2011 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary

FIA WTCC Race of Hungary Hungary 5 June 2011 Hungaroring.svg 4 12 Mogyoród, Hungary Hungaroring 4.381 12 14 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML 1:56.546 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing HUN Norbert Michelisz 1:57.552 Zengő-Dension Team FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team 2:04.056 The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary was the fourth round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the inaugural running of the FIA WTCC Race of Hungary. It was held on 5 June 2011 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród near Budapest, Hungary. Both races were won by Chevrolet RML with Alain Menu winning race one and defending champion Yvan Muller taking his first win of the season in race one. Javier Villa took his first World Touring Car Championship podium finish in race one. Background Coming into the round, Robert Huff was leading the drivers' championship 36 points clear of Chevrolet teammate Muller. Kristian Poulsen was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. The Race of Hungary was a late addition to the championship calendar, following the cancellation of the FIA WTCC Race of Morocco the Hungaroring was selected as the replacement venue on the same date.Elizalde Pablo Hungaroring replaces Marrakech round http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90673 Autosport Haymarket Publications 16 February 2013 13 April 2011 SUNRED Engineering chose to debut their new 1.6 litre turbo engine event in some of their cars. Reliability concerns meant the front running cars of Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro would not run the engine while Fredy Barth, Michel Nykjær and Pepe Oriola ran the new engine.Allen Peter Reliability Doubts Mean No 1.6T Yet For Monteiro, Tarquini http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2011/06/reliability-doubts-mean-no-1-6t-yet-for-monteiro-tarquini/ The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network 16 February 2013 2 June 2011 DeTeam KK Motorsport driver Marchy Lee missed the Hungarian round pending a new sponsorship arrangement.Hudson Neil Marchy Lee to skip Hungary http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6232 https://archive.today/20130412002303/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6232 dead 12 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 16 February 2013 4 June 2011 Report Testing and free practice Menu led the opening test session on Friday ahead of Huff and Muller. The Volvo C30 of Robert Dahlgren was fourth quickest ahead of local driver Norbert Michelisz in the BMW 320 TC. Monteiro was the fastest SEAT driver in tenth and Oriola was fastest of the SUNRED León driver in fourteenth.Hudson Neil Menu on top in first test at the Hungaroring http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6229 https://archive.today/20130412003336/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6229 dead 12 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 16 February 2013 3 June 2011 Huff was fastest in free practice one on Saturday morning, leading another Chevrolet 1–2–3. Michelisz was the lead BMW in fourth and Monteiro was once again the fastest SEAT car in seventh. The only notable problem during the session was when Urs Sonderegger spun his Wiechers-Sport BMW at the final corner and brought out the yellow flags before continuing.Hudson Neil Rob Huff fastest in Free Practice 1 at the Hungaroring http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6231 https://archive.today/20130411235837/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6231 dead 11 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 16 February 2013 4 June 2011 Chevrolet topped the final practice session, this time with Muller edging out the Polestar Racing Volvo of Dahlgren. Sonderegger brought the session to a half with twelve minutes remaining when he crashed into the tyre wall at the first corner, the session resumed once the tyre wall had been repaired.Hudson Neil Yvan Muller leads from Robert Dahlgren in FP2 http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6234 https://archive.today/20130412001615/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6234 dead 12 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 16 February 2013 4 June 2011 Qualifying Menu took his first pole position since the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of UK, also ending the pole streak of his teammate Huff. In the first part of qualifying, Mehdi Bennani finished tenth to claim pole position for race two. Championship leader Huff didn't make it through to the second session and would line up twelfth for the races. In the second session, Menu set his best time early on and Muller moved up to second in the final moments to lock out the front row for Chevrolet. Muller displaced Proteam Racing driver Villa to third and Tom Coronel was fourth. Local driver Michelisz was fifth and Dahlgren was sixth. Monteiro was the highest placed SEAT driver in seventh while Poulsen, Tarquini and Bennani rounded out the top ten.Allen Peter Menu Tops Qualifying In Hungary As Huff Misses Cut http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2011/06/menu-tops-qualifying-in-hungary-as-huff-misses-cut/ The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network 16 February 2013 4 June 2011 Warm-Up Dahlgren topped the warm–up session on Sunday morning as pole sitter Menu went sixth fastest. After sustaining minor injuries in practice, Sonderegger and Wiechers–Sport would not participate in the rest of the weekend.Hudson Neil Robert Dahlgren leads morning warm-up http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6246 https://archive.today/20130412013930/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6246 dead 12 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 16 February 2013 5 June 2011 Race One Menu kept his lead at the start while a number of cars including Muller and Coronel ran wide at the first corner. This allowed Michelisz to climb up to second place and catch up with Menu, by lap four the pair were bumper to bumper. Tarquini recovered from his ninth place grid spot to run third at the end of the first lap having briefly battled for second with Michelisz. Dahlgren ran wide and slid through one of the gravel traps but was able to return to the pits. Darryl O'Young served a drive through on lap eight for cutting turn four. After defending for eleven laps, Tarquini and Villa made contact at the first corner and ran wide. Villa took third place and Tarquini dropped to fourth, while the Chevrolets of Muller and Huff stayed behind. Menu held on to take the win with Michelisz second and Villa in third took his first podium in the championship. Barth finished eighth and took the first points for the SUNRED turbo engine