2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria

FIA WTCC Race of Austria Austria 25 May 2014 Track map for Salzburgring in Austria.svg 5 12 Salzburg, Austria Salzburgring 4.241 15 17 ITA Gianni Morbidelli Münnich Motorsport 1:22.137 FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC ARG José María López 1:22.571 Citroën Total WTCC ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda Team PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda Team ARG José María López 1:23.864 Citroën Total WTCC The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria was the fifth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Austria. It was held on 25 May 2014 at the Salzburgring in Salzburg, Austria. Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC, as Yvan Muller won race one and José María López won race two. Background López continued to lead the drivers' championship after four rounds, twenty–five points ahead of teammate Sébastien Loeb. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy. No changes were made to the compensation weight system after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1160 kg lb 0 while the rest of the grid remained at the base weight of 1100 kg lb 0.Hudson Neil Citroën remain the heaviest for their Austrian debut http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/05/20/citroen-remain-the-heaviest-for-their-austrian-debut/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 23 May 2014 20 May 2014 Report Testing and free practice López was quickest in the shortened test session on Friday with Campos Racing's Hugo Valente second and Mehdi Bennani third in the Proteam Racing Honda. Tom Coronel stopped on the back straight after suffering a puncture at the first chicane while Gabriele Tarquini also stopped on the circuit with technical problems. The two cars stopped on the circuit brought out the red flags three minutes before the end of the session which did not resume.Mills Peter Jose Maria Lopez tops test for Citroen http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114084 Autosport Haymarket Publications 24 May 2014 24 May 2014 Free practice one saw López set the pace once again in a session which saw two red flags. The first occurred halfway through when Pasquale Di Sabatino spun at turn ten and collided with the barriers. The session was stopped once again with one minute to go when the Lada of Mikhail Kozlovskiy stopped on the circuit with electrical problems.PRACTICE 1 – LÓPEZ SETS THE PACE http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3191 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 24 May 2014 24 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140525233543/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3191 25 May 2014 dead dmy-all Loeb led a Citroën 1–2–3 in practice two which was interrupted by a red flag once again when Valente crashed into the barriers and bounced back across the circuit.PRACTICE 2 – VALENTE CRASHES AT HIGH SPEED http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3199 https://archive.today/20140524215010/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3199 dead 24 May 2014 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 24 May 2014 24 May 2014 The amounting damage to Valente's car was expected to rule him out for the rest of the weekend,http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114103 Hugo Valente sidelined by big practice crash Mills Peter Autosport Haymarket Publications 24 May 2014 24 May 2014 but Valente's car was repaired for the races.http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/05/25/yvan-muller-takes-comfortable-race-one-win-ahead-of-tom-coronel/ Yvan Muller takes comfortable race one win ahead of Coronel Neil Hudson 25 May 2014 27 May 2014 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB All 19 cars started the race after Campos Racing had completed overnight repairs on Hugo Valente's Chevrolet Cruze. Qualifying Yvan Muller was quickest in the first part of qualifying, while the three Lukoil Lada Sport TC1 cars of James Thompson, Robert Huff and Mikhail Kozlovskiy were the only three taking part in the session, that failed to progress to Q2. The second session was stopped midway through due to a crash for Campos Racing's Dušan Borković; he did not set a time and ended the session in 12th place. Muller remained quickest with Coronel second and Gianni Morbidelli third ahead of the other two Citroëns of Loeb and López. Tarquini was tenth and took pole position for race two. In the Q3 shootout it was Morbidelli who claimed pole position, the first for a non–Citroën driver in 2014. Muller and Loeb were second and third with Coronel fourth ahead of championship leader López.Abbott Andrew Morbidelli beats Citroën for first-ever pole http://www.touringcars.net/2014/05/morbidelli-beats-citroen-for-first-ever-pole Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 24 May 2014 24 May 2014 After qualifying it was found Morbidelli had improved his Q1 time under yellow flags, he was given a five–place grid penalty with Muller inheriting pole position for race one.Hudson Neil Gianni Morbidelli loses Austrian pole, Yvan Muller inherits http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/05/24/gianni-morbidelli-loses-pole-yvan-muller-inherits/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 24 May 2014 24 May 2014 Race One Muller led away from pole while Coronel passed Loeb to get into second place at the first corner. The move allowed López and Monteiro to get ahead of Loeb; further around the lap Loeb was able to re–pass Monteiro and move into fourth position. On lap five Norbert Michelisz ran wide at turn five which allowed Tarquini to move up to eighth place; Morbidelli had dropped down the order from sixth on the grid and was running tenth. On lap eight López locked up and went straight on at the first chicane, when he returned to the track he had dropped down to third behind Coronel. Coronel kept López at bay for the rest of the race as Muller claimed the win. Franz Engstler was the winner in the TC2 class.RACE 1 – MULLER WINS FROM HEROIC CORONEL http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3222 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 25 May 2014 25 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140525235429/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3222 25 May 2014 dead dmy-all Race Two Tarquini started on pole position, while Monteiro – starting from fourth – dived between Mehdi Bennani and Michelisz ahead of him. Behind them the Lada of Thompson was tapped and spun across the circuit, collecting his teammate Huff and colliding with Muller who would need to return to the pits for repairs. Both Ladas were stopped on the pit straight and safety car came out onto the circuit. Under safety car conditions Tom Chilton's right rear wheel came off and went underneath his car, pulling the floor