2011 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic

FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 19 June 2011 Brno (formerly Masarykův okruh).svg 5 12 Brno, Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit 5.403 10 10 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML 2:08.884 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML GBR Robert Huff 2:10.863 Chevrolet RML FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML 2:11.640 The 2011 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic (formally the 2011 FIA WTCC Monroe Race of the Czech Republic) was the fifth round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic. It was held on 19 June 2011 at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czech Republic. Both races were won by Chevrolet RML with Robert Huff winning race one and Yvan Muller winning race two. Background After the previous round, Huff was leading the drivers' championship. Kristian Poulsen was tied on points at the top of the Yokohama Independents' Trophy with Javier Villa. Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro became the next two SUNRED Engineering drivers to switch to the new 1.6T engine.Hudson Neil Tarquini and Monteiro to switch to the 1.6 turbo in Brno http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6284 https://archive.today/20130204164256/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6284 dead 4 February 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 21 February 2013 10 June 2011 Polestar Racing also switched to their own turbo engine in the Volvo C30 driven by Robert Dahlgren.Abbott Andrew Volvo set to debut turbo engine http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/06/volvo-set-to-debut-turbo-engine Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 21 February 2013 17 June 2011 Report Free practice Muller led the opening free practice session with Huff and Alain Menu behind making it a Chevrolet 1–2–3. Norbert Michelisz in fourth was the fastest independent runner and Dahlgren was fifth with the new turbocharged Volvo. Michel Nykjær was the fastest SUNRED driver.Hudson Neil Muller leads first free practice at Brno http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6312 https://archive.today/20130412005646/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6312 dead 12 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 21 February 2013 18 June 2011 Muller, Huff and Menu finished the second free practice session in the same order as Chevrolet continued to dominate practice. Dahlgren was fourth in the Volvo and Tom Coronel was fifth in the leading BMW. Tarquini was the quickest SUNRED car in sixth but teammate Monteiro didn't set a competitive lap time during the session having suffered from a misfiring engine.Hudson Neil Yvan Muller on top again in Free Practice 2 http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6316 https://archive.today/20130412015151/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6316 dead 12 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 21 February 2013 18 June 2011 Qualifying Muller took his first pole position of the season with him and team–mate Huff locking out the front row for Chevrolet. Dahlgren had been fastest in the first segment of qualifying with Huff second and Muller third. Franz Engstler ended the session tenth and would therefore take the reversed grid pole position for race two, lining up alongside Coronel. SUNRED drivers Tiago Monteiro and Fredy Barth suffered turbo problems in their cars and did not set any competitive times during the session. In Q2, Muller set the fastest time and Huff was second. Coronel in third separated Menu in fourth from the other two Chevrolets. Michelisz, Dahlgren, Poulsen, Tarquini, Darryl O'Young and Engstler rounded out the top ten.Allen Peter Muller Quickest In Qualifying At Brno http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2011/06/muller-quickest-in-qualifying-at-brno/ The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network 21 February 2013 18 June 2011 Michelisz later excluded from qualifying when his Zengő-Dension Team car was found to be underweight. This promoted Nykjær to tenth in Q1 and therefore pole position in race two.Hudson Neil Michelisz excluded from qualifying, sent to the back http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6326 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 21 February 2013 19 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110825042538/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6326 2011-08-25 dead Warm-up Muller was quickest in the warm–up session on Sunday morning, the pole sitter edging out Dahlgren's Volvo by less than a tenth of a second.Hudson Neil Yvan Muller quickest in warm-up http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6328 https://archive.today/20130412001045/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6328 dead 12 April 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 21 February 2013 19 June 2011 Race one Muller led the rolling start but Huff made an attempt to take the lead at the first corner. Huff failed to do so but his second attempt at turn seven saw him lead the race. Nykjær and Tarquini made contact at the first corner with Tarquini retiring due to the subsequent damage. Coronel in third was busy keeping Menu behind until three laps from the end when the Chevrolet driver outbraked Coronel for third place with three laps to go. At the end of the race, championship leader Huff led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 with Coronel ending up fourth ahead of independent winner Poulsen. Dahlgren was sixth and O'Young came out on top in the battle for seventh place ahead of Michelisz who came from the back to eighth. Villa and Nykjær completed the top ten while Monteiro continued to struggle and ended up twelfth.Gent James Huff stretches lead with Brno win http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92457 Autosport Haymarket Publications 21 February 2013 19 June 2011 Race two Nykjær started on pole position for race two but was quickly passed by the fast starting Coronel who led into the first corner. Muller had made a good start from eighth and took second place from Nykjær at turn eight. Two laps later, Muller had closed in on Coronel and passed the ROAL Motorsport driver. Coronel then made contact with Menu defending second place while Huff was behind the pair in fourth place. Further back, Tarquini and Poulsen battled over position further down the field which ended with Poulsen going through the gravel trap at turn five. Tarquini fell down to sixth and Poulsen recovered to eighth at the end. At the end of the race, Muller claimed the win with Coronel second and Menu third. Race one winner Huff was fourth ahead of race two pole sitter and Yokohama Trophy winner Nykjær. Tarquini, Villa, Poulsen, Dahlgren and Mehdi Bennani completed the top ten.Gent James Muller wins race two at Brno http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92463 Autosport Haymarket Publications 21 February 2013 19 June 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 2:10.384 2:08.884 2 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2:10.375 2:09.256 3 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 2:10.831 2:09.717 4 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2:10.466 2:09.830 5 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 2:10.264 2:09.998 6 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 2:10.459 2:10.326 7 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 2:10.729 2:10.491 8 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 2:10.506 2:10.559 9 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 2:10.839 2:11.339 10 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 2:10.959 no time set 11 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 2:11.285 12 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 2:11.410 13 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 2:11.687 14 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 2:11.832 15 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 2:11.899 16 35 CHE Urs Sonderegger Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 2:17.051 EX1 1 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY Excluded Excluded107% time: 2:19.382 – 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 2:19.531 – 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 13:26.922 Bold denotes Pole position for second race. 1 1 — Michelisz was excluded from qualifying after his car was found to be underweight after the session. Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10 21:59.507 2 25 2 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10 +0.858 1 18 3 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10 +11.697 4 15 4 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 10 +13.026 3 12 5 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 10 +13.772 6 10 6 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 10 +14.353 5 8 7 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 10 +21.288 8 6 8 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 10 +21.584 19 4 9 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 10 +23.436 11 2 10 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 10 +23.731 10 1 11 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 10 +24.146 12 12 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 10 +27.624 17 13 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 10 +29.796 13 14 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 10 +34.209 15 15 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 10 +34.828 14 16 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 10 +39.038 9 17 35 CHE Urs Sonderegger Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 10 +1:08.893 16 NC 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 6 +4 Laps 7 Ret 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 3 Engine 18 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 10 22:08.247 8 25 2 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 10 +4.183 3 18 3 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10 +4.415 6 15 4 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 10 +5.033 9 12 5 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 10 +8.450 1 10 6 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 10 +9.118 4 8 7 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 10 +9.381 11 6 8 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 10 +11.383 7 4 9 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 10 +11.627 10 2 10 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 10 +11.988 12 1 11 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 10 +19.966 13 12 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 10 +21.209 17 13 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDIY 10 +22.252 15 14 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 10 +24.809 14 15 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 10 +42.517 18 16 7 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 7 +3 Laps 19 Ret 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 5 Race incident 5 Ret 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1 Turbo wastegate 2 Ret 35 CHE Urs Sonderegger Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 0 Race incident 16 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings PosDriver Points 10px 1 GBR Robert Huff187 10px 2 FRA Yvan Muller162 10px 3 CHE Alain Menu134 10px 4 ITA Gabriele Tarquini83 10px 1 5 NLD Tom Coronel82 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 DNK Kristian Poulsen 67 10px 2 ESP Javier Villa 63 10px 3 HUN Norbert Michelisz 53 10px 4 HKG Darryl O'Young 49 10px 1 5 DNK Michel Nykjær 42 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 USA Chevrolet 405 10px 2 ESP SR Customer Racing 238 10px 3 DEU BMW Customer Racing Teams 229 10px 4 SWE Volvo Polestar Evaluation Team 62 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 the Czech Republic 2011 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal 2010 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic no race Czech Republic FIA WTCC