and Coronel had retired in the later stages of the race due to high water temperature.Menu wins race one in Hungary http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92008 Autosport Haymarket Publications 16 February 2013 5 June 2011 Race Two Bennani started on pole position but was passed by Poulsen, who was then struck by Michelisz who had outbraked himself while trying to take third place. Also on the opening lap, Muller was on his way up the order from eight on the grid. He was fourth by the time the race was red flagged due to a heavy rainstorm. All of the cars had been on slick tyres so stopping the race was the only option. The race was resumed on a damp track with the cars now sporting wet tyres. Menu dipped one of his wheels onto the grass at turn four and crashed into the barrier as Muller climbed up to second after passing Coronel. Dahlgren pushed Oriola into one of the barriers and the SEAT retired while Dahlgren would later receive a driver–through penalty for his actions. On the second lap after the restart, Muller then passed Tarquini to take the lead. Huff had climbed from twelfth at the start to eventually take second from Tarquini. At the end of the race, Muller and Huff formed a Chevrolet 1–2, Muller claiming his first win of the season. Tarquini was third ahead of Coronel and Monteiro. Franz Engstler in sixth was the winning independent driver.Muller wins interrupted race two http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92015 Autosport Haymarket Publications 16 February 2013 5 June 2011 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 1:57.620 1:56.546 2 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:57.371 1:56.657 3 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:57.166 1:56.710 4 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1:57.589 1:56.912 5 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 1:57.423 1:56.923 6 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 1:57.207 1:56.945 7 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:57.578 1:56.974 8 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:57.599 1:57.048 9 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:57.397 1:57.073 10 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:57.706 1:57.376 11 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:57.841 12 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:57.854 13 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 1:58.030 14 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 1:58.206 15 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 1:58.440 16 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:58.582 17 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 1:58.919 18 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:59.308107% time: 2:05.367 – 21 ITA Fabio Fabiani Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 2:05.381 – 35 CHE Urs Sonderegger Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 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 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 23:45.874 1 25 2 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 12 +1.047 5 18 3 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 12 +17.383 3 15 4 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +17.983 12 12 5 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +18.365 2 10 6 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +18.780 9 8 7 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +19.374 7 6 8 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 12 +24.349 15 4 9 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 12 +24.481 8 2 10 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 12 +26.555 14 1 11 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +35.306 18 12 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +43.368 11 13 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 12 +44.247 13 14 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 12 +46.490 10 15 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 12 +1:06.399 16 16 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 12 +1:10.090 17 17 21 ITA Fabio Fabiani Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 12 +1:54.908 19 18 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 9 +3 Laps 4 NC 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 5 +7 Laps 6 DNS 35 CHE Urs Sonderegger Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 0 Did not start – 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 14 59:02.507 8 25 2 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 14 +3.631 12 18 3 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +10.106 7 15 4 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 14 +11.699 4 12 5 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +22.995 5 10 6 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 14 +23.070 16 8 7 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 14 +26.322 10 6 8 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 14 +31.267 11 4 9 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 14 +36.832 9 2 10 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 14 +37.247 15 1 11 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 14 +43.609 18 12 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 14 +1:34.238 17 13 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 13 +1 Lap 13 14 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 13 +1 Lap 1 15 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 13 +1 Lap 6 Ret 21 ITA Fabio Fabiani Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 5 Race incident 19 Ret 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 4 Race incident 2 Ret 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 4 Race incident 14 Ret 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 3 Race incident 3 DNS 35 CHE Urs Sonderegger Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 0 Did not start – Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings PosDriver Points 10px 1 GBR Robert Huff150 10px 2 FRA Yvan Muller119 10px 3 CHE Alain Menu104 10px 1 4 ITA Gabriele Tarquini75 10px 1 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro74 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 DNK Kristian Poulsen 50 10px 2 2 ESP Javier Villa 50 10px 1 3 HUN Norbert Michelisz 45 10px 1 4 HKG Darryl O'Young 41 10px 1 5 DEU Franz Engstler 34 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 USA Chevrolet 322 10px 2 ESP SR Customer Racing 193 10px 3 DEU BMW Customer Racing Teams 185 10px 4 SWE Volvo Polestar Evaluation Team 46 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 Hungary 2011 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Italy 2011 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic no race 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary Hungary FIA WTCC Race of Hungary Category:FIA WTCC Race of Hungary