2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium

FIA WTCC Race of Belgium Belgium 22 June 2014 Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg 7 12 Francorchamps, Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 7.004 9 9 FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC 2:23.497 FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC FRA Yvan Muller 2:26.579 Citroën Total WTCC ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport ARG José María López 2:26.679 Citroën Total WTCC The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium was the seventh round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Belgium after an absence of two seasons. It was held on 22 June 2014 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Francorchamps, Belgium. Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC; Yvan Muller won race one from pole position and José María López won race two. Background López continued to lead the drivers' championship after the first six rounds, forty–one points ahead of teammate Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy. European Touring Car Cup racer Norbert Nagy joined Campos Racing for the Belgian round, driving a TC2 SEAT León WTCC.http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3304/t/NORBERT-NAGY-TO-RACE-WITH-CAMPOS NORBERT NAGY TO RACE WITH CAMPOS World Touring Car Championship 17 June 2014 17 June 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184940/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3304/t/NORBERT-NAGY-TO-RACE-WITH-CAMPOS 14 July 2014 The compensation weights remained unchanged 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 and Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s retained 20 kg lb 0 of ballast to weigh–in at 1120 kg lb 0. The Lada Granta 1.6Ts remained at the base weight of 1100 kg lb 0.CAR WEIGHTS DO NOT CHANGE http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3300/t/CAR-WEIGHTS-DO-NOT-CHANGE World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 16 June 2014 16 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223229/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3300/t/CAR-WEIGHTS-DO-NOT-CHANGE 14 July 2014 dead dmy-all Tiago Monteiro picked up a five–place grid penalty for the first race after colliding with Tom Chilton in race two at the FIA WTCC Race of Russia.MONTEIRO IS GIVEN GRID PENALTY http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3286 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 21 June 2014 8 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184159/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3286 14 July 2014 dead dmy-all Report Testing and free practice López led a Citroën 1–2 in Friday testing, Monteiro was third for Honda.Mills Peter Spa WTCC: Jose Maria Lopez dominates Friday test for Citroen http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114538 Autosport Haymarket Publications 21 June 2014 20 June 2014 López led a Citroën 1–2–3–4 in free practice one, Hugo Valente was best of the rest.PRACTICE 1 – CITROËN DOMINATES AT SPA http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3318 https://archive.today/20140621171014/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3318 dead 21 June 2014 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 21 June 2014 21 June 2014 López was ahead of Valente in free practice two. The session saw a number of drivers lose lap times for exceeding track limits.PRACTICE 2 – LÓPEZ AHEAD OF VALENTE http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3326 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 21 June 2014 21 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140701170633/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3326 1 July 2014 dead dmy-all Qualifying Muller was quickest in the first part of qualifying, López and Loeb were second and third. The fourth Citroën of Ma Qing Hua had balance issues and set a best time slower than his practice times and ended up 14th behind the Lada of Robert Huff. The second session saw many of the cars running together in order to get a slipstream to assist them on the fast straights, Muller was second in the pack behind Michelisz and went fastest before López quickly knocked him down to second. Sébastien Loeb was third with Valente fourth and Gabriele Tarquini the last of the five cars to make it through to Q3. Gianni Morbidelli finished tenth and claimed pole position for race two. In the Q3 shootout it was Muller who claimed pole ahead of Loeb and López, Valente lined up fourth ahead of Tarquini.Hudson Neil Yvan Muller leads a Citroën top three in Spa qualifying https://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/06/21/yvan-muller-leads-a-citroen-top-three-in-spa-qualifying/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 23 June 2014 21 June 2014 After qualifying, Dušan Borković had an engine change in his Chevrolet Cruze and was dropped to the back of the grid for race one.MONTEIRO AND BORKOVIĆ DEMOTED ON THE GRID http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3338 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 23 June 2014 21 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140701154902/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3338 1 July 2014 dead dmy-all Race One Borković's Chevrolet sprung an oil leak on the grid after his engine change, with sand applied to his grid slot as a result. At the start the three Citroëns got away while Tarquini attacked Valente for fourth and Monteiro and Michelisz battles for sixth. Chilton did not get away at the start and the rest of the field went around the stranded Chevrolet before he got going. Valente went wide at La Source but got back as Tarquini dropped back towards Monteiro the midfield pack. Morbidelli passed the two factory Hondas and took fifth place. Huff spun out on the oil on the track at turn 12 and dropped to the back of the field. Both Valente and Mehdi Bennani were given drive–through penalties for exceeding track limits as López and Loeb battled for second place at the start of lap four which gave Muller a chance to distance himself from his title rivals. The windscreen on Ma's car broke on lap six as he battled for tenth position with Chilton and Borković, the screen had bent and distorted his vision. On the last lap López passed Loeb for second place at Les Combes while Monteiro was close up behind Morbidelli in pursuit of fourth place. Muller claimed a dominant win with López second and Loeb in third completing the Citroën 1–2–3, Monteiro made a last corner lunge on Morbidelli which allowed Tom Coronel to close in and take fifth place at the line. Franz Engstler was the winner in the TC2 category.RACE 1 – LIGHTS TO FLAG WIN FOR MULLER http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3347 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 23 June 2014 22 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140701155900/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3347 1 July 2014 dead dmy-all Race Two Morbidelli from pole position was