2012 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary

Race of Hungary Hungary 6 May 2012 Hungaroring.svg 5 12 Mogyoród, Hungary Hungaroring 4.381 12 12 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet 1:54.503 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet GBR Rob Huff Chevrolet CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet FRA Yvan Muller 1:55.937 Chevrolet HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing HUN Norbert Michelisz 1:56.714 Zengő Motorsport The 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary was the fifth round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of Hungary. It was held on 6 May 2012 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród near Budapest, Hungary. The first race was won by Yvan Muller for Chevrolet and the second race was won by Norbert Michelisz for Zengő Motorsport. Background Yvan Muller arrived in Hungary leading the championship from both of his Chevrolet team mates, 27 points ahead of Rob Huff with Alain Menu a further point behind. Pepe Oriola was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. Isaac Tutumlu left Proteam Racing after the Race of Slovakia, reducing the team to one car for Mehdi Bennani.Isaac Tutumlu makes World Touring Car Championship exit, Autosport. James Thompson also rejoined the series, driving a Lada Granta WTCC for TMS Sport in the first of two outings in 2012.Thompson makes WTCC comeback, Autosport. Report Free Practice Yvan Muller set the pace in the first free practice session ahead of Lukoil Racing Team's Gabriele Tarquini and Chevrolet's Alain Menu. Local driver Norbert Michelisz was the quickest independent driver. Three drives were warned for exceeding track limits, with Mehdi Bennani also being issued with a black and white flag warning.https://archive.today/20130204134024/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7570 Yvan Muller fastest in first practice in Hungary, TouringCarTimes. Tarquini went fastest in free practice two, heading the Chevrolets of Muller and Huff and the SEAT of Darryl O'Young. Thompson ended the session ninth in the Lada Granta. Once again, drivers were warned for exceeding track limits, with Tarquini losing one of his times as a consequence.https://archive.today/20120914090419/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7574 Tarquini tops Free Practice 2 at the Hungaroring, TouringCarTimes. Qualifying The Chevrolets started 1–2–3 in the first race with Muller on pole position for the second time in 2012. Franz Engstler started on pole position for the reversed grid second race.https://archive.today/20130204140859/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7576 Yvan Muller secures Hungaroring pole position, TouringCarTimes. Menu lost time behind Engstler in Q2 and started third for the first race.https://archive.today/20120917193018/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7581 Alain Menu upset with Engstler for ruining final run, TouringCarTimes. The ROAL Motorsport drivers were sent to the back of the grid for a parc fermé infringement, Alberto Cerqui had qualified 13th and Tom Coronel had qualified 19th before the penalty.ROUNDS 9 & 10 – HUNGARORING QUALIFYING REPORTSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes , FIA WTCC. Warm-Up Tarquini led the morning warm-up session ahead of the Chevrolet trio of Huff, Menu and Muller.https://archive.today/20120917182417/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7585 Gabriele Tarquini leads morning warm-up, TouringCarTimes. Race One Muller led away from the rolling start but an incident behind caused Michelisz to run wide and the chain reaction as several cars recovered forced Tarquini and Tom Boardman into retirement. Bennani had got up to second by the first corner before dropping down to fourth by the second corner, after which the Chevrolets led 1–2–3. Michelisz had recovered to sixth place but was overtaken by Coronel on the final lap, the ROAL driver having climbed from 21st on the grid. Muller took the win ahead of Huff, Menu and Bennani who took his best ever WTCC result and the Yokohama Independents' Trophy win.ROUNDS 9 & 10 – HUNGARORING RACE REPORTSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes , FIA WTCC. Race Two Engstler started from pole position for the reversed grid race, however a fast start from Michelisz in fifth ensured he led into the first corner. The order behind Michelisz was Oriola ahead of Bennani until Menu came charging through the field from eighth on the grid to take second. Huff finished seventh and Muller finished tenth after a last lap off put him behind Stefano D'Aste and Engstler. Michelisz took the overall win and the Independents' win in front of his home fans.https://archive.today/20130204150328/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7590 Norbert Michelisz wins at home in Hungary, TouringCarTimes. Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 Points 1 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:55.077 1:54.503 5 2 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:55.201 1:54.770 4 3 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:55.405 1:54.993 3 4 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC 1:55.357 1:55.074 2 5 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:56.245 1:55.205 1 6 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:55.779 1:55.322 7 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR León 1.6T 1:55.757 1:55.362 8 20 CHN Darryl O'Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:55.794 1:55.768 9 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:56.085 1:55.841 10 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:56.081 1:55.953 11 11 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:56.342 1:56.096 12 14 GBR James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 1:56.343 1:56.791 13 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:56.387 14 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 1:56.434 15 69 GBR James Thompson TMS Sport Lada Granta WTCC 1:56.527 16 27 HUN Gábor Wéber Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:56.542 17 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:56.544 18 12 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:56.702 19 23 GBR Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 1:57.415 20 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León TDiY 1:57.890 EX1 1 16 ITA Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY Excluded EX1 1 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Excluded Bold denotes Pole position for second race. 1 1 — The ROAL Motorsport drivers had their times from qualifying removed after the team broke a parc fermé regulation.https://archive.today/20120913130833/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7578 ROAL Motorsport sent to the back of the grid, TouringCarTimes. Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 23:23.462 1 25 2 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +1.259 2 18 3 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +1.759 3 15 4 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 12 +10.983 5 12 5 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR León 1.6T 12 +15.206 7 10 6 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 12 +15.786 21 8 7 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 +16.480 6 6 8 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCCY 12 +16.971 9 4 9 11 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y 12 +18.106 11 2 10 27 HUN Gábor Wéber Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 +20.950 12 1 11 14 GBR James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 12 +24.446 12 12 12 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y 12 +26.296 18 13 16 ITA Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 +26.493 20 14 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCCY 12 +30.396 17 15 23 GBR Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 12 +31.116 19 16 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 12 +31.897 13 17 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 9 +3 Laps 14 Ret 69 GBR James Thompson TMS Sport Lada Granta WTCC 7 Overheating 15 NC 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 4 +8 Laps 10 NC 20 CHN Darryl O'Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 3 +9 Laps 8 Ret 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC 1 Collision 4 Ret 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León TDiY 0 Collision 20 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 23:37.603 5 25 2 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +1.805 8 18 3 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC Y 12 +4.998 6 15 4 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing SEAT León WTCC Y 12 +6.221 2 12 5 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Tuenti Racing SR León 1.6T 12 +8.020 4 10 6 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC 12 +8.641 7 8 7 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +9.077 9 6 8 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 12 +10.139 14 4 9 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 12 +11.067 1 2 10 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +11.572 10 1 11 11 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y 12 +13.174 11 12 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 12 +15.438 20 13 20 HKG Darryl O'Young Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC Y 12 +19.695 3 14 23 GBR Tom Chilton Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 13 +23.167 14 15 12 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Y 12 +23.189 17 16 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCCY 12 +23.189 16 17 27 HUN Gábor Wéber Zengő Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 +45.913 15 18 16 ITA Alberto Cerqui ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Y 12 +1:50.928 19 19 14 GBR James Nash Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 10 +2 Laps 12 Ret 69 GBR James Thompson TMS Sport Lada Granta WTCC 1 Collision 21 Ret 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Y 1 Collision 13 DNS 22 GBR Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León TDi Y 0 Collision damage 22 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Yvan Muller 180 10px 1 2 CHE Alain Menu 157 10px 1 3 GBR Robert Huff 150 10px 1 4 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 97 10px 1 5 NLD Tom Coronel 97 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 ESP Pepe Oriola 74 10px 1 2 HUN Norbert Michelisz 67 10px 1 3 ITA Stefano D'Aste 58 10px 4 DEU Franz Engstler 42 10px 3 5 MAR Mehdi Bennani 36 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 USA Chevrolet 415 10px 1 2 DEU BMW Customer Racing Teams 276 10px 1 3 ESP SEAT Racing Technology 264 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings. References External links FIA WTCC Race of Hungary 2012 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Austria 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary Hungary Race of Hungary Category:FIA WTCC Race of Hungary