2012 FIA WTCC Race of China

World touring car championship Race of China China 4 November 2012 Shanghai International Circuit wtcc.png 11 12 Shanghai, China Shanghai International Circuit 4.603 13 13 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet 1:54.383 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport CHE Alain Menu 1:54.947 Chevrolet GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport GBR Robert Huff 1:55.546 Chevrolet The 2012 FIA WTCC Race of China was the penultimate round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of China. It was held on 4 November 2012 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China for the first time, as the previous year's race was held at the nearby Shanghai Tianma Circuit. Both races were won by Chevrolet with Alain Menu winning race one and Robert Huff winning race two. Background Following the previous round in Japan, Yvan Muller and Robert Huff were tied at the top of the drivers' championship on 345 points. Norbert Michelisz was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. Macanese driver Alex Liu joined Liqui Moly Team Engstler to drive their naturally aspirated BMW 320si.http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8332 https://archive.today/20121208182014/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8332 dead 8 December 2012 Liu Lic Ka to drive for Engstler at Shanghai Hudson Neil 24 October 2012 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 2 November 2012 Tom Boardman was the only entry for Special Tuning Racing after the team were unable to find a driver for their second car.Hudson Neil STR to run one car for Tom Boardman at Shanghai http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8340 https://archive.today/20130204184759/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8340 dead 4 February 2013 26 October 2012 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 2 November 2012 2009 British Touring Car Championship champion Colin Turkington returned to the WTCC with Team Aviva-Cofco who were running a Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T.Mills Peter Colin Turkington returns to World Touring Cars with WSR Chevrolet http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/103716 Autosport Haymarket Publications 26 October 2012 2 November 2012 French SEAT León Supercopa driver Hugo Valente would drive for SUNRED Engineering in a SUNRED SR León 1.6Thttp://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/436 https://archive.today/20121205234427/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/436 dead 5 December 2012 HUGO VALENTE WITH SUNRED IN CHINA 25 October 2012 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 2 November 2012 while Fredy Barth returned to the championship to drive a latest specification SEAT León WTCC for SUNRED under the SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED banner.http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp/59/subpage.php?id=4266&lang=cn FIA WTCC – Guia Race of Macau – Presented by SJM Provisional Entry List Macau Grand Prix Macau Grand Prix Committee 10 October 2012 2 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121214015331/http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp/59/subpage.php?id=4266&lang=cn 2012-12-14 dead Son Veng Racing Team entered a Honda Accord Euro R for Kelvin Leonghttp://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/434 https://archive.today/20121216062601/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/434 dead 16 December 2012 LEONG IAN VENG TO RACE IN CHINA 25 October 2012 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 2 November 2012 and Look Fong Racing Team ran a naturally aspirated Chevrolet Cruze LT for Eric Kwong.http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/432 https://archive.today/20121216061533/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/432 dead 16 December 2012 HONG KONG CHAMPION TO RACE IN CHINA 24 October 2012 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 2 November 2012 China Dragon Racing entered a Chevrolet Lacetti for Felipe De Souza and a Chevrolet Cruze LT for Kin Veng Ng. Report Free Practice Alex MacDowall set the fastest time in Friday testing ahead of the works Chevrolet drivers. Turkington set the fifth fastest time on his return to racing, his first time in a front wheel drive car since 2006. Alain Menu could only manage a time that could only get him up to eleventh.Andrew Abbott MacDowall fastest in Shanghai test http://www.touring-cars.net/2012/11/macdowall-fastest-in-shanghai-test Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 2 November 2012 3 November 2012 It was Turkington who was quickest in Saturday's first free practice session in the Team Aviva-Cofco Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T, he set the time early and it went unbeaten for the rest of the 30-minute session. Pepe Oriola brought out the red flag two minutes before the end of the session when he stopped his car on the start-finish straight; fellow SEAT driver Fredy Barth was unable to run in the session.Hudson Neil Colin Turkington fastest in Free Practice 1 at Shanghai http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8363 https://archive.today/20130204162515/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8363 dead 4 February 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 3 November 2012 3 November 2012 Menu was on top in free practice two in his Chevrolet, the works trio having spent the session swapping fastest times. Independents' leader Michelisz was fifth fastest, Turkington was eighth after topping the first session and Tiago Monteiro was fifteenth in the Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic.Mills Peter Alain Menu heads Chevrolet clean-sweep in FP2 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/103964 Autosport Haymarket Publications 3 November 2012 3 November 2012 Qualifying Menu claimed his third consecutive pole position of the year, with title rivals Muller second and Huff fourth. Michelisz was the leading independent driver in third. Turkington was fifth