2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria

FIA WTCC Race of Austria Austria 19 May 2013 Track map for Salzburgring in Austria.svg 5 12 Salzburg, Austria Salzburgring 4.241 12 12 FRA Yvan Muller RML 1:25.756 DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering FRA Yvan Muller RML GBR Alex MacDowall 1:26.925 bamboo-engineering GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering FRA Yvan Muller RML HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport FRA Yvan Muller 1:26.875 RML The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria was the fifth round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of Austria. It was held on 19 May 2013 at the Salzburgring in Salzburg, Austria. Both races were won from pole position with Michel Nykjær taking victory in the first race for NIKA Racing and James Nash won race two, the first victory in the World Touring Car Championship for both himself and the bamboo-engineering team. This was the first time in WTCC history that both races in a weekend were won by drivers eligible for the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.NYKJÆR AND NASH SHARED AUSTRIAN WINS http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1010 https://archive.today/20130629045813/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1010 dead 29 June 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 20 May 2013 20 May 2013 The round is best remembered for a qualifying incident where all twelve cars in the second part of qualifying drove slowly around the lap before what was supposed to be their final flying lap. The cars drove slowly around the lap in order to ensure themselves a slipstream for the next lap but all of them missed the checkered flag. A total of fourteen drivers were penalised after the session which drastically reshuffled the grid. Background Coming into the Austrian round Yvan Muller was leading the world drivers' championship and Nash was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. The Honda Civic WTCCs gained 10 kg of ballast when the compensation weights were revised, pulling them on the maximum ballast of 1,190 kg equal to the Chevrolet Cruze 1.6Ts. The SEAT León WTCCs gained 10 kg to take their weight up to 1,160 kg and the BMW 320 TCs returned to their base weight of 1,150 kg.CHEVROLET AND HONDA ON SAME WEIGHT http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/949/t/CHEVROLET-AND-HONDA-ON-SAME-WEIGHT https://archive.today/20130629051313/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/949/t/CHEVROLET-AND-HONDA-ON-SAME-WEIGHT dead 29 June 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 16 May 2013 9 May 2013 Special Tuning Racing elected to miss the Austrian and Russian rounds in order to fix their car which had been plagued with issues since the Race of Morocco.Hudson Neil Special Tuning Racing to miss Salzburg and Moscow http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/05/16/special-tuning-racing-to-miss-salzburg-and-moscow/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 16 May 2013 16 May 2013 Following his crash in Hungary, Gabriele Tarquini was allowed by the FIA to run a new engine in his Honda Civic without a penalty.Hudson Neil Force majeure engine change for Gabriele Tarquini http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/05/18/force-majeure-engine-change-for-gabriele-tarquini/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 18 May 2013 18 May 2013 Report Free practice Muller topped the opening practice session leading a Chevrolet 1–2–3 ahead of Tom Chilton and Alex MacDowall. Robert Huff was the fastest SEAT in fourth and Norbert Michelisz was fifth in his Zengő Motorsport Honda while the works drivers were both outside the top ten. Darryl O'Young did not set a time during the session due to a turbo problem on his ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC.Abbott Andrew Salzburgring: Muller on top in practice http://www.touringcars.net/2013/05/salzburgring-muller-on-top-in-practice Touring-Cars.net Andrew Abbott 18 May 2013 18 May 2013 Muller led Huff in the second free practice session, Nash in third was the fastest independent driver. James Thompson didn't set any times and spent the entire session in the pit lane while Hugo Valente stopped on track with five minutes to go.Hudson Neil Yvan Muller leads Rob Huff in second Austrian practice http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/05/18/yvan-muller-leads-rob-huff-in-second-austrian-practice/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 18 May 2013 18 May 2013 Qualifying Chilton led the first session which had seen a number of incidents. Tom Coronel locked up and avoided hitting Pepe Oriola. Oriola then had a collision with the rear of Charles Ng with both sustaining minor bodywork damage. Many of the drivers were trying to get into the slipstream of other cars and towards the end of the session, a group of cars led by Tarquini were slowed as they came round to start a flying lap with Coronel being caught out by the slow moving cars ahead and being launched over the Campos Racing SEAT of Valente. Thompson had parked his car on the exit of the first corner due to steering problems. At the end of the session, Marc Basseng went wide at the final corner and clipped the barriers on the outside before spinning to a halt in front of the pit entry. All twelve cars formed up for a final flying lap in Q2 with Chilton at the front. Chilton had been going around the lap slowly and with the cars behind looking for a slipstream, nobody overtook. None of the cars made it around to the start line before the checkered flag came out, some of cars dived straight into the pits while others carried on. Coronel had continued and lost the rear of his BMW on one of the fast corners and went backwards into the tyre wall. At the