2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina

FIA WTCC Race of Argentina Argentina 3 August 2014 Termas de Río Hondo.svg 8 12 Termas de Río Hondo, Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo 4.806 13 13 ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC 1:43.766 ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC ARG José María López 1:46.456 Citroën Total WTCC ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC GBR Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC ARG José María López 1:45.926 Citroën Total WTCC The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina was the eighth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of Argentina. It was held on 3 August 2014 at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina. Both races were won by José María López driving for Citroën Total WTCC. Background José María López led the drivers' championship coming into his home round, thirty–nine points ahead of teammate Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy. Camilo Echevarría joined Liqui Moly Team Engstler on a one–off basis, replacing Pasquale Di Sabatino.ECHEVARRÍA JOINS FOR HOME RACES http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3425/t/ECHEVARRÍA-JOINS-FOR-HOME-RACES World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 1 August 2014 29 July 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140729160956/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3425/t/ECHEVARR%C3%8DA-JOINS-FOR-HOME-RACES 29 July 2014 Citroën Total WTCC reverted to three cars with Ma Qing Hua missing the Argentine round. When the compensation weights were revised after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1160 kg lb 0. The Honda Civic WTCCs retained 20 kg lb 0 of ballast to weigh–in at 1120 kg lb 0 and the Lada Granta 1.6Ts remained at the base weight of 1100 kg lb 0. The Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s gained 20 kg lb 0 to increase their weight to 1140 kg lb 0.Meissner Johan Chevrolet gain 20 kilos for Argentina http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/07/14/chevrolet-gains-20-kilos-for-argentina/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 1 August 2014 14 July 2014 Report Testing and free practice López was quickest in Friday testing ahead of Muller and the Honda of Gabriele Tarquini.LÓPEZ FASTEST IN ARGENTINE TEST http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3437 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 2 August 2014 1 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053212/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3437 8 August 2014 dead dmy-all López stayed on top in free practice one on Saturday. Sébastien Loeb was second with Mehdi Bennani third in the Proteam Racing Honda.PRACTICE 1 – LÓPEZ TOPS TIMES ONCE AGAIN http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3447 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 2 August 2014 2 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053121/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3447 8 August 2014 dead dmy-all Muller was fastest in the final practice session, morning pacesetter López was second ahead of ROAL Motorsport's Tom Chilton.Hudson Neil Yvan Muller leads Citroën 1–2 in second Argentina practice http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/08/02/yvan-muller-leads-citroen-1-2-in-second-argentina-practice/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 2 August 2014 2 August 2014 Qualifying The first part of qualifying saw Norbert Michelisz top the times, while Belgium race two pole sitter Gianni Morbidelli did not make it through to the second part of qualifying and lined up 15th for the races. López was quickest in the second part of qualifying; his Citroën teammates Muller and Loeb also made it through to the final part of qualifying along with Michelisz and Tiago Monteiro. Robert Huff secured pole on the race two reversed grid in his Lada. At the end of qualifying López claimed pole position at his home race with Muller and Loeb once again making it a Citroën 1–2–3.Mills Peter Termas de Rio Hondo WTCC: Jose Maria Lopez claims home pole http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115261 Autosport Haymarket Publications 3 August 2014 2 August 2014 Race One Michelisz and Monteiro moved up into second place and third at the start while López retained the lead. At the end of the back straight Muller and Loeb were able to repass Monteiro; Monteiro took back fourth from Loeb before Loeb nudged his way back into the position. On lap five Dušan Borković dropped from 11th to 13th having been passed by James Thompson and Morbidelli while his teammate Hugo Valente pitted with cooling problems. On lap eight Borković suffered a left rear puncture and returned to the pits for repairs. Thompson had been on the tail of Tom Coronel for the final laps and took tenth at the final corner to score his first championship point since the Race of France, the second round of the season. Lopez took victory with Michelisz holding off Muller for second, while Franz Engstler was the winner of the TC2 class.Hudson Neil José María López leads from lights-to-flag in Argentina http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/08/03/jose-maria-lopez-leads-from-lights-to-flag-in-argentina/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 3 August 2014 3 August 2014 Race Two Huff got away from pole into the lead, Mehdi Bennani jumped up to second place while Valente dropped to fifth and got a light tap from Tarquini at the start. Muller ran wide on the first lap allowing Michelisz and López to get alongside and pass him, dropping him down to ninth. On the second lap López was on the tail of Tom Chilton for fifth place as Chilton was trying to pass Valente. The Campos Racing Chevrolet delayed López's attempt to pass Chilton. On lap five, Bennani began to fall down the order as Gabriele Tarquini, Tiago Monteiro, and Tom Chilton passed him, followed closely by Yvan Muller and José María López, who soon overtook Chilton as well. On lap six, López moved into third place, benefiting from strong straight-line speed on the back straight. Muller then engaged in a close battle with Chilton, who held onto fifth despite several overtaking attempts. Meanwhile, Gianni Morbidelli was given a drive-through penalty on lap six for an earlier collision with James Thompson, which had caused the Lada driver to spin. López soon advanced to second place and began closing in on Rob Huff, who had led from the start. By