on his return to the WTCC, putting ahead of the works Chevrolet trio for race two. A set up change for Gabriele Tarquini in Q2 put him only ninth fastest but with the benefit of a front row start in race two. Barth was 12th on his return, while Monteiro could only manage 17th in the second event for the Honda Civic. James Nash was the quickest of the Team Aon pair in 15th, with teammate Tom Chilton down in 22nd ahead of series debutant Hugo Valente.Hudson Neil Menu claims Shanghai pole position ahead of Muller http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8365 https://archive.today/20130204193902/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8365 dead 4 February 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 3 November 2012 3 November 2012 Liu failed to set a time within the 107% time in his naturally aspirated BMW 320si but was later allowed to race by the stewards.Hudson Neil Alex Liu granted permission to start from outside 107% http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8369 https://archive.today/20130204135323/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8369 dead 4 February 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 3 November 2012 3 November 2012 Warm-Up Huff led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 in the Sunday morning warm up ahead of Muller and Turkington. Independents' points leader Michelisz was fourth and pole sitter Menu was fifth. Liu beached his BMW 320si in the gravel with five minutes to go.Hudson Neil Rob Huff leads the way in Shanghai warm-up http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8373 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 4 November 2012 4 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121107172753/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8373 7 November 2012 dead dmy-all Race One Menu completed a lights to flag victory ahead of Huff but teammate and championship leader Muller retired on the first lap with broken rear suspension. The breakage came in a second corner incident which also saw MacDowall, Turkington, Oriola, Darryl O'Young and Tom Coronel involved in a pile up. Michelisz was issued with a drive through penalty on lap five at a time when there was plenty of action in the midfield. Turkington had dropped to the back of the field on the opening lap but by the end of the race had climbed back up to eighth. Second place for Huff and a non-finish for Muller handed Huff the championship lead.RACE 1 – MENU-HUFF 1 AND 2, MULLER IS OFF http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/462 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 4 November 2012 4 November 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131213225514/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/462 13 December 2013 After the race, Valente, Nash, Boardman, Monteiro and Barth were issued with 30-second time penalties for missing the chicane to avoid a pileup, dropping the latter three out of the points. Charles Ng picked up his first point of the season as a result.Mills Peter Yvan Muller stripped of podium after Menu collision http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104017 Autosport Haymarket Publications 4 November 2012 4 November 2012 Race Two Coronel led away from the start with D'Aste jumping up to second after a slow start for Tarquini. The drivers' door on the Wiechers-Sport car of D'Aste was hanging loose and on the third lap he was an easy target for the Chevrolet trio led by Menu, Coronel was passed a lap later. Turkington was once again fighting back from near the back and he was back up to tenth by lap 6 at the expense of Alberto Cerqui. Menu was leading until the start of lap 8 when Muller out-braked himself and the pair tangled, half-spinning Menu and allowing Huff to pass both of them to take the lead. Muller was second until he was passed by Menu a lap later, the pair swapped places again on lap 11 at the final hairpin. Huff won the race ahead of Muller and Menu with D'Aste the independent winner in sixth. Turkington had climbed up to eighth by the finish.RACE 2 – HUFF LEADS A CHEVROLET 1–2–3 http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/464 https://archive.today/20130123004544/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/464 dead January 23, 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 4 November 2012 4 November 2012 Muller was given a retrospective drive through penalty after the race, dropping him to 13th in the classification.YVAN MULLER DROPPED OUT OF THE POINTS http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/467 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 4 November 2012 4 November 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131023035612/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/467 23 October 2013 Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 Points 1 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:54.775 1:54.383 5 2 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:55.032 1:54.409 4 3 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:55.243 1:54.523 3 4 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:54.491 1:54.582 2 5 32 GBR Colin Turkington Team Aviva-Cofco Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:55.018 1:54.777 1 6 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 1:55.586 1:55.142 7 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:55.475 1:55.325 8 11 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:55.467 1:55.378 9 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC 1:55.266 1:55.451 10 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1:55.246 1:55.720 11 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:55.486 1:55.840 12 73 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León WTCCY 1:55.525 1:56.296 13 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:55.616 14 20 CHN Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:55.637 15 14 GBR James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 1:55.658 16 88 ESP Fernando Monje Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:55.734 17 