2011 FIA WTCC Race of China

FIA WTCC Race of China China 6 November 2011 Shanghai Tianma Circuit.svg 11 12 Shanghai, China Tianma Circuit 2.063 25 25 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML 1:05.555 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML GBR Colin Turkington Wiechers-Sport GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML GBR Robert Huff 1:06.333 Chevrolet RML FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML 1:06.080 The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of China was the eleventh round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the maiden running of the FIA WTCC Race of China. It was held on 6 November 2011 at the Tianma Circuit in Shanghai, China. Both races were won by Chevrolet RML with Alain Menu winning race one and Yvan Muller winning race two. Background Arriving in China, Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship. Kristian Poulsen was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. Fabio Fabiani switched from Proteam Racing to Liqui Moly Team Engstler while Charles Ng moving to DeTeam KK Motorsport where he would race a BMW 320 TC.Hudson Neil Fabio Fabiani moves across to Engstler BMW http://www.touringcartimes.com/2011/10/30/fabio-fabiani-moves-across-to-engstler-bmw/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 14 March 2013 30 October 2011 Hong Kong racer Philip Ma joined Proteam as Fabiani's replacement for the final two rounds.Meissner Johan Philip Ma joins Proteam for final two races http://www.touringcartimes.com/2011/10/25/philip-ma-joins-proteam-for-final-two-races/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 14 March 2013 25 October 2011 Race report Testing and free practice Menu was fastest in the opening test session having spent the later part half of the session trading best times with Colin Turkington and Robert Dahlgren. The red flags came out towards the end of the session as Javier Villa had beached his Proteam BMW in the gravel at turn four.Abbott Andrew Menu fastest in Tianma testing http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/11/menu-fastest-in-tianma-testing Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 14 March 2013 4 November 2011 Chevrolet driver Robert Huff was quickest in the first free practice session on Saturday morning, overtaking early pacesetter Tom Coronel at the top of the times at the midway point. As was the case in testing, the SUNRED cars were struggling to be competitive with Gabriele Tarquini their best placed driver in 12th.Abbott Andrew Huff beats Coronel in China first practice http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/11/huff-beats-coronel-in-china-first-practice Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 14 March 2013 5 November 2011 When practice resumed in the afternoon, Huff was quickest once again. A BMW was second quickest once again, this time courtesy of Zengő-Dension Team's Norbert Michelisz. Aleksei Dudukalo got a SUNRED car into the top time for the first time that weekend while fellow SUNRED driver Fredy Barth required an engine change and would take a five–place grid penalty for race one.Hudson Neil Huff quickest in final practice as Michelisz closes http://www.touringcartimes.com/2011/11/05/huff-quickest-in-final-practice-as-michelisz-closes/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 14 March 2013 5 November 2011 Qualifying Menu took pole position for the second round in a row as he shared the front row with team–mate Huff. Qualifying took place on a wet track but a dry line began to emerge as the session went on. This was unfortunate for those drivers which were running a wet set–up, Polestar Racing's Dahlgren finished the first element of qualifying 13th. Another notable driver who missed Q2 was Yokohama Trophy leader Poulsen. Huff finished the first session in tenth place to secure the pole position for race two where he would share the front row with Tarquini. Menu set his best time in Q2 late on as Huff was unable to produce a quicker time. Turkington was the fastest independent driver in third and Michelisz, who was running second in the Yokohama Trophy behind Poulsen, was fourth. Muller was seventh after going off on his last flying lap. SUNRED got four cars through to Q2 after a poor showing in testing and practice, Tarquini was their best placed driver in fifth while Tiago Monteiro, Pepe Oriola and Barth where eighth, ninth and tenth.Glendenning Mark Alain Menu and Rob Huff take World Touring Car poles in China http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95932 Autosport Haymarket Publications 14 March 2013 5 November 2011 Warm-Up Proteam Racing's Mehdi Bennani set the pace in Sunday morning's warm–up session while pole–sitter Menu was fifth.Hudson Neil Mehdi Bennani fastest in China warm-up http://www.touringcartimes.com/2011/11/06/mehdi-bennani-fastest-in-china-warm-up/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 14 March 2013 6 November 2011 Race One Menu started from pole position as the top five drivers got away without exchanging places. Muller managed to pass Tarquini on the second lap to take fifth position, a lap later the SUNRED driver then dropped further down the order as he was passed by Monteiro, Coronel and Poulsen, he later pulled into the pits with brake problems. Lap four saw Huff and Turkington come together although no positions were exchanged until lap thirteen when Turkington passed Huff to take second place. Having held on to his position, Michelisz lost a place Muller and to Coronel and independent rival Poulsen. By lap twenty Turkington had closed in on race leader Menu and the pair were nose to tail, Menu responded by upping his pace and increasing the gap to half a second. Michel Nykjær and Charles Ng clashed two laps from the end and bamboo–engineering driver Yukinori Taniguchi was hit as a result, on the following lap the Japanese driver crashed as a result of suspension damage incurred during the incident. At the end of the race, Menu won ahead of Turkington who took the first podium finish for Wiechers-Sport. Huff was third and Muller fourth which saw the gap between the pair in the championship reduce slightly.ROUNDS 21 & 22 – SHANGHAI TIANMA, CHINA RACE REPORT http://www.fiawtcc.com/uploads/files/eventdetail/80/tianma_race_report.pdf World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 14 March 2013 6 November 2011April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Race Two Huff started on pole position for race two but was passed straight away by a fast starting Tarquini. Michelisz was then spun around the front of Monteiro in an incident which eliminated Michelisz, Monteiro, Villa and Darryl O'Young. Further round the lap, Tarquini and Huff came together with the latter hopping across the grass to rejoin in fourth place. Muller had taken second from Turkington and on lap two the Wiechers–Sport driver lost another place to Huff. Tarquini held the lead until lap four when Muller passed him and the Chevrolet driver pulled away. Turkington lost more places on lap ten when he locked up at the first corner. Tarquini was now leading a train of cars stuck behind the SEAT, in the middle of the group Turkington took fifth place from Menu. By lap twenty the group of cars stuck behind Tarquini extended all the way down to Franz Engstler in eighth place. On the penultimate lap Menu pushed Turkington but was unable to pass while on the final lap, Turkington gained fourth from Coronel after the ROAL Motorsport driver made contact with Huff. Muller won the race with Tarquini second and Huff third. Turkington was the independent winner once again. Ng finished tenth to score his first point in the championship. Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 1 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:06.854 1:05.555 2 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:07.331 1:05.700 3 29 GBR Colin Turkington Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 1:06.919 1:05.712 4 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 1:06.795 1:05.738 5 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 1:07.287 1:05.743 6 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1:06.690 1:05.803 7 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:07.168 1:05.920 8 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 1:07.018 1:05.922 9 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 1:07.006 1:06.591 10 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 1:07.180 1:06.741 11 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:07.555 12 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:07.710 13 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 1:07.770 14 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 1:07.771 15 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:07.836 16 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:08.004 17 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 1:08.069 18 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:08.317 19 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:09.274107% time: 1:11.358 – 21 ITA Fabio Fabiani Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:12.641 – 23 HKG Philip Ma Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 1:14.194 – 51 HKG Charles Ng DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:14.947 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 RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 25 28:05.718 1 25 2 29 GBR Colin Turkington Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 25 +1.222 3 18 3 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 25 +5.065 2 15 4 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 25 +8.005 7 12 5 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 25 +9.010 6 10 6 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 25 +9.921 10 8 7 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 25 +15.487 14 6 8 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 25 +22.630 8 4 9 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 25 +26.204 13 2 10 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 25 +27.118 11 1 11 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 25 +28.291 4 12 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 25 +28.539 16 13 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 25 +38.072 18 14 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 25 +53.157 17 15 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 25 +59.011 13 16 51 HKG Charles Ng DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 25 +1:41.155 22 17 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 24 +1 Lap 9 18 21 ITA Fabio Fabiani Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 24 +1 Lap 20 19 23 HKG Philip Ma Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 24 +1 Lap 21 20 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 23 +2 Laps 19 21 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 21 +4 Laps 15 NC 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 15 +10 Laps 5 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 25 28:19.599 4 25 2 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 25 +10.518 2 18 3 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 25 +11.385 1 15 4 29 GBR Colin Turkington Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 25 +11.812 7 12 5 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 25 +12.140 10 10 6 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 25 +12.896 8 8 7 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 25 +13.336 11 6 8 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 25 +13.612 16 4 9 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 25 +22.279 13 2 10 51 HKG Charles Ng DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 25 +24.172 22 1 11 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 25 +33.725 15 12 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 25 +36.977 3 13 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 25 +43.090 6 14 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 25 +46.761 17 15 21 ITA Fabio Fabiani Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 24 +1 Lap 19 16 23 HKG Philip Ma Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 24 +1 Lap 20 17 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 23 +2 Laps 14 Ret 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 2 Race incident 21 Ret 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 1 Race incident 5 Ret 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 1 Race incident 9 Ret 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 0 Race incident 12 DNS 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 0 Did not start 18 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings PosDriver Points 10px 1 FRA Yvan Muller400 10px 2 GBR Robert Huff380 10px 3 CHE Alain Menu323 10px 4 NLD Tom Coronel203 10px 5 ITA Gabriele Tarquini177 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 DNK Kristian Poulsen 127 10px 2 HUN Norbert Michelisz 104 10px 3 DNK Michel Nykjær 98 10px 4 DEU Franz Engstler 97 10px 5 ESP Javier Villa 92 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 USA Chevrolet 890 10px 2 DEU BMW Customer Racing Teams 537 10px 3 ESP SR Customer Racing 475 10px 4 SWE Volvo Polestar Evaluation Team 154 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 China 2011 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Japan 2011 Guia Race of Macau no race 2012 FIA WTCC Race of China China FIA WTCC Race of China