2010 FIA WTCC Race of Italy

Touring car race at Monza FIA WTCC Race of Italy Italy 23 May 2010 Monza track map.svg 3 11 Monza, Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 5.793 9 9 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM 2:00.672 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML ITA Gabriele Tarquini 2:01.590 SR-Sport FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML NLD Tom Coronel SR-Sport GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML GBR Andy Priaulx 2:01.860 BMW Team RBM The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Italy (formally the 2010 FIA WTCC Yokohama Race of Italy) was the third round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Italy. It was held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy on 23 May 2010. The two races were won by Andy Priaulx for BMW Team RBM and Yvan Muller for Chevrolet RML. Background After the second round of the season in Morocco, defending champion Gabriele Tarquini was leading the drivers' standings by seven points over Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. Kristian Poulsen returned to the championship with his self–run Poulsen Motorsport team.Meissner Johan Poulsen and Fabiani joins WTCC at Monza http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4761 https://archive.today/20130216232701/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4761 dead 16 February 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 3 February 2013 11 May 2010 He last raced with Liqui Moly Team Engstler at the 2009 Guia Race of Macau. Meanwhile Scuderia Proteam Motorsport added a third BMW 320si to their team for Italian driver Fabio Fabiani. Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden joined the grid for the Italian round, running a Chevrolet Cruze LT for TC 2000 Championship driver Leonel Pernía who became the first Argentine to race in the World Touring Car Championship.Pernia joins Chevrolet for Monza WTCC races https://motorsportm8.com/2010/05/14/pernia-joins-chevrolet-for-monza-wtcc-races/ Motorsport M8 20 August 2026 14 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20191017003741/https://motorsportm8.com/2010/05/14/pernia-joins-chevrolet-for-monza-wtcc-races/ 17 October 2019 usurped Bailey Richard Report Testing and free practice BMW Team RBM driver Augusto Farfus was the fastest driver in Friday's test session, beating the Chevrolet of Muller and the SEAT of Tom Coronel. Championship leader Tarquini was fourth and Pernía was thirteenth on his first run in a Super 2000 car. Priaulx suffered a brake disk failure at the end of the pit straight and nearly collided with Alain Menu while Fredy Barth, Sergio Hernández and Mehdi Bennani all saw reduced running due to technical issues.Hudson Neil Farfus tops Friday test session http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4794 https://archive.today/20130216225913/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4794 dead 16 February 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 3 February 2013 21 May 2010 Tarquini topped the times in the first practice session on Saturday morning, two–tenths of a second ahead of Priaulx. Jordi Gené was third and Robert Huff was the fastest Chevrolet in fourth. Andrei Romanov required an engine change and as a result incurred a ten–place grid penalty for race one.Hudson Neil Tarquini leads First Practice http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4799 https://archive.today/20130216225214/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4799 dead 16 February 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 3 February 2013 22 May 2010 Chevrolet were fastest in the final practice session with Huff beating the BMW of Priaulx by less than a tenth of a second. Morning pace setter Tarquini was third while Huff's teammates Menu and Muller were fourth and fifth respectively.Hudson Neil Huff leads second practice session http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4800 https://archive.today/20130216223709/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4800 dead 16 February 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 3 February 2013 22 May 2010 Qualifying Tarquini was fastest in Q1 for SR-Sport, ahead of the Chevrolet pairing of Huff and Muller. In Q2 the diesel-powered SEATs followed each other round the circuit to use teamwork and slipstreaming to get good times. However, Tarquini ran wide at the second Lesmo with Barth also following him into the dirt. This ruined their laptimes, resulting in the BMWs and Chevrolets locking out the first two rows of the grid, with Augusto Farfus on pole position ahead of Huff, Priaulx, Menu and Muller. Gené was the first SEAT in 6th, with Tarquini in 7th.http://www.fiawtcc.com/html/uploadedFiles/PDF/RP.4.2010522183032.pdf Qualifying Report Warm-Up Priaulx topped the Sunday morning warm–up session with pole sitter and teammate Farfus fourth. Pernía and Hernández had problems meaning they couldn't set competitive lap times.Hudson Neil Priaulx tops Monza warm-up http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4812 https://archive.today/20130216225148/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4812 dead 16 February 2013 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 3 February 2013 23 May 2010 Race One Huff moved past polesitter Farfus at the start of Race One. Tarquini, meanwhile, moved from seventh to second in the run to the first chicane. Behind, many drivers cut across the grass at the chicane, while Kristian Poulsen and Darryl O'Young collided, both limping back to the pits to retire. Tarquini passed Huff at the start of the second lap and the pair began to stretch the gap back to third-placed Priaulx. However, on the final lap, Tarquini suffered a front-left puncture on the run down to the Ascari chicane. As Huff moved out to pass him, he also suffered a front-left puncture. The pair limped down the following straight, with Priaulx and the following pack closing them down. However, the leading pair could not be passed initially, with yellow flags out at the beginning of the Parabolica after Leonel Pernía had slid into the gravel on the previous lap. Once the green flags were shown, Priaulx and Farfus passed the slowing Tarquini and then Huff, to take a dramatic one-two finish for BMW. Behind, Michel Nykjær had also suffered a puncture. Huff limped past the line to finish third, ahead of Muller, Coronel and Barth. Tarquini and Nykjær finished seventh and eighth, ahead of Tiago Monteiro and Bennani.http://www.fiawtcc.com/html/uploadedFiles/PDF/RP.4.201052320320.pdf Race Report Bennani however was given a 30-second penalty after the race for cutting the first chicane on the opening lap, handing tenth place and a first Independents' Trophy victory to Harry Vaulkhard.