passed around the outside of La Source by Coronel at the start of the race. The two ran side–by–side up to Eau Rouge where Coronel came out on top and took the lead. Valente and López made contact at Malmedy sending the Campos Chevrolet into a half spin and allowing Muller to follow López through the gap. Monteiro got ahead of Morbidelli and into second place at the end of the first lap as Coronel led by a second. López gained another position on lap two when he passed Tarquini as he was lining up a pass on Michelisz at Rivage; López picked off Michelisz at the Bus Stop at the end of lap two and then Morbidelli at the same place the following lap. Ma went into the pits on lap five to retire after struggling in both races. At the start of lap six Coronel was under pressure for the lead from López, Muller was following him through the pack and was fourth behind Monteiro. Coronel defended but López drew alongside at La Source and made the pass at Eau Rouge to take the lead. Shortly after Muller passed Monteiro and then Coronel as he chased his title rival. López led a Citroën 1–2 with Muller second and Coronel held on to third place. Franz Engstler was the TC2 winner once again.Mills Peter Jose Maria Lopez takes fifth win of 2014 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114590 Autosport Haymarket Publications 23 June 2014 22 June 2014 Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 Q3 Points 1 1 FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 2:23.880 2:23.711 2:23.497 5 2 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 2:24.311 2:23.867 2:23.643 4 3 37 ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 2:23.996 2:23.204 2:23.688 3 4 7 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:25.023 2:24.512 2:24.646 2 5 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 2:25.162 2:25.147 2:25.034 1 6 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 2:25.803 2:25.165 7 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 2:25.839 2:25.333 8 4 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:25.811 2:25.351 9 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 2:25.957 2:25.549 10 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:25.635 2:25.767 11 98 SRB Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:25.593 2:26.593 12 3 GBR Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:25.813 2:26.918 13 12 GBR Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 2:27.042 14 33 CHN Ma Qing Hua Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 2:27.044 15 14 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 2:27.923 16 11 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 2:28.262 17 77 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 2:28.337 18 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 2:32.786 19 8 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 2:34.031 20 27 FRA John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 2:34.963 21 55 HUN Norbert Nagy Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 2:35.013 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 Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 9 22:09.364 1 25 2 37 ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 9 +3.689 3 18 3 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 9 +4.318 2 15 4 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 9 +21.125 9 12 5 4 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 9 +21.998 7 10 6 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 9 +22.071 10 8 7 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 9 +23.517 6 6 8 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 9 +24.350 5 4 9 98 SRB Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 9 +30.094 21 2 10 3 GBR Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 9 +30.940 11 1 11 33 CHN Ma Qing Hua Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 9 +31.821 13 12 7 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 9 +39.719 4 13 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 9 +45.992 8 14 14 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 9 +47.654 14 15 77 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 9 +48.196 16 16 12 GBR Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 9 +57.311 12 17 11 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 9 +1:09.895 15 18 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 9 +1:28.674 17 19 27 FRA John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 9 +1:42.573 19 20 55 HUN Norbert Nagy Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 9 1:43.196 20 21 8 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 8 +1 Lap 18 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 9 22:16.645 8 25 2 1 FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 9 +3.097 10 18 3 4 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 9 +8.409 3 15 4 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 9 +8.912 5 12 5 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 9 +9.060 9 10 6 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 9 +16.851 1 8 7 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 9 +17.929 4 6 8 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 9 +19.026 6 4 9 7 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 9 +20.500 7 2 10 3 GBR Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 9 +21.187 12 1 11 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 9 +22.296 2 12 14 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 9 +34.995 15 13 12 GBR Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 9 +38.692 13 14 77 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 9 +39.557 17 15 11 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 9 +50.893 16 16 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 9 +1:17.281 18 17 8 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 9 +1:23.029 19 18 55 HUN Norbert Nagy Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 9 1:33.065 21 19 27 FRA John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 8 +1 Lap 20 Ret 98 SRB Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 5 Mechanical 11 Ret 33 CHN Ma Qing Hua Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 4 Mechanical 14 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 ARG José María López 255 10px 2 FRA Yvan Muller 216 10px 3 FRA Sébastien Loeb 190 10px 4 PRT Tiago Monteiro 125 10px 5 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 105 Yokohama Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 DEU Franz Engstler 144 10px 2 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino 98 10px 3 FRA John Filippi 77 10px 4 HUN Norbert Nagy 12 10px 1 5 CZE Petr Fulín 10 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 FRA Citroën 597 10px 2 JPN Honda 392 10px 3 RUS Lada 202 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 Belgium 2014 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium none Belgium FIA WTCC Race of Belgium Category:FIA WTCC Race of Belgium Category:Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Category:Sports competitions in Liège Province