of his Chevrolet Cruze off and leaving him stranded across the circuit. At the same time the Campos Chevrolet of Borković also stopped at the side of the circuit. At this point the red flag came out. The race resumed with Tarquini leading Monteiro, Michelisz and Bennani. López in fifth place was the best placed non–Honda car and on lap five he was able to pass Bennani to take fourth place. On lap six Morbidelli passed Loeb on the back straight while López picked off Michelisz for third. By lap seven Monteiro was under attack from López and lost second place to him. Morbidelli was also moving through the field and passed Bennani for sixth place. On lap 11 Coronel ran wide on the gravel at turn one which had been spread across the track by René Münnich the lap previously. This gave Morbidelli the opportunity to try and pass Coronel before the safety car came out for the circuit to be swept clean. On the restart Tarquini left it late to go as he looked to defend from López, the Citroen passed the Honda on the back straight to take the lead. Coronel and Morbidelli tried to pass Michelisz on the final lap but could not get around the Honda as López claimed the win.RACE 2 – LÓPEZ BEATS A HONDA TRIO http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3230 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 25 May 2014 25 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140526011110/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/3230 26 May 2014 dead dmy-all 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 1:22.608 1:22.085 1:22.186 4 2 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 1:22.722 1:22.371 1:22.363 3 3 4 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 1:22.960 1:22.168 1:22.432 2 4 37 ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 1:22.619 1:22.471 1:22.507 1 5 3 GBR Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 1:23.354 1:22.565 61 1 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 1:22.283 1:22.281 1:22.137 5 7 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 1:23.097 1:22.790 8 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 1:23.073 1:22.866 9 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 1:23.207 1:22.871 10 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 1:23.527 1:22.929 11 77 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 1:23.446 1:23.363 12 98 SRB Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 1:22.948 no time set 13 11 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 1:23.705 14 12 GBR Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 1:23.722 15 14 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 1:24.144 16 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 1:27.550 17 27 FRA John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 1:28.245 18 8 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 1:28.901 107% time: 1:28.390 DNQ 7 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 no time set Bold denotes Pole position for second race. 1 1 — Morbidelli was given a five–place grid penalty after qualifying for ignoring yellow flags, he was allowed to keep the five points for pole position. 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 15 20:56.737 1 25 2 4 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 15 +3.840 3 18 3 37 ARG José María López Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 15 +4.276 4 15 4 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 15 +5.427 2 12 5 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 15 +12.403 7 10 6 3 GBR Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 15 +12.945 5 8 7 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 15 +13.566 8 6 8 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 15 +14.868 10 4 9 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 15 +15.672 9 2 10 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 15 +16.184 6 1 11 77 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 15 +25.974 11 12 12 GBR Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 15 +27.778 13 13 11 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 15 +31.278 16 14 14 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 15 +41.924 17 15 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 15 +1:20.251 14 16 27 FRA John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 14 +1 Lap 18 17 8 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 14 +1 Lap 15 Ret 98 SRB Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 5 Retired 12 NC 7 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 4 +11 Laps 19 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 17 51:59.898 7 25 2 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 17 +1.683 1 18 3 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCCTC1 17 +2.554 4 15 4 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCCTC1 17 +3.651 2 12 5 4 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 17 +3.908 8 10 6 10 ITA Gianni Morbidelli ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 17 +4.466 5 8 7 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 17 +4.758 9 6 8 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCCTC1 17 +5.418 3 4 9 77 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 17 +10.074 11 2 10 14 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 17 +15.288 15 1 11 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 17 +27.754 16 12 8 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCTC2T 17 +35.070 18 13 27 FRA John Filippi Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCTC2T 17 +1:04.5682 1 17 Ret 7 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 6 Retired 19 Ret 1 FRA Yvan Muller Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCCTC1 1 Race incident 10 Ret 3 GBR Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 0 Race incident 6 Ret 98 SRB Dušan Borković Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1TC1 0 Race incident 12 Ret 11 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 0 Race incident 13 Ret 12 GBR Robert Huff Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1.6TTC1 0 Race incident 14 Bold denotes Fastest lap. 2 1 — John Filippi received a 30 second penalty. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 ARG José María López 179 10px 1 2 FRA Yvan Muller 138 10px 1 3 FRA Sébastien Loeb 134 10px 4 PRT Tiago Monteiro 96 10px 5 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 74 Yokohama Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 DEU Franz Engstler 98 10px 2 ITA Pasquale Di Sabatino 69 10px 3 FRA John Filippi 52 10px 4 CZE Petr Fulín 10 10px 5 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi 10 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 FRA Citroën 412 10px 2 JPN Honda 269 10px 3 RUS Lada 136 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 Austria 2014 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria none Austria FIA WTCC Race of Austria