2011 Guia Race of Macau

Guia Race of Macau Macau 20 November 2011 Circuito da Guia GP.svg 12 12 Macau Guia Circuit 6.120 11 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML 2:30.881 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED FRA Yvan Muller 2:32.146 Chevrolet RML GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML 2:32.173 The 2011 Guia Race of Macau was the twelfth and final round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the seventh running of the Guia Race of Macau as part of the World Touring Car Championship. It was held on 20 November 2011 on the Guia Circuit in the Chinese special administrative region of Macau. The race was part of the Macau Grand Prix weekend, headlined by the 2011 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three. Both races were won by Robert Huff of Chevrolet RML. Yvan Muller claimed his third world drivers' championship title, his second in a row. Kristian Poulsen secured the Yokohama Independent Drivers' Trophy title. Background Coming into the final round, Muller was leading the drivers' championship with Huff second as the only other driver in mathematical contention for the title. Poulsen was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. Yukinori Taniguchi did not take part in the round due to damage sustained at the Race of China, leaving bamboo-engineering to run a single car for Darryl O'Young.Meissner Johan Yukinori Taniguchi out of WTCC finale at Macau http://www.touringcartimes.com/2011/11/16/yukinori-taniguchi-out-of-wtcc-finale-at-macau/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 15 March 2013 16 November 2011 Gary Kwok replaced Colin Turkington at Wiechers-Sport, the Canadian making his debut in the series having competed in the Canadian Touring Car Championship in 2011.Abbott Andrew Wiechers sign Canadian Kwok for Macau http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/11/wiechers-announce-canadian-kwok-for-macau https://archive.today/20130413210350/http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/11/wiechers-announce-canadian-kwok-for-macau dead April 13, 2013 Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 15 March 2013 11 November 2011 Having wrapped up the Jay–Ten Trophy for drivers in natural aspirated cars, Fabio Fabiani was replaced at Liqui Moly Team Engstler by local driver Jo Merszei.FIA WTCC – Guia Race of Macau - Presented by "SJM" - Provisional Entry List http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp/58/subpage.php?id=3230&lang=en macau.grandprix.gov.mo Macau Grand Prix 15 March 2013 6 October 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120117082031/http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp/58/subpage.php?id=3230&lang=en 17 January 2012 Four other local drivers joined the grid for the round with André Couto joining SUNRED Engineering for his annual appearance at the race, RPM Racing Team ran a BMW 320si for Mak Ka Lok and Corsa Motorsport ran a pair of Chevrolet Lacettis for Felipe De Souza and Kuok Io Keong. The 778 Auto Sport team entered an ex–Swedish Touring Car Championship Peugeot 308 for Lo Ka Chun.Abbott Andrew La Ka Chun to make WTCC debut http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/11/lo-ka-chun-to-make-wtcc-debut https://archive.today/20130413204232/http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/11/lo-ka-chun-to-make-wtcc-debut dead April 13, 2013 Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 15 March 2013 9 November 2011 Race report Testing and free practice The track was damp before the start of testing on Thursday, the session started half an hour late due to barrier repairs. Huff set the fastest time, beating teammate Muller on his final lap. Charles Ng brought the red flags out when he hit the barriers at the Melco Hairpin and came to a halt.Allen Peter Rob Huff Tops Thursday Test Session In Macau http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/rob-huff-tops-thursday-test-session-in-macau/ The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network 15 March 2013 17 November 2011 After going through scrutineering after the session, the 778 Auto Sport Peugeot was found not to comply with its original documentation from when it was run in the STCC. As a result, the team was excluded from the rest of the event.Hudson Neil 778 Autosport excluded from Macau race http://www.touringcartimes.com/2011/11/18/778-autosport-excluded-from-macau-race/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 15 March 2013 18 November 2011 Alain Menu led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 in the first free practice session on Friday morning, Tiago Monteiro was best of the rest in fourth.Abbott Andrew Menu leads Chevrolet 1-2-3 in practice http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/11/menu-leads-chevrolet-1-2-3-in-first-practice https://archive.today/20130413204334/http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/11/menu-leads-chevrolet-1-2-3-in-first-practice dead April 13, 2013 Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 15 March 2013 18 November 2011 Huff was back on top in free practice two at the head of another Chevrolet 1–2–3. Javier Villa crashed his Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC at Paiol but the session was stopped early after Fredy Barth crashed at Faraway. Having come to a stop in the middle of the track, the front of the car caught fire and once Barth was extracted from the wreckage he was taken to the local hospital for precautionary checks.Noble Jonathan Rob Huff fastest in second Macau World Touring Car practice, Fredy Barth has big crash http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96309 Autosport Haymarket Publications 15 March 2013 18 November 2011 Qualifying The two championship contenders filled the front row with Huff securing pole position for race one ahead of Muller. Robert Dahlgren topped the first session putting him tenth for race two, Franz Engstler was tenth at the end of Q1 to take pole position for the second race ahead of Michel Nykjær and Huff. Menu was the biggest name to drop out of qualifying in the first session, a late collision with Couto hindering him in the final moments. There was a confrontation between the two drivers after the session before Menu left the circuit. Barth had missed the session having been kept in hospital following his practice crash. The second session was interrupted by a red flag when Dahlgren's Volvo crashed at the Solitude Esses, like Barth his car burst into flames shortly after the accident. Dahlgren got out of the car but required medical attention afterwards, and did not start the races. When the session resumed, Huff secured pole position having beaten Muller on both his flying laps, Gabriele Tarquini was third while O'Young was the quickest independent driver in bamboo's only car. O'Young and Nykjær were the only two Yokohama Trophy title contenders who made it through to the second session.Noble Jonathan Rob Huff beats World Touring Car title rival Yvan Muller to Macau pole http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96314 Autosport Haymarket Publications 15 March 2013 18 November 2011 Warm-Up Huff was quickest in Sunday morning's warm–up session. The session came to a close early when Aleksei Dudukalo hit the barriers at Faraway Hill before coming to a halt in the middle of the track and being hit by the Proteam BMW of Ma.Hudson Neil Rob Huff quickest in shortened warm-up at Macau http://www.touringcartimes.com/2011/11/20/rob-huff-quickest-in-shortened-warm-up-at-macau/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 15 March 2013 20 November 2011 Race One Huff started from pole position and he kept his lead at the start followed by Muller and Tarquini. Further back Couto spun at the high speed Mandarin corner and collected Menu, the safety car picked up the field at the end of the lap as the debris was cleared. The race was resumed on lap five, Monteiro went straight on down the escape road at the Lisboa corner and dropped to near the back of the field. At the same time, O'Young and Mehdi Bennani made contact and the safety car was required again. The safety car went in at the end of lap seven, on lap nine Dudukalo crashed at Moorish Hill although the race was able to continue. The narrow streets of Macau usually see very little overtaking, on lap ten there were two intra–team battles going on with Engstler getting past teammate Poulsen to take sixth while Bennani overtook Proteam teammate Villa for the final points paying position. Bennani moved up another place on the final lap at the expense of Pepe Oriola as Huff won the race to reduce the championship points gap by seven points to Muller who was second. Tarquini was third to take the final podium spot while Nykjær was the independents' winner in fifth.ROUNDS 23 & 24 – MACAU RACE REPORT http://www.fiawtcc.com/uploads/files/eventdetail/81/macau_race_report.pdf World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 15 March 2013 20 November 2011April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Race Two Engstler was on pole position while O'Young started from the pit lane. Coronel took the start from fourth at the start with Nykjær and Huff following. Huff then moved up to second place while Engstler lost another place to Muller and moved down to sixth, he was down to eighth by the second lap when he was passed by Tarquini and Michelisz. Huff passed Coronel for the lead at Lisboa on lap three while Muller closed in on Huff by taking fourth from Bennani. The safety car came out shortly after when Kwok crashed at Mandarin and brought out the safety car. The race resumed on lap six and one lap later, local drivers Mak and de Souza came together at Lisboa. Lap nine and Muller moved into the final podium place at the expense of Nykjær, two laps later Tarquini would demote the Danish driver to fifth. Huff won the second race of the day with Coronel second and Muller third who secured the drivers' title by three points. Nykjær was the independent winner once again while Poulsen claimed the independents' title. Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 1 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2:34.224 2:30.881 2 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2:33.353 2:31.149 3 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 2:34.085 2:32.147 4 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 2:33.177 2:32.519 5 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 2:34.171 2:33.825 6 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 2:33.976 2:34.355 7 66 MAC André Couto SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 2:33.954 2:34.363 8 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 2:34.232 2:34.498 9 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 2:34.232 2:34.876 10 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 2:32.881 no time set 11 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 2:34.320 12 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 2:34.526 13 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2:34.804 14 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 2:35.131 15 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 2:35.321 16 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 2:35.466 17 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 2:36.694 18 51 HKG Charles Ng DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 2:39.822 19 28 CAN Gary Kwok Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 2:41.598 20 52 MAC Jo Merszei Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 2:42.042107% time: 2:43.582 – 70 MAC Mak Ka Lok RPM Racing Team BMW 320siY 2:43.810 – 75 MAC Felipe de Souza Corsa Motorsport Chevrolet LacettiY 2:44.720 – 23 HKG Philip Ma Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 2:48.067 – 76 MAC Kuok lo Keong Corsa Motorsport Chevrolet LacettiY 3:30.984 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 2 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 35:01.903 1 25 2 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 +1.016 2 18 3 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 11 +6.666 3 15 4 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 11 +8.239 5 12 5 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 11 +10.778 8 10 6 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 11 +11.165 9 8 7 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 11 +11.860 13 6 8 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 11 +12.049 11 4 9 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 11 +14.149 6 2 10 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 11 +16.940 15 1 11 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 11 +17.136 14 12 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 11 +21.775 10 13 51 HKG Charles Ng DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 11 +41.256 17 14 52 MAC Jo Merszei Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 11 +46.447 19 15 75 MAC Felipe de Souza Corsa Motorsport Chevrolet LacettiY 9 +2 Laps 21 16 28 CAN Gary Kwok Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 8 +3 Laps 18 Ret 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 7 Race incident 16 Ret 23 HKG Philip Ma Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 7 Race incident 22 Ret 70 MAC Mak Ka Lok RPM Racing Team BMW 320siY 7 Race incident 20 Ret 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 4 Race incident 4 Ret 66 MAC André Couto SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 1 Race incident 7 Ret 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1 Race incident 12 DNS 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 0 Did not start – DNS 76 MAC Kuok lo Keong Corsa Motorsport Chevrolet LacettiY 0 Did not start – Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 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 11 33:23.773 3 25 2 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 11 +4.680 4 18 3 1 FRA Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 +8.695 8 15 4 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6T 11 +9.047 5 10 5 17 DNK Michel Nykjær SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 11 +10.718 2 8 6 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 11 +11.066 6 6 7 12 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 11 +12.241 1 4 8 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 11 +15.126 9 2 9 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő-Dension Team BMW 320 TCY 11 +16.686 10 1 10 20 ESP Javier Villa Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 11 +16.950 12 11 74 ESP Pepe Oriola SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 11 +19.640 13 12 9 HKG Darryl O'Young bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 11 +20.088 201 1 13 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 11 +22.457 11 14 51 HKG Charles Ng DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 11 +39.267 15 15 52 MAC Jo Merszei Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 11 +1:02.249 16 16 23 HKG Philip Ma Proteam Racing BMW 320siY 8 +3 Laps 19 Ret 70 MAC Mak Ka Lok RPM Racing Team BMW 320siY 7 Race incident 17 Ret 75 MAC Felipe de Souza Corsa Motorsport Chevrolet LacettiY 6 Race incident 18 Ret 28 CAN Gary Kwok Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 2 Race incident 22 Ret 66 MAC André Couto SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T 1 Engine 7 DNS 8 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 0 Did not start 21 DNS 4 RUS Aleksei Dudukalo Lukoil-SUNRED SUNRED SR León 1.6TY 0 Did not start 14 DNS 30 SWE Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive 0 Did not start – DNS 76 MAC Kuok lo Keong Corsa Motorsport Chevrolet LacettiY 0 Did not start – Bold denotes Fastest lap. 1 1 — O'Young started from the pit lane. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings PosDriver Points 10px 1 FRA Yvan Muller433 10px 2 GBR Robert Huff430 10px 3 CHE Alain Menu323 10px 4 NLD Tom Coronel233 10px 5 ITA Gabriele Tarquini204 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 DNK Kristian Poulsen 141 10px 1 2 DNK Michel Nykjær 139 10px 1 3 DEU Franz Engstler 125 10px 2 4 HUN Norbert Michelisz 124 10px 5 ESP Javier Villa 104 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 USA Chevrolet 973 10px 2 DEU BMW Customer Racing Teams 583 10px 3 ESP SR Customer Racing 525 10px 4 SWE Volvo Polestar Evaluation Team 154 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings. References External links World Touring Car Championship official website Guia Race of Macau 2011 2011 FIA WTCC Race of China 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Italy 2010 Guia Race of Macau 2012 Guia Race of Macau Category:Macau Grand Prix Macau Guia Race Guia Race