end of the session with an RML 1–2 with Muller ahead of Chilton. Huff was third and MacDowall in fourth was the leading independent. Nash was tenth and claimed the pole position for race two.Tremayne Sam Salzburgring WTCC: Yvan Muller secures third pole of 2013 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107503 Autosport Haymarket Publications 18 May 2013 18 May 2013 After the session, fourteen drivers were called the stewards. All the drivers who took part in Q2 bar Nykjær plus O'Young, Valente and Mikhail Kozlovskiy were summoned.Hudson Neil 14 drivers under investigation post qualifying craziness http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/05/18/14-drivers-under-investigation-post-qualifying-craziness/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 18 May 2013 18 May 2013 Twelve drivers were deemed to be guilty of unsporting behaviour. Tarquini lost twelve places, Oriola lost eight places and Coronel dropped fifteen places. Muller, Chilton, Michelisz and Tiago Monteiro lost twelve places, Huff received a ten place penalty, MacDowall moved down eight places while Stefano D'Aste, O'Young and Valente all lost five places on the grid.MASS PENALTIES PUT NYKJÆR ON POLE http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/986 https://archive.today/20130615230139/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/986 dead 15 June 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 18 May 2013 18 May 2013 WTCC General Manager Marcello Lotti commented on the incident during the warm–up session the following morning and confirmed the penalties would be applied to race one only.LOTTI: DRIVERS WERE GOING TOO SLOW ! http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/991 https://archive.today/20130629045100/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/991 dead 29 June 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 19 May 2013 19 May 2013 After qualifying the Honda cars were found to be running illegal rear wings, Tarquini, Monteiro and Michelisz were sent to the back of the grid for race one.Hudson Neil Honda excluded from qualifying for illegal rear wing http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/05/18/honda-excluded-from-qualifying-for-illegal-rear-wing/ TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 18 May 2013 18 May 2013 Warm-Up Thompson was quickest in the warm–up session on Sunday morning. D'Aste ended his session in the gravel early on. Nash suffered a puncture and Kozlovskiy spun but neither sustained damage to their cars and continued in the session.THOMPSON'S LADA TOPS WARM-UP http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/990 https://archive.today/20130629044758/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/990 dead 29 June 2013 World Touring Car Championship Kigema Sport Organisation 19 May 2013 19 May 2013 Race One Nykjær led away from pole position at the rolling start with Nash challenging him for the lead. Nykjær, Nash and Bennani broke away from the rest of the field while Kozlovskiy who had started fourth was dropping back and was soon behind teammate Thompson. Fredy Barth held fifth place after a number of attempts by MacDowall to get past. Barth was passed and then regained the position twice, first on the back straight and then at the first chicane. Another attempted pass by MacDowall on the back straight allowed Muller to take the pair of them. Muller set off after the leaders and eventually caught Bennani who was demoted to fourth place. Muller's teammate Chilton was battling over the final four points positions with Huff, Thompson and Coronel and he came out ahead in seventh place. There was a coming together between the Liqui Moly Team Engstler cars in the final laps when Ng tried to go up the inside of Engstler in the final sector, they made contact which spun Engstler around who then collided with O'Young. The third sector was covered by yellow flags for the final few laps, reducing passing opportunities for the leaders who were running close together. By the final lap Muller had caught the leading pair and they were bumper to bumper but he couldn't make a move, Nykjær won ahead of Nash and Muller. Thompson finished ninth behind Chilton and Huff to secure his second points finish of the year with Coronel coming from nineteenth to tenth.Tremayne Sam Salzburgring WTCC: Nykjaer holds off Nash to win race one http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107530 Autosport Haymarket Publications 19 May 2013 19 May 2013 Race Two Nash was on pole position but he was overtaken my Michelisz before the first corner but retook the lead before the end of the lap. Chilton retired in the pit lane after a collision at the first chicane. MacDowall and Thompson were also caught out and ran through the escape road to return to the circuit. Nash was leading Michelisz and Monteiro but Muller who had started tenth was closing in on the Hondas. His first attempt at passing Monteiro was unsuccessful but with the Chevrolet's superior speed on the back straight the RML driver was able to make the pass stick the following lap. Tarquini had dropped back down the field and was defending eighth place from Huff who was unable to pass the Honda driver. Monteiro in fourth was defending his position from Nykjær in the final laps while on the penultimate lap Muller passed Michelisz; he couldn't catch Nash who claimed his first overall WTCC victory and the first for bamboo–engineering.Tremayne Sam Salzburgring WTCC: Nash snatches first WTCC victory http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107532 Autosport Haymarket Publications 19 May 2013 19 May 2013 Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 Points 1 12 FRA Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:26.981 1:25.756 5 2 23 GBR Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:26.570 1:25.961 4 3 1 GBR Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 1:27.128 1:26.554 3 4 9 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:26.950 1:26.560 2 5 17 DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:27.018 1:26.654 1 6 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 1:27.308 1:26.701 7 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 1:27.068 1:26.746 8 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team SEAT León WTCC 1:27.203 1:26.887 9 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 1:27.084 1:26.902 10 14 GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:27.093 1:26.938 11 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:27.319 1:27.432 12 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1:27.148 10:04.657 13 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:27.323 14 8 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1:27.415 15 73 CHE Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 1:27.564 16 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:27.647 17 38 DEU Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 1:27.860 18 55 HKG Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:28.017 19 10 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1:28.021 20 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:28.575 21 37 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 1:28.932 22 19 ESP Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:29.454 107% time: 1:32.629 – 20 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY no time set 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 17 DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 17:41.335 1 25 2 14 GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +0.298 2 18 3 12 FRA Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +0.645 13 15 4 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 12 +1.586 3 12 5 9 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +4.374 12 10 6 73 CHE Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 12 +5.121 5 8 7 23 GBR Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +7.114 15 6 8 1 GBR Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 12 +11.711 14 4 9 10 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 12 +15.758 8 2 10 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 12 +15.812 19 1 11 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team SEAT León WTCC 12 +16.000 18 12 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 12 +18.388 21 13 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 12 +19.097 22 14 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 12 +19.604 23 15 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 12 +20.117 16 16 8 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 12 +23.511 4 17 37 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 12 +27.793 10 18 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 12 +32.141 9 19 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 9 +3 Laps 6 20 55 HKG Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 9 +3 Laps 17 Ret 20 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 8 Race incident 20 Ret 38 DEU Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 8 Race incident 7 Ret 19 ESP Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 3 Radiator 11 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 14 GBR James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 17:36.853 1 25 2 12 FRA Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +1.438 10 18 3 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 12 +1.818 2 15 4 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 12 +3.483 4 12 5 17 DNK Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +4.064 6 10 6 9 GBR Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +4.574 7 8 7 74 ESP Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team SEAT León WTCC 12 +7.898 3 6 8 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 12 +9.025 5 4 9 1 GBR Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 12 +9.483 8 2 10 15 NLD Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 12 +9.859 12 1 11 38 DEU Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 12 +13.627 16 12 10 GBR James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 12 +14.145 17 13 73 CHE Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 12 +14.556 15 14 6 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 12 +14.857 19 15 8 RUS Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 12 +15.155 14 16 25 MAR Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 12 +16.223 13 17 19 ESP Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 12 +27.497 22 18 37 DEU René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 12 +41.749 18 19 7 HKG Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 12 +46.282 21 NC 23 GBR Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 6 +6 Laps 9 DNS 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 0 Did not start 11 DNS 55 HKG Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 0 Did not start 20 DNS 20 FRA Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 0 Did not start 23 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Yvan Muller 198 10px 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 118 10px 2 3 GBR James Nash 108 10px 3 4 DNK Michel Nykjær 96 10px 2 5 GBR Robert Huff 77 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 GBR James Nash 78 10px 1 2 DNK Michel Nykjær 70 10px 1 3 GBR Alex MacDowall 66 10px 4 MAR Mehdi Bennani 47 10px 2 5 CHE Fredy Barth 30 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 JPN Honda 417 10px 2 RUS Lada 248 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 2013 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Austria 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria Austria Race of Austria