lap eight, Muller had overtaken Chilton, and Sébastien Loeb then attempted to pass the ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze. The two made contact, sending Chilton off the track at turn 11; he retired on lap ten. On lap nine, López took the lead from Huff at the end of the back straight thanks to his superior speed, ultimately securing his second victory of the day. Huff was second to take Lada's first podium finish in the World Touring Car Championship ahead of Muller in third and Franz Engstler was the victor in the TC2 class once again.Abbott Andrew López doubles up as LADA take first podium http://www.touringcars.net/2014/08/lopez-doubles-up-as-lada-take-first-podium Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 3 August 2014 3 August 2014 After the race, Borković was excluded from the results when his car was found to be underweight in parc fermé. Echevarría was dropped one place for a controversial overtake on John Filippi.Hudson Neil Borkovic excluded, Echevarría demoted and Citroën and Lada fined http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/08/04/borkovic-excluded-echevarria-demoted-and-citroen-and-lada-fined/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 5 August 2014 3 August 2014 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 1:44.795 1:43.813 1:43.766 5 2 1 FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 1:44.962 1:44.194 1:44.194 4 3 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 1:45.216 1:44.128 1:44.310 3 4 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 1:44.696 1:44.474 1:44.408 2 5 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 1:45.126 1:44.763 1:45.174 1 6 3 GBR Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 1:45.208 1:44.821 7 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 1:45.150 1:45.263 8 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 1:45.203 1:45.389 9 7 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 1:45.843 1:45.542 10 12 GBR Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 1:45.739 1:45.572 11 4 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 1:45.610 1:45.696 12 77 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 1:45.348 1:45.830 13 11 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 1:45.964 14 98 SRB Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 1:46.037 15 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 1:46.068 16 14 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 1:46.622 17 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 1:50.499 18 27 FRA John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 1:51.722 19 15 ARG Camilo Echevarría Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 1:55.658 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 37 ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 13 23:10.174 1 25 2 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 13 +2.526 4 18 3 1 FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 13 +3.271 2 15 4 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 13 +7.613 3 12 5 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 13 +8.871 5 10 6 3 GBR Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 13 +9.508 6 8 7 12 GBR Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 13 +13.893 10 6 8 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 13 +14.494 7 4 9 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 13 +17.929 8 2 10 11 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 13 +25.133 13 1 11 4 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 13 +25.272 11 12 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 13 +26.707 15 13 77 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 13 +27.483 12 14 14 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 13 +29.031 16 15 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 13 +1:18.140 17 16 27 FRA John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 13 +1:26.442 18 17 15 ARG Camilo Echevarría Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 12 +1 Lap 19 Ret 98 SRB Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 8 Puncture 14 Ret 7 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 7 Cooling 9 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 37 ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 13 23:16.716 10 25 2 12 GBR Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 13 +1.863 1 18 3 1 FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 13 +2.896 9 15 4 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 13 +5.311 4 12 5 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 13 +5.893 6 10 6 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 13 +6.523 8 8 7 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 13 +6.978 7 6 8 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 13 +16.464 3 4 9 11 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 13 +16.810 13 2 10 4 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 13 +22.790 11 1 11 14 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 13 +23.683 16 12 77 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 13 +29.022 12 13 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 13 +38.501 15 14 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 13 +1:06.948 17 15 27 FRA John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 12 +1 Lap 18 16 15 ARG Camilo Echevarría Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 13 +1:18.4201 1 19 Ret 3 GBR Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 5 Race incident 5 Ret 7 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 5 Retired 2 EX 98 SRB Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 13 Excluded 14 Bold denotes Fastest lap. 1 1 — Echevarría received a one–place penalty after the race. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 ARG José María López 310 10px 2 FRA Yvan Muller 250 10px 3 FRA Sébastien Loeb 213 10px 4 PRT Tiago Monteiro 146 10px 5 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 121 Yokohama Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 DEU Franz Engstler 167 10px 2 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino 98 10px 3 FRA John Filippi 93 10px 4 ARG Camilo Echevarría 12 10px 4 HUN Norbert Nagy 12 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 FRA Citroën 686 10px 2 JPN Honda 449 10px 3 RUS Lada 247 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 Argentina 2014 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium 2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina Argentina FIA WTCC Race of Argentina