified 14 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 ARG José María López 138 10px 1 3 FRA Sébastien Loeb 113 10px 1 2 FRA Yvan Muller 109 10px 4 PRT Tiago Monteiro 71 10px 5 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 52 Yokohama Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 DEU Franz Engstler 75 10px 2 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino 55 10px 3 FRA John Filippi 38 10px 4 CZE Petr Fulín 10 10px 1 5 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi 10 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 FRA Citroën 323 10px 2 JPN Honda 204 10px 3 RUS Lada 107 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 Slovakia 2014 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia Slovakia FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia Category:FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia