2011 FIA WTCC Race of UK

FIA WTCC Race of UK United Kingdom 17 July 2011 Donington circuit.svg 7 12 Leicestershire, England Donington Park 4.003 13 13 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML 1:38.470 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML GBR Robert Huff 1:37.380 Chevrolet RML FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML 1:37.993 The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of UK was the seventh round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the seventh running of the FIA WTCC Race of UK. It was held on 17 July 2011 at the Donington Park circuit in Leicestershire, England. Both races were won by Chevrolet RML driver Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler finished on the podium in the WTCC for the first time in race two when he finished third. Background Coming to the Race of UK, local driver Robert Huff was leading the drivers' championship ahead of Muller. Norbert Michelisz was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. Aleksei Dudukalo became the final SEAT driver to switch to the new 1.6 turbo engine in his Lukoil-SUNRED car. Fabio Fabiani returned to Proteam Racing in the naturally aspirated BMW 320si having last raced at the Race of Hungary.BMW and Volvo lose weight in Donington http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08072011/58/bmw-volvo-lose-weight-donington.html Eurosport Yahoo! Sports 4 March 2013 8 July 2011 Regular Scandinavian Touring Car Championship driver Colin Turkington joined Wiechers-Sport in place of Stefano D'Aste who was not available for the British round.Abbott Andrew Turkington gets Donington WTCC drive http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/07/turkington-secures-donington-wtcc-deal Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 4 March 2013 8 July 2011 Proteam Racing driver Javier Villa would drop five places on the grid for race one after causing a collision with Fredy Barth at the Race of Portugal.Hudson Neil Javier Villa gets grid drop for Donington Park http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6407 https://archive.today/20130412025236/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6407 dead 12 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 4 March 2013 3 July 2011 Report Testing and free practice Muller topped the Friday test session with Robert Dahlgren's Volvo second and Alain Menu third in his Chevrolet. Villa was the best independent driver in seventh and Turkington was ninth on his return to the WTCC. SUNRED Engineering's Tiago Monteiro did not complete any laps due to engine problems.Allen Peter Muller Beats Dahlgren To Top WTCC Donington Test Session http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/muller-beats-dahlgren-to-top-wtcc-donington-test-session/ The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network 4 March 2013 15 July 2011 The first free practice session on Saturday morning took place in heavy rain. Huff stood at the top of the times early on before conditions improved and times tumbled, Muller displaced him during the middle of the session before Huff set the fastest time later on. Several drivers spun on the wet track, notably Turkington who went through the gravel at Redgate.Glendenning Mark Rob Huff on top in Donington Park World Touring Car practice http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93111 Autosport Haymarket Publications 4 March 2013 16 July 2011 The track continued to dry out as free practice two took place in the afternoon, Huff was quickest once again with Gabriele Tarquini second and Muller third. Turkington only emerged from his garage towards the end of the session before setting the nineteenth best time while Fabiani was unable to take part due to differential problems. Yokohama Trophy leader Michelisz ended his session in the Craner Curves gravel trap.Glendenning Mark Rob Huff stays on top in Donington Park practice two http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93116 Autosport Haymarket Publications 4 March 2013 16 July 2011 Qualifying There had been a brief rain shower prior to the start of qualifying so Q1 took place on a drying track. Muller set the fastest time at the end of the session with Huff second and Menu third. ROAL Motorsport's Tom Coronel ended the session tenth to take pole position for race two with Michel Nykjær joining him on the front row after ending the first session ninth. 2009 champion Tarquini failed to get through to Q2 and lined up eleventh for both races while Michelisz and Dahlgren would start near the back of the field after setting poor times. The top ten cars went through to Q2 where Muller led another Chevrolet 1–2–3 at the end of the session. Monteiro qualified fourth ahead of Turkington in fifth who was the top Yokohama Trophy driver. Darryl O'Young for bamboo-engineering, Engstler, Coronel, Villa and Nykjær rounded out the top ten.Abbott Andrew Muller takes Donington pole http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/07/muller-takes-donington-pole Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 4 March 2013 16 July 2011 29 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201129195321/https://www.touring-cars.net/2011/07/muller-takes-donington-pole dead Warm-Up Dahlgren was quickest in Sunday morning's warm–up session ahead of Tarquini, Turkington and pole sitter Muller.Hudson Neil Robert Dahlgren quickest in morning warm-up http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6459 https://archive.today/20130411235841/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6459 dead 11 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 4 March 2013 17 July 2011 Race One The three Chevrolets led away from the rolling start with Muller first and Huff second with Menu close behind looking to take second place at Redgate. Tarquini and Turkington made contact at the Craner Curves, Tarquini nudged the BMW and Turkington dropped from fifth to tenth after going onto the grass. Tarquini then climbed up to fourth by the end of the first lap while Monteiro retired with suspension failure. Tarquini dropped to fifth after three laps when he was passed by Coronel. Nykjær in seventh was proving to be hard to pass and was holding up Kristian Poulsen, Turkington had moved back up to ninth but was unable to pass either of the two cars in front. Dahlgren and Michelisz had been on the move up through the field from the back of the grid but their progress was halted when they caught up with the train of cars. Poulsen tried to make a move on Poulsen's BMW but instead rode up over the back of it while Michelisz spun and retired with broken steering. Turkington then locked up at McLeans on lap seven and shot across the grass to rejoin in sixteenth place. Back at the front, Huff was closing in on Muller but was unable to get close enough to make a move for the lead. Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 with Coronel fourth and Tarquini fifth. Engstler came home sixth to take the independents' victory ahead of teammate Poulsen. Turkington had climbed back up to ninth place before the end of the race having forced Fredy Barth and Mehdi Bennani off the road to do so, O'Young completed the top ten. Fabiani was disqualified after his mechanics worked on the car during the parc fermé period.Broomhead James Yvan Muller Takes Lights-To-Flag Donington Win http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/yvan-muller-takes-lights-to-flag-donington-win/ The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network 4 March 2013 17 July 2011 Race Two Coronel led away from the standing start and retained his lead until the second lap when a mistake dropped him to sixth and allowed Villa to get through and assume the lead. Nykjær went out on the opening lap when he went into the gravel at Coppice. Further down the field, Huff was defending sixth place from Muller but was tapped at the hairpin. Tarquini was spun by Tarquini and dropped in the order to sixteenth for the second race in a row. While Huff regained control of his Chevrolet Cruze, Muller went through to take his position. Engstler then took the lead while Menu clashed with Villa on the third lap and he dropped in the order. Engstler held first place until lap five when he was passed by Muller and then eventually Huff. Poulsen and Michelisz came together on lap eight with the resulting damage forcing the Liqui Moly Team Engstler driver to retire, Michelisz continued but was down the order in twelfth. O'Young and Bennani benefitted from the incident and moved up. Poulsen would later incur a five-place grid penalty for the Race of Germany. Muller claimed the win ahead of Huff and Engstler who scored his first podium result and was also the independent victor again. Coronel was fourth ahead of Menu, Dahlgren came from the back of the grid to sixth ahead of Tarquini. O'Young, Bennani and recovering Turkington completed the top ten. Fabiani was excluded for not using the official WTCC fuel.Abbott Andrew Muller wins from Huff again http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/07/muller-wins-from-huff-again https://archive.today/20130413222639/http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/07/muller-wins-from-huff-again dead April 13, 2013 Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 4 March 2013 17 July 2011 Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 1 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:40.422 1:38.470 2 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:40.526 1:38.551 3 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:40.838 1:38.794 4 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 1:41.214 1:39.167 5 29 GBR Colin Turkington Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 1:40.965 1:39.332 6 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:40.895 1:39.471 7 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:40.995 1:39.686 8 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1:41.431 1:39.966 9 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:41.221 1:40.047 10 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 1:41.392 1:40.152 11 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 1:41.450 12 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:41.530 13 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 1:41.557 14 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 1:41.590 15 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:42.179 16 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:42.576 17 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 1:42.871 18 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 1:45.720107% time: 1:47.451 – 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 1:48.569 – 21 ITA Fabio Fabiani Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 1:55.478 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 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 21:21.521 1 25 2 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 +1.136 2 18 3 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 +3.903 3 15 4 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 13 +8.708 8 12 5 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 13 +9.299 10 10 6 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 13 +14.186 7 8 7 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 13 +18.974 9 6 8 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 13 +19.191 19 4 9 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 13 +20.536 11 2 10 29 GBR Colin Turkington Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 13 +28.804 5 1 11 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 13 +29.831 6 12 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 13 +29.966 13 13 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 13 +34.093 12 14 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 13 +34.526 15 15 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 13 +39.419 17 16 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 13 +1:07.938 16 17 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 12 +1 Lap 14 NC 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 7 +6 Laps 18 Ret 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 4 Suspension 4 DSQ 21 ITA Fabio Fabiani Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 12 Disqualified 20 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 13 21:33.182 10 25 2 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 +0.957 9 18 3 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 13 +3.676 5 15 4 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 13 +4.826 1 12 5 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 13 +8.392 8 10 6 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 13 +9.016 20 8 7 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 13 +11.587 11 6 8 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 13 +13.031 7 4 9 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 13 +13.959 15 2 10 29 GBR Colin Turkington Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 13 +14.662 6 1 11 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 13 +19.693 13 12 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 13 +24.802 18 13 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 13 +31.646 16 14 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 13 +33.495 17 15 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 13 +1:26.671 14 16 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 12 +1 Lap 3 17 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 9 +4 Laps 12 Ret 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 1 Race incident 4 Ret 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 0 Race incident 2 DSQ 21 ITA Fabio Fabiani Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 13 Disqualified 19 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings PosDriver Points 10px 1 GBR Robert Huff263 10px 2 FRA Yvan Muller248 10px 3 CHE Alain Menu192 10px 1 4 NLD Tom Coronel124 10px 1 5 ITA Gabriele Tarquini115 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 HUN Norbert Michelisz 77 10px 2 DNK Kristian Poulsen 75 10px 1 3 HKG Darryl O'Young 72 10px 2 4 DEU Franz Engstler 67 10px 2 5 ESP Javier Villa 64 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 USA Chevrolet 577 10px 1 2 DEU BMW Customer Racing Teams 328 10px 1 3 ESP SR Customer Racing 313 10px 4 SWE Volvo Polestar Evaluation Team 92 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 UK 2011 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Germany 2010 FIA WTCC Race of UK no race UK Race of UK