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=552 WTCC - Fia World Touring Car Championship 2010-05-23 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120319065754/http://fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=552 2012-03-19 Bennani loses Independent victory Race Two Nykjær made a good start from pole position in Race Two, while Muller moved up from fifth to second before the first chicane. Tarquini regained second from Muller and briefly took the lead of the race from Nykjær. Tarquini was then awarded a drive-through penalty for creeping forward on the grid before the lights had gone out. Bennani was also given a penalty having made a much more obvious jump start. Before Tarquini could serve his penalty though, he was re-passed by Nykjær at the first chicane. The Dane led the race until the last lap when he suffered a puncture, pulling off the track and retiring at the second chicane. This handed Muller the victory, ahead of Coronel, Huff, Farfus and Priaulx. Having served his drive-through penalty, Tarquini returned to the pits to retire on the following lap. Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 1 10 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 2:01.126 2:00.672 2 7 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:00.775 2:00.697 3 11 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 2:00.941 2:00.807 4 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:01.091 2:00.899 5 6 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:00.834 2:01.078 6 4 ESP Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:01.629 2:01.400 7 1 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:00.690 2:01.544 8 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:01.006 2:01.731 9 18 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:01.581 2:01.926 10 3 PRT Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:00.862 2:01.927 11 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:01.765 12 20 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 2:02.186 13 2 NLD Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:02.235 14 19 GBR Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 2:02.384 15 34 ARG Leonel Pernía Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:02.441 16 21 MAR Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 2:02.829 17 24 DNK Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:02.834 18 15 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 2:02.983 19 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:03.276 20 25 ESP Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:04.260 21 16 RUS Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 2:04.327 22 33 ITA Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:08.144 Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 9 18:32.008 3 25 2 10 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 9 +0.248 1 18 3 7 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 9 +1.653 2 15 4 6 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 9 +1.820 5 12 5 2 NLD Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9 +2.271 12 10 6 18 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9 +2.308 9 8 7 1 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9 +2.375 7 6 8 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9 +2.726 10 4 9 3 PRT Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9 +3.243 15 2 10 19 GBR Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 9 +9.032 13 1 11 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 9 +10.000 19 12 25 ESP Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 9 +11.575 20 13 16 RUS Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 9 +30.320 22 14 21 MAR Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 9 +33.972 16 15 33 ITA Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 9 +59.155 21 16 4 ESP Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 8 +1 Lap 6 17 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 8 +1 Lap 4 18 34 ARG Leonel Pernía Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze LT 7 +2 Laps 14 19 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 7 +2 Laps 8 Ret 15 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 3 Engine 18 Ret 20 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 1 Race incident 11 Ret 24 DNK Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320siY 1 Race incident 17 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 9 18:29.805 5 25 2 2 NLD Tom Coronel SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9 +0.512 4 18 3 7 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 9 +0.822 6 15 4 10 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 9 +1.001 7 12 5 11 GBR Andy Priaulx' BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 9 +1.742 8 10 6 4 ESP Jordi Gené SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9 +3.495 16 8 7 3 PRT Tiago Monteiro SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9 +4.197 9 6 8 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9 +4.580 18 4 9 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 9 +5.099 17 2 10 34 ARG Leonel Pernía Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze LT 9 +9.918 20 1 11 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 9 +11.856 12 12 20 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 9 +13.499 19 13 19 GBR Harry Vaulkhard bamboo-engineering Chevrolet LacettiY 9 +14.368 11 14 18 CHE Fredy Barth SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 9 +14.506 3 15 24 DNK Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320siY 9 +14.836 21 16 25 ESP Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 9 +15.266 13 17 21 MAR Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 9 +33.557 10 18 33 ITA Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 9 +49.454 15 19 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 8 +1 Lap 1 20 1 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 6 +3 Laps 2 Ret 16 RUS Andrei Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 2 Oil pressure 14 DNS 15 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 0 Did not start 22 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 FRA Yvan Muller 100 10px 1 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 76 10px 3 GBR Robert Huff 76 10px 4 GBR Andy Priaulx 74 10px 3 5 NLD Tom Coronel 57 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 ESP Sergio Hernández 41 10px 2 2 ITA Stefano D'Aste 36 10px 3 MAR Mehdi Bennani 35 10px 3 4 DEU Franz Engstler 34 10px 1 5 GBR Harry Vaulkhard 32 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 1 USA Chevrolet 193 10px 1 2 ESP SEAT Customers Technology 177 10px 3 DEU BMW 158 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings. References Results Booklet PDF at MST Systems External links World Touring Car Championship official website FIA WTCC Race of Italy 2010 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Italy 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Italy Italy FIA WTCC Race of Italy