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic S2000 TC 1:55.742 18 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:55.851 19 16 ITA Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:55.973 20 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:56.012 21 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:56.577 22 23 GBR Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 1:56.904 23 60 FRA Hugo Valente SUNRED Engineering SR León 1.6TY 1:57.947 24 54 HKG Eric Kwong Look Fong Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze LTY 1:59.352 25 53 MAC Kelvin Leong Son Veng Racing Team Honda Accord Euro RY 2:00.864 26 51 MAC Kin Veng Ng China Dragon Racing Chevrolet Cruze LTY 2:00.969 27 50 MAC Felipe De Souza China Dragon Racing Chevrolet LacettiY 2:01.059 107% time: 2:02.505 — 76 MAC Alex Liu Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 2:04.374 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 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 25:12.369 1 25 2 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 +1.500 4 18 3 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 13 +11.192 6 15 4 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 13 +13.327 10 12 5 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC 13 +15.653 9 10 6 32 GBR Colin Turkington Team Aviva-Cofco Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 +30.125 5 8 7 16 ITA Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 13 +31.463 19 6 8 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 13 +40.183 13 4 9 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 13 +40.320 21 2 10 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 13 +44.499 18 1 11 23 GBR Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 13 +46.076 22 12 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 13 +56.382 20 13 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic S2000 TC 13 +1:00.032 17 14 73 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León WTCCY 13 +1:06.426 12 15 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 13 +1:07.550 3 16 60 FRA Hugo Valente SUNRED Engineering SR León 1.6TY 13 +1:17.406 23 17 53 MAC Kelvin Leong Son Veng Racing Team Honda Accord Euro RY 13 +1:21.551 25 18 54 HKG Eric Kwong Look Fong Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze LTY 13 +1:25.129 24 19 50 MAC Felipe De Souza China Dragon Racing Chevrolet LacettiY 13 +1:27.186 27 20 51 MAC Kin Veng Ng China Dragon Racing Chevrolet Cruze LTY 13 +1:37.603 26 21 76 MAC Alex Liu Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 12 +1 Lap 28 22 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCCY 9 +4 Laps 7 Ret 88 ESP Fernando Monje Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCC Y 8 Race incident 16 Ret 14 GBR James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 7 Engine 15 Ret 20 CHN Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 6 Race Incident 14 NC 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCCY 6 +7 Laps 11 NC 11 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y 4 +9 Laps 8 Ret 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1 Race incident 2 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 25:17.714 7 25 2 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 +2.698 10 18 3 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 13 +4.378 1 15 4 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 13 +4.866 5 12 5 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 13 +5.574 13 10 6 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC 13 +20.406 2 8 7 32 GBR Colin Turkington Team Aviva-Cofco Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 +25.189 6 6 8 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 13 +26.741 20 4 9 16 ITA Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 13 +27.167 19 2 10 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic S2000 TC 13 +27.342 17 1 11 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCCY 13 +28.113 11 12 20 CHN Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 13 +30.937 14 13 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 +31.195 9 14 73 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León WTCCY 13 +32.626 12 15 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 13 +35.170 21 16 88 ESP Fernando Monje Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCC Y 13 +35.249 16 17 11 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y 13 +35.368 3 18 60 FRA Hugo Valente SUNRED Engineering SR León 1.6TY 13 +41.675 23 19 23 GBR Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 13 +42.220 22 20 54 HKG Eric Kwong Look Fong Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze LTY 13 +1:15.910 24 21 50 MAC Felipe De Souza China Dragon Racing Chevrolet LacettiY 13 +1:21.126 27 22 51 MAC Kin Veng Ng China Dragon Racing Chevrolet Cruze LTY 13 +1:34.329 26 23 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 12 +1 Lap 18 24 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 +1 Lap 8 25 76 MAC Alex Liu Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 11 +2 Laps 28 Ret 53 MAC Kelvin Leong Son Veng Racing Team Honda Accord Euro RY 7 Technical 25 Ret 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCCY 6 Technical 4 Ret 14 GBR James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 0 Engine 15 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 GBR Robert Huff 390 10px 1 2 CHE Alain Menu 355 10px 2 3 FRA Yvan Muller 349 10px 4 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 236 10px 5 NLD Tom Coronel 196 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 HUN Norbert Michelisz 138 10px 2 ESP Pepe Oriola 126 10px 3 ITA Stefano D'Aste 122 10px 4 GBR Alex MacDowall 95 10px 5 DEU Franz Engstler 82 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 USA Chevrolet 930 10px 2 DEU BMW Customer Racing Teams 602 10px 3 ESP SEAT Racing Technology 569 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings. References FIA WTCC Race of China 2012 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Japan 2012 Guia Race of Macau 2011 FIA WTCC Race of China 2013 FIA WTCC Race of China China Race of China